Vivo X50 Pro Like Sleek lines and slender design, Impressive zoom Gimbal camera keeps video super steady 5G connectivity Don’t Like Lack of stereo speakers Not water resistant Swipe down to answer calls The Vivo X50 Pro is a midrange phone on the higher end of that spectrum and has many of the trappings of …
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It turns out WordPress doesn’t need to add in-app purchases to its iOS app. “We believe the issue with the WordPress app has been resolved,” Apple said in a statement Saturday. “Since the developer removed the display of their service payment options from the app, it is now a free stand-alone app and does not have to offer in-app purchases. We have …
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I work from home. Outside my window on any given day, there are lawnmowers, construction tools, barking dogs and the like, all making it hard to concentrate. I’d heard Apple’s AirPods Pro ($225 at Amazon) were borderline magical in their noise-canceling capabilities, but $250? No. Nuh-uh. (For what it’s worth, the best deal right now: $220 at Verizon. Still too …
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Apple is expected to include superfast 5G wireless technology in its next iPhone, rumored to be announced Sept. 10. But that higher speed will come at a higher component cost, says a new report, so Apple is finding other ways to even out the price of its parts to make up the difference. An analyst note from Ming-Chi Kuo, reported …
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Apple‘s argument with Epic Games, the company behind the popular battle title Fortnite, goes back to June, the tech giant said in a Friday filing. And it started with Epic asking for a deal to offer a competing app store and payment system, separate from Apple’s, on iPhones. Apple said it received an email from Epic CEO Tim Sweeney on June 30, …
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Apple’s big summer surprise was not the first ARM-based Mac. It wasn’t a new Mac Mini, nor the return of the 12-inch MacBook. The biggest hardware news from the company right now is a new 27-inch iMac. Yes, it looks the same as the last 27-inch iMac, and the one before that, and so on. It even keeps the same starting prices …
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Epic Games levels up again in its battle against Apple and Google with the announcement of the #FreeFortnite Cup tournament on Aug. 23, just ahead of its Chapter 2 Season 4 launch on Aug 27. Epic is locked in a public battle with the two tech giants over their policies on in-app purchases on iOS and Android devices. Apple and Google last …
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On Friday, Apple Arcade added Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time, a new action game from Adult Swim, to its growing catalog of over 130 games. The game is based on Genndy Tartakovsky’s animated series Samurai Jack, which aired on Adult Swim, Cartoon Network’s name for its late night programming lineup. See at App Store In Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time, you play …
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Apple’s signature secrecy may have slipped a little Thursday, when a Twitter user posted a photo of what appeared to be a scheduled livestream for the iPhone maker’s YouTube account set for Sept. 10. “It was on my YouTube subscription page, it is now removed,” the person tweeted. Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Apple’s YouTube page …
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For the second week in a row, Apple is being asked to cut down its App Store fees. After Fortnite publisher Epic Games sued Apple last week in a confrontation over the 30% tax Apple charges to developers on its App Store, trade organization Digital Content Next, which represents publishers including the New York Times, the Washington Post and CNET …
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