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Apple Music was updated in June with Lossless and Spatial Audio support after some catches and controversies. Even still, thanks to these new features, Apple is differentiating itself from other competing music streaming services and becoming the best platform around. Here’s why. Early this year, I wrote about my one-month experience with Spotify. At that time, I was amazed by the green side of the music streaming service battle. Over these months, I still believe Spotify has a lot of perks: its shareable features are amazing and Apple still doesn’t have anything closer to Spotify Connect, but with iOS 14....

Listening to podcasts is on par with TV, movies, and books in my life. I probably spend more time listening to podcasts than watching TV in a given week. I love podcasts because I can enjoy them while cooking, cleaning, commuting, etc. My wife and I subscribe to several Patreon’s for various podcasts we listen to each week. Still, it can often be a clunky process in finding the link, figuring out which tier we want, and getting the bonus content (audio files, etc....

The current century is experiencing a lot of growth in every aspect. With respect to the rapid changes we are seeing around us, the life of us all is changing at a speed that no one of us ever imagined. Well, the good thing is there are many devices around us which are purely based on technology and are truly capable to cut down the complexity from our life. Of course, a smartphone is one of the perfect examples and you might have no idea but the fact is modern devices in this category are capable to perform any task that matters to humans....

We all need a break in life so that it can be enjoyed easily. When it comes to getting the same, a lot of people love visiting different places and making memories. There is nothing wrong to say that a Smartphone in the current century has become one of the very essential devices that are required every time and especially when one is on a break. A smartphone perform s many other tasks than just a device for placing and getting the calls....

Buying a new smartphone is a task that seems too difficult to so many people. Well, it’s the general search to introduce yourself to the key specifications of a smartphone that makes it difficult. You can read the opinion of those who are currently using it for this. Also, you can simply check out the reputation of a manufacturer to know whether to invest on a smartphone or not. It’s true that you need to ignore a few cons when it comes to doing so especially when you have complex and some specific needs....

After her time as a writer on HBO’s The Deuce it seemed inevitable that author Megan Abbott would bring an adaptation of one of her novels to television. As it turns out, USA was the network with the foresight to do just that, turning Abbott’s Dare Me into a smart, dark thriller that’s as enticingly unconventional as it is deliberately paced, making for a must-see series to close out 2019 and continue on into 2020....

Darkroom is a popular photo editing app for iPhone and iPad with a suite of powerful features, such as RAW support and Portrait editing. In an update today, Darkroom has added a pair of new features, but also switched its business model. With today’s update, Darkroom for iPhone and iPad is now a subscription-based application. The key thing to note here, however, is that this only affects new Darkroom users. Anyone who paid for Darkroom in the past will get “access to all premium features today....

The range includes an iPhone studded with 88 diamonds commemorating Beijing’s summer Olympics. 88 signifies double wealth in Chinese superstition, the jewellers explained. That’s why the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics is 8/8/08 at 8pm. The 88 diamonds are set into the steel bezel surrounding the iPhone’s screen. The price is £4148 ($8219). De Vere’s is aiming its exclusively blinged-iPhones at the booming £700 million ($1.4 billion) luxury cellphone market that is driven by the new rich of China, Russia and the Middle East....

Despicable Me: Minion Rush has those lovable Minions from the Despicable Me animated movies at the forefront running into all sorts of hijinx. With all the running style games out on the market, Despicable Me: Minion Rush is a unique take on the style with lots of different maps, costumes, and abilities at the Minions’ disposal. For most players familiar with the Despicable Me franchise, there will be lots of content that will bring players back to familiar scenes and places in the movies....

Clear discontinued the iSpot personal 4G hotspot for iOS devices yesterday. The iSpot was easily hacked to work like its more expensive counterpart with all computers and even had trouble with some iPads without hacking. Clear recently dropped the price of the iSpot by 80% and will continue selling them until they sell out of retail inventory. Sprint (who own 54% of Clear) is also about to announce a new Mifi device which may also account for the iSpot discontinuation (below)....

Update 1: See list of sites below. Update 2: We received a brief statement from Uber Update 3: OKCupid has made a similar statement Very little Uber traffic goes through Cloudflare. Only a handful of tokens were involved and have since been changed. Passwords were not exposed. User data from 3,400 websites has been leaked and cached by search engines as a result of a bug in Cloudflare, a content delivery network....

The Coalition for App Fairness was formed back in September by founding members Epic Games, Spotify, Tile, and more. The goal is to draw attention to their issues with Apple’s App Store practices to create change. In a big development, major US news publishers including The New York Times, NPR, ESPN, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, and many more have joined the coalition to push against what the coalition calls the “Apple tax....

There’s a lot of new features coming in iOS 8 that you might have missed during Apple’s presentation today. Apple briefly flashed the slide pictured above and in it listed a bunch of new features that it didn’t talk about in length or at all during its keynote. Some of them include a “Tips app”, panorama on iPad, WiFi calling, FaceTime call waiting, rich text editing in Notes, iBooks preinstalled, and accessibility improvements like multi-device support for MFi hearing aids and the ability to exit Guided Access mode using TouchID....

One remark Schiller made during yesterday’s launch event raised a few eyebrows. In noting that the majority of 12.9-inch iPad Pro customers had actually switched from Windows PCs, he pointed to the huge potential switchers market still out there for Apple. There are, he said, over 600 million PCs more than five years old. What he said next generated laughter in the room, but may not have gone down quite so well with those owners....

We noted earlier a Chinese regulatory filing that appears to confirm an earlier report that the iPhone X will come equipped with 3GB RAM. That same filing also contains another interesting number: the apparent battery capacity. Serial leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer tweeted the image showing a battery capacity of 2716mAh – even higher than the 2691mAh battery found in the iPhone 8 Plus, with its far less power-efficient LCD screen …...

Infinix launched the latest smartphone called Infinix Hot 4 Pro which comes with decent price and specs. The device sports HD display and 3GB of RAM. If you are looking to buy, then let me clarify that just like any other smartphone, you may face some of the software issues which can be easily resolved. In our guide, we will sum up with all the Infinix Hot 4 Pro Common Problems....

Smartphones are devices that never let you feel helpless when you are in an emergency for performing a task that matters to your life. If you have this gadget, accomplishing a task is only a matter of a few minutes as things are going online in the present scenario. Thus, it makes sense to have a smartphone that is best and can be trusted in every situation. The next big thing is to keep it free from all the problems....

When smartphones are officially announced, no one can judge whether they will bring users a bucket full of pros or cons. It’s after the practical use one can say a smartphone is good or not for him. Presently, the international smartphone market has crossed business worth the entire GDP of several countries together. That’s because everyone needs a smartphone right now. Life cannot be imagined without them by any modern person....

Everyone wants to have some personal space and privacy in life. Well, the fact is with the rapid advancements in the way one live his/her life, people usually have to deal and manage with a lot of secrets and obviously nothing better than a phone can help you to keep the same. There is nothing wrong to say that a phone is actually a true companion of a person in the current time....

Contamination. The company has discovered that certain materials have become contaminated at two of its flash storage manufacturing plants in Japan. These were being operated as part of a joint venture with Kioxia Holdings Corp. While it is unclear as to what the contamination is, WDC is saying that this will have a dramatic impact on flash production and is predicting that there will be a shortage of at least 6....