A British iPhone owners’ lawsuit against Google filed in 2017 and which the High Court blocked in 2018 has today been reinstated.
The ‘representative action’ (the UK equivalent of a class action lawsuit) was seeking compensation for every Brit who used an iPhone between June 2011 and February 2012, with the campaign group behind it seeking £500 ($613) per user…
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The popular iOS app Duet Display that turns your smartphone or tablet into a secondary monitor is now available to download on Android.
While you can already turn your Samsung Galaxy phone into a desktop machine using the DeX system, it’s harder to turn your phone into…
Blue Yeti X review — The best USB microphone yet
October 2, 2019
If you ask a group of young kids what they want to do when they get older, at least some of them are going to answer “YouTuber” or “Twitch streamer.” Content creation is a huge business, and Blue Microphones is one of the companies capitalizing on that. Its Blue Yeti…
Apple will let Siri open third-party iOS apps by default
October 2, 2019
Apple’s iOS operating system has increased its included collection of apps over the years, growing from 17 in 2007 to just under 40 in 2019 — all while guaranteeing that everything included is the iPhone’s or iPad’s “default” app for its own functionality. Now Apple is set to loosen the latter restriction, Bloomberg reports, as the voice assistant Siri will be able to open certain…
Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop 3 with AMD processor
October 2, 2019
At its Surface event in New York City today, Microsoft refreshed its Surface Laptop with updated specs, USB-C support, and AMD Ryzen 7. This is the first time a Surface device has been powered by AMD. Furthermore, while the Surface Laptop 2 only came in a 13.5-inch size, the…
Watch Star Wars filmmaker’s short film shot on iPhone 11 Pro
October 2, 2019
A new short film shot on iPhone 11 Pro gives perhaps the best insight yet into what a professional filmmaker can do with nothing more than an iPhone.
There’s no shortage of films and ads proclaiming they were ‘shot on iPhone,’ but most have cheated by using…
After a slight delay, Android Auto Wireless is now compatible with select Samsung Galaxy phones.
Google had originally claimed that Android Auto would be compatible with any Android phone running at least Android Pie but unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case. At present, only Google’s own Pixel line plus the Nexus 5X and 6P have been able to use the wireless in-car entertainment control…
Rune has raised $2 million in funding in its effort to use artificial intelligence to help find friends for mobile gamers.
Rune is a Y Combinator accelerator grad, and it was built by two doctoral students who dropped out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Sanjay…
Super Mario Maker 2 now lets you play online with friends
October 2, 2019
Nintendo has released an update for Super Mario Maker 2 that gives players the ability to play online with their friends.
Super Mario Maker 2 came out for the Switch on June 28. Unlike its predecessor, it lets multiple players go through levels at the same time. But if you…
Oppo spin-off Realme unveiled the Snapdragon 730G-powered X2 last week, and a couple of days ago, Realme executives confirmed that the company will soon unveil a Pro variant with a 90Hz display and Snapdragon 855+ SoC.
Well now, Realme has revealed a few more specs of the X2 Pro, while also confirming that it will be launched in Spain “very soon”.
The X2 Pro, like the XT and X2, will…
