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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 Qualcomm’s cellular chips and Broadcom’s wireless ones. A tipster familiar with the matter claims that Apple’s first in-house…
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More Galaxy S23 leaks show off the design, colors, and cases [Gallery]

Samsung confirmed the launch date of the Galaxy S23 series yesterday, with the trio set to launch on February 1. Ahead of that launch, more and more leaks are showing off the design and colors of Samsung’s upcoming flagships, along with some accessories. Just today, the folks over at dbrand posted skins and cases for the Galaxy S23 series a bit early. While this doesn’t show Samsung’s…
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Review: Pela cases for Google Pixel 7 offer dozens of designs and a comfortable feel

In hunting for the best case for the Pixel 6 series last year, I was quickly enamored with the compostable cases from Pela. For the Pixel 7 series in 2023, Pela is still one of the best case makers, and now that includes many more design choices. Pela is a case brand known for using eco-friendly materials. The company builds its cases from plant-based materials which allows the cases to be…
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Google Meet rolling out in-call emoji reactions

In addition to raising your hand or using text chat, Google Meet is adding emoji reactions that appear “as a small badge in the sender’s video tile.” This feature has been planned since 2021. Besides the top-left corner, emoji reaction will float up the left side of…
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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…
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Meta Quest Move adds support for Health Connect syncing on Android

Meta today announced Quest Move support for Google’s Health Connect so that “Android users [can] get credit for their VR workouts without having to manually input the minutes they exercised.” Meta Quest Move is the app on VR headsets that keeps track of burned calories, activity duration (minutes), and other goals. You first have to set that up in virtual reality by enabling the “Connect…
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