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AirBox Go is the Swiss Army knife of portable wireless chargers for iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPods

September 7, 2022
What does it take to be the Swiss Army knife of portable wireless chargers today? Earning that title requires a way to charge your iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods without actually looking like an open Swiss Army knife. Enter AirBox Go from Momax, a self-described charging capsule with a big battery and USB-C. What looks like an ordinary power bank actually hides a lot within. Portable wireless…
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The iPhone 14 is coming tomorrow; here’s every new feature

September 7, 2022
The iPhone 14 is coming in just a few days. We’ve been rounding up the latest rumors and expectations over the last year, and it’s almost time for an official announcement. The iPhone 14 lineup will include four models across two screen sizes, design changes, camera…
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Samsung built a ‘Galaxy Watch Charging Cradle’ to work around the Watch 5 Pro’s terrible band

September 6, 2022
The Galaxy Watch 5 Pro is notorious for its comfortable yet difficult band. When wirelessly charging, the Watch 5 Pro is incapable of sitting flush against a charging pad, even the one Samsung gave out for free during pre-orders. Now, the company looks to have developed a solution in the Galaxy Watch Charging Cradle. While the Watch 5 Pro band is comfortable and has a simple yet fast mechanism…
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Hands-on: CardPointers maximizes your credit card rewards with iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps

September 6, 2022
Over the last year, I’ve jumped deep into the world of credit card rewards, maximizing redemption values, collection points and cash back, and taking advantage of lucrative welcome bonuses. One of the apps that I’ve used to learn more about all of this is CardPointers, an excellent app from the indie developer Emmanuel Crouvisier. I got a chance to talk to Crouvisier about CardPointers, iOS…
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Chrome Custom Tabs are now more explicitly labeled on Android

September 6, 2022
In an ideal world, all Android apps would use Custom Tabs over in-app browsers (WebViews). Google is now making it more apparent when you’re “running” a Chrome Custom Tab (CCT). With Chrome 104 or earlier, you’d see “Powered by Chrome” at the bottom of the…
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Android 12L starts rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7

September 6, 2022
Over the past week, Samsung has finally launched Android 12L for its foldables and tablets, several months after the update was first launched by Google. Now, the Galaxy Tab S7 is getting its first taste of Android 12L. The Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7+ were first released in…
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EU lawmakers push for all Android phones to to copy the Pixel 6’s five years of updates

September 5, 2022
While the Android ecosystem as a whole has been getting better about long-term support and the speed of updates, EU lawmakers are now pushing for a set standard for Android updates that just so happens to mirror what Google offers on the Pixel 6. A draft regulation currently on the table in the EU looks to establish “ecodesign requirements for mobile phones, cordless phones, and slate…
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