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Google adds iOS 14 Search widget as Chrome and Gmail getting default apps support

Apple launched its latest mobile OS on Wednesday and app developers are in the process of supporting the latest features. Google has two iOS 14 updates ready with a Search widget and Chrome browser default, while it’s readying a third. iOS 14 lets applications create home screen widgets that are much more prominent than before. The main Google app now offers “lightning-fast access to…
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Here are the browsers iOS 14 now lets you set as default

With iOS 14, Apple finally lets you choose which browser you want to use as your default, letting you switch away from Safari if you’d rather use a third-party alternative like Chrome or Edge. Apple is also letting iPhone users change their default email app in the updated OS. To be a candidate for the default browser, developers have had to update their apps. All browsers are still required to…
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NVIDIA apologizes for RTX 3080 order chaos

NVIDIA did a great job getting gamers hyped up for the launch of its RTX 3080, which does offer a huge leap in performance over the last generation. When it came time to sell it yesterday morning, however, the train went a bit off the rails. NVIDIA apparently failed to…
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Hands-on: iOS 14.2 beta 1 changes and features

Apple has been pushing out new software updates at a blistering rate, with the latest such update being a new iOS 14.2 developer beta. This beta update comes with several notable changes, including a redesigned now playing music interface in Control Center. Watch our…
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iOS 14: What do the orange and green dots in the status bar mean?

iOS 14 includes several major new features and a lot of smaller changes and visual updates. You may have noticed new indicators in the status bar, in the right-hand notch, and are wondering what those are for. These new status symbols show up as orange and green dots or circles that appear above the signal strength indicator. It turns out these dots are actually informational indicators that help…
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Apple's latest iOS 14.2 beta adds a built-in control for Shazam

Two years after completing its $400 million acquisition of Shazam, Apple is showing developers what the technology can do when it’s integrated directly with iOS. A version of the iOS 14.2 beta that’s currently in testing includes the ability to add Shazam’s Music…
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Apple releases first iOS 14.2 developer beta following iOS 14 public release

Apple has just released the first developer beta of iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2 following the public release of iOS 14.0 this week. It’s uncertain what has changed in this update, but probably Apple is working on improvements and some new features. In addition to iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, Apple has also released the first developer betas of tvOS 14.2 and watchOS 7.1. Earlier today, the company…
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