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Epic Games v. Apple ruling: iPhone-maker wins the antitrust lawsuit, but it must allow use of alternative in-app payment methods

September 14, 2021
Epic Games and Apple were engaged in a legal battle since last August after the former sued the latter for its anti-competitive and monopolistic practices, and Apple has emerged as the winner of the case after the United States District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers handed a 185-page ruling on the lawsuit. The legal battle between the two companies started last year after Apple removed Epic…
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Samsung is rolling out an Android 12 beta to Galaxy S21 owners

September 14, 2021
Samsung has announced that it’s rolling out a public beta of Android 12 for Galaxy S21 devices, just a few weeks ahead of when we expect the final OS to be officially available for the first time on Pixel phones. Samsung is touting that it is managing to get these betas…
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iPhone 13: Here are 5 things not to expect from the new iPhones coming tomorrow

September 14, 2021
The iPhone 13 is set to be announced tomorrow at the “California Streaming” event. With rumors about it flourishing every day, read on as we round up five things not to expect from this year’s new iPhones. A redesign The notch of the iPhone 13 will probably be smaller for the first time since the iPhone X was introduced in 2017, but that doesn’t mean Apple is giving this phone a complete…
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Apple releasing iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8 to the public today

September 14, 2021
Apple is releasing iOS 14.8 to the public today for iPhone users, just days before we expect iOS 15 to also be released to the public. Analytics and Xcode data had previously suggested that iOS 14.8 was in development, and sure enough, it is rolling out now alongside iPadOS…
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Apple says iOS 14.8 patches iPhone attack that defeated Blastdoor protections

September 14, 2021
Apple has published a full support document detailing what’s new in iOS 14.8, watchOS 7.6.2, iPadOS 14.8, and macOS Big Sur 11.6. Apple says that the updates address security vulnerabilities that “may have been actively exploited in the wild.” Update: Citizen Lab has published a new report today with more details on the vulnerabilities. The gist of it? Update all of your devices ASAP. In a…
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Report: iPhone owners more likely to sell or trade in their old devices than Android users

September 14, 2021
As we are only hours away from the official announcement of iPhone 13, a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) on Monday revealed some interesting information about “what happens to old smartphones.” The research includes data on the number of iPhone users who sell or trade in their devices compared to Android device owners. Based on the research, CIRP found that…
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