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Motorola Edge 20 series brings a trio of affordable devices, one of which could be US-bound

The Motorola Edge series was the brand’s return to the “proper flagship,” and just one year later, it seems that strategy isn’t sticking around. Motorola today announced the Edge 20 series, which brings three models from Pro to Lite, all with a focus on being fairly affordable. The Motorola Edge 20 series includes the Edge 20 Pro, Edge 20, and the Edge 20 Lite. All three of these devices…
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Facebook’s Q2 2021 revenue grows 56% despite iOS privacy changes

Facebook on Wednesday announced its fiscal 2021 second quarter results with $29 billion in revenue, representing a 56% year-over-year growth. With faster growth than Apple and Microsoft during the same period, it seems that Facebook hasn’t been affected by the privacy changes introduced with iOS 14.5 — at least for now. More impressive than Facebook’s total revenue during Q2 FY2021 is the…
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Google Maps for iOS adds search and ‘Know before you go’ widgets

Since last year, Google has been continually updating its iPhone and iPad apps with homescreen widgets. Google Maps is now the latest with version 5.74 seeing a pair of useful iOS widgets. The first is a standard search widget called “Find places nearby.” Google has used the same layout for the Search app and Chrome. It starts with a pill-shaped search field that directly opens the app and…
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Android Studio Arctic Fox is now available w/ Wear OS pairing and Jetpack Compose

The latest version of Android Studio, codenamed Arctic Fox, is now out of beta and includes the ability to easily pair Wear OS emulators, as well as a variety of new tools for Jetpack Compose. This year, Google has decided to tweak the way they handle the version number of Android Studio. Under the new system, Android Studio’s version is tied to the underlying IntelliJ platform version number.
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