Looking to have your Powerbeats stand out? Apple’s headphones have a new color option that will do just that. In an announcement Tuesday, Beats said it’s partnering with Tokyo-based lifestyle brand Ambush on a new pair of Powerbeats headphones that will glow in the dark. The new headphones — Beats’ first luminous product and part …
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Google on Thursday said it will add a major privacy feature to its Android messaging app to make texting more secure. The search giant is testing end-to-end encryption, which safeguards messages so they can’t be read by Google or other third parties as the content is sent from one phone to another. Last year, Google revamped text messaging on Android …
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Like Nvidia GeForce Now and baby Amazon Luna, Google’s getting in line to add iOS support for its Stadia cloud-gaming service, which runs through a web app. It begins initial testing in “several weeks.” Apple’s policies make it too much work for cloud-gaming services to sell through the App Store (imagine if every movie and show on Netflix had to be in a separate …
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Verizon and Apple are teaming up again. Last month, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg appeared during Apple’s iPhone 12 event to introduce its nationwide 5G network. On Thursday, the two companies joined forces on a new program designed to get business customers onto Apple’s latest 5G-capable iPhone 12 devices. Dubbed “5G Fleet Swap,” Verizon says the new program will allow businesses to …
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Alto’s Odyssey and its precursor Alto’s Adventure — two of the most popular and meditative mobile games around — made the leap from casual gaming to consoles and PCs in August when they arrived on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and the Epic Games Store. Now, the version for Nintendo Switch is arriving on Nov. 26, with preorders starting Thursday. The two Alto games, which …
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Apple’s stores are setting up free activities for families to participate in online, marking the latest way the company is changing how its stores operate during the coronavirus pandemic. The company on Thursday posted artwork activities and announced planned schedules for live classes tied to many of its stores. The activities, geared of course toward being performed on Apple products, range …
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The latest big milestone for 5G in the US arrived last month when Apple announced its first 5G phones, the iPhone 12 lineup. But when it comes to 5G in the US, the situation is still not perfectly clear. In the weeks leading up to Apple’s big unveiling, CNET looked at how Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T’s various 5G networks were …
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Nvidia follows Amazon down the path of least resistance to get its cloud-gaming service onto your iOS device. Like Amazon Luna, Nvidia GeForce Now has come to the iPhone and iPad by way of Apple’s Safari browser, now in beta. The company has also updated its roadmap for the service, promising the ability to run in the Chrome browser on …
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Apple’s latest generation of Macs has shifted to a whole new set of Apple-made chips. These MacBooks, and a Mac Mini, use an M1 processor that sounds like a more advanced version of the graphics-boosted processors in recent iPad Pro models, and promise incredible gains in performance and battery life. And yet, these MacBooks and Mac Minis don’t look any …
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Apple’s changing the way it treats small developers next year, halving the 30% commission it charges on sales made through its App Store for the iPhone, iPad and Mac computer. The 15% commission will apply to companies making up to $1 million in sales per calendar year. “The savings mean small businesses and developers will have even more funds to …
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