Apple has just announced its October event where we expect to see the long-awaited redesigned Apple Silicon MacBook Pros. The event, which takes place on Monday, October 18 is accompanied by a gorgeous invitation graphic. We’ve turned the graphic into some fantastic wallpapers for your iPhone to get hyped for next week’s event.
All of the wallpapers are optimized for the largest iPhone, the…
Take your screenshots up a notch using ‘Apple Frames,’ now with support for iPhone 13 and more
October 13, 2021
One of the shortcuts I use most often is the Apple Frames shortcut made by Federico Viticci at MacStories. Apple Frames is a shortcut that runs through Apple’s Shortcuts app. It’s designed to put screenshots inside physical device frames of Apple products, as you can see…
Report: Apple cuts iPhone 13 production by 10 million units, due to ongoing chip shortages
October 13, 2021
Bloomberg is reporting that Apple has significantly cut its production schedule for the iPhone 13 series. Due to ongoing chip shortages, the supply chain is supposedly unable to deliver its original targets for iPhone 13 shipments.
The report says Apple is now expecting to…
Google countersues Epic Games for ‘willfully’ breaching Play Store contract w/ Fortnite stunt
October 13, 2021
Last year the hit game Fortnite was briefly available on Android through the Google Play Store, until Epic Games kicked off its war against app store fees by adding its own payment system to the game behind the backs of Google and Apple. Now, Google is launching a countersuit against Epic Games for that breach of contract.
Epic Games launched a lawsuit against Google immediately after the app…
Google Pixel 6 specs: ‘Tensor’ chip, 120Hz display, 4x zoom, under-display fingerprint
October 13, 2021
Seemingly to outdo itself from two years ago, Google today announced the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro in an early teaser well ahead of the formal launch later this year. While Google is keeping some specifics close to its chest, we’re getting a pretty good idea of what the…
Stadia brings its ‘direct touch’ controls to iOS devices
October 13, 2021
Earlier this year, Stadia debuted a new method of playing cloud games on Android by passing your touchscreen presses through to the game. Now this “direct touch” control scheme is coming to Stadia’s iOS app.
Debuting with the release of Sega’s HUMANKIND, a 4X game…
Smart Lock dates back to Android Lollipop and was Google’s solution for reducing the number of times users had to enter their passcodes before the ubiquity of fingerprint readers. Smart Lock in Android Settings was recently updated with a much-needed modern UI.
Smart Lock is powered directly by Google Play services and until recently kept the same interface from 2014. This included screens…
A silent update has rolled out to Google TV this week, adding yet another service to the list of integrated apps. Pantaya now supports Google TV account integration for its Spanish-language content.
Pantaya’s Google TV integration offers Spanish speakers a wider…
Foldable smartphones are often thought of as fragile compared to traditional devices, but Samsung has done quite a bit of work over the past couple of years to change that. In a video, the company is showing off how it tests the durability of its Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Flip…
Google Clock 7.1 rolling out with new ‘Stopwatch’ widget and Material You ‘clock styles’
October 13, 2021
With Android 12 Beta 5 last month, Google introduced Material You clock widgets. An update to Google Clock is rolling out today with a brand new widget and a grand total of five clock styles to choose from.
After placing a widget, you’ll be able to select from different “clock styles.” For example, “Analog” offers:
Scallop: Like the original, it retains a scalloped perimeter, but with…
