Rudy Giuliani was spotted by Apple employees waiting outside their store in downtown San Francisco. He was there because he’d been locked out of his iPhone 6 after entering an incorrect password ten times, forcing them to wipe it clean and set it up new from his iCloud backup. NBC only recently discovered the little […]
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US will grant Huawei trade ban exemptions ‘very shortly’
The Commerce Department’s de facto blacklisting of Huawei might loosen slightly in the near future. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Bloomberg in an interview that licenses allowing US companies to deal with Huawei would arrive very shortly. There have been 260 requests, or “more than we would’ve thought,” but Ross cautioned against assuming that the […]
Microsoft unveils new Edge browser logo
Over the past couple of days, Microsoft has been providing Edge fans with a series of clues regarding the Chromium-based Edge browser. The clues, which were quickly deciphered by fans collaborating on a Discord server, finished today with a minigame that can be found within the browser when certain conditions, indicated by all the previous […]
Google Maps incognito mode starts public roll out
Earlier this month Google announced that its new Incognito feature for Maps had started to roll out. It looks like Google was happy with the limited launch, as the update has now been spotted in the wild for users of the public version. In a post to the Google Maps Help forums, the community manager […]
Huawei’s next tablet might look like the iPad Pro
Huawei is apparently working on a new tablet, and it looks pretty darn similar to an iPad Pro, according to leaked renders posted by 91Mobiles (via Android Central). It show a device that looks like the iPad Pro with a “hole-punch” front-facing camera design. It suggested that it may be MediaPad M6’s successor and will […]
Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion
Fitbit is to be acquired by Google in an all-cash deal worth around $2.1 billion, the two companies announced today. The company will be folded in to the search giant, forming part of its hardware team, making a new generation of wearables. Judging from the statements made by Fitbit CEO James Park and Google’s hardware […]
China rolls out world’s biggest 5G network
China Unicom and China Telecom have launched 5G services across 50 cities in the country including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Huawei, blacklisted by the US, reportedly played a major role in China’s 5G rollout. The launch of the network was initially planned for next year but got pulled ahead of schedule by the state-owned […]
Apple TV+ launch deals
Apple’s video streaming service, TV+, is ready to launch. With this being Apple’s first foray into original video content, we’ve detailed the ways you can get access to the platform without paying the full $5 per month right away. To start, anyone that signs up for Apple TV+ will receive a free seven-day trial. The […]
Some iPhone owners are reporting that iOS 13 closes background apps too aggressively
iPhone owners are reporting serious memory management issues with iOS 13. From deleting emails to closing unsaved spreadsheets, it’s definitely a frustrating issue to deal with. Perhaps this makes the case for increasing the RAM in future iPhones. There have many reports across the Internet with iPhone owners bemoaning how aggressive iOS 13 is closing […]
Apple is expanding its iPhone Upgrade Program to Apple Card users
Tim Cook has revealed during a Q4 earnings call that Apple Card users can have 24-month, interest-free financing on new iPhones through their card. The financing plan is nothing new. Apple has been offering it for a while now via its iPhone Upgrade Program. Mobile providers have similar financing options. What makes it different for […]
Motorola’s foldable Razr smartphone leaks: images and specs
Serial mobile leaker Evan Blass has reportedly shared an image of Motorola’s highly anticipated Razr remake on Twitter. It looks like our first offical look at Motorola’s upcoming foldable display RAZR phone. In contrast to the fan render Motorola used to tease the phone back May, the image Blass shared appears to be an official […]
Nintendo Switch sales projected to exceed SNES before end of 2019
Nintendo reports that the Switch is on track to outsell the SNES. Since April, the company moved 4.98 million of the portable consoles for a total of 41.67 million units sold so far. This number is just shy by 7.43 million of Super Nintendo’s 49.1 million lifetime sales. The numbers are up 50 percent over […]
Smartphone sales are growing for the first time in two years
Expertise market analyst agency Canalys right this moment released its smartphone market pulse report for the third quarter of 2019. After two years of steady decline, Canalys says the world smartphone market lastly noticed a rise in shipments in the July to September interval this 12 months. Sales grew from 359.8 million units total sold […]
Apple’s first 5G iPhones will reportedly feature Snapdragon X55 modem, 5nm SoC
Apple’s first 5G-capable iPhones, reportedly due out in the latter half of 2020, will come equipped with Qualcomm’s X55 5G modem, sources familiar with the matter tell the Nikkei Asian Review (paywalled, via The Verge). Qualcomm unveiled its second-gen Snapdragon X55 5G modem, which it claims is 40 percent faster than its predecessor, back in […]
Snapchat’s latest effect lets you draw in AR
Snapchat is introducing a new 3D Paint feature that lets you draw in augmented reality. You can use it to draw on your own face using your phone’s front-facing camera, and it’ll also work with your rear-facing camera to let you to draw on objects in the environment. One video produced by Snap shows the […]