When Apple announced iOS 12, it showed off improvements to notifications and Do Not Disturb. Primarily, notifications are now combined if sent by the same app, and users can revoke an app’s notification privileges directly from the lock screen. And watchOS 5 is no different. After installing watchOS 5 on your Apple Watch ($70 at …
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Editor’s note: iOS 12 is now available publicly to everyone. Follow this guide to download and install the new update. After detailing all that iOS 12 has to offer in early June, Apple is ready to release the final version of its new software. iOS 12 officially launches Sept. 17, at which point compatible iOS devices will be notified of the …
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Path will be no more. The mobile social network, a former competitor of Facebook, on Monday said it’ll be shutting down over the next two months. Starting Oct. 1, you won’t be able to download the app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play store. Path will shut its service on Oct. 18, then customer service will close …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With the release of iOS 12, Apple is finally doing something about the mess of notifications and alerts we receive on a daily basis. Some of the changes are an extension of Apple’s effort to help you limit the amount of time spent …
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There was plenty of intrigue brewing for the 70th Emmy Awards, which took place in Los Angeles on Monday night. How many of Game of Thrones‘ 22 nominations did the HBO show take home? While HBO usually leads the Emmy nominations, this year it was Netflix on top, with 112 nominations in total, and the streaming property closed out the …
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Pandora on Monday introduced another personalized playlist, called The Drop, which collects new-release music suited to your tastes. The playlist, which is available for people who pay a $10-a-month Premium subscription, adds tunes to the top as they’re released, sort of like a news feed of fresh songs algorithmically picked for you. Pandora is widening its roster of personalized …
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Apple’s latest WatchOS 5 update is now available for download, and it brings a ton of great new features for the Apple Watch like a walkie-talkie app, Siri shortcuts and Podcast support. But as someone who uses her Apple Watch mostly for its fitness and workout features, those are the improvements I’m most excited about. Here are the key fitness upgrades in …
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We’ve all faced the test of accurately tapping on a word in an attempt to place the cursor in the perfect spot in order to fix a typo. This process almost never works. With the addition of 3D Touch starting with the iPhone 6S ($190 at eBay), users could hard press on the keyboard to activate a trackpad-like feature. After …
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To get an idea of how small the electronic elements are on the Apple A12 Bionic chip at the heart of the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, first squint really hard at a human hair. It’s thin, obviously. But it’s still thick enough that you could fit about 10,000 of an A12’s electronic components across its width. That miniaturization …
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You don’t need to pony up for one of Apple’s new iPhones — the iPhone XS, the iPhone XS Max or the iPhone XR — to get Apple’s latest mobile operating system. Apple will release iOS 12 on Monday, Sept. 17 as a free upgrade, and the odds are good your current iPhone ($285 at Amazon) can run it. iOS …
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