The OnePlus 9 Pro is here (along with the OnePlus 9) and the company is hoping that its partnership with pro camera maker Hasselblad will help this latest handset do battle with the photography kings, the iPhone 12 Pro Max and the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. Hasselblad is a camera company better known for its …
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Finding lost things has become the 2021 goal of a number of tech companies: Samsung has new SmartTag trackers. Apple may have AirTags this year. Google just added a new Tile feature into its Fitbit Inspire 2 band that could help make it easier to find, or make your phone ring to find it. “Wearables are an exciting new category …
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Clubhouse, the exclusive invite-only audio chat app, will reportedly take months to launch on Android. Co-founder Paul Davison on Sunday said the social network is developing an app for Android devices but that this work would take another couple of months, TechCrunch reported Monday. Launched in March 2020, Clubhouse was developed by Davison and Rohan Seth. The app houses virtual …
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A federal judge in California certified an ongoing class action case against Apple earlier this month, clearing another hurdle for customers who say the company failed to address problems with the “butterfly” keyboards on its MacBook laptops. In a ruling handed down on March 8, but made publicly available last week, US District Judge Edward Davila granted class action status …
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Apple plans to call some of its highest profile executives to testify as part of its upcoming trial with Fortnite maker Epic Games. Apple said it plans to call its CEO, Tim Cook, software head Craig Federighi, and Apple fellow Phil Schiller, as well as employees who help combat fraud, manage payment processing and those who build developer tools for iPhone …
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The public feud between Facebook and Apple keeps heating up. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear before he isn’t happy with Apple’s upcoming privacy update that will prompt users to give apps, including the social network he co-founded, permission to track their activity across other apps and the web. Apple, on the other hand, has said the change …
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a comfort blanket for many at the onset of the pandemic. Players took solace in simple tasks like fishing, catching bugs and visiting each other’s islands. While I didn’t jump on the bandwagon and invest in a Nintendo Switch, I did check the “lite” version of Animal Crossing, the mobile app Pocket Camp. While it was …
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OnePlus on Wednesday confirmed that its first smartwatch, the OnePlus Watch, will launch alongside the OnePlus 9 series during an event on March 23. OnePlus didn’t reveal many details about the smartwatch ahead of its launch, but said it will bring a “new element of convenience and seamless connectivity” between OnePlus devices and be offered at an “affordable price point.” …
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If you are ready to plunk down for an iPhone 12 but are already tracking rumors about the iPhone 13, then you might be a good candidate for Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program. With it, you can upgrade your current phone for the latest model every year. It’s basically the “iPhone as a service” plan: Instead of paying the full value up …
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Apple scored a legal win in France on Wednesday when the country’s competition authority, known as the Autorité de la Concurrence, declined to prohibit the tech giant from instituting new privacy rules for its devices. Apple’s upcoming iOS 14.5 software update will ask users if they want to allow ad tracking across various apps and websites. The French regulator said …
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