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iOS 12 turns your iPhone into a virtual tape measure

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple shows new Measure AR app 1:22 Augmented reality was one of the first topics Apple tackled at its yearly WWDC keynote on Monday, with new ARKit2 features in iOS 12 designed to help …

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Lego AR lets Batman come to life with iOS 12 at WWDC

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Batman’s latest trick is coming to life on your kitchen table.  At Apple’s WWDC, the company showed off a cool new use of Augmented Reality — a Lego game you can play with friends. LEGO + AR + Apple at WWDC! pic.twitter.com/TXlx0pyTz4 — …

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Apple’s WWDC 2018: Forget the gadgets, it’s all about services and software

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s next pitch is to get you to put your iPhone down. Wait, what? The effort, a response to experts’ and investors’ growing fears about smartphone addiction, is likely to be one of the key themes at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on June …

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WWDC 2018: What to expect from iOS 12, MacOS 10.14 and more

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. We’re just days away from getting our next official glimpse of Apple’s future. The company kicks off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, June 4 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. CNET will have wall-to-wall live coverage, including a live blog and a …

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iPhones may get three cameras, and Apple stirs up trouble with apps

There’s been plenty of iPhone drama this week, but none of it has to do with the big conference–WWDC–Apple’s putting on next week, or even last week’s Samsung court case. Nope. Apple is drawing praise — and much more fire — for apps. Plus, two juicy rumors about future iPhone screens and a third camera. Here’s what happened this week. …

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Mac OS 10.14 leak suggests dark mode, Apple News app

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Is the Mac heading to the Dark Side? A new leak suggests that could be the case. Software programmer Steven Troughton-Smith took to Twitter on Saturday to say he’d come across an internal Apple video that shows the company’s Xcode development tool running …

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12 things we want to see on Apple’s iOS 12 at WWDC

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s WWDC conference is almost here, and while we expect a focus on software and services over hardware, we can be sure of one thing: a preview of the next version of iOS. The last version of Apple’s iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS …

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9 Siri remote shortcuts you should be using

With only six buttons and a clicking touchpad, the Siri Remote for the Apple TV seems like an overly-simplified remote, especially when you consider everything the streamer can do. It gets its job done pretty well, even if the trackpad can be a bit cumbersome at times. In fact, if you’re not using Siri all that much, you’re likely missing …

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Computex is Asia’s biggest

Each year in June, just about every head in the tech world starts dutifully craning toward California to see what genius Apple will come up with next at WWDC. But this June, there’s a whole other world of tech happening outside the US. Forget WWDC, forget E3, forget Silicon Valley — if you want to see how the rest of …

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This could be your first look at the iPhone X Plus and ‘affordable’ 2018 iPhone

We may be getting an early look at the iPhone X Plus and 6.1-inch LCD iPhone, rumored to be coming this September. These renders of the 2018 iPhones were shared by phone site MySmartPrice in conjunction with mobile leaker and renderer OnLeaks. He says he bases his renders on factory CAD info, but it’s worth noting that these are not official Apple renders, so …

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