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Latest Piper Sandler survey shows almost 9 in 10 US teens own an iPhone

Piper Sandler’s latest survey of more than 7,000 US teens shows that Gen Z loves Apple, as 88% of teens own an iPhone and 90% expect an iPhone to be their next phone. Both of these numbers are new all-time highs. Last October, 86% of the teens said they owned an iPhone, with 89% saying they intended to purchase one. In fact, it’s not only Gen Zs who are satisfied with Apple and the iPhone.
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iOS 14 adoption surpasses 90% according to Mixpanel

Apple announced in December 2020 that 81% of iPhones introduced in the last four years were already running iOS 14, which is the latest version of the company’s mobile operating system. Now the analyst company Mixpanel says that iOS 14 adoption among iPhone and iPad users…
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Google appoints new Assistant, News/Discover, Search, and Payments/NBU leads

In June, Google appointed one senior vice president to oversee Search, Ads, and other big products. Prabhakar Raghavan today named new executives to lead Google Assistant and a handful of other teams. The changes (via Search Engine Land) were announced internally this morning. Product and engineering for Google Assistant is now led by Sissie Hsiao, who has been at the company for 15 years and…
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Catch NVIDIA GTC 21 live right here

This article is part of the VB Lab / NVIDIA GTC insight series. GTC, the conference for AI innovators, developers, technologists, startups, and creatives, is offering over 1,500 sessions online this year. Running from April 12 – 16, 2021, the livestream is free to watch…
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Signal for iOS testing new cryptocurrency payments feature

The encrypted communications app Signal is beginning to roll out the ability for some of its users to send money to one another with MobileCoin, according to Wired. Cryptocurrency payments in Signal will be first available only to users in the UK using the iOS and Android…
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Google rolling out first Chrome for iOS update since November

Unlike other first-party apps, Google’s browser has historically followed a strict, publicized six-week release cycle. After going without updates for the past four months, a new version of Chrome for iPhone and iPad is rolling out now. In February, Google started releasing new app updates on iOS again and the cadence resumed in earnest last month. Chrome, however, has been a bit behind and…
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Google shows off WebXR Experiments and upcoming Google Photos-powered ‘Picturescape’

The Experiments with Google site brings together various projects built with the company’s core platforms and new technologies. The latest collection from Google highlights WebXR Experiments that bring AR and VR experiences online.  Putting augmented and virtual reality — which is already “opening up the possibilities of how we interact with the world and information around us” — on…
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