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Tim Cook shares touching ‘Shot on iPhone’ short film to celebrate Chinese New Year

Apple is celebrating Chinese New Year in a number of different ways, including with limited-edition AirPods Pro. Now, Apple CEO Tim Cook has taken to Weibo to share a short film for Chinese New Year that “reminds us of the efforts needed to overcome the adversity of life.” The short film, which comes in at around 15 minutes long, appears to have been completely shot with an iPhone 14 Pro.
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Oppo Watch 3 WeChat edition debuts in China

The Oppo Watch 3 series was released back in August, but it didn’t support contactless payments and since the Watch 3 and 3 Pro. That’s why Oppo has just released the Watch 3 WeChat edition to fix that. And it appears that the Oppo Watch 3 WeChat version is just a refreshed Watch 3 Pro with an NFC chip. And obviously with WeChat payments enabled. In addition, the Oppo highlights the…
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Xiaomi confirms MWC 2023 attendance, but no 13 Ultra launch

Xiaomi is sending out invitations to reporters that want to tour its booth at MWC 2023. The company writes “we’ll share our vision for 2023 and onward, and how we plan to innovate and better connect people”. While we’d love to hear Xiaomi’s strategy for this…
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Samsung Galaxy A34 and A54 leak in official renders ahead of launch

While much of the attention thrown on Samsung in the past couple of months revolves around the upcoming Galaxy S23 flagships, shared official-looking renders of two unreleased Samsung Galaxy A-series phones. Based on a few hints, these should be the Galaxy A34 and Galaxy A54 – two of Samsung’s key phones heading into 2023 which should launch on January 18 in India. Both phones were…
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Apple to use own wireless chips for iPhones in 2025

Perhaps you’ve heard about Apple’s plans to design its own cellular chip, which is rumored to debut in late 2024 or early 2025, but the latest rumor also includes the wireless chip responsible for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections. As of now, Apple is using…
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Google Home app rolls out full TV controls on supported sets [U]

Some television sets can be controlled by the Nest Hub, and the Google Home app is now finally starting to pick up those touch-based controls. Update 1/11/23: Following the late 2022 rollout, Google today made official how “you can easily control playback, switch inputs, adjust the volume, and more for your connected streaming or media devices straight from the app.” The tweet, which frames…
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