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iOS 13.2.2 update fixes background app management issue

November 8, 2019
Apple has released iOS 13.2.2 for compatible iPhone and iPod touch devices. This is the latest update in a long string of updates for the operating system, which saw a less than spectacular launch last month and has since required constant patching to work normally. iOS 13.2.2 change log The latest update at around 100MB is one of the smaller ones but does bring an important fix. A lot of users…
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How to manage kids’ texts, calls, and contacts w/ Screen Time on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

November 7, 2019
Apple is expanding its Screen Time software that gives parents more control of their family’s devices with a highly requested feature: the ability to manage kids’ texts, phone calls, FaceTime calls, and even contacts on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Read on for how to set it all up in iOS 13.3 and later… Since Screen Time debuted on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in iOS 12, there hasn’t…
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How to use ‘dockless’ DeX on the Galaxy Note 10

November 7, 2019
Samsung’s DeX desktop environment gives us a smart way to use all that processing power in flagship Galaxy phones for something other than browsing Instagram. DeX provides a Windows-like desktop experience, but you have to buy a special DeX Station to make it all work.
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Apple releases another iOS 13 update to fix background app issues

November 7, 2019
You didn’t have to wait too long for Apple to fix iOS 13.2’s over-eagerness to kill background apps. The company has released an iOS 13.2.2 update (along with a corresponding iPadOS update) that, as Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman noted, stops apps from closing quite so quickly. In other words, it should behave much like it did before 13.2 arrived. Suffice it to say this will be very…
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Samsung trademarks "Space Zoom" ahead of Galaxy S11 launch

November 7, 2019
An interesting patent popped up on EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) by Samsung describing technology for lossless zoom called “Space Zoom”. It’s very likely that the feature will find its way to one or all of the upcoming Galaxy S11 smartphones in February next year. The patent doesn’t go into details but describes a feature that lets you zoom in on a…
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