Apple on Monday released iOS 14.3, the latest version of its software for iPhones and iPads. The updated OS includes support for Fitness Plus, Apple’s new fitness streaming subscription service, and ProRaw photos, its new photo format that gives amateur photographers better editing options. It also includes support for the new noise-canceling AirPods Max headphones, and new …
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Google’s $2.1 billion purchase of Fitbit earned the EU’s conditional approval, the Competition Commission said Thursday. It follows the Commission’s investigation into the company’s promise not to use Fitbit users’ health data for targeted ads. Under the Commission’s conditions, the search giant can’t use the data of EU Fitbit users for advertising, it must maintain a technical separation between Fitbit …
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For 2020’s iPhone 12 line, the biggest feature wasn’t improved cameras or the ceramic glass covering on the screen. It was 5G. The new wireless standard took center stage at Apple’s big event in October, complete with the tech giant bringing out Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg to announce that America’s largest wireless carrier was turning on its nationwide 5G network …
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The Apple TV app is coming to Google’s Android TV platform, the companies announced on Monday. The new app will first appear on Google’s latest Chromecast with Google TV streaming stick “early next year” before heading to other Android TV devices “in the future.” In bringing Apple TV to its platform, Android TV joins Apple’s TVOS software in supporting all …
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Last week 2020 took another turn for the worse, with Apple’s launch of the AirPods Max, a set of $549 headphones. To be sure, they sound good — CNET’s own audio expert David Carnoy was impressed by their sound quality and noise cancellation. But they’re priced well beyond their value, at least in my humble opinion, and any number of …
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Facebook wants to participate in Fortnite maker Epic Games‘ high profile lawsuit against Apple, providing what it says is information about how the iPhone and iPad maker’s policies hurt other businesses. The move was revealed the same day Facebook launched a nationwide print ad campaign criticizing Apple’s privacy policies. “We think it’s really important that the court understand far reaching …
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Facebook is doubling down on its criticism of Apple with another ad claiming that the iPhone maker’s upcoming privacy changes to its mobile operating system will harm consumers by making “the internet much more expensive.” Apple announced several new privacy updates for iOS at its Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this year, including a feature called App Tracking Transparency that would require people to opt …
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BBC Studios on Wednesday unveiled plans for BBC Select, a new subscription streaming channel that will launch in the US and Canada in early 2021, Deadline reported. BBC Select will be available as a subscription channel on Amazon Prime Video and the Apple TV app, and will specialize in news programming around culture, politics and ideas. At launch, shows will …
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The AirPods Pro have become the de facto name for noise-canceling true wireless earbuds, even if they no longer rule the roost in the Apple headphone hierarchy thanks to the new $549 AirPods Max. Since their release in October 2019, the AirPods Pro got a new spatial audio feature in iOS 14 that boosts the surround-sound experience and they now offer quick …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung has big plans in store for 2021. That includes expanding its foldable lineup and making the devices “more accessible” — likely code for lowering prices — as well as putting more emphasis on the camera and video capabilities in its devices. …
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