Massive Galaxy S24 update with camera improvements hits European units

Earlier today, Samsung released the April 2024 security update to the Galaxy S24 series in South Korea. This update improved several camera-related issues and the update is now rolling out in European countries as well. Other regions could get this update in the next few days. Galaxy S24 gets camera improvements with April 2024 update […]

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The European Commission is not happy with Apple’s new app store rules and fees

A couple of weeks ago, Apple announced the rules that developers have to follow to make their apps available through third-party app stores and even through simple web downloads. However, these rules were very restrictive – and the European Commission thinks they may not comply with the DMA. The Commission “has launched investigatory steps relating […]

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Microsoft is now 100% compliant with the European Union’s DMA regulation by letting users uninstall OneDrive, Edge, and Bing on Windows 11

What you need to know After being named a gatekeeper last year, Microsoft recently outlined several measures to comply with the European Union’s DMA regulation. One of the EU’s requirements for the organizations listed as gatekeepers is that they make their services interoperable to promote health competition and provide consumers with a wide array of […]

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Microsoft is now 100% compliant with the European Union’s DMA regulation by letting users uninstall OneDrive, Edge, and Bing on Windows 11

What you need to know After being named a gatekeeper last year, Microsoft recently outlined several measures to comply with the European Union’s DMA regulation. One of the EU’s requirements for the organizations listed as gatekeepers is that they make their services interoperable to promote health competition and provide consumers with a wide array of […]

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European Commission fines Apple €1.8 billion for abusing its position in music streaming

Today the European Commission (EC) has fined Apple a whopping €1.8 billion for abusing its dominant position in the market for the distribution of music streaming apps to iOS and iPadOS users through its App Store. The Commission found that “Apple applied restrictions on app developers preventing them from informing iOS users about alternative and […]

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Canalys: Apple tops European smartphone market in Q4 as rebound approaches

Canalys revealed that Apple became the best-selling smartphone maker in Europe during Q4 2023. The US company’s success was fueled by strong demand for the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max during the holiday period, but Samsung kept the top spot for the whole of 2023. The overall market saw 129.8 million shipments for the […]

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Apple Confirms iOS 17.4 Disables Home Screen Web Apps in the European Union

With the second beta of iOS 17.4, Apple disabled much of the functionality of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) in the European Union. There was some speculation that it could be a temporary change or a bug related to some of the updates to the app ecosystem in Europe, but Apple has confirmed that PWAs were […]

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Xiaomi Watch 2 listed by European retailers ahead of announcement

Several stores in Europe have jumped the gun and started selling the Xiaomi Watch 2, a cheaper version of the Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro, even though Xiaomi is yet to announce the watch officially. A couple of stores in Belgium are charging €200 for it, one in Slovakia has it priced at €250. We guess […]

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Xiaomi 14 European price revealed, Pro confirmed to stay in China

We’re inching closer to the global rollout of the Xiaomi 14 which is set for February 25 and we now have a rumored price for the device. The team at Techmaniacs uncovered the Xiaomi 14 pricing for Greece which will start at €1,099 for the 12GB RAM and 512GB storage version. For reference, last year’s […]

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Google gets ready for the European DMA and details how you’ll be able to choose Microsoft Edge and Bing as your default search engine

What you need to know Google has highlighted several measures and changes it intends to make in compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) after being listed as a gatekeeper by the European Commission. Some of the changes include additional consents for linked services, which will let users decide whether they want to continue sharing […]

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Microsoft will now keep European personal cloud data within the EU, but is that a good thing?

What you need to know Microsoft will now keep all personal cloud data from within EU countries within the European Union. The move is part of Microsoft’s growing efforts to comply with EU data protection laws and control where data is stored and can be accessed from. Later this year, Microsoft will keep support data, […]

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Threads could potentially give X (Twitter) a run for its money, having recently launched in the European Union

What you need to know Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that Meta’s Threads app is now available in the European Union. The EU’s Digital Markets Act forced the company to postpone the launch of the app in the region due to regulatory uncertainty revolving around how the app would use personal data. Users can also delete […]

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Threads Launches in the European Union

Threads is now available to users in the European Union, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced. The move comes five months after the social media network launched in most markets around the world, but remained unavailable to EU-based users due to regulatory hurdles. “Today we’re opening Threads to more countries in Europe,” wrote Zuckerberg in […]

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Galaxy A05s and Galaxy A25 are official in another European market

Samsung is launching its new generation of low-cost Galaxy A devices in more European countries. The Galaxy A25 and Galaxy A05s are now official in Spain, where prices start at €159. The Galaxy A05s is the cheaper model, starting at €159 for 64GB of storage and offering a 128GB variant for €179. In Spain, the […]

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Can any good come out of the messy Galaxy S23 FE European launch?

The Galaxy S23 FE might be the best Samsung phone many of us can’t have. And that’s a real shame, but it is a reality that millions of potential Galaxy S23 FE buyers in Europe are facing. Samsung has released this year’s Fan Edition phone in several markets, including the USA and numerous countries in […]

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Google, European Telecoms Giants Call on EU to Force Open iMessage

Google and European telecom groups have urged EU regulators to designate iMessage a “core” service that would force Apple to make the communications platform interoperable with competing chat services, reports the Financial Times. In a letter sent to the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, the signatories including Google and some of Europe’s largest telecoms […]

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Google and major European carriers ask the EU to make iMessage a core platform service

Google has rallied the support of top European carriers to send a letter to the European Commission, asking it to designate Apple’s iMessage as a “core platform service”. This would force Apple to make iMessage compatible with RCS like WhatsApp and Google Messages by March 2024. Per a Financial Times report, Google, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, […]

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Benchmark for European Galaxy S24 Ultra turns the world on its head

If you’ve been with us throughout the day, you should know that the Exynos 2400-powered Galaxy S24+ and the Galaxy S24 Ultra enabled by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC have popped up in online benchmarks. These entries in Geekbench have confirmed a few rumors circulated for months. But now, the international Galaxy S24 Ultra […]

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Galaxy Tab S9 FE European prices and release date revealed

Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab S9 FE tablet series is about to go live in Europe. The company has just confirmed prices and release date details for the entire range for Germany. Well, except for the base Wi-Fi-only Tab S9 FE model with 128GB of storage, which is probably around €100 cheaper than the 5G variant. […]

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Galaxy S23 bags September 2023 security update in European countries

A few days ago, Samsung released the September 2023 security update to the Galaxy S23 series in the US. Both carrier-locked and factory-unlocked versions of the phones received the new security update in the country. Now, Samsung has released the September 2023 security update to the Galaxy S23 in Europe. Galaxy S23 September 2023 security […]

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