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Google Meet adding 360-degree backgrounds on Android and iOS

Google Meet already offers a number of effects to customize your video feed and will soon add 360-degree backgrounds.  These 360-degree backgrounds move with your mobile device by taking advantage of gyroscope/orientation data. Google tells us that the backgrounds are videos, and moving independent of the 360-degree motion. At launch, you can pick from an oasis (as seen below), sky city, or…
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Download the beautiful Saltern wallpapers for iPhone, iPad, and Mac from Basic Apple Guy

Following up after launching a wallpaper in honor of the iPhone’s 16th birthday, Basic Apple Guy is back with some gorgeous wallpapers that were inspired by images used to unveil the iPad Pro but were never included on the device. Download the Saltern wallpapers for your iPhone, iPad, and Mac below. Apple didn’t include the stunning Saltern Study images to use as wallpapers but they did…
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iPhone 15 Pro won’t feature clicky volume and power buttons

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is doubling down on his prediction that the iPhone 15 Pro models will switch from physical volume and power buttons to new solid-state buttons. If iPhone users “respond well” to this change, Kuo explains that Apple will likely roll out the…
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Twitter forcing algorithm timeline in your face in latest iOS update

It has been a long time since Twitter started showing users tweets based on suggestions rather than chronological order, which was heavily criticized at the time. But after many complaints, the platform let users choose whether they wanted to see the chronological or algorithm-based timeline on the Twitter app by default. Unfortunately, the latest Twitter update for iOS forces users to once again…
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Android 13 working on support for transferring eSIM on Pixel, just like iPhone

As eSIM starts to take over, Google seems to be working on better support for the technology within Android, with the ability to transfer eSIMs being developed behind the scenes in Android 13. eSIM has been around for a few years now, with Google having supported the standard in its Pixel phones since 2017’s Pixel 2 series. Over time, it’s become more and more common, with US carriers and…
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