insert_link Tech Made Simple LinkedIn says it will stop app from Repeatedly Copying the iOS Clipboard LinkedIn plans to stop its app from repeatedly copying the contents of an iOS device’s clipboard, after a user highlighted the seemingly privacy-invasive practice earlier this week. ZDNet reports that LinkedIn called the behavior a bug. The app copies clipboard contents in order to perform an “equality check” between what a user is typing and what’s in their clipboard, according to LinkedIn engineering VP Erran Berger. Berger did not say […] todayJuly 6, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Google is Testing a Play Button for Chrome’s Toolbar It appears that Google will soon add a play button to its Chrome browser. As first reported by ZDnet and Techdows, the button will live on Chrome’s toolbar, and will allow users to play or pause a video or music that’s playing in a tab. The feature is called "Global Media Controls," and it’s currently being tested on Chrome’s Development browser, Canary. Once it’s enabled, the feature appears next to […] todayJuly 10, 2019