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Last week it was noted that while Google accidentally offered a free unlimited original quality backup to iPhone users, the firm didn’t offer the same courtesy to users who opted to use its own Pixel series of handsets. Whil...
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HTC has announced the HTC Exodus 1s. This is its cheaper blockchain-focused device and can be used primarily for validation of Bitcoin transactions if that’s your thing. Yup, you can run a full node on this smartphone and ac...
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Google Books has turned 15 years old this week, and the firm has taken the opportunity to redesign the ageing service. It’s been given a touch up of Material theme and now more easily surfaces up contextualy information like...
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Apple has been rumoured to be launching a new 16-inch MacBook Pro all year, but it has yet to actually launch or confirm this device officially. However, the newest macOS Catalina bds has been discovered to contain images of a new...
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Photoshop for iPad and iPad Pro is nearing ready for release as per a new report. However, it’s not exactly as good as the “real Photoshop” Adobe and Apple promised. Bloomberg noted that beta testers weren’...
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Google’s Pixels 1, 2 and 3 shipped with free unlimited original photo backups. With the Pixel 3a, Google didn’t offer that perk. It was assumed this was as part of a cost-cutting measure to keep prices down, but it app...
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Google’s Pixel 2 is now one of the new devices which is available with Google Stadia support. At the point of the announcement, the support was limited to the Pixel 3 and 3a family of devices, now the firm has updated its ...
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Samsung this week came under fire for leaving its Galaxy S10 line open to attack by way of its ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. It was discovered that cheap screen protectors and TPU cases could cause the device to register false po...
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Google’s Pixel 4 has brought some changes to the Android 10 gesture navigation system. First and foremost, the Google gesture nav now works with third-party launchers on Android 10. One of the major criticism of the update w...
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Google’s Pixel 4 ditches its Pixel Imprint for a newer, notionally more secure facial recognition sensor. Albeit there’s one flaw, the Pixel 4’s facial recognition misses the attention detection that’s pres...
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Google has come under fire by the European Union for its practice of requiring Android firms to bundle in apps like Google Chrome and the Google Search alongside Android in order to gain access to the Google Play Store. The firm w...
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“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars,” or so the saying goes. With Microsoft’s Surface Neo and Duo, the firm certainly aimed high. These two devices represent the future of where Microso...
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Facebook suddenly started allowing political campaigns to lie in ads over the past week, and US presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has taken them to task over it. Posting an ad with a demonstrable falsehood, she aims to highl...
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Huawei may be unable to stick Google-powered Android on its newer phones, but the firm is still able to support its older devices with Google certified releases. The Mate 20 Pro has now been gotten updated to Android 10 via EMUI 1...
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The Google Pixel 4 leaked again today, this time by the Canadian branch of the retailer Best Buy. The firm’s pre-order page for the Pixel 4 went online this morning before being taken down, but the Pixel 4’s full specs...
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Amazon announced earlier this year that it ould be bringing Spanish to its Alexa service in the US, and now the firm has begun the roll out of the service. In a blog post today, Amazon stated the following: Customers in the U.S. c...
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Facebook’s Libra association is leaking members like a sieve. Last week, PayPal exited the organisation. Today, the Financial Times reports that more members have chosen to Lexit rather than hang around. These include Master...
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Apple purchased Intel’s modem business earlier this year for their 5G potential, and now a new report says the firm may want to have these modems in phones by 2022. For those keeping count, that’s just a little under t...
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note regular is already seen as a lite version of its “real” flagship, but the Samsung Note 10 is getting a Lite version too. According to a new report, Samsung’s SM-N770F is being branded ...
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Apple this year came under fire for allowing third-party contractors to listen to Siri recordings, potentially violating the privacy of their users. The company apologised, shut down the Siri grading program temporarily and promis...
