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Apple has announced new app distribution options for EU developers. In recent months, a European Union ruling has forced Apple into offering a more open marketplace, including allowing third-party app marketplaces and in-app payment services, as well as the ability to sideload apps. The first results of this ruling arrived with iOS 17.4 last week. […]
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Maybe because it's often in response to a photo or video, but Instagram is the most awkward medium …
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Spotify has launched a new subscription service for listeners in the United States, which offers 15…
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The end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal is adding the ability to chat under a username, rathe…
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If you've considered switching your music streaming service, you'll have probably hesitated due to …
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The European Union will not meddle with Apple's iMessage app and force it to be interoperable with …
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Apple has banished a movie piracy app from the App Store, which had snuck through its screening process by masquerading as a vision-testing game The Kimi app had existed for months on the App Store with Apple believing it to be a spot-the-difference game. However, it was really harbouring the ability to illegally watch top […]
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The Kansas City Chiefs may have won a dramatic Super Bowl LVIII and Swifties got their big moment with the on-field kiss with her boo Travis Kelce, while Dunkin’ Donuts provided the commercial everyone’s talking about. However, Apple had a sneaky good night too. The Apple Music half-time show was an absolute stormer, complete with […]
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Apple is still planning to charge developers even with EU laws soon enabling the circumvention of the App Store through sideloading. The European Union’s Digital Markets Act means that from March, Apple will be forced to allow the ‘sideloading’ of apps from alternative app stores in the EU, as is already widely possible on Android […]
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Google is reportedly planning to rebrand its Assistant with Bard before it’s even hit the market. It might be one of the biggest tech companies on the planet, but Google has always been more prepared to change its mind on a whim than some of its major rivals. Take this latest news, for instance. Google […]
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Google is rolling out its handy unsubscribe button for the Gmail app on Android, making it easier to trim the fat from your bulging inbox. The recently added unsubscribe button next to the sender’s name has been a great way to get yourself off mailing lists without going through the rigmarole, which often involves a […]
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Google is trimming back on 17 Google Assistant features it says are underutilised by the user base. In a blog post, Google says that from January 26, it is trimming the fat to prioritise experiences people are actually using. It may be that Google is pushing more resources into machine learning via its Bard assistant, […]
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The team behind the Beeper Mini app says it won’t continue to search for ways to workaround Apple’s continuing objections to the app, which brought a version of iMessage to Android users. Apple has continually worked to work to shut down the application since it launched earlier this month as a simple download from the […]
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Apple News gets you access to a lot of subscription based content for a fraction of the price of individual subscriptions. Say what you want about the merits of that and the future of media as a going concern in the digital era, but it is a good deal. For big sports fans the deal […]
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Google has lost its antitrust case to Epic Games, with a US jury concluding that the Google Play St…
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Beeper Mini, the iMessage-mimicking chat app which Apple seemingly had taken down within hours citi…
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When you really want to let of some stream, WhatsApp's voice messages feature allows you to let rip…
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WhatsApp has announced 'secret codes' which adds extra layer of security for your most private chat…
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Apple has announced the winners of its App Store Awards for 2023, with a begrudging nod to the impact of AI. The iPhone-maker has recognised 14 apps and games (down from 16 last year) that “empowered users to unleash their creativity, discover a world of new adventures, and have fun with family and friends”. Here’s […]
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With streamers eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay year-end round-ups, Deezer has also delivered the goods for subscribers. The music streaming service has launched the My Deezer Year feature, offering insight into members’ annual listening habits, new music discovered, and loads more. Available from today, My Deezer Year is […]
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When is Spotify Wrapped 2023 coming out? The year-end wrap is the highlight of the year for many Spotify subscribers and it’s coming soon. The feature gives users an entertaining round-up of their favourite songs, artists, genres, playlists and… yep, podcasts. Spotify has started to tease the arrival of this year’s Wrapped, but is yet […]
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Uber won't just take you where you want to go, a driver will also bring you exactly what you want t…
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Are you one of those folks afflicted by your partner’s desire to take 100 of versions the same photo until they find one they’re happy enough to share on social media. The Instagram husband/wife phenomenon is real and it doesn’t half clog up the photo library on your smartphone. Luckily, Google Photos has a new […]
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Apple has extended its offer of free access to the Emergency SOS via satellite service for iPhone 14 users. When Apple launched the iPhone 14 range in late 2022, one of the main new features was the ability to contact emergency services when there’s no mobile or Wi-Fi signal, courtesy of satellite connectivity. While this […]
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Apple has been tipped to give its often-bashed Siri personal assistant a huge AI upgrade at WWDC 2024. According to tipster @Tech_Reve, Apple has been using a large language model (LLM) to “completely revamp Siri into the ultimate virtual assistant”. They go on to predict that the development of this new smarter Siri is well […]
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A press release regarding Spotify Premium landed in our inboxes on this otherwise standard Tuesday and a quick read of the subject line ‘Spotify Premium Update’ got our hopes up about a potential Spoitify HiFi launch. Alas that was not the case, but it still brought news of a particularly nice perk for Spotify Premium […]
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The Google-owned maps app Waze is adding a new safety feature that aims to give drivers an idea just how dangerous the an upcoming stretch of road is. In a blog post on Tuesday, Google revealed the app is rolling out crash history alerts to inform users if a “crash-prone road” is a part of […]
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UPDATE: Apple has contacted Trusted Reviews to confirm Apple Music Voice is going away. The company…
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There are three types of YouTube users; those who brag about ad-blockers, those who have to put up with more ads as a direct result, and those who say ‘sod it’ and just pay up for YouTube Premium, even though the price of that is going up as a result of the ad-blockers too. The […]
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X, the service formerly known as Twitter, has added video and audio call support, taking another small step towards Elon Musk’s vision of an all-encompassing super app. The controversial billionaire has taken to his social network to announce that an early version of a video and audio call function is now available to X users, […]
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