The long-sought-for holy grail for those who use a laptop and phone is a seamless handoff between the two for anyone who doesn’t want to stop what they’re doing on one screen to do something else on the smaller display. Now Microsoft helps bridge the divide by letting you make and answer phone calls right from your …
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France’s consumer watchdog on Friday announced that it fined Apple 25 million euros ($27.4 million) for intentionally slowing down older iPhone models with a software update. The action follows an investigation by the Directorate General for Competition, Consumption and the Suppression of Fraud that kicked off in January 2018, after Apple admitted that its iOS software slowed down the performance …
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The Apple TV 4K is a more-than-capable streamer, even two years after its September 2017 debut. That said, its A10X Fusion processor is getting a bit long in the tooth. However it looks like an update may finally be on the horizon. According to 9to5Mac, beta code for an upcoming version of the company’s TVOS includes references for an unreleased …
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It was a dark day in 2017 when Twitter announced it was shutting down Vine, the six-second video-looping social app. In less than four years, Vine became a hub for micro-video memes, creating the rise of a generation of young Vine stars with its potential for quick and quirky humor. As users consoled themselves with YouTube compilation videos of their …
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Not even Apple is immune to the coronavirus sweeping the globe, with suppliers and stores impacted by the deadly disease. CEO Tim Cook last week said the company has suppliers in China’s Wuhan region, where the coronavirus first emerged. The iPhone maker has alternative sources for those components, he said, and it’s “working on mitigation plans to make up any expected …
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Can you look at someone and tell whether they prefer the iPhone or an Android phone? We decided to put YouTube star Marques Brownlee to this test during a recent visit to CNET’s New York studio. Here’s the setup. In multiple rounds, two people walk up to Brownlee. The goal? To figure out which person is an iPhone user and …
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On Wednesday, Apple released the first developer betas of iOS 13.4 and MacOS 10.15.4, with several new features that will make the platforms more useful. The iOS 13.4 developer beta includes nine new Memoji Stickers (expressing celebration, eye rolling, and huffing with anger, among other emotions) for Messages, FaceTime, and other apps that use your phone’s keyboard. CarPlay also has …
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Apple might be joining the folding-phone craze. A patent now held by the iPhone maker shows a design for a “flexible display” that appears to be similar to some of the upcoming foldable phones such as the Galaxy Z Flip and Motorola Razr. On Tuesday, the US Patent and Trademark Office published a patent filed by Apple titled “Electronic devices …
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Apple’s smartwatch is gaining popularity, with the tech giant shipping 31 million Apple Watch devices during 2019, according to Strategy Analytics. Combined, it said Swiss watch companies shipped 21 million units for the year. This means Apple “outsold the entire Swiss watch industry,” by 10 million devices, the tech analysis firm said in an emailed press release Wednesday. Apple launched …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Citing safety concerns for its employees and the general public given the global outbreak of the coronavirus, LG on Tuesday announced that it will “withdraw from exhibiting and participating” at Mobile World Congress 2020. MWC is the world’s largest mobile trade show, and …
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