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PSA: iCloud․com accessible from iOS and Android with support for Photos, Notes, Reminders, more

February 4, 2020
If you haven’t tried in a while, support for iCloud.com when using a mobile browser like Safari or Chrome on an iPhone, iPad, and Android has improved. Functionality differs a bit between iPhone/Android and iPad but there is access to Photos, Notes, Reminders, Find iPhone, iCloud Drive, Contacts, Mail, and more. Reported by , native browser support for iCloud.com on iPhone and notably Android…
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Google has paid Android developers about half of what Apple has

February 4, 2020
As I write this the evening before you’re reading it, the colossal caucus clusterf*** in Iowa is still ongoing and no official results are anywhere in sight. It seems clear that some portion of the problem stems from a poorly architected app. It’s an incredibly bad start…
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The January 2020 security patch is now rolling out for the Samsung Galaxy S7

February 4, 2020
As part of the proposed quarterly maintenance schedule, the Samsung Galaxy S7 is now receiving the January 2020 security patch. It’s great to see Samsung not leaving the Galaxy S7 out of its recent update spell, even if the January 2020 patch is slightly behind the most recent February patch rolling out to newer devices. Given that the S7 is now steadily approaching its four year anniversary…
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First batch of Samsung Galaxy Note20 leaks starts pouring in

February 4, 2020
The Galaxy S20 series is still a week away from an unveiling an over a month away from actually hitting store shelves, but we already have a pretty complete picture through leaks. In fact, industry insider channels have been so active that they appear to already be moving…
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Twitter: State actors may have used Android app flaw to access users’ phone numbers

February 4, 2020
(Reuters) — Twitter said on Monday that it had discovered attempts by possible state actors to access the phone numbers associated with user accounts, after a security researcher unearthed a flaw in the company’s “contacts upload” feature. In a statement published on its privacy blog, Twitter said it had identified a “high volume of requests” to use the feature coming from IP addresses…
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Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S9+ gets Android 10 in the US

February 4, 2020
Samsung released the Android 10-based One UI 2.0 update for the Galaxy S9 and S9+ last week in the US, but only for the carrier-locked units. Now, the company has expanded the rollout for the unlocked S9+ units as well. The firmware for the unlocked units sports version…
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Now certain 2019 LG TVs have the Apple TV app too

February 4, 2020
Late last year LG started to add AirPlay 2 and HomeKit to its TVs with firmware updates. Then at CES last month the company announced it would add the full Apple TV app that adds all of the video bits from iTunes, as well as access to the Apple TV+ service. Now, if you have one of its 2019 OLED TVs or high-end NanoCell LCD TVs then you should start seeing the app, while “select” other…
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