If you want to add your account to the WhatsApp Mac app, you’ll now need to use either Face ID or Touch ID on your iPhone in order to activate it. The new requirement applies to any iPhone with either of the biometric login features …
The Mac app works in a rather clunky fashion, effectively serving as a front end to the web app. Unlike Apple’s iMessage, the app is not a stand-alone one…
Report: Facebook building antitrust lawsuit against Apple over iOS 14 privacy features
January 28, 2021
Facebook is reportedly planning to take its long-running battle with Apple to the courts. The Information reports that Facebook has been working with outside legal counsel to prepare an antitrust lawsuit against Apple alleging that the company “abused its power in the…
OxygenOS 10.3.8 rolls out for OnePlus 6/6T w/ January patch
January 28, 2021
The OxygenOS 10.3.8 update is now rolling out for the OnePlus 6 and 6T with the incremental update touting the January 2021 security patch but very little else of note.
After seeing the entire OnePlus 7 and original Nord get an OxygenOS 11.0 Open Beta with all the…
While it’s most definitely a “simple” note-taking, checklist, and reminders app, Google Keep is great at what it does. It should be a little easier to stay on top of reminders though, as Google Keep is now adding location-based reminders as of the latest update.
The change was spotted as rolling out with Google Keep v5.20.511.03 by the team over at Android Police. For people who like to…
Galaxy S21 series can apply custom backgrounds, blur to video calling apps including Google Duo
January 28, 2021
Video calling has become more important than ever before, and Samsung’s new smartphones have a neat way to take advantage of that. With the Galaxy S21 series, users can apply custom backgrounds and other video effects to apps such as Google Duo, Zoom, and Microsoft…
Samsung adopted Android 11’s slick smart home controls after all, they’ve just been moved
January 28, 2021
One of the coolest new features of Android 11 is the ability to use the power menu to host a bunch of shortcuts to your smart home devices. There was no sign, however, of Samsung adopting this feature in its take on the update, but it turns out they did after all. Samsung…
Telegram update lets you import chat history from WhatsApp, improves animations on Android
January 28, 2021
This year has seen a spike in interest for secure messaging apps and one of our favorites, Telegram, is seizing the oppurtunity. With its latest update, Telegram is introducing the ability to import your chat history from other apps including WhatsApp.
In a blog post today, Telegram details what’s new in its app. Starting today, that includes the ability to export a conversation and all of its…
CAKE unveils solar-charging electric motorcycle designed to catch poachers in Africa
January 28, 2021
We first reported late last year on Swedish electric motorcycle manufacturer CAKE’s ambitious plan to deliver solar-charging electric motorcycles to Africa to combat poachers.
Now the company is unveiling the new bikes, known as the CAKE Kalk AP, for anti-poaching…
Tesla new Model S/X refresh: 12 new features yet to be announced
January 28, 2021
Electrek has obtained more information about Tesla’s new Model S and Model X and some of the smaller changes that have yet to be announced.
Tesla officially unveiled the new Model S and Model X refresh yesterday, but surprisingly, it was sort of in the sidelines of the…
Tim Cook: Active install base of iPhones is now over 1 billion
January 28, 2021
Last year the install base of active iPhones grew to over 900 million devices, and in Apple’s Q4 2020 earnings call, CEO Tim Cook revealed that after the launch of the iPhone 12 family, it is now over 1 billion. In an interview with Reuters, he pointed at Apple’s growth in China as a factor also, saying that upgrades set an all-time record in the region. In response to an analyst’s question…
