Apple unveils a new web-based App Store experience
Apple has launched a new App Store for the web, expanding its digital distribution platform beyond traditional app stores, allowing users to access and install apps via web browsers.
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Anthropic Launches Claude Code on Web and Mobile for Enhanced Development
Anthropic has expanded its Claude Code coding tool to web and mobile platforms, allowing developers to initiate and manage coding workflows remotely with enhanced security and real-time control, boosting productivity and revenue.
The Future of the Web: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of AI
The article discusses how AI and large language models are transforming the web and online communities, leading to declines in traditional platforms like Stack Overflow and Reddit, raising concerns about the future of knowledge sharing, community, and the quality of information. It highlights issues such as gatekeeping, content gatekeepers, the impact of AI on search and content discovery, and the potential for AI to both kill and revive aspects of the web, while also touching on societal and economic implications.
The Evolution of AI and the Future of Internet Interaction
AI is shifting from chatbots to web browsers as the next phase of development, with new tools like Perplexity’s Comet and ChatGPT’s Agent enabling AI to access and interact with online data and services, although these are still in early, unreliable stages and are currently limited to premium users.
"Google Home for Web Introduces Camera History and Clip Editor in Latest Update"
Google Home for web is now widely available, offering the ability to view camera history and create custom video clips. Users can review history with event and timeline views, search for specific dates, and download clips. The feature is optimized for a keyboard and mouse. Custom clips can be created by selecting start times and adjusting clip length, with a download option available. This functionality will also roll out in the Google Home mobile app in the coming weeks, with support for various Nest camera models. Additionally, Google Home for web will support a version of Public Preview for trying features before broader availability.
"Google Pay Web Gets Sleek Material 3 Makeover"
Google Pay on the web has received a Material 3 redesign, featuring a blue background and accent color for the side drawer, a new toggle style, and preferences for emails and privacy under Settings. The update allows users to view recent transactions, see saved payment methods, and access a unified "Transactions" view. The redesign also includes support for purchases made using Google Wallet for Wear OS. The rollout date for this redesign is unclear.
"Google Messages for web introduces animated emoji, while Gmail's emoji reactions clash with Outlook"
Google Messages for web has received updated branding with the addition of the four-color 'G' in front of "Messages" and now features animated emoji in SMS and RCS conversations. The animated emoji loop for a few seconds before ending and are no longer housed in a message bubble, appearing directly in the background. This update aligns with Google's efforts to solidify its consumer messaging strategy and is widely rolled out on all clients except phones.
"Enhanced Communication: Threads Introduces Web Post Quoting Feature"
Instagram's Threads now allows users to quote posts on the web, addressing a missing feature since its launch in August. Users can click the two arrows icon and select the "quote" option to quote a post. Additionally, mobile users can now follow a thread and receive notifications, although this feature may not be available to all iOS users yet. These incremental updates aim to make Threads a viable alternative to Twitter, but it still has room for improvement in capturing the real-time nature of Twitter.
Meta's Horizon Worlds: Mobile and Web Expansion
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is expanding its 3D social platform, Horizon Worlds, beyond virtual reality (VR) and making it available on mobile and the web in early access. Initially, users will only be able to play Super Rumble, but more worlds will be rolled out in the coming months. Meta aims to make the metaverse accessible to everyone, regardless of the device they use, and sees this expansion as a step towards that vision. The company had previously discussed the mobile and web versions of Horizon Worlds and will likely provide more details at its Connect conference later this month.
The Death of the Old Web and the Struggle for a New One: How AI is Changing the Game.
The old web is dying, and the new web struggles to be born due to the overwhelming capacity of AI systems to produce cheap content based on others' work. AI-generated content is often subtly wrong, and if it supplants human authorship, it would be hard to fully map the damage. The changes AI is currently causing are just the latest in a long struggle in the web's history, and the decisions we make now will shape how it grows.
Google Photos website now offers advanced editing tools through Google One.
Google Photos on the web is adding advanced editing tools from Google One, including Portrait Light, Portrait Blur, Color Pop, HDR, and Sky. These tools were previously only available on the mobile apps. The addition is for Google One subscribers, with even the $1.99 per month 100 GB tier unlocking the extra Google Photos editing features. A minimum of 4 GB RAM and an updated browser is required to access these tools.
"Passwordless Sign-On Made Easy with 1Password Passkey Support"
1Password has launched public beta versions of its browser extensions for Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Brave, adding passkey support for the web. The company has been working on full passkey support since it was first announced by the FIDO Alliance, and has been instrumental in helping websites adopt the more secure authentication standard with its Passage developer tool. Through its Watchtower feature, 1Password will also notify users when websites they use have been updated to support passkey.
Google's Gmail Introduces Mid-Inbox Ads
Gmail is starting to show more ads on mobile devices and the web, including within the inbox's "Updates" filter and mixing ads on desktop throughout the list of emails under Gmail tabs. Some users report seeing more ads in general, instead of the two that Google would typically show. There doesn't appear to be any new setting to change the placement of ads in the inbox lists, and the change has received negative feedback from users.
YouTube Music Introduces Podcasts on Multiple Platforms in the US
YouTube Music now offers podcasts on its web and iOS app in the United States, with no Premium subscription required. The podcast listening experience is designed to complement the video podcast experience on YouTube, and users can find popular podcasts based on categories and search for specific content. Podcasts are available on-demand, offline, and can be listened to in the background and while casting, with options to swap between audio and video versions. Support is being implemented gradually, and Google plans to bring access to other regions in the future.
FSF criticizes Chrome's removal of JPEG-XL, highlighting browser dominance.
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has criticized Google's decision to remove support for the JPEG XL image format, which was based on Google's PIK format, from its Chrome browser. The FSF claims that Google's decision is another sign of the company's control over browsers and the web. Google engineers stated that there was not enough interest from the entire ecosystem to continue experimenting with JPEG XL, and the format did not bring sufficient incremental benefits over existing formats. JPEG XL proponents suggested widespread adoption of the format could spur a 25-30% reduction in global bandwidth use.