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New ‘Pastel’ widgets make it easy to give your iOS 14 home screen a colorful aesthetic

October 2, 2020
If you’re looking for new ways to give your iOS 14 home screen a custom aesthetic, the Pastel color palettes application has been updated with new home screen widgets. This allows you to add custom colors and designs directly to your iPhone. For those unfamiliar, Pastel was developed by Steve Troughton-Smith with the purpose of creating and saving custom color palette collections for…
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How to watch 4K YouTube videos on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV

October 2, 2020
This year’s major software releases from Apple bring a nice upgrade for watching YouTube videos on many of its devices. Follow along for how to watch 4K YouTube videos on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Update 10/2/2020: YouTube 4K support is rolling out to Apple TV…
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Galaxy Z Fold 2 durability test shows off improved hinge, dust resistance [Video]

October 2, 2020
Foldable smartphones still aren’t nearly as durable as the typical slabs most people buy, but Samsung has made great strides in improving that. To prove it, JerryRigEverything is back with a Galaxy Z Fold 2 durability test that shows off the strength of the hinge. It should come as no surprise on the Galaxy Z Fold 2 that Samsung hasn’t made much progress on the screen’s durability. The…
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Here are the email apps iOS 14 now lets you set as default

October 2, 2020
Apple’s iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 launched this week, introducing a ton of new features to the company’s smartphones and tablets — including the option to change your default browser and default email apps to services like Chrome or Outlook to handle links by default…
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Galaxy Z Fold 2 survives dirt durability test that its predecessor couldn’t

October 2, 2020
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 2 has survived having dirt dropped on it in a new durability test from YouTuber Zack Nelson (aka JerryRigEverything), backing up Samsung’s claims that its hinge is more durable on this year’s device. Nelson’s test involved dropping a handful of dust and dirt on Samsung’s new foldable, and he reported the phone continued to feel just as smooth to open and close.
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Twitter expands its 'read before sharing' test to iOS

October 2, 2020
Following a test to get people to read articles before tweeting them, Twitter announced plans last month to roll the feature out to everyone. Today, the company is expanding its test and bringing the prompts to iOS. When someone on an Apple mobile device tries to retweet or…
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Gboard for Android adds extra emoji suggestions to word and spelling bar

October 2, 2020
Gboard for Android has added some neat — and highly requested — features to the popular mobile keyboard. The latest addition hints that Google wants us using more emoji as the spelling or word suggestion bar now manages to cram in extra icons in the latest Gboard release. Often when you’re typing, word suggestions may include an emoji as an option to select. This latest change sees the…
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