Apple plans to offer apps like the streaming service Netflix more leeway in how they sign up customers, allowing them to insert in-app links to their website from within the app. Apple announced the move as part of an agreement with the Japan Fair Trade Commission, which had been investigating the App Store. The change …
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In a world where it isn’t always clear who or what to trust when it comes to getting news on the internet, Mike McCue says he has an answer. A new update to his social news reading app Flipboard adds a feature that lets you tell the company details about the topics you find interesting. You may be interested in …
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Apple’s MagSafe feature allows you to add magnetized accessories to the back of your iPhone 12 or MagSafe-enabled case. Several MagSafe accessories have hit the market in recent months, but only some, like the new Joby GripTight system for MagSafe, are truly useful. Joby makes bendable tripods for cameras and smartphones and its products are a staple of vloggers and …
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Rumored to be coming soon since July, Bose’s QuietComfort 45 headphones have now been officially unveiled. According to Bose, the QC 45s deliver better noise-canceling and voice-calling performance and add a transparency mode along with multipoint Bluetooth support. That last option allows you to pair the headphones with your PC and smartphone simultaneously, making them a more appealing option for …
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Phone fans, start your engines. We’re anticipating some exciting new reveals this fall from Apple, Samsung, Google and more. Are we pumped for the iPhone 13? You bet. The Pixel 6‘s new design and Tensor chip? Absolutely. And Samsung may have recently Unpacked its new foldable phones (the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Z Fold 3), but there may be a few …
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Microsoft’s delaying one of the most highly anticipated features of its new Windows 11 software. The tech giant said it won’t offer Android mobile phone apps on its new app store for PCs when its next iteration of Windows launches on Oct. 5 as a free upgrade for many users. Microsoft didn’t give a date for when Android apps will be …
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In a tweet on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the tech giant will be donating to Hurricane Ida relief efforts. Cook said the company’s thoughts are with people impacted by the storm, especially those sheltering in Louisiana. “[W]e’re grateful for the first responders who are helping keep communities safe,” Cook tweeted. “Apple will be donating to relief and recovery …
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Global smartphone shipments are expected to increase by 7.4% this year, according to new IDC data. The global pandemic suppressed last year’s numbers, but the IDC confirmed that 2021’s estimates are still an improvement over 2019 shipments. The IDC says Apple’s iOS devices are a bigger portion of that growth (13.8%) than Android devices (6.2%). Emerging markets from Africa to Asia …
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Fossil on Monday unveiled its new Gen 6 line of smartwatches, which arrive this fall and will receive Google’s new Wear OS 3 in an update in 2022. Despite its initial launch on the previous version of Wear OS, Fossil touts the watch’s faster Snapdragon Wear 4100 Plus chip from Qualcomm and a claimed charging speed of zero to 80% …
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The Series 7 Apple Watch will reportedly feature a slightly larger display with a flat-edge design. The Apple Watch 7 will come in 41mm and 45mm sizes, according to a Sunday report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Since the Apple Watch Series 4 in 2017, the case sizes for the tech giant’s smartwatch have come in 40mm and 44mm options. The …
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