Apple’s plan to buy Shazam, an app that can name a song playing nearby, may finally get the thumbs-up from European regulators. The European Commission is set to approve Apple’s acquisition of the British music recognition app, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The commission, the executive arm of the European Union, is reportedly expected to decide …
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Facebook has removed its Onavo security app from Apple’s App Store after the iPhone maker reportedly determined the app violated its privacy rules. Apple officials told Facebook last week that Onavo violated the company’s policies on data collection by developers and suggested Facebook voluntary remove the app, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The app, which bills itself as a …
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Pretty much every phone can use your face (as well as your fingerprint) as a key. But some biometric unlocking is also more secure, faster, or just a better experience overall. Phones like the iPhone X, Galaxy Note 9 and LG G7 use biometric information to unlock your device, like your unique eye and facial pattern. Many people find it more convenient or more novel …
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Netflix is testing a way to get around the fees it must pay Apple when people sign up and pay for subscriptions through iTunes The streaming-video giant is telling new or lapsed customers in markets across Europe, Latin America and Asia that iTunes payments are unavailable and is redirecting them to subscribe via a mobile version of Netflix’s own site, according to …
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If you like using Windows on your Mac, then Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac may fit your needs. The updated software, released Tuesday, lets you run Microsoft Windows as a virtual machine on your Macbook or Mac and sports features that lets you seamlessly copy and paste information back and forth between Windows and MacOS. Parallels said the 14th version comes with …
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Not everyone is an expert. That’s the message an ad campaign called Don’t Believe Every Tweet — seemingly from Twitter itself — is trying to drive home. The irony, though, is the campaign isn’t an effort by the platform to educate users about being critical of what they see. It’s the work of a 35-year-old Los Angeles-based writer and director …
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School is already back in session for some lucky students; others have just a few precious days of summer vacation left. Either way, you’ve missed all the back-to-school bargains, right? Not quite. Best Buy just unveiled some college-student deals, including $150 off all MacBooks, up to $150 off various laptops and $100 off select Microsoft Surfaces. To get the discounts …
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Apple has pulled thousands of apps from its Chinese store after state-run media accused the company of being slow to clean up illegal content, according to a new report. The company came under attack by the government-run China Central Television for apparently allowing fake lottery-ticket apps in its store, which resulted in people losing huge amounts of money, Bloomberg reported …
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I can’t believe it’s actually happening. Seriously, I can’t and won’t believe until Apple says it on stage — Bloomberg reports that Apple is finally updating its Mac mini desktop, and updating its lowest cost MacBook with a high-resolution Retina Display screen. Technically, Bloomberg says it’s a new low-cost MacBook, not necessarily a MacBook Air, which lines up with rumors we’ve …
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The Apple Watch Series 4 may be just around the corner. Apple recently registered six new product model numbers (A1977, A1978, A1975, A1976, A2007 and A2008) with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), as spotted by French site Consomac. Enlarge Image The EEC filing gives some clues about Apple’s products. Consomac/EEC According to a translation of the filing’s text, the model …
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