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Honor to hold a global press conference on August 12

Honor has introduced the 50 series, its first flagship since becoming an independent brand. We saw three smartphones, and since they all are limited to the Chinese market, users overseas can’t really enjoy them. This is likely to change on August 12 – that’s when Honor will reportedly hold a global press conference, according to @OnLeaks. While the Honor 50 with GMS is the most obvious…
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Latest Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [Alto’s Odyssey, Angry Birds, Doodle God Universe]

Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 180 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on the latest from Apple’s gaming service. New for 7/16: Three big iOS hits have launched today with Alto’s Odyssey: The Lost City, Angry Birds Reloaded, and Doodle Good Universe. You can learn more about and download all…
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Xiaomi overtakes Apple in Q2 2021 smartphone vendor rankings

According to a new report, Xiaomi overtook Apple in the smartphone vendor rankings after huge growth throughout late 2020 and 2021. A report from research firm Canalys suggests that Xiaomi is now the world’s second-largest smartphone vendor for the very first time…
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Google Drive adds audio playback speed, notification media player controls on Android

Google Drive on Android now supports the notification shade media player controls with the added ability to adjust the playback speed of your audio files. The latest Google Drive update on the Google Play Store includes a brief changelog that mentions the new ability to playback audio tracks “at different speeds” plus the additional support for Android 11/12’s notification shade media…
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Xiaomi takes Apple’s second place in smartphone shipments during Q2 2021

For the first time ever, Chinese company Xiaomi has taken the second place from Apple in the global smartphone shipments ranking during the second quarter of 2021. As shown by a Canalys research, smartphone shipments grew 12% last quarter as a result of the COVID-19 vaccination around the world. While Samsung remains in first place, Apple lost the second place ranking in smartphone shipments to…
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