Android
Apparently, people do use Bing
If you listened in to The Vergecast a couple of weeks ago, you might remember a sidebar discussion on how Android and Windows users in the EU are prompted to choose a default search engine Read more…
PHP
Invading private properties and methods in PHP
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Last week, Caleb tweeted about a nifty function called invade - that he had made to easily work with private properties and methods.
đ Whatcha think of my new favorite helper method?
That property/method protected or private? No problemoooo đ pic.twitter.com/HqMXKKpRsJ
â Caleb Porzio (@calebporzio) February 11, 2022
He added that invade function to Livewire. Because I could see myself using this in non-Laravel projects, I packaged up the function in a new package called spatie/invade.
Python
PyDev of the Week: Roman Right
This week we welcome Roman Right (@roman_the_right) as our PyDev of the Week! Roman is the creator of Beanie, an Asynchronous Python object-document mapper (ODM) for MongoDB. You can see what else Roman contributes to Read more…
Android
Google made a smart lamp that youâll probably never be able to buy
Image by Google via Ben Gold If youâre in the market for a Google Assistant-supported smart lamp, youâll be sorely disappointed to know that Google created one, but itâs only for employees, as reported by Read more…
Android
Write better tests with the new testing guidance
Posted by Jose AlcĂ©rreca, Android Developer Relations Engineer  As apps increase in functionality and complexity, manually testing them to verify behavior becomes tedious, expensive, or impossible. Modern apps, even simple ones, require you to Read more…
Android
Big techâs 2021 earnings were off the chart
Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge 2021 is in the rearview mirror, but the yearâs final reckoning didnât come until the past week â at least where Wall Street is concerned. Major companies ranging Read more…
Android
Startupâs 5G Blackberry revival is reportedly no more
A close-up of the 2015 BlackBerry Priv. | Image: The Verge Plans to resurrect the Blackberry brand with a new keyboard-equipped 5G Android device have been shelved, according to reports from AndroidPolice and CrackBerry. Development Read more…
PHP
DevToys for Mac
Here’s a free nifty little Mac app that can do a whole bunch of tasks: formatting JSON, encode URLs, generate UUIDS. Read more
Android
Yep, Android 13âs dessert codename is âTiramisuâ after all
Tiramisu (the cake, not the Android version). | Image: Getty Android 13âs first developer preview has confirmed what weâve long-suspected: that the dessert-based codename for this yearâs Android update is âTiramisu.â 9to5Google spotted the codename Read more…
Android
Googleâs Privacy Sandbox ad-tracking overhaul clears major regulatory hurdle
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Googleâs plan to phase out third-party cookies and replace them with a bundle of new standards referred to as the âPrivacy Sandboxâ just overcame a key regulatory hurdle. Read more…