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iPhone: How to delete iCloud backups

January 20, 2020

Want to get rid of an old iCloud backup or hit the reset button and start over fresh? Follow along for how to delete iCloud backups on iPhone and iPad. iCloud storage can be used up quickly between all of the rich photos and videos, iMessages, and the many third-party apps that can use it. Checking how your backups are using your iCloud storage is an easy way to free up space or understand if…

New ‘Lab’ poised to bring home screen Google Doodles to non-Pixel Android phones

January 20, 2020

Last year, Google brought some of their signature homepage “Doodles” to the home screen search bar of Pixel phones. Now, it looks like Google may be bringing those same Doodles to non-Pixel Android phones in the near future, starting with a “Lab” experiment. Last…

Chrome for Android tests new share menu w/ QR code and screenshot sharing

January 20, 2020

Sharing links to quality content is one of the core experiences of the internet as we know it today. Google is looking to streamline that process with a new share sheet in Chrome for Android that also brings new ways to share the web. In every version of Android prior to…

NapBot Apple Watch sleep tracker adds iPhone-free app, new complications, awake trends

January 20, 2020

Apple Watch sleep tracking app NapBot is out today with a big update that brings some handy new features including background tracking so it can work without iPhone, daily notifications, support for all complication types, redesigned Siri watch face card, trend for awake minutes, and more. NapBot is an automatic sleep tracker that works with Apple Watch and iPhone to offer helpful insight about…

Huawei announces EMUI 10 update schedule starting this month w/ P30, Mate 20

January 20, 2020

Huawei is still in a tricky spot when it comes to launching new devices, but that hasn’t stopped the company from supporting what’s already on the market. This morning, Huawei is announcing its official update schedule for EMUI 10 and it starts rolling out this…

Huawei partners with TomTom for mapping data as a Google Maps alternative

January 20, 2020

With Huawei basically blocked from using Google services and infrastructure, the firm has taken steps to replace Google Maps on its hardware by signing a partnership with TomTom to provide maps, navigation, and traffic data to Huawei apps. Reuters reports that Huawei is…

WhatsApp is only the second non-Google Android app to hit 5 billion installs

January 20, 2020

There are only a few apps on the Google Play Store to have reached the mythical 5 billion install figure, bar some of the pre-installed Google options. Third-party messaging app WhatsApp is now only the second non-Google app to do so, having amassed the figure over a decade on Android and the Play Store. Given the popularity of WhatsApp around the globe, it probably comes as no surprise and…

Google Chrome on Android may soon add ability to copy images directly to your clipboard

January 20, 2020

Chrome on Android might be preinstalled as standard, but that doesn’t stop it from being one of the best mobile (and desktop) browsers. Tons of new features have been added to the Android-version of Chrome over time, and one that might soon be added is the ability to copy…

You can now customize your Android 10 gesture experience with gesturePlus

January 20, 2020

If you have fully switched over to use the new Android 10 gestures, you might be wishing you could customize them even just a little bit. Well, thanks to a simple but effective new app called gesturePlus, you can adjust and tweak the gestures for a slightly more tailored…

Supposed OnePlus 8 Pro 120 Hz display settings, punch-hole leaked in hands-on photo

January 20, 2020

We already know that OnePlus is planning on slapping an ever higher 120 Hz refresh rate AMOLED display into the upcoming OnePlus 8 Pro. Now, thanks to an alleged leaked hands-on photo courtesy of True-Tech.net, we’ve got a potential glimpse of the adjustable settings of that ew display. On top of that, the leaked photo also gives us a slightly closer look at the in-display punch-hole camera…