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Apple likely to announce iPhone 12 event date this week

Apple could announce the date for its iPhone 12 event as soon as this week, as suggested by Mark Gurman on Twitter. At the event, Apple is expected to announce new Apple Watch hardware and offer details on the release schedule for iOS 14 and watchOS 7 alongside the new iPhone. Gurman’s tweet follows a post from Jon Prosser, who claims that that Apple has a press release scheduled for Tuesday…
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Crowdfunded dongle brings wireless Android Auto to more cars

While wireless Android Auto will soon be easier to find on phones, it’s another matter for cars. The cable-free tech is still rare outside of a few brands like BMW. A crowdfunded project might change that, however. Developer Emil Borconi-Szdressy recently launched an…
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LG confirms Wing is the name of its new smartphone

LG has confirmed its upcoming phone will be called Wing (the Wing?) and will be revealed at its announcement event on September 14th. The device is believed to have two screens in a swiveling form factor, with a recent teaser video showing what looks like a sliding mechanism…
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Review: Prologue for iPhone turns your Plex server into an audiobook paradise

When I moved in 2013, I decided I was done with physical media for TV shows and movies and ripping all of my DVDs into digital format. I set up my first very Plex server running on an old MacBook Pro I had, and it worked well for several years. After that, I used an Nvidia Shield for several years and recently moved to an Intel NUC with a 14 TB external drive to house all of my media. I then have…
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iPhone 12: everything we think we know about Apple’s 2020 5G iPhones

We’re likely just weeks away from Apple taking the wraps off its 2020 iPhones, and the rumor mill is in full swing, hinting at some major changes this year. If you’ve been hanging on to your first-generation iPhone SE because you just love its squared-off edges, the newest iPhones could be the ones for you — there are already a lot of rumors pointing to a brand new design with squared edges…
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Hands-on: iOS 14 beta 7 changes and features [Video]

Yesterday Apple released the seventh iOS 14 beta, and it comes bundled with a couple of noteworthy updates. Watch our brief hands-on video walkthrough as we explore new iOS 14 beta 7 changes and features. What’s new in iOS 14 beta 7? Updated App Library categories New…
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Teenage Engineering's next product is probably a Bluetooth speaker

When Teenage Engineering started teasing it was working on a “magic apparatus,” people got understandably excited. After all, this is the company that has released some of the most offbeat but capable synths (and IKEA products) in the last couple of years, and it said it had been working on this device for the past six years. There was even hope we might see an update to the…
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