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iPhones in Russia now show government-mandated list of apps to install as part of set up

April 1, 2021
Last month, it was revealed that Apple had agreed to comply with new Russian legislation that would require device makers to ‘preinstall’ apps as part of first setup. As it is now April, this law has come into effect and Apple has enabled the system server-side. After completing normal iPhone set up, iOS now directs the user to a special App Store collection of apps. The apps displayed are…
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Facebook for iOS adds new COVID-19 vaccine profile frames

April 1, 2021
Facebook is launching today a new COVID-19 vaccine profile frame on iOS, Android, and the web, developed in collaboration with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The new frames will let you share…
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Google Maps restores compass when navigating on Android

April 1, 2021
After initially removing the compass within Maps on Android way back in early 2019, Google has now restored the much-loved feature after fan pressure. The little floating compass widget was unceremoniously ripped from Maps in what Google said was an “effort to clean up…
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Apple to buy over $50 million worth of batteries from Tesla for new energy storage project

April 1, 2021
Apple announced a massive new energy storage project in California, and we learned that Tesla will supply its Megapack battery systems for the project. In a press release yesterday, Apple announced that it is building a massive new 240 MWh energy storage project at its solar farm in Northern California: “Apple is constructing one of the largest battery projects in the country, California…
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Google Lens translate chip for Recent Apps screen shows up on Android 12 w/ new design

April 1, 2021
Even after trawling through almost all aspects of the recent Android 12 Developer Preview, things slip the net. One of those looks to be the long-overdue addition of a Google Lens translate option within the Android recent apps panel. If you cast your mind back, this feature was touted as far back as July 2019 during the Android 10 preview phase. The original Android Q solution provided a…
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Eight Photoshop Visual Pranks To Try on April Fools’ Day

April 1, 2021
Tomorrow is April Fools’ Day, and with such a bummer of a year leading up to this point (and things are only now just starting to look better in a few places), everyone could use some laughs. To that end, photographer Richard Wakefield shows how you can create eight visual jokes in Photoshop. Some people have mixed feelings about April Fools’ Day jokes, but Wakefield believes you shouldn’t…
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