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Google says Lens and Maps Live View are ‘prelude to [its] long-term vision’ for AR

Android SVP Hiroshi Lockheimer made an appearance at the end of the Galaxy 23 event today to talk about Google’s partnership with Samsung and Qualcomm on extended reality (XR). As of late, Samsung and Google have been working together (including through joint marketing) on highlighting the latter’s services on the former’s hardware. Lockheimer highlighted Google Meet (with Live Sharing for…
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Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 shows progress on lock screen shortcuts and custom clock

The latest Android 13 QPR2 beta shows that Google has made quite a bit of progress on customizing the shortcuts and clock design shown on the lock screen. With Android 13’s second quarterly update, we’ve previously seen signs that Google is working on a way to customize the two shortcuts that appear on the lock screen. In fact, while this feature is still a work-in-progress on Pixel phones…
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Nostr iPhone app Damus makes it to the App Store

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has celebrated the arrival in the App Store of the first Nostr iPhone app, Damus. Dorsey described the launch of the app as “a milestone for open protocols,” effectively for the creation of a new generation of social tools that are free from big tech control … What is Nostr? If you’re not yet familiar with Nostr, the technical definition isn’t…
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Apple stops signing iOS 16.2 following the release of iOS 16.3 to the public

Apple on Wednesday stopped signing iOS 16.2, which means that iPhone and iPad users can no longer downgrade to this version of the operating system if they’re already running a newer version of iOS. This comes just a week after the company released iOS 16.3 to the public. Apple no longer signing iOS 16.2 iOS 16.2 was released by Apple on December 13. The update was a significant one, as it…
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