Procreate developers praise Apple Pencil hover feature
On the Apple Developer Discover page, the company highlights the Apple Pencil hover feature and how the Procreate team embraced this function on its app. …
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Santa takes over TikTok this Christmas with new text-to-speech effect
It’s almost Christmas time. To celebrate this joyful season, TikTok has announced a new text-to-speech effect: Santa Claus himself. Father Christmas, as the Brits would …
Apple’s bottom line won’t be impacted by third-party app stores
In an effort to comply with a somewhat controversial European Union law, Apple will reportedly allow third-party app stores on the iPhone and iPad beginning …
Skype adding more themes, real-time translation, Today tab, more
With 2022 coming to an end, Skype decided to announce features arriving in the video calling platform or coming as soon as next year. As …
Largest iPhone factory returning to normal as Foxconn ends most restrictions
After a chaotic month and a half at Foxconn’s largest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, China, the manufacturer is ending most of its “closed-loop” restrictions as …
macOS Ventura 13.2 adds ‘Rapid Security Response’ updates
After testing Rapid Security Response updates with iOS 16.2 beta cycle, Apple is doing the same with macOS Ventura 13.2, which is currently in beta. …
Samsung mocks Apple again for not having a foldable iPhone
Samsung is the king of the foldable market right now because it was one of the first companies to launch phones that fold. Another reason …
Elon Musk suspends journalists’ accounts from Twitter, abruptly discontinues Spaces feature
After firing more than half of Twitter’s staff, changing its policy, and creating chaos almost every day since November, Elon Musk decided to start suspending …
Georgia becomes latest state in the U.S. to ban TikTok on government devices
Georgia has joined a number of other states in the U.S. to ban TikTok on government devices. As reported by ABC News, Georgia Governor Brian …
Twitter reportedly considering mandatory personalized ads and location sharing
Twitter’s chaotic days under Elon Musk are far from over if a new report about the CEO’s plans for the social network is accurate. Musk’s …
Nothing OS 1.5 revealed with new weather app and more of Android’s Material You
Nothing OS 1.5 is here, and it’s all about what it can do with Android 13 backing it. In a blog post on the company’s …
Google is starting to test digital state IDs in its Android Wallet app
Google is quickly catching up to Apple when it comes to getting a digital copy of your driver’s license on your smartphone. As reported by …
iPhone 14’s satellite SOS and Crash Detection features lead to daring helicopter rescue
Every iPhone 14 comes with two incredibly useful safety features you’ll hopefully never have to use. The Emergency SOS via satellite and Crash Detection features …
Instagram’s new tool makes it easier to recover hacked accounts
Having to deal with hacked accounts has become a frustratingly common occurrence in recent years. How often do you log on to Facebook and see …
Pixelmator Photo gets new features and a 50% discount on its yearly subscription
Pixelmator Photo 2.2 brings Clarity and Texture, Selective Clarity, and Highlight and Shadow Recovery enhancements for editing your photos. Published in a blog post, Pixelmator …
Rumored 15.5-inch MacBook Air could launch in 2023
A larger MacBook Air could soon become a reality. According to the display analyst Ross Young (via 9to5Mac), Apple is readying a 15.5-inch MacBook Air …
Jailbreak now works with these iPhone models running iOS 15 and iOS 16
Back in the early days of the iPhone release, it was regular for people to jailbreak their phones. Whether to bring customized apps or add …
Apple ID’s Security Keys protection available with iOS 16.3 beta
Early last week, Apple announced three big features coming to iCloud: Advanced Data Protection, Security Keys for Apple IDs, and iMessage Contact Key Verification. These …
iOS 16.3 beta teaches how to use Handoff feature from iPhone to HomePod
While Apple just released iOS 16.2 to all users, the company is already testing iOS 16.3. The first beta of this upcoming software update doesn’t …
Apple to launch AR/VR headset at WWDC 2023, leaker claims
Apple has been developing its first mixed reality headset for several years, although rumors about the wearable device have intensified in the past couple of …
Google won’t risk its reputation to launch a ChatGPT rival
The ChatGPT chatbot, which went viral a few days ago, is an artificial intelligence (AI) software that teases what the future has in store for …
Microsoft is bringing Teams into Outlook
Microsoft is making another move to make more people want to use Teams, the company’s Slack competitor. As reported by The Verge, the company has …
TikTok is testing horizontal full-screen mode, bringing the app closer to YouTube
TikTok is inching ever closer to YouTube with its latest feature. The company has confirmed with TechCrunch that it is testing a new horizontal full-screen …
Twitter is shutting down Revue, the company’s Substack competitor
Twitter is getting out of the newsletter game. In an email to writers and readers, Twitter announced today that it will be shutting down its …
This polite chatbot managed to get a Comcast subscriber a discount
Dealing with internet service providers’ customer support is a nightmare, especially when it comes to big corporations. But what if you didn’t ever have to …
Verizon is giving away a free year of Netflix, but there’s a catch
Verizon is currently offering customers who subscribe to select streaming services a free year of Netflix. It’s the premium, top-tier, $19.99-a-month Netflix subscription, which means …
Apple rolling out iOS 16.3 beta 1 to developers
A day after releasing iOS 16.2 to all users, Apple is now seeding iOS 16.3 beta 1 to developers. While we will need to wait …
Apple still needs to launch these promised iOS 16 features
Apple just released iOS 16.2. While the company was able to add a few of the long-promised features that should have been made available with …
WhatsApp for iOS promises Picture in Picture video calls for 2023
Today, in a blog post, WhatsApp highlighted how it’s improving calling features on the app. While it brought some new functions in 2022, the company …
Apple Store is currently down for some users in the US and other countries
This morning, some users are reporting that the Apple Store is currently down, meaning they cannot access some product pages, make a purchase, etc. While …
