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Apple reportedly cuts iPhone SE production by 20%

Apple unveiled the latest iPhone SE earlier this month, and it went on sale already. However, it looks like the company isn’t expecting it to perform as good as it had hoped. According to a new rumor out of Asia, Apple is telling multiple suppliers that it aims to cut production orders by 2 to 3 million units for the second quarter of this year (the one starting in April and ending in June).
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Google Calendar working locations no longer look like all-day events

One of the ways Google Calendar supports hybrid work is by letting employees note their working locations, and an upcoming tweak will make that UI less obtrusive. When working locations launched in Calendar last August for paid accounts, Google displayed that information just above all-day events (in the week view). This row was marked with a location icon at the left, while entries featured…
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How to find songs that played near you with your Google Pixel

One of the worst things to happen is hearing a song play, thinking you’ll remember it to find later, only to completely forget. Fortunately, your Pixel has a feature called Now Playing. It lets you identify playing songs in the background so you can easily add any song you…
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Google Discover feed tests showing like counts for articles [Update: More examples]

In a limited experiment, Google Search has begun showing like counts for articles in the Android app’s Discover feed for some. Update: Google is continuing to test this feature, with a slightly broader rollout. When browsing news and blog articles on social media, the like count can be a helpful metric in deciding what to read. Google, of course, hasn’t had a true social networking app in…
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YouTube Music and TV now offer Google Play Store betas

Like the main Android client, Google is now offering Play Store betas for YouTube Music and TV to presumably test new features ahead of time. You can sign-up via the Play Store listings on mobile or directly on the web: YouTube Music YouTube TV At the moment, there are…
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Now obsolete, the iPod touch was once the gateway to the iOS ecosystem

Just a few days ago, I wrote an article asking why Apple is still selling the iPod touch in 2022. Coincidentally or not, the company announced on Tuesday that the iPod touch and the iPod brand have reached the end of their lives. What’s interesting to think about is that, now obsolete, the iPod touch was once the gateway to the iOS ecosystem. An iPhone without the phone The iPhone was…
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