Category: App & Site design

September 25, 2020

With Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft’s reach in the digital workplace as far as it is it is now, its annual Ignite conference is always a high point in the digital workplace calendar in terms of new releases and developments. This year, […]

September 22, 2020

YouTube is rolling out more artificial intelligence-powered technology to catch more videos that may require age restrictions, meaning more viewers will be asked to sign into their accounts to verify their age before watching. Similar to how YouTube used machine […]

September 17, 2020

Certain Spotify users can now stream music directly to their Apple Watch without requiring a connection to their iPhone. Some Spotify users have begun reporting that they have been given the ability to test out a beta release feature — […]

September 11, 2020

After failing to produce its own system, the UK government has announced that it it will release a new coronavirus exposure notification app on September 24. Following Scotland’s launch of a COVID-19 exposure notification app this week, and Northern Ireland’s […]

September 10, 2020

One reason I enjoy writing a column about the intersection between big technology platforms and democracy is that on most days, it feels like one of the most important things in the world. But on this strangest of days in […]

August 21, 2020

There’s so much more to Apple Music than the new radio stations. Here are the hidden, the downright obscure, and the best features of the service. Apple Music is this giant success, this bargain service, and the one that’s taken […]

August 14, 2020

If Microsoft or another company buys TikTok before President Trump bans the Chinese-owned video app on national security grounds, it will acquire a giant community of devoted fans and a lucrative platform for selling ads. It might be buying something […]

August 11, 2020

Apple this week relaunched a beta version of the Apple Music web player with a few tweaks that bring the service in line with corresponding app versions set to debut as part of iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur. The […]

August 10, 2020

Google Maps has finally been updated to work with Apple’s CarPlay dashboard mode, which allows users to display their current mapping directions side by side with music controls. The dashboard mode was first introduced with iOS 13 last year, but […]

July 27, 2020

Photoshop is getting a couple of important new features on the iPad today: the refine edge brush and the rotate canvas tool. The refine edge brush is a big one for photographers, since it’s pretty much the only way to […]