For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Two of the tech industry’s biggest players are working together to fight the coronavirus, announcing a new set of tools that could come to a majority of smartphones around the world. The new technology, outlined in white papers …
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Daily routines have been uprooted and altered to help slow the spread of the coronavirus as people practice social distancing and comply with shelter-in-place orders. Adapting to the foreseeable “new normal,” of global cancellations, closures and climbing death tolls, is bound to take a toll on our mental health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises that taking care of …
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Braille has been helping the blind and vision-impaired to read and communicate for more than 150 years. Now Google wants to help blind and vision-impaired Android users put braille to work on their smartphones. To do so, Google developed a virtual braille keyboard called TalkBack. In essence, it divides the user’s screen into six zones, each one representing one of …
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In a move designed to give people stuck at home during coronavirus lockdown something new to watch for free, digital locker service Movies Anywhere now lets its users share movies from their personal collections to anyone with an Apple or Android mobile device. The new Screen Pass feature is available to Movies Anywhere users who sign up for the open beta here, but …
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Update, April 22: Read our iPhone SE 2020 review. Original story follows. Apple has finally revealed a new iPhone SE for 2020. The phone starts at $399 and will be available for preorder starting April 24. But keeping in mind that since the world is in the midst of a pandemic, the launch date and its rumored April 22 shipment date …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. To try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, many people are practicing social distancing or sheltering in place, while tourist hotspots have closed down temporarily, movie releases have been pushed back, and major sporting events have been suspended worldwide. Though not every sports …
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Update, April 22: Read our iPhone SE 2020 review. Original story follows. Rumors of an iPhone 9, also known as the iPhone SE, have percolated to a boil. Apple was expected to announce the follow-up to the iPhone SE at an event in March, which didn’t take place because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Instead, on March 18 the company announced updates …
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Amazon Prime Video on iOS and Apple TV now allows you to buy or rent movies and series right from the Amazon Prime app, instead of directing you to a web browser. As spotted earlier Wednesday by The Verge, Amazon has stopped avoiding the App Store fee by allowing in-app purchases across iPhone, iPad and Apple TV devices. When you …
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This morning I woke up to a long list of alerts from my alarm system, video doorbell and a lamp letting me know they’d lost connectivity for over two hours in the middle of the night. If that happened during waking hours I’d go work at the local library or coffee shop, but in this time of state-wide lockdowns, that’s not …
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Apple is adding to its weather capabilities, buying app Dark Sky. The company will continue selling its iOS app in the App Store, but is pulling support for its Android and Wear OS app, and is no longer taking new signups for its API service, Dark Sky announced Tuesday. The app is already labeled “Dark Sky by Apple” on its …
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