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Clubhouse on Wednesday announced a new option on its platform that will let users protect their profiles so that other users cannot see their latest interactions on the app. The new feature comes as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is intended to ensure users feel safe having conversations on the social network. As reported by TechCrunch, the option basically restricts all user activity to their followers. Once the protected profile toggle is enabled, any other user will have to ask permission to follow you, and the rooms, clubs, and replays you have joined won’t be visible to the public....

We’re less than 24 hours away from Apple’s highly-anticipated iPhone event. As we rounded up over the weekend, the event is expected to bring the introduction of the iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max, as well as the Apple Watch Series 4 and a 6.1-inch LCD ‘iPhone Xr.’ In addition to the major flagship releases, there are a few smaller things to watch for tomorrow as well. How the ‘iPhone Xr’ is unveiled and marketed One thing I’m very interested in seeing is how Apple positions the iPhone Xr....

Acer has today teased the latest version of its Swift 7 laptop at IFA. The company hasn’t revealed much about it as yet, but The Verge reports that it has shared a few details. Not all MacBook Pro owners will agree than thin is necessarily good. There are those who argue that thicker batteries and more passive cooling capacity would result in a more useful machine. But the thing that does stand out for me about the Swift 7 is those ultra-thin bezels …...

Quite a few people have been commenting on Apple’s use of ‘hello again’ as the tagline for tomorrow’s MacBook event. ‘Hello’ featured twice in the launch of the original Macintosh back in 1984: it was displayed on the screen in ‘handwriting’ to show off the graphics capabilities of the machine, and of course the Macintosh famously introduced itself by speaking the words ‘Hello, I’m Macintosh. It sure is great to get out of that bag....

When it comes to purchasing a new smartphone, many people pay attention to the specifications, reviews and price tag. However, in the current scenario, it is also essential to keep an eye on another important fact about the smartphone. This is “how prone the smartphone is to the problems”. The same is very essential for several reasons. It doesn’t matter even if you own a smashing smartphone like OnePlus 8 Pro, the same would be good for you in the long run....

Community may have started out as a fairly typical comedy about an unlikely group of friends, but it quickly grew into something much more interesting. The unique brand of humor provided plenty of laughs, but the best part of the show was its bold, high-concept episodes. And no episode did it better than Season 1’s “Modern Warfare.” In the iconic episode, Greendale is torn apart after a campus-wide game of paintball gets totally out of control....

With the iPad’s recent 10th anniversary came a lot of scrutiny of the device’s progress over the years, particularly on software and multitasking. In a new concept published today, MacStories imagines a fix for iPad multitasking based on context menus. The current iPad multitasking system is powerful, but complex. Many of the more advanced multitasking features are borderline indiscoverable, and it’s tricky to position things just right. The context menus solution proposed by Ryan Christoffel at MacStories aims to solve these problems....

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple’s iAds system seems off to a slow start, with ad agencies having problems dealing with Apple’s notoriously over-controlling nature.Apple’s need to learn how to work like ad agencies work has caused some planned ad campaigns to suffer huge delays — not precisely what clients booking $60 million value of advertising might expect. Apple named 17 launch partners for iAd — but of these just Unilever and Nissan have had iAd campaigns in July....

A new report today, from two reliable sources, suggests that the anticipated ‘reverse charging’ feature – allowing an iPhone to charge AirPods – has now been abandoned by Apple, at least for this year’s models. If true, this will add to the embarrassment of Apple’s track-record on wireless charging… First, there was the fact that it took Apple far longer than Android smartphones to offer wireless charging at all. Indeed, the company took so long to do it that there was speculation it was waiting to jump straight to long-range charging....

A report from an analyst with a solid if imperfect track-record yesterday suggested that this year’s iPad models would drop the Lightning port in favor of USB-C. I’m on record as arguing in favor of this change, for both iPads and iPhones – and laid out why I saw it as an Apple-like move despite the short-term pain it would cause … But I also acknowledged the short-term pain it would involve....

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....

CarPlay has always been a temporary way for Apple to get its software into existing cars while they work on something far more innovative. Everyone under the sun knows that Apple is building its own car. When we will see the rumored “Project Titan” though, nobody knows. In the meantime, Apple appears to be expanding its efforts to integrate into more aspects of existing cars from other manufacturers. Bloomberg has reported on Apple’s plans to connect CarPlay with things like air conditioning, batteries, seats, and more....

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....

As the unofficial King of Halloween, Arrow star Colton Haynes is back to shock and scare with his sexy Marge Simpson costume for this year’s spooky season. With Haynes’ elaborate costumes always astounding year on year, his foray into Halloween is best-remembered for his 2014 interpretation of Princess Fiona from Shrek. He has also pulled off impressive costumes as Ursula from The Little Mermaid, Eyeore, Nemo, and last year Miss Piggy....

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....