December 2020 security update hits Galaxy Note 20, S10 with hiccups

Owners of the Galaxy Note 20– and Galaxy S10-series devices are already receiving the latest Android security update for their flagships. Hardly the biggest surprise ever, especially since the South Korean company kickstarted the official deployment of this newest Android patch version – one dated December 1st, 2020 –  earlier this week. Be that as […]

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Apple Could Be Forced to Include a Charger with Every iPhone Sold in Brazil

Apple will be required to include a power adapter with every iPhone sold in São Paulo, Brazil, the state’s consumer protection agency has declared. The public agency Procon-SP contacted Apple in October and asked the company to explain why it was no longer providing charging accessories with its new iPhones. Apple responded by touting the […]

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Improve drive performance with Windows 10 disk write caching – here’s how

On Windows 10, disk write caching is a feature that uses the faster system memory to temporarily queue write commands until the storage device is ready to commit them to disk. This approach improves performance since the application doesn’t have to wait for the drive to continue operating. While it’s a useful feature, the downside […]

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Samsung still cruising on record valuation thanks to chip optimism

2020 could have gone better for Samsung, to say the least. But fortunately for the Korean company, the stock market cares little about the present. Instead, investors are always agonizing over short- and medium-term outlooks. Most would even include long-term forecasts here, but only in principle. In practice, you have Tesla, as well as an […]

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Ecobee SmartCamera Firmware Update Adds HomeKit Secure Video Support

Ecobee has updated its SmartCamera to support Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video, which allows the cameras to capture and store recordings securely in iCloud. The firmware update means SmartCamera owners have another option aside from Ecobee’s $5-a-month subscription for video recording and movement notifications. With ‌‌HomeKit Secure Video‌‌, video footage is encrypted and stored in ‌iCloud‌ […]

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Apple Launches Redesigned Accessibility Site and New Support Videos

Apple today is honoring International Day of Persons with Disabilities with a re-launch of its Accessibility site and a new collection of tutorial videos highlighting the accessibility features of its software. As spotted by iMore, the redesigned site is made up of four broad sections that showcase many of the accessibility features across Apple’s product […]

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Vodafone Germany Provides Apple TV 4K With Every GigaTV Contract

Germany’s largest TV provider Vodafone has announced that its GigaTV service is now available bundled with an Apple TV 4K, which is on loan to customers for the duration of their contractual period (via Macerkopf.de). Both new and existing Vodafone Deutschland customers will receive the ‌Apple TV‌ 4K, and Apple’s single sign-on process for GigaTV […]

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