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How to track your sleep using your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch

March 14, 2024

Via: BGR

Celebrating Sleep Week, BGR has compiled a list of ways to track your sleep using your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Last year, we shared six ways Siri can help improve your sleep quality, which are still useful tips, but […]


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WhatsApp for Android is making it much easier to find older messages

February 29, 2024

Via: TechRadar

WhatsApp users on Android just got access to a feature that iPhone owners have been making use of for a while now: the ability to search through conversations by date, which makes it much easier to dig out old chats. […]


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WhatsApp working on a way to stop users from screenshotting your profile pic

February 21, 2024

Via: TechRadar

Meta may be releasing yet another layer of privacy protection to WhatsApp that will prevent people from taking screenshots of your profile photo on the service. This upcoming feature was discovered in the most recent WhatsApp beta on Android by […]


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WhatsApp Working on Interoperability With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps

February 7, 2024

Via: MacRumors

As part of its compliance with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) legislation, WhatsApp is putting the final touches to introducing platform interoperability with other encrypted messaging apps. In September, EU lawmakers designated WhatsApp parent company Meta as one of […]


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Google Maps for Android adds a feature its iOS version has had for years

February 7, 2024

Via: ZDnet

A feature that has been a part of Google Maps on iOS for years is finally coming to Android. If you use Google Maps for navigation, you’ll soon notice that current weather information is included. The feature isn’t on all […]


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Top 5 Windows iOS Jailbreak Tools

January 31, 2024

Via: TechBullion

If you are an iOS user who wants to customize your device, install apps that are not available on the App Store, or access features that are restricted by Apple, you might be interested in jailbreaking your device. Jailbreaking is […]


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Apple has been forced to change App Store purchases, but it’s still found a way to win

January 18, 2024

Via: TechRadar

The long-simmering dispute over Apple’s App Store commissions and practices has just resulted in some pretty substantial alterations to the ways you’ll now be able to pay for apps. But in some respects, not a whole lot has changed – […]


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Android 15 might bring back lock screen widgets

January 12, 2024

Via: Ars Technica

It sure looks like Android 15 is going to have lock screen widgets. The Android 14 QPR2 beta landed the other day, and Mishaal Rahman over at Android Authority found a hidden unfinished feature that brings back lock screen widgets. […]


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iPhone’s Find My app lets you track up to 32 items, but you probably didn’t know that

January 12, 2024

Via: BGR

Since iOS 16, the Find My App lets you track up to 32 items, but Apple only clarified this week. In a support document spotted by MacRumors, the Cupertino firm explained the limit available in the Find My app while […]


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Hey Siri, where will you be after the genAI bubble pops?

January 5, 2024

Via: Computerworld

When you consider the resources required to train, run, and oversee generative AI tools, you have to ask whether the rewards justify the consequences. While in theory it is possible to use smart machinery to get things done, at what […]


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Android users could soon replace Google Assistant with ChatGPT

January 5, 2024

Via: Ars Technica

Hey Android users, are you tired of Google’s neglect of Google Assistant? Well, one of Google’s biggest rivals, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, is apparently coming for the premium phone space occupied by Google’s voice assistant. Mishaal Rahman at Android Authority found that […]


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Google apps are free, but I still found a way to steal them on my iPhone

December 29, 2023

Via: BGR

No matter how much we search for free stuff, online or offline, there’s no such thing. Everything costs something. You pay for it with money or some other way. If it’s an offline free activity, maybe you pay with your […]


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Microsoft just launched a free Copilot app for Android, powered by GPT-4

December 28, 2023

Via: TechRadar

If you’re keen to play around with some generative AI tech on your phone, you now have another option: Microsoft has launched an Android app for its Copilot chatbot, and like Copilot in Windows 11, it’s free to use and […]


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Google banned 13 infected Android apps, so delete them from your phone

December 27, 2023

Via: BGR

For what will hopefully be the last time in 2023, we have a few more malicious Android apps to warn you about. The McAfee Mobile Research Team recently uncovered 25 apps infected with Xamalicious malware, several of which were distributed […]


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Apple Develops Breakthrough Method for Running LLMs on iPhones

December 21, 2023

Via: MacRumors

Apple GPT in your pocket? It could be a reality sooner than you think. Apple AI researchers say they have made a key breakthrough in deploying large language models (LLMs) on iPhones and other Apple devices with limited memory by […]


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10 Android tips you shouldn’t miss from 2023

December 20, 2023

Via: Computerworld

Ah, the holidays. No matter what manner of winter celebration you prefer (I’m a Festivus man myself), late December is a fine time for kickin’ back and collecting your thoughts for the coming year. That means it’s also a fine […]


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Coming soon to Apple: third-party app stores — and sideloading apps

December 19, 2023

Via: Computerworld

Apple is being required to give up its tight control of software on the iPhone and iPad, and Apple executives have acknowledged plans to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). While the company will keep fighting government pressure […]


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The Discord mobile app has 4 new upgrades we’ve all been waiting for

December 6, 2023

Via: TechRadar

Today Discord is rolling out some much-needed updates to its mobile app which might finally make it feel like a proper alternative to the desktop version. While I’ve had Discord installed on my phone for years I only ever turn […]


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Instagram and Facebook users will soon no longer be able to chat in new update

December 6, 2023

Via: TechRadar

Three years after it first launched, Meta has decided to disable Facebook’s and Instagram’s cross-messaging feature. The company introduced cross-app chats back in 2020, letting users from the two platforms talk to each other with ease. There were even plans […]


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WhatsApp update 23.24.73 finally lets iOS users send images and videos in original quality

December 4, 2023

Via: BGR

A new update for WhatsApp will finally let iOS users send photos and videos as documents to preserve their original quality. The feature is currently available to limited users, and WABetaInfo says it will continue to roll out to more […]