Apple’s popular MacBook Air set the bar for years for what you could expect from a $1,000 laptop and gave you a great entry point into MacOS without having to shell out for an iMac or MacBook Pro. However, PC makers have caught up to the Apple laptop and, in some cases, surpassed what’s possible for …
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From 5G connectivity to foldable screens, phone manufacturers are innovating faster than ever to capitalize on many carriers’ unlimited data, unlimited talk and unlimited text offerings. While Samsung’s Galaxy line and Apple’s iPhone are many people’s top smartphone choice, there are other cell phone-makers gunning for their place. Android phones with facial recognition, mobile phones with extended battery life and an …
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2020 isn’t the only thing coming to an end Thursday. The last day of the year is also the last day for FarmVille, one of the original addictive Facebook games. FarmVille, which allowed players to cultivate colorful cartoonish farms by tending crops and caring for livestock, had 30 million daily players at its peak. But game developer Zynga announced in September …
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Amazon will acquire podcast publisher Wondery, the latest tech giant investing in podcasts in the hope of popularizing its streaming services (and, by extension, the hardware sells you to access them). But Amazon, which operates the Amazon Music audio service, said Wondery’s programming — which includes such podcasts as Dirty John, Dr. Death and Business Wars — will continue to be …
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No platform has become as synonymous with 2020 as Zoom, the video conferencing service that grew seemingly overnight from a useful business tool to a ubiquitous way to connect for everything from remote education to virtual happy hours to game nights and holiday meals. From a technology standpoint, Zoom managed to do the almost impossible: Scale up massively without major …
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Longtime Apple iPhone supplier Lens Technology, a maker of glass screens and coverings, has been accused of using forced Uighur labor in its factories, according to a report by The Washington Post, which cited documents from the human rights group Tech Transparency Project. The report noted that Lens Technology is a supplier to Tesla and Amazon, too. Many companies’ supply chains wind through …
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Apple’s newest computers — MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini — are fast, have impressive battery life and can even run iPhone apps. The difference between this crop and previous models? These are powered by the Apple Silicon M1 processor. It’s the same kind of processor the company uses in the iPhone and iPad. If you spoiled yourself and picked up a …
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The iPhone 12 has hugely impressed in our review and comes with some awesome features like 5G support, a fresh design and support for Apple’s new MagSafe chargers. But there are some things missing that in an ideal world we’d like to see. No, they’re not deal breakers, and aren’t even features we’d find on any iPhone, but they may …
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Apple’s two latest smartwatches include the affordable $279 Apple Watch SE (£269, AU$429) and the flagship $399 Apple Watch Series 6 (£379, AU$599). Both wearables run WatchOS 7, but the Watch SE has fewer features than the Series 6, including a less advanced S5 chipset. (Check out our roundup of the best Apple Watch deals too, because prices are fluctuating.) Despite its lower price, however, …
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Apple’s latest Mac operating system, MacOS Big Sur, is now available for download. The new OS, also called MacOS 11, is full of new and redesigned features that make for a better experience, including updates to Safari, Messages and Maps. Big Sur is also the first version of the OS to run on Apple’s new Macs with the in-house M1 silicon chip, as …
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