So, you’re going to China and you need to get your phone in order, but you don’t know where to start. That was me, a month ago. Now I’ve been there, for a week of work and another week of personal travel in and around Shenzhen. In that time, I got a good grasp on
Apple announced iOS 27 at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, and the tech giant has since released multiple beta versions of the software. The betas have brought Siri AI and a handful of other features to the iPhones of developers and beta testers, and you can expect many of those capabilities to land on
Apple, as expected, has introduced advertisements into its Maps navigation app, though you might not notice them at first. The company confirmed in March it would bring ads to Maps and other services, including Mail, Wallet and Siri, as part of an Apple Business platform it launched in April. The ads are expected to roll
WhatsApp announced Tuesday that it has two new security features to help prevent accounts from being hacked — upgrading PINs to passwords and allowing users to add more passkeys. The Meta-owned app also announced that when you receive calls from someone outside your contact list, you’ll get more information and context about the caller, such
A federal judge in California ruled this week that Google must stop making it difficult for consumers to install third-party Android app stores, saying the corporate giant was using “anticompetitive friction” to prevent people from doing so. It was the latest chapter in the years-long legal battle between Google and Epic Games, which originally accused
For customers juggling multiple devices, Signal has some welcome news. The messaging app announced this week that Android customers can now link another Android phone or tablet to their account. The company also said that iOS customers can link an iPhone to their accounts. Customers can update their existing accounts with Signal iOS v8.22 in
