Apple Responds to Meta’s Plan to Charge 30% Fee on Boosted Posts Purchased Through App Store

In October 2022, Apple updated its App Store Review Guidelines to clarify that sales of “boosted” posts in social media apps must use the App Store’s in-app purchase system. Apple thereby receives up to a 30% cut of these sales. As a result of that clarification, Meta today announced that it will soon charge advertisers […]

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Flashback: the weird add-ons that boosted the Samsung Galaxy S cameras

Samsung says that the new Galaxy S24 Ultra has a “Quad Tele System” that offers four magnification levels: 2x, 3x, 5x and 10x. The middle two are achieved with optics, the first and last with advanced image processing. That’s just for zooming in, the S24 Ultra does have four actual cameras on its back – […]

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MediaTek Dimensity 9300 announced with big-core only CPU, boosted GPU with ray-tracing

The latest flagship chipset from MediaTek is here with the Dimensity 9300 and it aims to go head to head with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 powering the incoming crop of Android flagships from Chinese smartphone makers. Dimensity 9300 brings an all-big core CPU design Dimensity 9300 is built on TSMC’s third-generation 4nm+ process node […]

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Trade in your old or broken device for boosted credits on the Galaxy Z Flip 4, Fold 4

Samsung is running a bunch of special offers as part of their Black Friday deals. However, there is an offer that might entice you towards getting yourself a foldable. On top of the massive Black Friday discounts, you can get boosted trade-in credits for your old Samsung Galaxy devices or iPhones towards the Galaxy Z […]

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Facebook Accuses Apple of ‘Undercutting Others’ With App Store Guidelines on Boosted Posts

Alongside the launch of iOS 16.1, Apple updated its App Store Guidelines to clearly state that apps such as Facebook that offer “boosts” for posts and other ad content must use in-app purchases for these features. Facebook parent company Meta is not happy with Apple’s guideline tweak, and in a statement to The Verge, said […]

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Samsung’s yearly smartwatch growth boosted by Galaxy Watch 4 sales – but Apple continues to dominate

Samsung experienced a 58% year-on-year growth in Q2 2022, shipping enough smartwatches to overtake Huawei and finish as the quarter’s second-biggest wearable vendor. That’s according to market analysts Canalys, who report that Samsung saw its market share leap to 8.9%, shipping a total of 2.8 million units. This strong performance, the firm says, is mostly […]

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Apple AirPods Pro 2 arrive with improved ANC, touch control and boosted battery

Apple has unveiled the second generation of its flagship wireless earbuds, the AirPods Pro 2. Announced during the company’s ‘Far Out’ event in Cupertino, the new earbuds come with a new H2 chip, improved ANC performance, boosted battery life and tweaks to the charging case. AirPods Pro 2 will be available to pre-order on 9 […]

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