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Verizon will give you up to $1000 for your broken iPhone, claims it’s not an April Fools’ Day prank

April 1, 2021
Verizon has shared a new aggressive trade-in program today that it says will let new and existing customers trade in broken iPhones for up to $1000 in credit when buying a new iPhone. The company says it’s not an April Fools’ Day joke and that the limited-time promotion starts on – yep – April 1. Verizon detailed the new broken iPhone and Android trade-in program today in a short video…
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Hands-on: Here’s how to find the new Siri voices in iOS 14.5

April 1, 2021
Among the new features introduced with the sixth beta release of iOS 14.5, which is currently available to developers and public beta users, Apple has added two new voice options for Siri. If you have already updated your iPhone, iPad, or even HomePod to iOS 14.5, read on as…
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OnePlus 9 Pro review: Consistently inconsistent [Video]

April 1, 2021
The OnePlus 9 Pro is not the killer Android that it may be marketed as, but it’s the best Pro-series OnePlus to date, but it doesn’t necessarily improve in quite as many ways as you initially thought. We’ve seen the lines between OnePlus and Oppo blur increasingly in recent years, but 2021 provides the closest alignment between the two BBK-owned smartphone firms. Just what this means long…
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Google canceling April Fools’ Day jokes for the second year in a row

April 1, 2021
Many in the industry pulled the plug on April Fools’ Day pranks in 2020 as tension from the emerging COVID-19 pandemic was high, Google included. Now, for the second year in a row, Google is skipping April Fools’ Day 2021. An internal memo sent by Google’s VP of global marketing, Marvin Chow, explains that the company will continue its “pause” of April Fools’ Day pranks in 2021 as…
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Google Docs citations tool adding support for film, TV sources

April 1, 2021
Last year, Docs added a built-in citations tool, and Google is now updating the capability with more source types to join the existing five. The “Citations” panel remains located under “Tools.” You first select MLA (8th ed), APA (7th ed), or Chicago Author-Date…
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Google Play limiting Android 11+ apps from seeing what’s installed on devices this May

April 1, 2021
Google today announced a series of policy updates for apps distributed through the Play Store. The most impactful sees Google limit most developers from seeing which Android apps are installed on your device. As part of its ongoing work to restrict the use of high risk/sensitive permissions, Google is limiting what apps can use the QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission that “gives visibility into the…
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