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Anker beats Apple to market, new iPhone 12 MagSafe-compatible battery pack now available

February 23, 2021
The popular accessory maker Anker has officially released a new MagSafe-compatible wireless power bank for iPhone 12 users. This comes as rumors suggest Apple is developing its own similar accessory, but that it has faced some roadblocks in development. The Anker accessory was first teased at CES last month and is now available to order. The new Anker PowerCore Magnetic 5K Wireless Power Bank…
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Qualcomm and Lofelt join forces with aim to improve Android haptics

February 23, 2021
The gold standard of smartphone haptics has — unfortunately — been Apple and the Taptic Engine for years at this stage. We’ve seen great improvements from the likes of Google, Oppo, Xiaomi, and OnePlus, but Qualcomm and Lofelt have now partnered with the express aim to “bring advanced haptics to the Android ecosystem.” Often our interactions with our smartphones are brief, but nuances…
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Realme GT shines in first official images

February 23, 2021
Realme is launching the GT phone on March 4, and today the brand posted some official images on its Weibo profile. The phone will have a Blue option, complementing the yellow leather variant, and will have a 64MP triple camera setup on the back. What is more interesting, is…
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Old Google Pay Android app to lose P2P money transfers, transaction history in April

February 23, 2021
At the end of last year, Google launched a revamped Google Pay experience in the US, based on what was once the Tez app in India. Google is now warning that, as of April, the older Google Pay apps on Android, iOS, and web will no longer be able to send and receive money. The move from the previous Google Pay app to the newer experience has been something of a confusing migration, with Android…
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Google Search gets modernized weather card on desktop web

February 23, 2021
Google Weather in Search for Android was last redesigned in 2019, and the desktop experience is now seeing a handful of tweaks that help modernize the old UI. The changes are subtle, starting with the temperature being the first piece of information displayed in the…
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LG denies the Rollable phone has been put on hold

February 23, 2021
LG Electronics has told The Verge that the company’s phone with a resizable screen, the LG Rollable, has not been put on hold. “I can firmly deny that any such decision on future mobile products has been finalized,” says an LG spokesperson. The denial comes in response…
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Concept: The natural next step for the iOS emoji keyboard after search is favorites

February 23, 2021
As Apple adds more emoji with each subsequent iOS update, it’s getting harder and harder to sift through all them just to find the emoji you want to use. The “frequently used” emoji panel helps with this to some extent, but it is dynamic and only “remembers” so many. Typing descriptors to search for emoji can be tedious, and what if you don’t know the proper search terms to bring up…
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