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Apple Reduces Chinese App Store Fees Without the EU Drama
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (666+ words) Adam C. Engst is the publisher of TidBITS. He has written numerous books, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series, and many magazine articles thanks to Contributing Editor positions at MacUser, MacWEEK, and now Macworld. His innovations include the creation of…...
New iPhone 17e Adds MagSafe to Apple’s Budget iPhone
1+ week, 4+ day ago (213+ words) Kicking off what is rumored to be several days of announcements, Apple has unveiled the iPhone 17e, which takes over from last year's iPhone 16e (see "Apple Replaces iPhone SE with Larger, More Expensive iPhone 16e," 20 February 2025) while maintaining its $599 entry-level price point....
Should 1Password’s Price Hike Push You to Apple’s Passwords?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1454+ words) Another reason the price hike may seem steep is that, in the intervening years, Apple's Passwords has become a viable alternative for many people, free of charge. The question arises: Is now the time to consider switching to Passwords? (Or…...
Gmail to End POP Fetching and Gmailify Features
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (745+ words) In a help article, Google writes: Starting January 2026, Gmail will no longer provide support for the following features: Every week you'll get tech tips, in-depth reviews, and insightful news analysis for discerning Apple users. For over 35 years, we've published professional,…...
#1782: OCR with AI, Cloudflare outage, contact poster poll, Thanksgiving hiatus, PayPal for TidBITS memberships,
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (441+ words) We're taking the next email issue of TidBITS off to celebrate Thanksgiving, although we'll continue to publish articles on our website. You can look forward to the next email issue on 8 December 2025. Thanks to a reader request, PayPal is now…...
Cloudflare Outage Takes Down Large Swaths of the Internet
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (438+ words) Cloudflare is experiencing an internal service degradation. Some services may be intermittently impacted. We are focused on restoring service. We will update as we are able to remediate. More updates to follow shortly. Cloudflare said it had resolved all the…...
Apple’s N1 Chip Improves Wi-Fi Performance
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (277+ words) Reporting on data gleaned from Ookla's Speedtest Intelligence, Luke Kehoe writes: Apple's N1 chipset is a substantial upgrade. The iPhone 17 family delivers a clear step-change in Wi-Fi performance vs. the Broadcom-based iPhone 16 lineup, with faster download and upload speeds across every…...
Comparing the Classic and Unified Views in iOS 26’s Phone App
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (656+ words) First, so everyone knows how to switch back and forth, make sure you're in Recents (if you're in Classic now; below left) or Calls (if you're in Unified now; below right), and tap the menu button in the top-right corner…...
#1780: Comparing the Phone app’s Classic and Unified views, App Store website, Apple’s fiscal 2025, Tahoe’s terrible icons
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (206+ words) Apple has quietly launched a unified App Store website that brings together all its platform stores into a single responsive, searchable interface'though downloading still requires native apps. Apple redesigned the Phone app in iOS 26 with a new Unified view that…...
Can Agentic Web Browsers Count?
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1339+ words) Everyone and their dog is now releasing a Web browser with a built-in chatbot. At last check, that includes at least: Apart from the last two, I've played with each of these a bit, mainly by asking questions about the…...