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Company of Heroes iPhone app now available

As expected, the Company of Heroes iPhone app is now available. It follows the release of the iPad version earlier this year. The WWII strategy game runs on the iPhone 6S and later … The app costs $13.99, with all subsequent downloadable content included. These include extra missions and maps. As always with Feral games, the iPhone app is free if you already own the iPad one. A separate…
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Huawei’s HarmonyOS is coming to smartphones

Huawei has announced the second version of its HarmonyOS operating system and detailed plans to bring it to a wider range of devices, including smartphones. Consumer business CEO Richard Yu made the announcement today at Huawei’s developer conference in Shenzhen…
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Xbox Game Pass for PC will soon double in price

All good things must come to an end. Microsoft has confirmed that the PC version of Game Pass will soon cost $9.99 per month, rather than $4.99 per month. We knew this price hike was coming: Game Pass for PC is technically in beta at the moment, and the Xbox website has long…
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Huawei’s homegrown Android rival is coming to phones

This morning, at Huawei’s developer conference, CEO Richard Yu announced that we’ll see the first phones running HarmonyOS in 2021. Android Authority quotes Yu, saying that the developer beta of HarmonyOS 2.0 will be available today, although the mobile-compatible beta version won’t arrive until December.  Huawei has been working on a home-grown operating system since at least 2012, when…
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Adobe Camera Raw vs. Canon Digital Photo Professional: Which should you use and why?

If you’re like many photographers, the first thing you do upon taking a brand-new camera out of its package is to set aside the included software download info (or, with older cameras, the CD or DVD), opting instead for a third-party option like Adobe’s Camera Raw or Lightroom. But is that a smart move in our newly-normal, more cost-conscious world, or could you get by just as well…
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Xbox Game Pass for PC is doubling its price next week

Alongside an influx of next-gen console news, Microsoft also confirmed today that it will raise its pricing for Xbox Game Pass for PC from $4.99 per month to $9.99 a month starting on September 17th. Existing members on the introductory price will still pay the same rate…
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Twitch brings custom esports competitions to streamers in closed beta

Twitch and esports go together like a dusting of salt on top of a chocolate chip cookie: the sweetness of victory etc., tempered by the saltiness of defeat. Today, Twitch launches Versus — a suite of competitive tools that will let creators on the site organize and manage their own tournaments — which promises to bring those agonies and ecstasies to any streamer who feels like pubstomping…
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