David McCabe (PDF, via Hacker News): Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said in aruling that Google had broken the law to build its dominance over the largely invisible system of technology that places advertisements on pages across the web. The Justice Department and a group of […]

Nora Deligter: It was around this time when streaming platforms like Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, and the Criterion Channel imposed a quiet embargo on the screenshot. At first, there were workarounds: users could continue to screenshot by using the browser Brave or by downloading extensions or third-party tools like Fireshot. But gradually, the digital-rights-management […]

Matthias Gansrigler: I have a new app out that lets you sweep things under the rug – virtually: DeskMat for Mac.With DeskMat, you cover the mess of files and folders on your Desktop with a single click – and show them again in just the same way.It makes for clean streams, screen sharing, and distraction-free […]

Jason Snell: Some people, whether you’re in the media or software development or technical support, take and publish a lot of device screenshots. And while an image straight from an iPhone or Apple Watch looks fine, it often looks much better to be put in context by including the device it’s running on as a […]

Jesse Squires: Meeting the requirements for screenshots is a frustrating experience. On iOS, tooling like SimulatorStatusMagic, Nine41, and fastlane snapshot help make the process easier. However, on macOS there is much less support (and, sadly, demand) for automated tooling — so you are kind of on your own to figure it out. I spent some […]