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Google's 'Play Pass' for Android is coming soon

Google has confirmed that it’s working on a service called Google Play Pass in a teaser tweet. It didn’t reveal any other detail about it other than it’s coming soon, but at least we now know that it’s making its way to your phones. Android Police originally reported about the subscription in July after a tester shared screenshots with the publication. If Google…
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Ahead of iOS 13, Facebook publishes blog post defending its use of location data in iOS

iOS 13 is set to be released to the public later this month, and Facebook is looking to get out ahead of some of the changes to location settings in the update. Facebook has published a new blog post detailing how iOS 13 affects its access to your location data, while reaffirming that users are “in control” of their location settings. As we detailed back in June, iOS 13 makes several changes…
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Samsung's Galaxy Fold will have support from 'hundreds' of apps

Foldable phones aren’t worth much without apps that can take advantage of their screens — Huawei even postponed the Mate X to give app makers more time to optimize their titles. That might not be much of a problem now that the revised Galaxy Fold is finally ready to make its debut. Samsung revealed that it has worked with Google and developers to bring Fold support to…
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Craig Federighi says scheduled iMessage feature is ‘something we continue to consider,’ lyrics visualizer slated for iOS 13.1 in Music app

iMessage is a rich messenger platform with its own App Store and features like end-to-end encryption. However, advanced features like scheduled iMessages could make it an even more robust service. Recently an Apple user reached out to Craig Federighi about this feature request and got a detailed response about how the company is considering it. Reddit user Jmaster_888 (via Mark Gurman) shared the…
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