The main drawback of the new WhatsApp is that it's a wrapped web app, which means it uses more RAM than a native application.

Original story from March 5, 2025: Microsoft has once again made changes to Copilot, with the new version now being delivered to Windows 11 Insiders. The redesign is meant to rethink the experience ...

When does it make more sense to develop a native desktop app, or an Electron-powered web UI app? We break it down for you. When we talk about a “desktop application,” we generally mean a program that ...

When does it make sense to build a desktop app with native or semi-native UI components (such as GTK or QT), or to go the web-UI route and use toolkits like Electron ...

Web apps are lightweight and platform-independent. There are various methods to create them on macOS: using Safari’s native support, third-party tools like Fluid, Flotato, or Applicationize, and Unite ...

WhatsApp on Tuesday launched a completely new app for Windows users. This time, instead of using the old Electron technology (which is web-based), the app has been completely rebuilt using native ...

Apple on Thursday released the first beta of macOS Monterey 12.2 just a few days after the release of macOS 12.1 to all users. While the company didn’t provide any release notes for today’s update, it ...

Apple's new browser-based App Store lets anyone browse, search, and share apps across every platform, no Apple device required. For years, Apple's web domain at "apps.apple.com" served only as a ...