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Smartwatch makers try to get a jump on Apple with fitness push

Sitting in a corner of the Mobvoi’s booth at this week’s IFA tech conference in Berlin, Jason Zheng offers a colorful pitch for his company’s smartwatches. “You don’t want to be that douche who pulls out your phone,” Zheng, Mobvoi’s international head of PR, said jokingly. “We think smartwatches can reduce those douche pain points …

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iOS 12 creates strong passwords to save you time and keep your accounts safe

Since iOS 11, your iPhone has saved your passwords for your various accounts and helpfully offers to fill them in for you when it senses a login screen. With iOS 12, you can continue with your password-saving ways, but now you can let your iPhone ($285 at Amazon) generate strong passwords for your apps and accounts. Because when it’s left …

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The best Labor Day 2018 deals at Best Buy

Labor Day isn’t really a big “tech-deal” holiday, right? Tell that to Best Buy. The big-box store just took the wraps off some pretty sweet discounts, and I’ve rounded up the items I think are worth a look: Ninja The Ninja Coffee Bar Brewer with Thermal Carafe for $100 (save $100): Why monkey around with pricey, environmentally unfriendly K cups …

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Apple Watch allegedly hardcoded not to display pride face in Russia

A developer says the Apple Watch’s pride face won’t appear in Russia. 9to5Mac’s Guilherme Rambo revealed that it’s “hardcoded to not show up if the paired iPhone is using the Russian locale,” in a tweet showing the code on Friday. The Apple Watch pride face is hardcoded to not show up if the paired iPhone is using the Russian locale …

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All Apple iOS apps must have privacy disclosures in the future, reportedly

You probably never click on that “Privacy Policy” link as often as the “In-App Purchases” info that appears above it, especially for apps like Fortnite which you’re going to install not matter what. But for those of us who do, this is good news: Apple has extended its privacy policy disclosure rules to cover all apps, not just those that …

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Huawei’s Kirin 980 chip gives glimpse of Mate 20’s power

For many years, Europe’s biggest electronics show, IFA, was the place Huawei chose to unveil a new Mate, the biggest of its flagship phones. That’s not the case in 2018. We won’t see the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro, the latest in the series, until the fourth quarter. But to whet our appetites, Huawei did give us a preview of what’s …

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The Siri photo feature you’re probably not using (and should be)

Siri is getting smarter to where I find myself conversing with Apple’s voice assistant with greater frequency these days — and Siri Shortcuts have yet to arrive. For one, Siri makes it so I don’t have to remember any of my passwords, which is the greatest gift a digital assistant can give me. For another, Siri offers invaluable aid when …

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This is the iPhone XS, reportedly

Where do you go after X? (Apple skipped the iPhone 9, after all.) The answer, according to 9to5Mac, is the iPhone XS. And according to the popular Apple blog, you’re looking at the first pictures of Apple’s new phones right now, immediately above. 9to5Mac believes that both the expected 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch models of the new iPhone will be named …

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This might be the first look at the Apple Watch Series 4

Apple’s September 12 event should bring new iPhones and a new Apple Watch, at the very least. And we may now know what the next watch looks like. A report from 9to5Mac’s Zac Hall claims this is an exclusive look at the next watch. The story appeared this afternoon, alongside a reported exclusive look at the next, larger, iPhone XS. At …

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Apple sets Sept. 12 for its next big event, new iPhones on deck

You won’t have to wait much longer for the next iPhones: Apple has sent out invites for an event at 10 a.m. PT on Sept. 12, once again at Apple’s new Steve Jobs Theater at its campus in Cupertino, California.  The company, as usual, didn’t specify what it will announce, but it tends to show off its newest iPhones in …

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