The tech giant is building long-requested features into iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and MacOS Big Sur that tie the devices together, giving people fewer reasons to try competing options.
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Apple gives in: iPhone and iPad users can finally change their default mail app and web browser this fall
After years of forcing iPhone and iPad users to use Safari and Mail, Apple is finally allowing users to change their default mail and browser apps.
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iOS 14 lets you perform actions by tapping the back of your iPhone
Apple has added a new accessibility option on iOS 14 that lets you perform actions like firing up Siri by tapping the back of your iPhone twice or thrice.
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10 of the best iOS 14 features that Apple didn’t have time to talk about
OS 14 and iPadOS 14 pack several exciting hidden features that Apple never had time to demo on stage. iOS 14 will finally let users set the default browser and mail clients on iPhone and iPad, …
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Apple Suddenly Confirms iPhone Security Problem Impacting All Users
Apple has just announced a much-needed fix for a worrying security problem—a problem it has previously denied.
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Apple iOS 14 Revealed: 3 Awesome iPhone Security Features You’ll Want Now
Apple just confirmed 3 awesome new security and privacy features coming in iOS 14 at its WWDC conference yesterday.
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New from Apple at WWDC: Hand-washing alerts, iPhone widgets and privacy ‘nutrition labels’
Apple hosted its WWDC keynote online this year, sharing the latest details about its software updates and products from the Steve Jobs Theater.
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Apple jazzes up iMessage with pinned contacts, mentions and in-line replies
Apple announced a whole range of changes coming to the next version of its iPhone software, iOS 14, on Monday during its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. Among them are some crucial additions …
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What you’ll get in Apple upgrade with changes to apps, messages and maps
Widgets, reached by swiping right on the home screen currently, have been redesigned to be more interesting and data-rich, Apple said. These widgets can now also be dragged and dropped onto the main …
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The UK is abandoning its current contact tracing app for Google and Apple’s system
The UK is going to abandon its current contact tracing app in favor of one based on technology built by Apple and Google, the BBC reports. Tests of its existing app among residents on the Isle of …
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Best new features coming to the iPhone in iOS 14
Apple has unveiled the next version of software to power its iPhone. The new software has overhauled how users can organise and display their apps as well as bringing updates to features such as Siri.
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Apple iOS 14: new iPhone home screen shows more widgets and fewer apps, there’s a redesigned Siri and much more
Apple’s iOS 14, coming to iPhones this autumn, is a major upgrade – it introduces an App Library and floating video on the home screen, and Siri gets a redesign.
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Revealed: the new features coming to iPad and iPhone
Apple has announced the latest features heading to user iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches this summer. At the firm’s first virtual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple showed off iOS 14, …
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Apple unveils iOS 14 with home screen widgets
During the virtual keynote of WWDC, Apple shares the first details about iOS 14, the next major version of iOS that is going to be released later this year. The most visual change is that the home …
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Everything Apple Tried to Kill at WWDC 2020
Apple has no problem taking its sweet time developing its take on popular software and hardware features. And, WWDC is usually when Apple takes the stage to let its competitors know it’s got its …
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Apple Removes Pocket Casts Podcast App From Chinese App Store
Apple on Wednesday removed popular podcast player Pocket Casts from the App Store in China. According to the app’s developers, the removal …
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Govt clarifies it hasn’t ordered Google, Apple to ban TikTok, other Chinese apps in India
The clarification comes in response to a viral message of an order allegedly from the National Informatics Centre (NIC) doing the rounds of the Internet.
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