Apple has had a rocky relationship with Qualcomm, which has been the company’s sole supplier of 5G chips after Intel pulled out. Actually, Apple bought Intel’s modem division with the idea to eventually ditch Qualcomm and switch to in-house modems. Analyst Migh-Chi Kuo recently reported that might not be happening according to the original timeline…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Apple suppliers are already working on display panels for second-generation OLED iPad models, The Elec reports. Samsung Display is said to be in the process of negotiating prices for new Gen 8.5 OLED deposition equipment designed to make OLED display panels for devices like tablets. Samsung is reportedly planning to use the equipment to mass-produce…
Just over a month after its announcement, Amazfit brought over its T-Rex 2 rugged smartwatch to India. T-Rex 2 brings several key improvements over the outgoing T-Rex Pro including a larger display and a bigger battery as well as improved GPS among others. Amazfit T-Rex 2 T-Rex 2 features 15 MIL-STD-810G ratings as well as…
Drivers will be able to preauthorize fuel purchases directly within Apple CarPlay starting this fall (via Reuters). The feature, first mentioned in a developer session at WWDC earlier this month, will allow CarPlay users to use apps to navigate to a pump and preauthorize a fuel purchase. Fuel companies will offer individual apps that users…
The European Union will continue to prevent carriers from appling roaming charges for travelers from and to any of the 27 member states of the union or the European Economic Area for 10 more years. The “roam like at home” initiative abolished roaming charges 5 years ago and put an end to carriers putting surcharges…
Delivery startup Enjoy today filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), less than one year after raising over $250 million in growth capital and going public on the stock market. Founded by Apple’s former retail chief Ron Johnson, Enjoy provided what it called a “commerce-at-home experience”…
We’ve been getting details about an upcoming Lenovo Legion gaming phone powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset and now the device passed through China’s TENAA agency revealing its key specs. Lenovo Legion Halo on TENAA Lenovo Legion Halo (model number L71091) will bring a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution (2400×1080px) and a…
Instagram this week implemented support for a new option that allows an Instagram account to be deleted directly within the Instagram app. Instagram is now in compliance with an updated App Store Guideline that requires all apps that offer account creation to also offer account deletion. Apple told developers that apps offering account creation must…
Instagram’s efforts to compete with TikTok are growing with the blogging platform’s latest move. As per a screenshot posted to Twitter by Matt Navarra, Instagram has begun testing making every video posted to Instagram a Reel so it may reach a larger audience across Instagram and Facebook. In an email to TechCrunch, a Meta spokesperson…
Comcast today released its long-awaited Xfinity Stream app on the Apple TV, allowing Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K owners who subscribe to Xfinity TV to access live TV shows and on-demand content on their set-top boxes. According to Comcast, the app supports more than 250 live TV channels and DVR recordings that can…