WhatsApp has released its native macOS app compatible with Apple Silicon in a public beta. Users running Mac with Apple’s own chip with macOS 11 Big Sur or newer version will be able to download the ...

Wire, the sleek messaging client created by ex-Skype team members, has been one of my favorite IM apps since its launch last year, largely because of its clean interface and great audio quality. As a ...

Google has unveiled a new project, dubbed Native Client, that could mean faster, more powerful web applications will soon be possible. Google's new Native Client project is a primarily a developer ...

Google on Friday began offering a revamped SDK for its Native Client open source technology for running Web applications that execute native code inside a browser. With the SDK, developers can start ...

It may look like Google ditched a project to bring its native-programming technology to devices using ARM chips, but Google says the project is still under way. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

An application that was developed for the computer it is running in. For example, a Windows app runs only in a Windows environment, and a Mac app runs only in a Mac environment. Nothing is faster than ...

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A variety of third-party mail apps for Mac have come and gone over the years, ranging from the once-revolutionary but now defunct Mailbox app, to currently-available options like Spark. One of the ...

Like Twitter, only less of a control-freak. Rhino has become the first native iOS client for Alpha.app.net available in the App Store. App.net, you may remember, is a Twitter-like platform whose ...

Among the notable gaps in the original iPhone functionality, one of the most prominent was instant messaging. iPhone users have long had to make do with web clients, SMS messages, or jailbreak apps.