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Can the iPhone survive a nearly 4,000 mph tethered spin? This kinetic space launch company tested it

January 30, 2020
I have to admit that this has never occurred to me as something to test in an iPhone review, but it’s reassuring to see someone has apparently tried it. According to a new profile on the kinetic space launch system firm SpinLaunch, Apple’s iPhone can survive  rotations when physically tethered. SpinLaunch wants to create a launch system that uses kinetic energy to deploy payloads like…
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Here are the 117 new emoji that will come to iPhone and more later this year

January 29, 2020
The new emoji that will arrive in 2020 on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and other devices have been officially set. Additions in Emoji Version 13.0 include “Italian Hand,” ninjas, the Transgender flag, anatomical body parts, smiling face with tear, disguised face, new animals, food, parents feeding baby, and much more. As reported by Emojipedia, the officially approved Emoji Version 13.0 list was…
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As iOS and iPadOS 13 near 80% adoption, is the race with Android over?

January 29, 2020
This might not be initially obvious from the numbers, but user adoption of the latest Apple mobile operating systems is actually slow this year. As of the end of January 2020, Apple says that 70% of all iPhones are using iOS 13, and 57% of all iPads are using iPadOS 13, numbers that place the company’s latest OS releases at least two months behind iOS 12’s adoption curve last year. By December…
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Magic: ManaStrike launches worldwide for Android and iOS

January 29, 2020
Netmarble announced today that Magic: ManaStrike is now available worldwide for Android and iOS devices. ManaStrike is Netmarble’s first game in the Magic universe. Most gamers know Magic for its physical and digital card game, Magic: The Gathering. ManaStrike is a more…
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iOS and Mac calendar app Fantastical is moving to a subscription model

January 29, 2020
Calendar app Fantastical is getting a big update simultaneously across all Apple platforms that adds a bunch of new features, but also moves its signature software to a subscription model on iOS and Mac. Flexibits’ Fantastical has had a long history as one of the premier calendar apps for Apple devices. It started out as a nice-looking menubar app for Mac before slowly coming to other Apple…
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