Global smartphone shipments have been dropping this year, and analysts predict that total shipments for 2022 will be lower than in 2021 due to global uncertainties combined with weaker demand. However, according to IDC, Apple with the iPhone will likely be the “least impacted vendor” in this scenario.
According to a report by the analyst firm, smartphone shipments will decline 3.5% to 1.31…
Ever have to argue with an attendant over your age? Now young cinema-goers in the UK don’t need to do that, according to NFCW. Those needing to verify their age to purchase tickets for age-restricted movies can now use a digital ID card stored on their iPhone.
It’s…
iOS 15.6 fixes bug that automatically puts Apple Music in the Dock after reinstalling the app
June 2, 2022
Users last month discovered a bug in iOS 15 that caused Apple Music to be automatically added to the Dock after reinstalling the app – even if there were other apps already there. Now with iOS 15.6 beta 2, which was released this week to developers, that bug has finally…
Earlier this year, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo first reported that some iPhone 14 models might be introduced with the current A15 Bionic chip – a rumor that was later independently verified by 9to5Mac. Now a report from TrendForce corroborates these rumors by saying that only iPhone 14 Pro models will get the new A16 chip.
In a report about the global smartphone market published on Wednesday…
Since the turn of 2022, Samsung has offered super prompt updates for its Galaxy series handsets, but just how is the Korean giant handling the June security patch update? Here’s every device currently updated.
Samsung June 2022 security update – what’s new
Yet again…
Last month we reported on the rampant abuse of RCS in Google Messages that was flooding users in India with ads, and now, Google is stopping that abuse to address the problem.
Google Messages RCS ads are paused, for now
For over a year now, ads have been hitting Google…
Yesterday Google officially announced that its Chromecast with Google TV would be expanding to eight new countries in Europe. Now, the Chromecast with Google TV is finally coming, officially, to India, and three other new countries.
Chromecast with Google TV is finally coming to India
The biggest story here is that the Chromecast with Google TV is finally coming to India, a country where…
Following Lens last week, Google Calculator is the next first-party application to be updated for tablets and other large screen Android devices.
Update 6/1: As of yesterday, Google has widely rolled out version 8.2 of Calculator via the Play Store.
Update 5/26: Google…
In August of 2020, 9to5Google reported that Google was planning to replace Duo with Meet. This development was finally made official today – and will see the app that the vast majority of Android users have installed on their devices get renamed to Google Meet later this…
Five years ago, WhatsApp released the ability to delete sent messages. While this feature is still pretty handy, it’s kind of weird when you incorrectly send a sticker or misspell a word and need to delete the message, correct it, and then send it again.
The problem here is that WhatsApp lets the other user know that you deleted a message. Now, a better solution is finally in the…
