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Download the iOS 17 Developer Beta on Your iPhone for Free Right Now
You no longer have to spend $99 to get the latest Apple developer beta. Apple is allowing anyone with a compatible phone to install the iOS 17 developer beta -- for free. The company first announced iOS 17 at WWDC on Monday. Shortly after the keynote event, Apple released the first developer beta version of iOS 17. Typically, you have to pay $99 to officially download and install any Apple devel ... Read more
2023-06-09 20:14:17
Download the iOS 17 Developer Beta on Your iPhone for Free Right Now
You no longer have to spend $99 to get the latest Apple developer beta. Apple is allowing anyone with a compatible phone to install the iOS 17 developer beta -- for free. The company first announced iOS 17 at WWDC on Monday. Shortly after the keynote event, Apple released the first developer beta version of iOS 17. Typically, you have to pay $99 to officially download and install any Apple devel ... Read more
2023-06-09 20:12:11
Before You Download iOS 17 on Your iPhone, You Need to Do This
If you're thinking about installing iOS 17, follow this checklist first. Apple on Monday announced iOS 17 at WWDC, its yearly developer conference. The latest mobile software update will bring several new features to the iPhone, including live stickers in Messages, an improved autocorrect that finally lets you curse in peace and an easier way to share you contact information. Don't miss: You Can ... Read more
2023-06-09 20:11:23
Netflix Adds Over 200,000 New Subscribers After Password-Sharing Crackdown
If you've just been booted off a shared Netflix account, maybe you're one of the many people who've signed up for a separate one. Hundreds of thousands of people have signed up for new Netflix subscriptions in the days since the streaming giant started charging people extra if they have other users on their account. That's according to stats from streaming data analyst Antenna, as reported earl ... Read more
2023-06-09 20:09:49
AT&T Switches to Google's RCS Platform for Advanced Texting Features
The carrier is the first to get advanced text message features from Google's platform, rather than just using its Messages app. After years of carriers failing to agree on a universal rich communications service, or RCS, text messaging standard that supports advanced chat features between networks, Google says AT&T is on board to use its Jibe RCS platform. Google Senior Vice President Hiros ... Read more
2023-06-09 20:09:08
Facebook owner Meta plans to create Twitter rival
Meta has shown staff plans for a text-based social network designed to compete with Twitter, sources have told the BBC. It could allow users to follow accounts they already follow on Instagram, Meta's image-sharing app. And it could potentially allow them to bring over followers from decentralised platforms such as Mastodon. A Meta spokesperson confirmed to the BBC that the platform was in deve ... Read more
2023-06-09 20:06:39
Apple's Messages Is About to Get a Major Update. Here's What's Coming
Updates are coming to Apple's Messages through the iOS 17 update that everyone can test out in a month. New features are coming to Apple's Messages thanks to the iOS 17 software update the company announced Monday. With iOS 17, you'll be able to turn pictures into stickers, transcribe voice memos, keep your friends and family notified on your way home, and more. News about the iOS 17 Messages u ... Read more
2023-06-08 19:52:46
Oura Ring Makes Sharing Health Data a Social Thing With 'Circles'
Here's how to share Sleep, Readiness and Activity scores with friends and family who also have an Oura ring. Have you ever wanted to know how well your friend slept last night? Not just by their own word of mouth, but with the receipt to prove it? Now you can with Circles, a new feature Oura announced Thursday for its app that lets you share different health data with up to 10 "circles" ... Read more
2023-06-08 19:51:48
Take a Look at Wing's Auto-Loading Drone Delivery System
Here's the system the Alphabet subsidiary uses to whisk groceries, tools, vitamins and other small packages from retailer to home. Alphabet Wing Drone Autoloader Wing marketing chief Jonathan Bass shows how a store employee hooks a package onto the autoloader to await drone pickup. The autoloader design, due to arrive later this year but now publicly revealed, is key to Wing's plan to expand d ... Read more
2023-06-08 19:50:51
Vision Pro: Apple's Ambitious VR/AR Headset Emerges at WWDC, Arrives in 2024
Apple's first new product category in years makes its debut, at long last. It costs $3,499. The moment we've been anticipating for years has arrived: Apple unveiled its new Vision Pro today, a mixed reality headset that could finally bring augmented reality technology into the mainstream. And after demoing it, we've already come away impressed. This moment marks a whole new phase in Apple's hard ... Read more
2023-06-08 00:52:51