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Apple has updated its iCloud Web beta app this week with a fresh coat of paint. Users are now greeted with a new, more modern launch screen that replaces the older one. There’s also a new iCloud Drive Web app for managing y...
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Even as our phones are portals to an entertaining world of fun and whims, they’re also an easy way for governments to manipulate users without them knowing. Tech companies have stepped up in that regard, taking action to str...
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Facebook is increasing the number of ads users will see on Instagram Stories as part of its efforts to increase the number of ads on the platform. Now, users will see back-to-back story ads when browsing Stories on their Android ...
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With the launch of the Galaxy Note10, Samsung made DeX more useful for users. They’d now be able to use a Windows or Mac app to run the feature on their laptops. You know, the devices they actually have on them as opposed to...
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Google has long since positioned YouTube Music as a successor to its very fleshed out and solid Google Play Music service. When it comes to client apps however, the firm has spent the better part of a year playing catch-up to feat...
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 is its upcoming flagship and is due for release in just under a week. The firm has passed its flagship around to several news outlets, and this is a round-up of their first impressions and review com...
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 is its marquee device, but the world still turns on its mid-range A-series. The firm has launched updates to the popular A30 and A50 lines with the new A30s and A50s. “Smartphones are a vital p...
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Privacy on the web has been a game of whack-a-mole between developers and platform makers ever since Microsoft mass-deployed Do Not Track in Windows 10. Google wants to change that with its new privacy sandbox, a series of proposa...
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Even as Bill Nye, Science guy shills Chromebook, the platform has a flaw that limits the usefulness of even newly purchased Chromebooks for users who intend to hold on to their laptops for more than a few years. Google originally ...
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Google has just shut down a service which fed back network strength data from users phones back to carriers. Called the Gooogle Mobile Network Insights service, it was sent free to carriers and powered by ay phone running Android ...
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The US Department of Commerce has announced another 90-day extension to firms who would wish to continue trade with Huawei. The US first offered one which would have expired today, but has granted another one to give US entities m...
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Microsoft announced last Friday that it would be bringing the Notepad app to the Store, allowing for faster and more responsive updates to the much-loved app. The firm had been working on it over the lifetime of Windows 10, includ...
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While Android smartphones have long since been beating Apple in the photo quality race, when it comes to video quality, the experience has not been as good by comparison. Users of Huawei flagships have complained about poor qualit...
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Apple’s Arcade — its game streaming service for ‘mobile, desktop and the living room’ — has just been leaked a little early. According to 9to5Mac who gained access to an internal program, Apple will ...
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Spotify is improving its Premium for Family subscription to take account more for family dynamics. Most importantly, the firm is adding an explicit content feature. If you’re on a streaming plan with children under 16 (or wh...
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Microsoft’s Windows 10 Defender offers real-time virus and malware protection to keep your PC safe. It is the best and most easily recommended anti-virus available — that is t say — if you don’t use Windows...
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DNS is a Domain Name System, this is the part of a service that lets you use the web and all its services. DNS provides a way for computers to translate domains from machine-readable addresses to IP addresses that computers can un...
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Scammers are taking advantage of Google, Apple and other voice assistants calling feature to prey on vulnerable users. With these new assistants, users can contact customer representatives simply by speaking into their devices. Th...
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Earlier this month, Microsoft was revealed to be sending off some of the data Cortana records to contractors to transcribe. While there was some consternation about the transparency of the program, Microsoft says that the terms of...
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Apple’s new OS betas keep offering up new treasures, and the latest one confirmes the finish of what could very well be the Apple Watch Series 5. iHelp BR spotted the new models tucked away among WatchOS6 beta files. TAs sh...
