Katie Teague

iPhone 12 teardowns offer inside peek of Apple’s latest phones

An iPhone 12 teardown released Thursday reveals all the parts of Apple‘s 5G device. While the video isn’t in English, it compares the iPhone 12 to last year’s iPhone 11. Its OLED display is much thinner than the iPhone 11 display, 9To5Mac noted. The video also shows the 2,815mAh battery capacity and MagSafe system. The iPhone 12’s new …

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Google has a new hum

It happens all the time — you get a song stuck in your head, try to hum it to friends and no one has a clue what you’re talking about. You continue thinking about it until you finally hear a snatch of it again — from a TV show, the radio or in a store. Now, Google has a new …

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This Google camera feature just got a bundle of new tricks. Here’s how they work

Google has unveiled several new updates for its Lens tool that are designed to make it easier for you to shop remotely and for students to learn at home. Google Lens is the company’s image recognition feature that works with your phone’s camera to identify objects. It connects to Google Assistant and Google’s search database, and often projects augmented reality …

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New Google Maps tool makes ‘busyness’ its business. Here’s how it works

Google announced on Thursday that it expanded its “busyness” feature in the Google Maps app to show you live information on whether a place is crowded or empty. For example, if you’re planning on going to the grocery store, you’ll be able to see how many people are actually there.  This update comes in response to the coronavirus pandemic to help …

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Apple will include EarPods in iPhone 12 boxes in France

Apple will stop including EarPods or a power adapter in iPhone boxes in order to reduce waste, it said during Tuesday’s iPhone 12 reveal event. However, that doesn’t seem to the case globally — the company will include the EarPods with iPhones in France due to the country’s radiation laws, MacRumors reported Thursday.  Apple confirmed with CNET this only applies in …

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Best Prime Day 2020 smartwatch deals still available

Update, Oct. 15: Amazon’s Prime Day sale officially ended at midnight PT. We’re keeping track of the best Prime Day deals still available, however, and we’ve identified the best Walmart “Big Save” deals, which remain available through the end of today.  Amazon Prime Day has officially ended, but some deals have remained. Rivals of the retail giant, including Best Buy, Target and Walmart, also have some …

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These Apple rumors didn’t come true at the iPhone 12 event

Apple’s virtual event kicked off Tuesday with the launch of four new iPhone 12s with 5G and potentially massive camera improvements, plus HomePod Mini speaker. However, not every buzzy new feature or product from the rumor mill made it into the big event.  Here’s everything we didn’t get at the event today that we could still see in November, when …

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Best Buy’s answer to Amazon Prime Day is an early Black Friday sale

Best Buy will offer Black Friday deals on Oct. 13 and 14, the retailer announced Thursday. Those just happen to be the same two days as this year’s rescheduled Amazon Prime Day.  “Dozens of deals, straight from Best Buy’s not-yet-released Black Friday ad, will be available for two days next week,” the company said. Included in its deals will be 4K TVs, …

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Microsoft takes jab at Apple, Google with new app store principles

Microsoft announced 10 new app store principles in a blog post Thursday, needling Apple‘s and Google‘s policies in the process. The new guidelines from Microsoft are intended to promote choice, fairness and innovation for software developers on Windows 10. “Developers will have the freedom to choose whether to distribute their apps for Windows through our app store. We will not block competing …

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iOS 14 compatible devices: All the iPhones that support Apple’s new OS

Apple’s September event included, among a slew of new product releases (see everything announced here), the announcement of iOS 14’s release date. As of last month, owners of compatible iPhones are able to install Apple’s newest operating system, which was originally announced in June at the Worldwide Developers Conference. Among the new features coming to iOS 14, Apple previewed a new app …

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