Facebook appears to have pulled its controversial Onavo mobile VPN app from the Google Play Store. The app, called Onavo Protect, will immediately stop pulling user data for market research, TechCrunch reported Thursday, but will remain as an active VPN while users look for a replacement. The app will eventually shut down, according to the …
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Adobe on Friday pushed out an update to Adobe Premiere Pro CC via its Creative Cloud app to fix the glitch in the previous version that seemed to kill the speakers on late-model MacBook Pros. The message was posted to the Adobe Community thread tracking the situation: UPDATE: Adobe had a small number of user reports about an issue in …
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A faulty app has tripped up Nike’s $350 self-tying shoes. Nike released the Adapt BB, its tech-infused sneaker, on Sunday during the NBA’s All-Star game, along with an app that can control the shoe’s fit and light-up colors. You’re able to loosen and tighten the sneakers through two buttons on the sneaker’s side, but Nike executives talked up the app …
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Apple and Goldman Sachs will issue a credit card this spring with money-managing features tucked into the iPhone, according to a report. Employees will test the card in the coming weeks before an official launch later in 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources. We got a hint last May that this partnership, which brings both companies into a new …
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Chinese phone maker Xiaomi’s latest flagship will stand out from the competition thanks to a few cool tricks. The phone will come with a triple rear-camera set up, for starters, and its specs already show a lot of promise. Now playing: Watch this: Xiaomi Mi 9 hands-on 2:51 The rear triple-camera set up includes a 48-megapixel main camera, a 12-megapixel …
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The Galaxy S10 and foldable phone leakfest is finally over; now that Samsung’s Unpacked event has started, we’ve got all the official details about Samsung’s much-hyped new Galaxy Fold, its raft of Galaxy S10 models, and all the new accessories that go with them. Of course, there’s always something we didn’t get. In this case, no news on the Galaxy Home. …
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Samsung wants to make it easier to share your photos and videos to Instagram. The Korean electronics giant on Wednesday announced Instagram Mode, a feature for the new Galaxy S10‘s camera that has direct integration with the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app. The feature lets you use Instagram’s camera filters and access Instagram Stories and stickers. You can also upload your photo …
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Samsung has taken the wraps off its first superfast 5G phone. The new Galaxy S10 5G will be Samsung’s top-of-the-line phone when it goes on sale later this year. Unveiled Wednesday at Samsung’s Unpacked event in San Francisco, it’s one of several devices Samsung announced at the event, including the Galaxy S10, S10 Plus and cheaper S10E. In short, the …
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Collin Riley Howard, a UC Santa Cruz student, was indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple charges last week for distribution and possession with the intent to distribute drugs like meth and cocaine. The twist? Howard, 18, developed an iPhone app to help him. Between Nov. 7 and Nov. 28 of last year, the Banana Plug app allegedly advertised …
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Apple is planning to let developers create a single version of their apps that’ll work across iPhone, iPad and Mac, a report said. The Cupertino, California, company hopes to have this universal approach to apps in place by 2021, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. In the new way of doing things, developers wouldn’t submit their apps to Apple’s various …
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