March, 2019

• 28 March

  Apple News Plus: 7 best tips for using the iPhone’s new magazine service

  

  Apple News Plus, the new premium news service the company announced at a star-studded Apple event on Monday, gives you unlimited access on the iPhone, iPad and Mac to more than 300 magazines and a few newspapers, and is loaded with features designed to help you uncover articles you’ll be interested in. The premium subscription service …

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• 28 March

  Facebook hit with housing discrimination charge by US government

  

  The US Department of Housing and Urban Development charged Facebook on Thursday with allegedly violating the Fair Housing Act through targeted ads. The charge follows an August 2018 complaint that alleged the social network lets landlords and home sellers engage in housing discrimination through advertising that can exclude people based on race, national origin, religion, gender or disability. “Facebook is …

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• 28 March

  LG G8 coming April 11 for as low as $670

  

  LG’s 2019 flagship, the G8 ThinQ, is almost ready for your pocket. It launched at MWC this year, but now we know that you’ll be able to preorder it in the US starting March 29.  The company’s offering a limited-time promotion for $150 off the retail price of $820 (for qualified buyers), and it will start dropping into hands on …

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• 28 March

  Apple Card, Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade: It’s just another way to say iPhone

  

  Apple just can’t shake that iPhone addiction. At a flashy event on Monday, the company time and time again stressed how great its services will work on its mobile devices. For its premium Apple News Plus subscription package, magazines have been designed to take advantage of the iPhone or iPad, adding animated covers and automatically downloading content for convenience. “I …

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• 28 March

  Apple, Qualcomm CEOs end up on list of possible trial witnesses

  

  The next public appearance by Apple CEO Tim Cook could be as a witness at his company’s upcoming trial against Qualcomm.  The executive is one of many possible witnesses listed in a joint filing from Apple and Qualcomm on Thursday as they prepare to face off in court next month over Qualcomm’s licensing practices. The list includes top executives from Apple and Qualcomm — …

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• 28 March

  How AI helps facial recognition really get to know your face

  

  You and your family are at the pier, giddy to board the massive cruise ship docked nearby. Ahead lies a week of sunny beaches, indulgent buffet feasts and lounging around doing absolutely nothing. And then you see the long lines for security, baggage and ID checks. It often takes 75 minutes for passengers to check in, but the Pool Deck …

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• 28 March

  Get an unlocked Moto X4 phone for $130

  

  This is something of a rerun, because just a few weeks ago the Moto X4 was on sale bundled with a month of Cricket service. Today, it’s just the phone — with a lower price. As I’ve said many times, it’s crazy to spend $750 to $1,000 for a phone when you can pay a fraction of the price for …

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• 28 March

  Apple Watch ECG app launches in Hong Kong and Europe

  

  After its successful debut in the US this past September, the ECG app on the Apple Watch Series 4 arrived Thursday in Hong Kong and 19 European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. The new regions are part of the watch OS 5.2 update. “We’ve seen the ECG app and irregular rhythm notifications on Apple Watch …

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• 28 March

  Canon Ivy Cliq, Cliq Plus instant camera printers join a familiar club

  

  Canon’s launching two instant camera printers into the territory currently occupied by Fujifilm’s Instax line, the recent Polaroid Mint and others. The Ivy Cliq and Ivy Cliq Plus join the company’s Ivy mini printer, using the same Zink technology, as Canon steadfastly sticks with its better-very-very-late-than-never product strategy. Both cameras will ship in April, with the Cliq priced at $100 and …

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• 28 March

  Apple Card’s underwhelming features won’t spark Google, Samsung copycats

  

  The hot new thing in payments is… plastic? Apple on Monday introduced the Apple Card, a credit card that exists as both a virtual card in Apple’s Wallet app and a physical card (to be fair, it’s titanium not plastic). Apple’s card comes out after digital money companies PayPal, Square and PayPal-owned Venmo all introduced their own physical credit, debit …

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