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Niantic is ending support for the Apple Watch after July 1st beyond that, you can’t connect your watch to the creature-catching game. Simply put, it’s not as useful any more. Now that Adventure Sync can track steps, earn Buddy Candy and hatch Pokémon on your phone, Niantic wants to “focus” on using the feature on […]
Twitter has apologised for suspending accounts critical of Chinese government policy days ahead of the 30th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on protesters at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, after an outcry among users. In a statement posted to the company’s Public Policy Twitter feed on Saturday, Twitter said “a number of accounts” had been suspended as […]
While it was initially reported that iTunes would live on in macOS 10.15, it now looks like the app will be retired, over 18 years after it was introduced by the late Steve Jobs at Macworld on January 9, 2001. We’ve been expecting Apple to close iTunes for a while now, in order to divide […]
Huawei looks to be expecting to live with a US ban for a long time. South China Morning Post sources claim Foxconn has stopped Huawei phone production on “several” lines in response to reduced orders. It wasn’t certain if this was a short or long-term cut, but it came just months after Huawei’s growing demand […]
The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post reported, based on it anonymous sources, that the Department of Justice is preparing an antitrust probe of Google. The company has faced several similar inquiries from EU officials with billions in fines as a result, and in one case it caused Google to separate Chrome and Search from […]
The rumors around Samsung’s phablet made rounds earlier in March and PhoneArena also came up with some interesting renders, but now there is stronger evidence to suggest that this year’s Note 10 is looking to spice things up in terms of hardware design with two major changes. Before the Galaxy Fold fiasco, which is taking […]
Come Monday, iOS 13 beta is going to introduce changes to your iPhone and iPad, and according to Apple leaks we’ve seen today, it’s going to be a very big update. iOS 13 Dark Mode is going to be the highlight everyone talks about simply because it’s long overdue. A fresh home screen redesign and […]
This week, the Apple has modestly raised the bar to allow 200MB cellular downloads from its own stores via 9to5Mac, a change that will allow users to grab slightly larger iTunes and App Store files without using Wi-Fi. Although users are the primary beneficiaries of each of these changes, each boost is largely targeted at […]
Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming services right now. They continue to add features to the platform and apps. The Android app recently got a sleep timer and now it appears a new “Social Listening” feature is in the works. Software engineer Jane Manchun Wong, who is known for discovering unreleased app […]
Microsoft has warned companies to patch older versions of Windows against a severe vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) service that can be abused remotely, and which the company has likened to the EternalBlue exploit that fueled the WannaCry, NotPetya, and Bad Rabbit ransomware outbreaks. Rob Graham of Errata Security claimed today he has […]
Google has put a lot of effort into keeping its Chrome users more secure and informed over the past several months and that’s about to get even better when it comes to extensions for the platform hosted in the Chrome Web Store. Specifically, Google is now ready to start implementing a few policy changes that […]
The trade tension between the United States and China looks set to intensify soon, as the latter country is taking steps to respond to the American ban on doing business with Huawei. The country has revealed that it’s creating an “unreliable entities list” of foreign companies, organizations and people that it believes interfere with Chinese […]
Today the plug on BlackBerry Messenger has been pulled. The company announced last month that it would shut down the consumer service, which has been steadily losing users and failing to attract new ones. As a consolation for diehard fans, BlackBerry opened BBM Enterprise, its enterprise-grade encrypted Messenger (BBMe), for personal use. That’s available on […]
LGBTQ Pride month begins in June, and Microsoft is preparing some new Surface accessories. To celebrate this, Microsoft is also joining with their own Surface Pride skins and Type covers for the Surface users. A video shared by Microsoft Insider, Walking Cat shows what we can expect. The video talks about the importance of the […]
Netflix is raising prices in the United Kingdom for the first time since 2017. Under the terms of the price rise, the Standard subscription will go up by £1, from £7.99 to £8.99. That plan allows people to have HD, and watch on two devices at once. The Premium subscription, which costs slightly more but […]