Apple’s MagSafe Battery Pack‘s charging speed got a boost with its latest firmware update Wednesday. The update makes the iPhone accessory leap to 7.5-watt charging on the go from its original 5-watt capability, Apple said in a support page. The version 2.7 firmware update begins automatically after you attach your battery pack to your iPhone, …
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If you have iOS 15 or 14 downloaded on your iPhone, you have access to all sorts of fun ways to customize your home screen. You can switch up your app icons, take advantage of a pseudo app drawer called App Library and experiment with widgets. (Plus, rumors suggest that iOS 16, which Apple could show off at WWDC in June, might introduce bigger …
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T-Mobile has a new unlimited plan that’s cheaper than its other offerings. Just be prepared to give up some perks. The new plan, called Base Essentials, went live on April 21 and runs $45 per month for a single line, a $15 savings compared with its current cheapest Essentials unlimited plan, which is $60 per month. The new option is …
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By now, you’ve surely gotten at least one: an unexpected SMS message carrying a tiny link just begging to be clicked on. Do so and you might be handing cyber thieves valuable information they can use to swipe your bank account balance, fake your identity or even track your whereabouts. Dubbed smishing, a contraction of SMS and phishing, some texts …
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Apple plans to outfit a future iPhone with a full-screen display, putting Face ID and the front camera beneath the screen’s surface, according to reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. But that won’t happen until 2024 with the high-end iPhone 16 models, Kuo said in a tweet Wednesday, despite a previous rumor that the iPhone 15 Pro would include this technology. …
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Apple has released a new iPad Air, which means significant discounts are rolling out for the previous model. During its “Peek Performance” event in March, the company announced an all-new iPad Air 2022 to replace the iPad Air 4, which had been on the market for about two years. The newest model dropped at the Apple Store and other retailers …
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A new iPhone update arrived recently: iOS 15.4.1. Coming on the heels of iOS 15.4, this update is relatively small but still important: It resolves a battery-draining bug and fixes a security flaw that Apple says “may have been actively exploited” on some devices. Read more: iOS 16 Wish List: New iPhone Features We Hope Apple Debuts at WWDC Some iPhone users took …
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Amid declining subscriber numbers in the first quarter of 2022, its first subscriber drop in a decade, and a more competitive streaming landscape, Netflix is considering ad-supported price tiers. Co-CEO Reed Hastings discussed the potential change during the company’s quarterly investors’ earnings interview on Tuesday. After COO Greg Peters addressed the latest price hike for subscription plans, Hastings shared that …
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In an effort to lure iPhone users away, Google is rolling out its Switch to Android app in the Apple App store. The app helps users more easily migrate data — think photos, videos and contacts — from an iPhone to Google’s Pixel phones, without the need for a cable when making the switch. Google will add support for other …
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Apple on Tuesday announced it’s taken more steps toward its efforts to make its products from recycled materials, with expanded efforts to reuse gold, tungsten, cobalt and other elements. Overall, Apple said nearly 20% of all materials used in its products last year were recycled, its highest level yet. As part of its regular environmental progress report (PDF), published ahead of …
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