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Apple’s Find My app can do more than locate a lost iPhone. Here’s what you need to know
Have you opened the Find My app on your iPhone, iPad or Mac recently? If you ordered Apple's AirTags, you did during the setup process for the small tracker. If you haven't, then pay attention the next time you do: There's a new Items tab in the app. Apple recently...
Why Apple’s new privacy feature is such a big deal
Apple’s latest iPhone update, iOS 14.5, brings a host of new features that customers will likely see and enjoy — better Face ID unlocking when wearing a mask (for Apple Watch users only), new emoji, support for PS5 and Xbox Series X controllers, and more. But the new...
‘It’s your device, you should be able to repair it’
What would you do if your smartphone was damaged or stopped working? Take it to a repair shop or perhaps upgrade to a new one?Not Suhaib. Unable to afford the repair cost he ordered a replacement screen, watched an online tutorial and fixed it himself."It took me...
April patch recap: Mostly quiet on the Microsoft front
Unlike March, when patch updates caused issues with some printers, Microsoft's updates for April were relatively tame. Windows users lost the old pre-Chromium version of Edge; some users saw performance issues; and Microsoft started talking up "News and Interests."In...
Microsoft releases Office 2021 for Mac preview
Microsoft is releasing a preview version of Office 2021 for Mac and Office LTSC this week. While Office LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel) is designed for commercial customers, both versions are perpetual versions of Office that don’t rely on subscriptions or the...
iOS 15 will reportedly include notifications revamp, new iPad home screen, and more
Apple is getting ready to announce a raft of software updates for the iPhone and iPad in June according to a new report from Bloomberg, including “the most significant update to the [iPad’s] Home Screen since first launching the product in 2010.”The new versions of...
Google is developing a price tracking feature for Chrome on Android
The latest version of Chrome on Android has started rolling out a new price tracking feature to alert you about price drops. SmartDroid reports receiving the new feature in Chrome version 90, though it doesn’t seem to be live for everyone. Once activated, Chrome...
Hey Google, find my iPhone! Google Assistant’s new trick scales the wall with Apple
Google Assistant has a few more tricks up its sleeve as of last week, including one that lets it play nicely with iPhones and a couple of others that make it easier to create routines. Google bound this set of features together with the theme of "making the day a...
AirDrop could be hacked to reveal personal information, researchers say
Apple's popular AirDrop feature for sharing files may be vulnerable to hacking attempts, according to security researchers at a German university. In a post published Friday, researchers at Technische Universitat Darmstadt said that a nearby stranger could discover...