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Here are the 2023 iPhone Photography Awards Winners

Ivan Silva - Grand Prize Winner The annual iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) unveiled the winners of its 16th annual competition on Monday. The competition, which saw thousands of entries from every corner of the globe, celebrated the power of iPhone photography, once again. The spotlight was on Ivan Silva of Mexico, who clinched the Grand...

Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro is Nearly All-Screen with Thinner Bezels: Report

Apple is set to realize its long-standing ambition of designing an iPhone that is virtually all-screen, thanks to thinner bezels around the display and no sensor cutouts. This dream is expected to come closer to fruition with the anticipated release of the iPhone 15 this fall, according to unnamed sources speaking to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman....

Google’s Android Earthquake Warning System in Turkey Criticized

In a recent BBC Newsnight investigation, it was found that Google's earthquake warning system for Android apparently failed to notify many residents in Turkey prior to the devastating earthquake that occurred in February. This system, available on Android smartphones, had promised users up to a minute's warning before an earthquake strikes. The tech was first...

Apple’s New Privacy Rule: Developers Must Declare API Use

In a move to further protect user privacy, Apple announced this week that developers will now need to declare their reasons for using certain APIs in their app's privacy manifest. This change, announced at WWDC23, is aimed at preventing the misuse of APIs that could potentially be exploited to collect user data through fingerprinting, a...

Apple’s iPhone Shines Amidst Smartphone Market Slump in Q2

The U.S. smartphone market experienced a 24% year-on-year (YoY) decline in shipments in Q2 2023, marking the third consecutive quarter of such declines, according to Counterpoint Research's Market Monitor data. Amidst this downturn, Apple's resilience has been noteworthy, with its shipments falling by only 6% year-over-year (YoY), compared to a 38% decline for Android smartphones....

X iOS App Now Available, Twitter Logo Terminated

After transitioning the Twitter Android app to X, the iOS version which was in App Store review, has now been complete. The new X update for the old Twitter app is now live, marking the end of the latter’s iconic bird icon. Version 9.68 of the X iOS app reads the same boilerplate changelog message...