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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...
New PlayStation 5 Beta Adds New Accessibility Support, Dolby Atmos, and More
PlayStation 5's latest beta adds Dolby Atmos support, new accessibility options, and more.
Apple Addresses Screen Time Bug, Affecting Parental Controls
Apple has addressed the issues affecting the Screen Time app, resetting or desyncing parental control settings.
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....
Saskatoon Senior Loses $10,000 in Apparent iPad Scam
A senior from Saskatoon is warning others to be vigilant after losing $10,000 in a complex scam that started with an alert on her Apple iPad. Jeannette Roy, who is usually good at spotting scams, was tricked by a seemingly genuine alert that warned her of a compromise to her device, she told CTV News....
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....
Nearly 1,200 Rogers-Shaw Employees Took Voluntary Exit Packages: Report
After Rogers' $20-billion acquisition of Shaw, approximately 1,200 employees have departed as part of a voluntary staff exit program aimed at reducing role duplication, according to an anonymous source who spoke to The Globe and Mail. The departures took effect on July 21, with the source revealing that the tally includes 660 former Rogers and...
Apple’s iPads, iPad Air, iPad mini on Sale Right Now
Apple’s entry iPads are on sale right now, heading into the weekend and just ahead of August, the month before the dreaded back-to-school season for kids. The discounts are $50 off the iPad 9 and iPad 10 entry capacities and $80 off the 256GB iPad 9. If you want to spend more money, the iPad...
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...
EU Launches Antitrust Probe into Microsoft’s Teams App Bundling
The investigation focuses on Microsoft's practice of bundling Teams with its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 packages, which might be anticompetitive.