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Aujourd’hui — 18 avril 2024Flux principal

L’iPhone a enfin un émulateur de jeux Nintendo, mais les Européens doivent payer

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Par : Nicolas Lellouche
18 avril 2024 à 09:08

Poussé par le Digital Markets Act (DMA) européen, Apple a décidé d'autoriser les émulateurs sur l'App Store après 16 années de résistance. Delta, le premier d'entre eux, a fait le choix de l'App Store dans tous les pays du monde… sauf les 27 de l'Union européenne. Chez nous, il faut s'abonner à un magasin alternatif payant pour le télécharger.

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Apple Opens Web Distribution Option for iOS Devs Targeting EU

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Par : msmash
16 avril 2024 à 18:01
Apple is opening up web distribution for iOS apps targeting users in the European Union starting Tuesday. Developers who opt in -- and who meet Apple's criteria, including app notarization requirements -- will be able to offer iPhone apps for direct download to EU users from their own websites. From a report: It's a massive change for a mobile ecosystem that otherwise bars so-called "sideloading." Apple's walled garden stance has enabled it to funnel essentially all iOS developer revenue through its own App Store in the past. But, in the EU, that moat is being dismantled as a result of new regulations that apply to the App Store and which the iPhone maker has been expected to comply with since early last month. In March, Apple announced that a web distribution entitlement would soon be coming to its mobile platform as part of changes aimed at complying with the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA). The pan-EU regulation puts a set of obligations on in-scope tech giants that lawmakers hope will level the competitive playing field for platforms' business users, as well as protecting consumers from Big Tech throwing its weight around.

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Jour historique pour l’iPhone : Apple autorise l’installation d’apps depuis des sites web

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Par : Nicolas Lellouche
16 avril 2024 à 17:00

Contraint par le DMA européen (le nouveau règlement sur la concurrence), Apple annonce l'ouverture de l'iPhone à l'installation d'applications tierces depuis des pages web. La mise à jour iOS 17.5, disponible en bêta 2 ce 16 avril, met fin à une limite de 16 ans.

iOS App Store's First Game Boy Emulator Taken Down Just Days Later

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Par : msmash
15 avril 2024 à 15:37
An anonymous reader shares a report: Over the weekend, developer Mattia La Spina launched iGBA as one of the first retro game emulators legitimately available on the iOS App Store following Apple's rules change regarding such emulators earlier this month. As of Monday morning, though, iGBA has been pulled from the App Store following controversy over the unauthorized reuse of source code from a different emulator project. iOS 8.1 plugs security hole that made it easy to install emulators Shortly after iGBA's launch, some people on social media began noticing that the project appeared to be based on the code for GBA4iOS, a nearly decade-old emulator that developer Riley Testut and a partner developed as high-schoolers (and distributed via a temporary security hole in the iOS App store). Testut took to social media Sunday morning to call iGBA a "knock-off" of GBA4iOS. "I did not give anyone permission to do this, yet it's now sitting at the top of the charts (despite being filled with ads + tracking)," he wrote. GBA4iOS is an open source program released under the GNU GPLv2 license, with licensing terms that let anyone "use, modify, and distribute my original code for this project without fear of legal consequences." But those expansive licensing terms only apply "unless you plan to submit your app to Apple's App Store, in which case written permission from me is explicitly required."

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Apple Loses Mantle as World's Biggest Phone Seller To Samsung as China Sales Drop

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Par : msmash
15 avril 2024 à 14:03
Apple has lost its spot as the world's biggest mobile phone seller after a steep sales drop as South Korean rival Samsung retook the lead in the global market share. From a report: Samsung had been the biggest seller of mobile phones for 12 years until the end of 2023, when sales of Apple's iPhone models overtook it. Global smartphone shipments increased by 8% to 289.4m units during January-March, according to research firm IDC. Samsung won a 20.8% market share, beating Apple's 17.3% share, which has been dented by slowing sales in China. IDC said that Apple shipped 50.1m iPhones in the first quarter, down from the 55.4m units it shipped in the same period last year. It was the biggest drop in iPhone sales since Covid-19 lockdowns caused global supply chain chaos in 2022. The drop in Apple sales, despite a growing global market, was partly ascribed to difficulties in China. Local rivals including Xiaomi and Huawei have put pressure on Apple and Samsung. At the same time, China's government has moved to ban devices made by foreign companies from workplaces.

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Apple Loses Bid To Throw Out UK Lawsuit Over App Store Fees

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Par : msmash
12 avril 2024 à 19:01
Apple on Friday lost a bid to throw out a mass lawsuit valued at just under $1 billion, brought in London on behalf of more than 1,500 app developers over its App Store fees. Reuters: The case, worth up to 785 million pounds ($979 million) and one of several faced by the U.S. tech giant in the United Kingdom, alleges Apple charged third-party developers unfair commissions of up to 30% on purchases of apps or other content. Sean Ennis, a competition law professor and economist, is spearheading the case which was filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) last year. His lawyers say Apple has abused its dominant position in the market for the distribution of apps on iPhones and other Apple devices and are seeking damages for UK-based developers. Apple, however, says 85% of developers on its App Store do not pay any commission at all.

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Voici le message que vous recevrez si votre iPhone est infecté par un logiciel espion

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Par : Nicolas Lellouche
12 avril 2024 à 08:17

En cas d'attaque par le spyware Pegasus, utilisé par des mercenaires pour accéder aux données des personnalités jugées importantes (notamment les chefs d'État), Apple vous enverra un iMessage pour vous donner des consignes. Depuis plusieurs mois, la marque tente d'éliminer cette menace.

Apple Will Open the iPhone To Repair With Used Parts

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Par : msmash
11 avril 2024 à 16:01
Apple is finally making it easier for users to repair their iPhones with used parts. From a report: In an update on Thursday, the company announced that this fall, owners of "select" iPhone models will be able to repair their devices with used, genuine parts while retaining full functionality. When repairing a phone, Apple requires iPhone users to go through a process called parts pairing, which makes them match the serial number of their device to that of a new part sold by Apple. If a user replaced a part with an aftermarket or used component, the iPhone would display pesky notifications saying that Apple isn't able to verify the newly installed piece. In the case of Face ID and Touch ID sensors, the part might not work at all. This change should do away with these notifications for used parts, as Apple says "calibration for genuine Apple parts, new or used, will happen on device after the part is installed." It also means users and repair shops will no longer have to provide the serial number of the device they're fixing when ordering most parts from the Self Service Repair Store.

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Le MacBook Air 15″ avec sa puissante puce M2 est 230 € moins cher

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Par : Matthieu Fabris
11 avril 2024 à 13:36

[Deal du jour] Le Macbook Air modèle 15 pouces doté de la puce M2 offre de belles performances sur un grand écran de qualité. Malgré la sortie récente des nouveaux MacBook Air dotés de puce M3, l'ordinateur portable d'Apple est toujours une valeur sûre, surtout en promotion.

The World Doesn't Need More Journal Apps

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Par : msmash
9 avril 2024 à 20:02
We're seeing a boom in journaling apps as safer, easier ways to ease us back into posting everything online. From a report: Last year, Apple released a journal app with iOS 17. Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer just unveiled a photo app called Shine, which is made to share photos and memories with a select group of people. Today, Retro -- a startup that we called "the new Instagram" -- is launching a feature called Journals within the app, which lets you record both photos and notes for a select group of people. As a lifelong journaler, it's hard to forget that I already have an intimate, safe space to record my life and share memories. It is a notebook. I don't have to worry about marketers selling my information, because it's not accessible. What if creating a safe space all of your own means just getting off the internet altogether? Most of these apps are based on the central premise that most of us would rather talk to family or close friends than with a pretty stranger shilling snack boxes. As we reported previously, Retro has a few standout features. Once you join the app, you're prompted to select a few pictures to post per week. In order to see your friends' and family's photos, you have to share photos of your own. That keeps people actively participating instead of lurking.

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Beeper Took On Apple's iMessage Dominance. Now It's Been Acquired

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Par : msmash
9 avril 2024 à 15:21
Late last year the messaging app Beeper raised the ire of Apple when it found a way to recreate Apple's infamous "blue bubble" messaging on Android. Apple later hobbled Beeper, but it's not an entirely unhappy ending: The startup has been acquired in a deal valued at $125 million. From a report: Founded three years ago, Beeper is being snapped up by Automattic, the respected parent company of WordPress, the blogging and content management platform, as well as Tumblr, which it acquired in 2019. Beeper cofounder Eric Migicovsky said that the company will continue to exist as a stand-alone product within Automattic, and that all of Beeper's 27 employees -- who, like Automattic's employees, are entirely remote -- will be absorbed into the larger entity. Exact financial terms of the acquisition weren't disclosed. According to Migicovsky, Beeper will be part of Automattic's broader strategy to offer more messaging features. Automattic first invested in Beeper in 2022, and late last year snatched up another messaging app, Texts, for $50 million. The acquisition comes on the heels of a highly publicized battle between Beeper and Apple, in which Beeper tried to bridge the gap between Android messaging and iMessage but was ultimately thwarted. It was unable to monetize its app and, with 30,000 users as of writing, hadn't reached critical mass.

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Un développeur de 19 ans a fait mieux que Netflix et Amazon sur Apple Vision Pro

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Par : Nicolas Lellouche
8 avril 2024 à 09:24

Avec « Supercut », Christian Privitelli, un développeur de 19 ans, rend Netflix et Amazon Prime Video compatibles avec visionOS. Son application permet au Vision Pro de supporter les deux services de streaming avec une interface transparente et adaptée à une consommation en réalité mixte.

Retro Computing Enthusiast Tries Running Turbo Pascal On a 40-Year-Old Apple II Clone

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Par : EditorDavid
7 avril 2024 à 11:34
Four months ago long-time Slashdot reader Shayde tried restoring a 1986 DEC PDP-11 minicomputer. But now he's gone even further back in time. Shayde writes: In 1984, Apple II's were at the top of their game in the 8 bit market. A company in New Jersey decided to get in on the action and built an exact clone of the Apple. The Franklin Ace was chip and ROM compatible with the Apple II, and that led to it's downfall. In this video we resurrect and old Franklin Ace and not only boot ProDOS, but also get the Z80 coprocessor up and running, and relive what coding in Turbo Pascal in the 80s was like. Why Turbo Pascal? "Some of my earliest professional programming was done in this environment," Shayde says in the video, "and I was itching to play with it again."

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A-t-on vraiment envie d’un robot Apple pour nous tenir compagnie ?

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Par : Nicolas Lellouche
4 avril 2024 à 15:07

Selon Bloomberg, Apple envisagerait de lancer un robot domestique d'ici à quelques années. Une trajectoire étonnante pour une entreprise habituée à se concentrer sur l'essentiel, qui ne perd généralement pas de temps avec des gadgets.

J’ai fait du FaceTime 3D avec l’Apple Vision Pro : l’impression de voir ses amis

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Par : Nicolas Lellouche
3 avril 2024 à 15:11

Depuis le 2 avril, Apple propose aux propriétaires de casque Vision Pro d'expérimenter les « Spatial Persona », des avatars 3D ultra-réalistes, en taille réelle, capables de se déplacer dans une pièce. Une démo surprenante, qui donne à l'ordinateur spatial son premier usage à plusieurs.

Jon Stewart Claims Apple Wouldn't Let Him Interview FTC Chair On His Podcast

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Par : BeauHD
3 avril 2024 à 00:50
Sara Fischer reports via Axios: Jon Stewart on Monday told Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan that Apple wouldn't let him interview her for a podcast. "I wanted to have you on a podcast and Apple asked us not to do it," "The Daily Show" host said to Khan, in reference to his former podcast that was an extension of his Apple TV+ comedy show "The Problem With Jon Stewart." "They literally said 'please don't talk to her,' having nothing to do with what you do for a living. I think they just... I didn't think they cared for you is what happened," he added during his conversation with Khan. "They wouldn't let us do even that dumb thing we just did in the first act on AI. Like, what is that sensitivity? Why are they so afraid to even have these conversations out in the public sphere?" Stewart returned to "The Daily Show" in February after leaving in 2015 as its executive producer and host on Monday evenings through the 2024 election cycle. Stewart's Apple TV+ show ended late last year after Stewart and Apple executives parted ways over creative differences, including the comedian's desire to cover topics such as China and AI, the New York Times reported.

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La prochaine Apple Watch pourrait vous sauver de la noyade

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Par : Nicolas Lellouche
2 avril 2024 à 17:11

Un brevet déposé par Apple imagine un détecteur de noyade intégré à l'Apple Watch. En cas d'immersion prolongée sous l'eau, la montre pourrait déclencher une alarme sur tous les appareils environnants, pour réclamer de l'aide.

Avec plus de 300 € de réduction sur son prix initial, l’iPhone 14 devient enfin abordable

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Par : Matthieu Fabris
2 avril 2024 à 08:37

[Deal du Jour] L’iPhone 14 n'est pas le dernier smartphone d'Apple, mais reste un excellent modèle premium. Son prix de vente élevé à sa sortie n'en faisait pas un smartphone forcément recommandable. Il est aujourd'hui bien plus intéressant en promotion.

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