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Stable OxygenOS 12 w/ Android 12 update now rolling out for OnePlus Nord

The stable OxygenOS 12 update complete with Android 12 is now rolling out for the first-generation OnePlus Nord. After a brief Open Beta phase, Android 12 is now available after the OxygenOS 12 update was confirmed as being in a stable form over on the official OnePlus Forums. The update is quite the departure from the OxygenOS that has been so popular over the past few years. Effectively this…
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Samsung has updated these devices to Android 12

Android 12 is still a very new version of the platform, but Samsung is launching the update for its Galaxy devices less than a month after Google’s own Pixel phones. More devices will be updated over the coming months, and Samsung has confirmed a preliminary list of…
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Report: Google’s outdated app crackdown could hide nearly 900,000 apps in Play Store

Google announced recently that it would purge the Play Store of outdated Android apps that didn’t support the platform’s latest features or had been neglected. According to a new report, Google’s crackdown will remove nearly 900,000 outdated Android apps from the Play Store. Analyst firm Pixalate, via CNET, claims that Google and Apple combined will remove or hide upwards of 1.5 million…
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Android 12 is now available for the Asus ZenFone 7 and 7 Pro

The rollout of Android 12 has been swift on some devices, and relatively slow on others. But right on schedule, Asus just released its Android 12 update for the ZenFone 7 series. Released in 2020, the Asus ZenFone 7 series delivered a standard and a Pro model both based on…
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New iPhone Tap to Pay feature already in use at Apple Park Visitor Center

In February, Apple announced a new system called to Tap to Pay on iPhone which allows an individual to take a contactless payment, only using their iPhone as the payment terminal. With the feature active, a customer simply has to tap their NFC iPhone or bank card on the top of the receiving device’s phone, to enact a contactless transaction. The Apple Store is already trialling a rollout of this…
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It’s National Bike Month, and pedal bikes are great. But I only ride electric bikes. Here’s why

May is National Bike Month in the United States. With a combination of more cities focusing on walkability/bikeability as well as an increasingly alarming outlook on climate change, a larger discussion on switching to smaller vehicles couldn’t come soon enough. But for those who never considered switching to a bicycle before, it may be time to take a second look. And that’s because with the…
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