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Scam iOS apps latest: a VPN that charges $9.99/week, uses ‘Recommended by Apple’ pop-ups

April 7, 2021
FlickType and Fleksy founder Kosta Eleftheriou has been pretty busy over the past few months exposing scam iOS apps, some of them bringing in millions of dollars of revenue. The latest of these is a VPN app that is promoting itself as “recommended by Apple” and which is estimated to be earning a million dollars a month. Eleftheriou highlights six eye-opening aspects of the app, which not only…
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Tweetbot for iOS adds a new dark theme, PiP video player, more

April 7, 2021
Tweetbot for iOS has received another notable update with version 6.1 now available on the App Store. With this update, Tweetbot for iOS brings a redesigned video play with picture-in-picture support, a new set of custom icons, a high-contrast Light theme as well as a new…
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Hands on: This is the OnePlus Watch, and that’s basically all I can tell you about it

April 7, 2021
After years of customers asking OnePlus to make a smartwatch, they finally did. The OnePlus Watch is set to release later this month, and we’ve had the chance to spend a bit of hands-on time with the product. At first glance, the OnePlus Watch may look a little familiar, and that’s because its design is basically identical to Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active series. Is that a bad thing? Not…
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iOS 14 adoption surpasses 90% according to Mixpanel

April 7, 2021
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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Catch NVIDIA GTC 21 live right here

April 7, 2021
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 right here. Bookmark this link to make sure you don’t miss the keynote session starting at 8:30 am PDT on April 12 with…
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Signal for iOS testing new cryptocurrency payments feature

April 7, 2021
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

April 7, 2021
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…
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These are the best iPhone apps to help you learn a new language

April 7, 2021
Want to learn a new language? Whether you want to approach it casually or seriously, there are some great options available on iOS. Read on for the best iPhone language learning apps. From free to paid and no matter if you can’t speak a word or are picking up where you left off with learning a new language, the options below offer proven strategies to make real progress with your iPhone or…
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