Video — iOS 12: First look at the developer beta. Apple has announced a new feature coming in iOS 12 that will automatically share the location of an iPhone with emergency services when users ring 911. The iOS 12 feature is aimed at providing faster and more accurate information to …
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Getting a lot of questions about the iOS 12 beta. Let me answer some of them here. See also: Apple products you shouldn’t buy (June 2018 edition) Q: There’s a hack floating around the internet on how to get the iOS 12 beta today. Does it work? Is it safe? …
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Video: Can Apple cure us of smartphone addiction? Apple’s support forum is lighting up with complaints from iPhone users that iOS 11.4 is hammering their battery life hard. Devices across the line, from the iPhone 6 to the iPhone X, seem to be sporadically affected. One commonality seems to be …
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Updated for June 2018: The Apple iPhone X starts at $1,000, the iPhone 8 Plus at $800, the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus at $840, and the Google Pixel 2 XL at $849. These manufacturers and wireless carriers tend to offer monthly payment plans to help people accept these high prices, …
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Video: Huawei and Xiaomi smartphone shipments grow. Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has announced the Mi 8, its iPhone X lookalike with a notch and face unlock. While it’s hard not to see the similarities between the Mi 8 and iPhone X, from the notch to the positioning of the rear …
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Video: Does Apple need a cheaper iPhone? Since Apple CarPlay launched in 2014, Apple iOS users have been forced to use Apple Maps for navigation. That will finally change with iOS 12, which allows users to pick whatever third-party mapping apps they wish to use for navigation. CarPlay is Apple’s …
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Video: WWDC 2018: How Apple plans to break iPhone addiction Is your iPhone running slow? Does it randomly crash for what seems like no reason? Does battery life drop from 100 percent charge to flat over the course of a few hours? The problem could be a worn battery. Must …
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It comes as a surprise to many to discover that their iPhone is collecting a detailed history of places you visit on a regular basis. Here’s how you can find out what information your iPhone has on you, along with ways you can take control of it, or even delete …
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YubiKey NEO Have you wished that the iPhone supported hardware-based two-factor authentication? If you’re a LastPass user, that dream is now a reality. See also: YubiKey: Protect your Facebook, Google, and other online accounts for as little as $20 Today sees a new LastPass update being pushed out to iOS …
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Video: How to check if your iPhone battery needs to be replaced If you’ve recently bought a new iPhone, then you might be looking on at the whole iPhone throttling debacle that Apple has found itself embroiled in and think that you’ve dodged a bullet. But the battery inside your …
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