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Ad industry complains Apple Safari update is 'unilateral and heavy-handed' against tracking

Six ad industry organizations have crafted an open letter complaining about changes coming to Apple's Safari browser, claiming that a new feature — "Intelligent Tracking Prevention" — will hurt both them and the public.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 117

Spotify drops Web streaming for users of Apple's Safari browser

Streaming music service Spotify has apparently dropped access to its Web Player for users of Apple's Safari, despite it continuing to work on Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Opera.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 29

Safari in iOS 11 strips Google AMP links down to original URL for sharing

When iOS 11 launches this fall, users sharing Google AMP pages from Safari will find Apple's operating system automatically remove Google's proprietary URL in favor of the webpage's original format.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 30

Apple software engineers join WebVR virtual reality accessibility group

A trio of Apple developers have officially joined the WebVR Community Group, a W3C-hosted community initiative that strives to deliver virtual reality experiences through basic web browsers.

AppleInsider Staff 8 years ago 3

DirecTV Now dropping Safari support for browser streaming in favor of Chrome exclusivity

AT&T's DirecTV Now has started to warn users of its Internet TV service that it will stop supporting Safari on Mac for streaming video at the end of June, with subscribers advised to switch to Google Chrome if they want to continue streaming through a browser on the Mac desktop.

Malcolm Owen 9 years ago 54

Apple quietly patched iPhone vulnerability allowing unauthorized collection of sensor data [u]

Apple in 2016 issued a fix for a website-based iOS exploit that could've allowed hackers to collect sensor data from iPhones, and potentially learn many things about their targets — even their passcodes, researchers revealed this week. [Updated with Apple clarification]

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 14

Google adds Safari-like 'Reading List' feature to Chrome for iOS

Google on Tuesday updated its Chrome browser for iOS with the "Reading List," a feature mimicking an identically-named counterpart in Apple's Safari.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 5

Apple updates Safari Technology Preview with minor improvements

Apple's experimental web browser, Safari Technology Preview, was updated on Wednesday with a variety of bugs fixes and performance improvements impacting CSS, JavaScript, Web Inspector and more.

Ashley Wright 9 years ago 2

Safari not able to play new 4K videos from YouTube homepage, likely due to VP9 shift

What appears to be Google's shift to the VP9 codec for delivering 4K video on the YouTube homepage is preventing Safari users from watching videos uploaded to the service since early December in full 4K resolution, but not from viewing webpage-embedded videos in the same resolution.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 42

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