A new Apple patent application for iPhone reverse charging has been published today, further boosting speculation about when the Cupertino company will finally offer the wireless power sharing capability.
The application describes another possible application for the technology: placing two iPhones back-to-back to enable one to charge the other …
Background
Reverse charging – more formally…
Square makes Tap to Pay on iPhone available to all US sellers
September 29, 2022
Square has publicly launched its Tap to Pay solution for the iPhone after running an early access program these past few months. That means sellers across the US can now use the company’s Point of Sale app to receive payments from customers using just their iPhones…
Following a similar offer to attract former subscribers, Google Fi is letting those on Unlimited Plus add free lines at “no additional cost for the rest of 2022.”
The email detailing the offer looks to have gone out to most, if not all, subscribers on Google Fi’s most…
The Play Store is one of the 20 first-party apps getting optimized for tablets and Google is kicking off the redesign with a navigation rail.
Google Play previously made use of an always-visible navigation drawer at the left, while the store logo was followed by “Google Play” above it. Meanwhile, the search field spanned most of the screen.
In the new design, you just get the Google Play Store…
September 28, 2022 Update: Apple has now removed Dark Sky from the App Store altogether, further restricting access ahead of the upcoming shutdown.
Apple is moving forward with its plans to shut down the Dark Sky weather app at the end of this year. If you open the Dark Sky…
With Android 13, Google began work on a predictive back gesture to “let users preview the destination or other result of a back gesture before fully completing it,” and you can now preview it with the Phone app on Pixel.
You first need to enable Developer options…
Manifest V3 is how you’re meant to build Chrome extensions, and Google today laid out a more detailed transition timeline away from Manifest V2.
Manifest V3 has been criticized for impacting ad blockers, but Google has said it’s prioritizing privacy with this extension design. Last year, the company said Manifest V2 extensions would be phased out in 2023.
Ahead of that, Google is detailing the…
While Samsung has moved on to Wear OS for its smartwatch needs, the company isn’t done with Tizen wearables just yet. The Galaxy Watch 3 is now getting an update with new watch faces and health improvements.
Rolling out now to the Galaxy Watch 3 (SM-R840), Samsung’s…
Proclaiming “the age of visual search is here” and that the “camera is the next keyboard,” Google at Search On 2022 announced a trio of new features and updates for Lens, like AR Translate.
Google Lens is now used 8 billion times a month, which is up from 3 billion…
Google Search adding ‘Discussions and forums’ section and translated news coverage
September 29, 2022
At Search On 2022, Google announced that “Discussions and forums” will be getting their own sections in results, while translated news coverage is also coming next year.
Google frames “Discussions and forums” as originating from people’s desire for more “first-hand advice.” It will appear “when you search for something that might benefit from the diverse personal experiences found…
