Month: July 2020
Google Maps tests showing traffic lights in the US
In a new test, Google Maps is showing the location of traffic lights in cities around the US in its Android app. The feature was initially spotted by Droid Life, and its existence has since been confirmed by Google. “To help people stay better informed on the road, we’re testing…
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Samsung Galaxy Note 20 might come with a useful feature for keeping your phone clean Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite
Because 2020 is the year of Covid-19, many people might be conscious of all the germs and bacteria which can stay on a smartphone, so it’s inevitable that companies would start offering users ways to operate their phone without much hand contact, and that might be the case for the…
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TikTok’s success has made it a big target for regulators
I. A recurring theme of this newsletter is that I write about TikTok, make some dark prediction about its future, and then turn out to be totally wrong. In that spirit, I thought today we could look at the particularly newsy week the ByteDance-owned video app has had, and then…
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iPhone 12 could be more expensive than we’d hoped, thanks to 5G iPhone 11
The iPhone 12 range is guaranteed to be expensive, but a source had suggested that the starting price of the most basic 5G iPhone 12 model might just be $649. However, we’re now hearing that it could be quite a lot more than that. According to analyst Jeff Pu, in…
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Apple’s iPhone repair program for independent stores expands to Europe and Canada
Apple’s Independent Repair Provider Program, which allows businesses to purchase genuine Apple parts to perform iPhone repairs without having to become a full-fledged Apple Authorized Service Provide (AASP), is expanding to Canada and 32 countries across Europe, the company has announced. The program launched in the US last year, and…
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BT’s brilliant fibre broadband deal ends today – sign up by midnight for low bills and £50 gift bt fibre broadband deals
As far as this week’s best broadband deals go, BT has one of the most attractive out there. On its best value fibre plan, the monthly bills have come down, connection is free and there’s even a beefy freebie thrown in, too. But that all ends tomorrow… Right now you…
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