Tag: Handheld & Connected Devices
Apple’s Self Service Repair program comes to Europe
After launching it in the US earlier this year, Apple’s Self Service Repair program has arrived in eight European countries. Customers there will be able to perform many of the most common fixes on the iPhone 12 an iPhone 13 lineups, along with MacBooks with Apple silicon (not Intel models).…
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Google Messages starts testing end-to-end encryption for RCS group texts
Google is starting to test end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Messages for RCS group chats on Android. Some users who are enrolled in the Messages open beta program will gain access in the coming weeks ahead of a broader rollout. The company said during its I/O 2022 developer conference that an…
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The Morning After: Our verdict on Amazon’s Kindle Scribe
We’ve talked a few times about the appeal of capable digital styluses and e-ink note-taking. Surely, it’s the perfect study tool? This time, Amazon tries it out. The Kindle Scribe, at $340, is costlier than a basic e-ink reader, but it has stylus input, high latency and a few more…
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Amazon Kindle Scribe review: Better than pen and paper but not the competition
When I turned 10, I was finally allowed to own a pen. At school, that was when we moved from pencils to ink, and our parents were told to get us all-new stationery. That was also the year we learned to write in cursive, because we were finally big kids…
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The Morning After: Elon Musk says Apple has ‘threatened to withhold’ Twitter app
Elon Musk claims that Apple has “threatened to withhold” Twitter from its app store. According to Musk, the company “won’t tell us why” it has issues with the social network’s app. In subsequent tweets, he railed against Apple’s 30 percent “tax” on in-app purchases and claimed the App Store owner…
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The best Apple Cyber Monday deals for 2022 on AirPods, iPads, MacBooks and more
Easy to use and with a notable emphasis on design, there are many reasons why Apple devices are so desirable. While we saw some great discounts for Black Friday, many of the brand’s best and most recent products are also seeing impressive Cyber Monday discounts. Some of the prices also…
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