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Example actions and other extensions for Drafts, the quick-capture notes app.

Here's the current WIP IPA collection from the iPhoneOS Obscura archival project. The project aims to preserve older iOS apps and prevent them from being lost...

Take a look back at Speedtest.net for iPhone in 2014. Unlock your digital memories at the Web Design Museum.

Apple's iPhone video editing app iMovie was today updated to version 2.2, a major update that adds several new features to make the app...

The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the [ActivityStreams] 2.0 data format. It provides a client to server API for creating, updating and deleting content, as well as a federated server to server API for delivering notifications and content.

Independent website to preserve informations about history of operating systems in long term.

Download images of popular devices.

The most interesting product of Twitter’s popularity, to me, has been the explosion of Twitter API client software.

At WWDC, Apple introduced updated developer tools for integrating with the Shortcuts app. We asked three app developers about their thoughts on the changes.

There are several glitches with Microsoft Sam, Mike, Mary, Anna, David, Hazel, Zira, Mark and Eva, some of which that cause them to pronounce words incorrectly. Following is a list of glitches that have been found. Note: Many of the mispronunciations are not in the SAPI4 (used for Speakonia) version originally in Windows 2000, although there are some SAPI4 - only bugs. Most famously, regardless of version, Sam cannot pronounce the word "soy" (also the spelling "soi"), but instead will make a sou

App builder Loren Brichter isn't a household name, but some of the features he has created are part of the daily routines of millions of people using smartphones.

Think before you gram.

Silicon Valley lab Theranos, led by Elizabeth Holmes, is valued at $9 billion but isn’t using its technology for all the tests it offers.

Behind the Markovian Parallax Denigrate lies a curious saga that involves conspiracy theories, mistaken identity, Usenet, and spam.

First launched in 2013, Telegram Desktop graduates to version 1.0 today. We've added a fabulous new design and support for custom themes.

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Fix the side buttons on your third-party mice in macOS.

Social media has changed the game for history, says Brian McCullough. Just think of all of the rich, first-hand data those posts and tweets and photos will provide to future historians. Brian McCullough is creator of the Internet History Podcast, an oral history of the internet and its key players. Now an expert on this largely unchronicled time period, Brian is currently writing an actual book on the subject: How the Internet Happened, due to be published in fall 2017 by Liveright/WW Norton. The TED Residency program is an incubator for breakthrough ideas. It is free and open to all via a semi-annual competitive application. Those chosen as TED Residents spend four months at TED headquarters in New York City, working on their idea. Selection criteria include the strength of their idea, their character, and their ability to bring a fresh perspective and positive contribution to the diverse TED community.