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Exclusive: Realme Buds Air confirmed to have wireless charging

December 11, 2019
A very reliable source came to us with some insight around Realme’s upcoming Buds Air – direct competitors to Apple’s AirPods, Samsung’s Galaxy Buds and Huawei’s FreeBuds 3. Most of it was already known but it’s good to get a confirmation from someone familiar with the product itself. First off, the buds will indeed support wireless charging out of the box so…
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You can now search through Android Open Source Project code

December 11, 2019
At the core of every flagship Android phone, underneath the layers of brand-specific and device-specific extras, lies the same open-source foundation of Android, the Android Open Source Project. To help us all better understand that foundation, Google has made it possible to…
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Chrome 79 for Android rolling out: Maskable PWA icons, reordering bookmarks

December 10, 2019
Following the Mac, Windows, and Linux release, Chrome 79 for Android is now rolling out. Tentpole features include password and phishing protections, as well as the ability for PWAs to have maskable icons. The WebXR Device API is now shipping in Chrome and allows developers to create web-based virtual reality games and video for smartphones and head-mounted displays. This spec will soon be…
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iOS 13.3 arrives with improved parental controls

December 10, 2019
That inadvertent confirmation of iOS 13.3’s imminent release was on the mark. Apple has released the new software (plus iPadOS 13.3), whose centerpiece is an improvement to Screen Time parental controls. You can set limits on who your kids can call, text or FaceTime…
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Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 13.3 with multiple bug fixes

December 10, 2019
Apple is now rolling out iOS and iPadOS 13.3 to compatible devices. The OTA update size, at least on our iPhone XR, was around 695MB but the number will vary with the device. As with most of the updates that came since iOS 13 released two months ago, 13.3 primarily focuses on fixing all the bugs that continue to plague the OS. There’s a laundry list of them, which we can’t all mention…
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Lightroom finally adds direct photo import on iOS

December 10, 2019
Adobe announced its December updates to its photography apps today, and among the most significant is the ability to direct import photos on Lightroom for iOS and iPadOS. iOS and iPadOS 13.2 now allows raw files to be directly imported into Lightroom from cameras and memory…