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Dear Esther for iOS is set to debut later this year

August 8, 2019
Dear Esther for iOS will release later this year. Developer Chinese Room took to Twitter to announce the upcoming arrival of its beloved indie game on Apple’s handheld devices. All the details are down below. The journey to release Dear Esther for iOS has been a long one for The Chinese Room. The game initially began life as a free-to-play mod on…
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How to get Siri to say names right on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

August 8, 2019
Are you tired of Siri mispronouncing your name and others’ names? Read on for how to easily get Siri to say names right on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. With all the different ways to pronounce names, it’s understandable that Siri can’t get them right by default.
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Samsung's Galaxy Home smart speaker is still alive, somehow

August 8, 2019
While Samsung’s Unpacked event was mostly about the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+, a new S Pen and a Galaxy Book S laptop, plenty of observers expected some news on the fate of Galaxy Home. Samsung announced the smart speaker a year ago, but it’s been beset by…
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Popular indie game 'Dear Esther' is coming to iOS

August 8, 2019
Journey made a surprise debut on iOS this week and you’ll soon be able to play another indie darling on the go. The Chinese Room says its exploration-focused Dear Esther will be available for iPhone and iPad later this year. After starting out as a Half-Life 2 mod, it arrived on PC and Mac in 2012, then PS4 and Xbox One in 2016. It’s sold more than a million copies to date. In Dear…
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Apple releasing fifth iOS 13 public beta today

August 8, 2019
Apple today is releasing the fifth public beta of iOS 13. This comes following the release of the sixth developer beta yesterday. Apple is also releasing iPadOS 13 public beta 5 and likely tvOS 13 public beta 5 today. iOS 13 developer…
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 tidbits: Stainless steel, power menu, gaming, and more

August 8, 2019
The Galaxy Note 10 series went official yesterday, and there was a ton of information at Samsung’s Unpacked event. Here are a few big Galaxy Note 10 tidbits you might have missed, including its new stainless steel frame. One big change about the Galaxy Note 10 that Samsung never mentioned on stage is that the frame of the device is now made from stainless steel.
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Why does the Galaxy Note still exist?

August 8, 2019
Watching the Galaxy Note 10 keynote, it became clear that the whole Note series has run out of runway. When it first launched, it was a wacky experiment to see if there was a market for an over-sized phone. But times have changed, and what was once transgressive is now the…
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Hands-on: iOS 13 beta 6 changes and features [Video]

August 8, 2019
Yesterday Apple released the sixth beta of iOS 13 to developers, and as is often the case, it comes bundled with several new noteworthy changes and features. New iOS 13 beta updates include a dedicated Dark Mode toggle, the ability to show and hide link previews from the Safari context menu, and more. Watch our hands-on look at iOS 13 beta 6 changes and features for more…
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