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Opera is introducing Opera Air, a new web browser designed around mindfulness. The app has a minimalist Scandinavian design and frosted glass accents, which blend well with the mindfulness concept. While pretty, Opera Air has features for relaxation, concentration, resting, and more, which you normally only see in meditation apps. There are four break modes: breathing, neck exercises, meditation and full body scan. Breathing exercises and meditation can help calm you down by lowering stress levels, while neck exercises help loosen sore neck muscles. The full body scan is a different type of meditation that involves focusing your attention on various body parts and the sensations that arise. These breaks can be as short as three minutes or as long as 15. Breaks can be taken voluntarily or by setting a timer. Opera Air also incorporates binaural beats as boosts. Binaural beats are an audio illusion created when two slightly different frequencies are played in each ear, tricking the brain into hearing a third frequency. Opera Air has several boosts that improve creativity, help with focus and induce relaxation, among others. Opera even claimed that one can help users recall dreams. According to Senior Director of Product at Opera Mohamed Salah, the web is beautiful, but the company wants to look at science-based ways to help users navigate chaotic (and sometimes hostile) internet content. While mindfulness apps like Headspace exist, Opera Air packs those features in the app many people use most frequently.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/operas-new-air-browser-will-encourage-you-take-breaks-from-the-internet-090040693.html?src=rss
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Below is a short list of well-known broadcast journalists who (at least on a major platform like Twitter) have built a larger personal following than the main account of the network or program that employs (or recently employed) them. Social media numbers, of course, change over time, so consider these snapshots rather than static facts. […]
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Earlier today, third-party app store AltStore PAL, announced that a porn app called Hot Tub was now available to iOS users in the European Union. The marketplace, which enables people in the EU to sideload apps outside of Apples App Store, described it as the first Apple-approved porn app. Now, Apple says its deeply concerned about Hot Tub, which as TechCrunch noted, is the first time a porn app has been available natively for the iPhone. We are deeply concerned about the safety risks that hardcore porn apps of this type create for EU users, especially kids, an Apple spokesperson said in a statement. This app and others like it will undermine consumer trust and confidence in our ecosystem that we have worked for more than a decade to make the best in the world. Contrary to the false statements made by the marketplace developer, we certainly do not approve of this app and would never offer it in our App Store. As Apple has pointed out, its notarization guidelines state that app makers shouldnt suggest or imply that Apple is a source or supplier of the App, or that Apple endorses any particular representation regarding quality or functionality. AltStores statements would seem to go against that guidance. An image shared on AltStore's Mastodon account.AltStore But in a statement to Engadget, AltStore creator Riley Testut denied making "any false statements. Hot Tub, he says, was submitted to Apples own notarization process where it was then approved by Apple employees for distribution with alternative app marketplaces such as AltStore PAL. He said it was this approval that AltStore was referencing in its marketing. The DMA also does not require that Apple approves apps for distribution, they have chosen to do so themselves, he added, referring to the EU's Digital Markets Act. Apple has made little secret of its frustration with the DMA, which requires it to allow third-party app stores in Europe. The truth is that we are required by the European Commission to allow it to be distributed by marketplace operators like AltStore and Epic who may not share our concerns for user safety, the company said in its statement about Hot Tub on Monday. In addition to AltStore, Fortnite maker and longtime Apple foe Epic, recently announced plans to bring third-party mobile games to its Epic Games app in the EU. Though AltStore Pal and Epic arent officially affiliated, Epic gave the alternative app store a MegaGrant last year to help fund the core technology fees third-party app stores are required to pay Apple.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/apple-is-deeply-concerned-about-altstores-porn-app-005013457.html?src=rss
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