June, 2020

• 23 June

  iPadOS 14: These are all the features and enhancements coming soon to your iPad

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple announced a new version of iPadOS, its software operating system for iPads, at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. iPadOS 14 is similar to iOS 14 for phones, but tweaked to showcase tablet capabilities like use of …

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• 23 June

  iOS 14 finally brings widgets to your iPhone’s home screen

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Though the biggest news from Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference Monday arguably was about its new Arm-based chips, the company’s upgrades to its mobile OS, iOS 14, will also interest the millions of iPhones users eligible for the update. iOS 14 is expected later this …

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• 23 June

  Acer Next global press event: Predator gaming PCs, 2

  

  Acer held its Next@Acer global press conference today, unveiling its latest products for PC gaming and content creation as well as a new line of rugged laptops and tablets, Chromebooks and a new ultraportable running on Intel’s next-gen Xe processors. The event, titled Rock, Paper, Scissors representing the company’s different product lines, is typically held in New York, but this year …

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• 23 June

  iOS 14 ‘Back Tap’ lets you quickly switch apps, perform actions on your iPhone

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. iOS 14, the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system, has a new feature that may change how you use your iPhone. Called Back Tap, the feature will let you perform a variety of quick actions by tapping the back of your iPhone. …

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• 23 June

  WatchOS 7: All the cool new Apple Watch features unveiled at WWDC

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple unveiled the next major release of its wearable OS, WatchOS 7. WatchOS 7 adds much-anticipated sleep tracking features, including a Wind Down mode to help you get to bed on time. When you wake up, …

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• 23 June

  Movies Anywhere joins Apple TV Plus in coming to Vizio TVs

  

  Vizio has announced that the Movies Anywhere app is available on its SmartCast platform, enabling users to watch their digital movie purchases.  Separately, the Apple TV Plus app will be coming to Vizio TVs later in the year. The new Movies Anywhere app will let users stream movies from their Movies Anywhere digital locker and is compatible with both Dolby Vision and …

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• 23 June

  Facebook says goodbye to Oculus Go, opens up Oculus Quest to new apps

  

  If you’ve been shopping for Oculus Quest, Facebook’s popular (and great) VR headset, you may be confused that there’s also a less-expensive (and not as good) Oculus Go model that’s still available, too. Not for long: Facebook announced it’s discontinuing the Go this year, just two years after its 2018 release, and will focus only on the Quest as its …

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• 23 June

  OnePlus’ next phone will launch in Europe and India first

  

  OnePlus has a new phone coming. After ramping up its teases Monday with posts about “New Beginnings” on Tuesday Pete Lau, CEO of the Chinese smartphone maker, posted an update on the company’s forum confirming a new “affordable” smartphone from the company is coming soon.  “Today, I’m very excited to announce that we are bringing the premium, flagship experience that …

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• 23 June

  Twitter flags another Trump tweet, for ‘threat of harm’

  

  Twitter veiled another tweet by President Donald Trump for breaking the site’s rules, a move that’ll likely increase tensions between the social network and the White House. Twitter said the tweet, which threatened protesters in Washington, DC, violated its policy against “the presence of a threat of harm against an identifiable group.”  Twitter placed a notice over the tweet, but you …

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• 23 June

  Apple Scribble will let you write in text fields on your iPad instead of typing

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. A new feature for iPadOS 14 will let those using an Apple Pencil hand write into text fields on iPads, Apple executives said Monday at WWDC. Scribble essentially converts handwriting, making it possible to, for example, write something into a search box or create a reminder, instead of …

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