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YouTube testing of PiP for iOS app continues as desktop site trials more browsable comments list

Back in June, YouTube announced that it was beginning to roll out Picture-in-Picture (PiP) to the iOS app for Premium subscribers. That said, the Google video site has yet to make it widely available, though it just extended the opt-in testing period again. Picture-in-Picture – which allows users to watch YouTube while using other iOS apps – is currently available to Premium customers who…
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Limited Google Doodle celebrates Lantern Festival 2022

The latest limited Google Doodle is celebrating Lantern Festival 2022, which signifies the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations. Although celebrations are limited in certain regions in 2022 due to the ongoing pandemic, the Lantern Festival or Shangyuan Festival is a…
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Tasker’s upcoming Android 13 features teased w/ custom Quick Settings tiles, more

Just a few short days after the launch of Android 13 Developer Preview 1 Tasker developer João Dias is teasing us with new features and functions for the automation app. Thanks to some under-the-hood changes to Android 13, developers are now able to take better advantage of tiles API. This means that Tasker can tap into the Quick Settings toggles section and allows you to create your own custom…
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Shield TV gets 9.0.1 update to fix Android 11 issues including Plex servers, storage permissions

The Nvidia Shield TV series has easily become the collection of Android devices with the best update history, but the recent upgrade to Android TV 11 brought with it some major bugs. Now, Nvidia is rolling out the 9.0.1 update for Shield TV that fixes the most common issues. Android TV 11 for the Nvidia Shield TV brought an unfortunate number of problems, primarily due to system-level changes to…
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Apple exports iPhone 6 Plus and iPad 4 to vintage list, limiting service options 

Farewell iPhone 6 Plus, we hardly knew thee. Only seven years after Apple released that iteration of its smartphone, the tech has been sufficiently dated by successors – and time – for the iPhone 6 Plus to be rendered to the company’s list of vintage products this week. Launched in September 2014 and sold through the same month two years later, the iPhone 6 Plus was the first Apple…
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