Apple’s chief design officer Jony Ive is leaving the company later this year to form an independent design firm. And Apple will be one of his first primary clients. While Ive is striking out on his own in a way, he will continue to work with Apple on a variety of the company’s projects when he …
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We’re still a few weeks away from Prime Day — which officially starts on July 15 this year — but Amazon is already dropping prices all over the place. Right now, the company is offering its best-ever deal on Apple’s second-gen AirPods with the wireless charging case. It’s usually priced at $199 (£199, AU$319) but is currently going for $180. CNET may get a …
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Mozilla has launched a pilot test of its new web browser for Android phones, called Firefox Preview. The new browser is faster and more privacy-focused, and is available now for early adopters to test ahead of a “feature rich, polished version” coming in the fall, the nonprofit organization said. Firefox Preview is twice as fast as Firefox for Android, has …
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Looks like Apple is getting more serious about making the iPad into a laptop replacement. At WWDC 2019, its annual developers conference, Apple introduced iPadOS, a dedicated operating system for the iPad that breaks away from some of iOS’ limitations, especially when it comes to productivity. Apple will release iPadOS this fall as a free software update for the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini (released …
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Best Buy has gaming laptop deals that rival those you’ll find on Amazon as Prime Day draws near. You’ll find discounted mobile rigs right now at Best Buy from Alienware, Asus, Razer and others just as we’re starting to see pre-Prime Day laptop deals on Amazon. You can scope all of Best Buy’s gaming laptops on discount here. Below are …
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Apple’s final version of iOS 13 won’t arrive until the fall, but the company’s public beta rolled out Monday. In addition to dark mode and a swiping keyboard, iOS 13 introduces a handful of updates related to fonts. This includes the option to install custom fonts and apply them to various apps, download apps from the App Store and manage these fonts …
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In case this somehow got by you, there are a lot of people running for president in the 2020 election. In fact, there are more than 20 Democratic candidates. That’s a lot of politicians to weed through, but there’s help: Apple News on Wednesday released a guide to the candidates. The guide, which coincides with two Democratic debates this week, focuses on …
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Loupedeck+, a hardware console for editing photos in Lightroom, now works with Photoshop’s Adobe Camera Raw tool, too. The new Photoshop integration, which Loupedeck announced Wednesday, could help photo editors get more use out of the $249 USB accessory. The Loupedeck+ console comes with dedicated knobs for controlling things like exposure, vignetting, contrast and noise reduction. For example, there are …
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eBay plans to launch a site-wide Crash Sale on July 15, the same day that Amazon plans to kick off its two-day Prime Day mega-sale. eBay promises deals will offer discounts of up to 80% on a variety of products, including items from Apple, Garmin and Samsung, among others. One might be forgiven for concluding eBay is calling it a …
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Apple could owe Samsung Display “hundreds of billions of won” in penalties for not buying enough OLED screens — found in iPhone XS, XS Max and X — due to lackluster iPhone sales, according to Korean outlet ETNews. That’d be about $90 million in fines, which isn’t much to Apple, but could strain on its relationship with the supplier. The …
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