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Apple WWDC 2019: 12 things to do in San Jose, CA

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s kicked off its WWDC developers conference on Monday, introducing several products and software updates including the Apple Pro Display XDR, MacOS Catalina and  iOS 13, and the new Mac Pro. Though the audience sounded excited enough about the devices, …

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iPadOS will let you plug flash drives and memory cards into your iPad

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With the upcoming iPadOS, you’ll be able to plug external drives and SD cards into your iPad the way you already can with your Mac or Windows PC. “iPadOS … supports external drives, allowing users to easily plug in USB drives, SD cards …

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At Apple WWDC, iPhone and Mac take a step closer to unification

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At Apple’s WWDC 2019, it’s like Marvel and DC Comics characters crossing over into the same movie. Or the Yankees and Red Sox sharing the same dugout. You can hear the exasperated voice of Seinfeld’s George Costanza: “Worlds are colliding!” Well, sort of. One of …

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iPadOS gives Apple’s tablets their own operating system

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has introduced iPadOS — a dedicated operating system for the iPad that brings a host of new capabilities to its tablet. Announced Monday at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference, iPadOS strengthens the iPad’s productivity capabilities and nudges it closer to fulfilling its potential …

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Huawei refutes report it stripped back phone production amid US crackdown

Problems are stacking up for Huawei as the US cracks down on the Chinese technology giant.  After the US government barred Huawei from using US products, which includes Google’s Android operating system, the company is reportedly slowing down production of its phones, according the South China Morning Post. Foxconn, a Taiwanese company that manufacturers electronics from Apple, Huawei, Sony, Nokia, …

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Apple privacy push takes on all the creepy ways you’re tracked online

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At WWDC 2019 on Monday, Apple upped the ante on privacy again. “We believe privacy is a fundamental human right and we engineer it into everything that we do,” Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, said at the annual developer’s …

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Apple will finally kill off iTunes in MacOS Catalina

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple Music is officially replacing iTunes after 18 years as part of an app suite for the latest MacOS, which was announced at WWDC 2019 in California. The update is part of MacOS Catalina (coming in fall 2019), which also includes Apple Podcasts and the …

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Four AirPods and an iPhone: Share music with a friend in iOS 13

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has unveiled the ability to connect two pairs of AirPods with a single iPhone, which will be available in iOS 13. The updated mobile OS, including this new dual-connect feature, is expected in fall 2019, which is also when the company is …

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Apple Watch getting its own App Store

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has managed to sell a lot of Apple Watches, but one of the complaints some users have is that there’s no native app store for the Watch — you have to find iOS apps that are compatible with the Watch. Well, that’s …

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Microsoft’s rumored dual

Microsoft reportedly has a dual-screen Surface prototype up and running. The Windows maker recently demoed a dual-screen Surface internally, according to a report Monday from The Verge. Going by the codename Centaurus, the new device is said to likely use the company’s Windows Lite OS, which is a slimmed-down, dual-screen version of Windows designed to compete against Google’s Chrome OS. …

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