It’s easy to ignore the preinstalled Shortcuts app on your iPhone, simply because at first glance it’s not all that clear what it does. Or maybe it’s that it appears to do a lot, and can be overwhelming. Either way, with the release of iOS 14, the Shortcuts app has finally hit the mainstream thanks to its …
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Apple’s latest iPhone ($500 at Best Buy) operating system, iOS 14, is now available to download, and is packed with useful new features to help you get things done faster and easier. The Shortcuts app in particular sees a major upgrade in the new OS, with more options for automating tasks so you can make your phone do what you need …
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Your iPhone ($500 at Best Buy) home screen has looked and worked pretty much the same way for the last 13 years, but all that’s set to change now that Apple has released iOS 14. After you install iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 on a compatible iPhone or iPad, you’ll have more options and features to personalize your home screen than …
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The battle royale between Epic Games and Apple continues, with a judge on Friday denying a request to force Apple to allow Fortnite back into the App Store while legal proceedings continue. But the US District Court for the Northern District of California also ordered Apple to allow Epic to operate its Unreal Engine developer account in the App Store, …
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Apple‘s latest wearable operating system WatchOS 7 has arrived on the Apple Watch ($349 at eBay), following an announcement at the tech giant’s annual event in September. Also announced at Apple’s “Time Flies” event were two new smartwatch models, the Apple Watch Series 6 and the more affordable Apple Watch SE. Originally revealed during its WWDC keynote earlier this summer, the WatchOS 7 update has been available …
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On Friday, Apple Arcade added The Survivalists, a new adventure game from Team17, the venerable British studio behind Worms and more recently Overcooked. It’s a follow-up to the studio’s previous game The Escapists. The Survivalists joins Apple Arcade’s growing catalog of over 130 games. See at App Store In The Survivalists, you find yourself shipwrecked on an island with no memory and scant …
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Microsoft announced 10 new app store principles in a blog post Thursday, needling Apple‘s and Google‘s policies in the process. The new guidelines from Microsoft are intended to promote choice, fairness and innovation for software developers on Windows 10. “Developers will have the freedom to choose whether to distribute their apps for Windows through our app store. We will not block competing …
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I first wrote about the Bose Sport Earbuds way back in June 2019. Back then, Bose was calling them the Earbuds 500 and I got to try on a nonworking prototype. At long last, more than a year later, they’re about to hit stores. At $179 (£180, AU$300), they’re the more affordable, non-noise-canceling alternative to Bose’s flagship QuietComfort Earbuds, which retail …
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Microsoft is developing an iOS app to bring Game Pass to the iPad and iPhone, circumventing Apple App Store rules, Business Insider reported Thursday. “We absolutely will end up on iOS,” Microsoft gaming boss Phil Spencer told employees at an all-hands meeting Wednesday, according to Business Insider. Microsoft announced in August that its Project xCloud video game service would be …
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Editors’ note: We were right! The iPhone 12 launch will take place on Oct. 13. Below is our original prediction and analysis. Although Apple held a September virtual event (here’s everything Apple announced), those expecting iPhones were disappointed — the event focused on the new Apple Watch 6, Apple Watch SE and iPads instead. The announcement date for the iPhone …
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