Developer Epic Games today announced that a new update to Fortnite, aptly code-named "Joy Ride", brings four regular cars to the popular battle royale title for iOS and Android.
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Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is coming soon to Apple Arcade
Back in February of this year, Adult Swim Games officially unveiled a new adventure title based on the popular animated show Samurai Jack. And now we know when we can play it via Apple Arcade.
Instagram’s new Reels feature takes aim at TikTok with short-form videos set to music
Instagram today launched a direct competitor to TikTok, called Reels. The new service is available within the mobile Instagram app starting today, on both iOS and Android, in more than 50 countries worldwide, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and Australia.
The Apple Store app is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a fun Easter egg
The Apple Store app (not to be confused with the App Store) turned ten in June, can you imagine? It's hard to believe the shopping app was introduced a decade ago so the company is celebrating the occasion with a fun Easter egg that activates a virtual surprise party.
iPhone 12 rumored to feature internal magnets, could be related to mounting or charging
The next iPhone might feature an array of internal magnets within its chassis, similar to the iPad Pro, possibly hinting that Apple may be working on an overhauled Qi wireless charger that might use those magnets to snap the phone in place when on the charger.
How to fact-check forwarded WhatsApp messages for misinformation
If anything, the US elections and the coronavirus crisis have reminded us yet again how rapidly misinformation can spread through social media and messaging platforms. To help with that, you now have the ability to fact-check forwarded WhatsApp messages, and we show you how.
macOS Big Sur beta 4 enables support for 4K HDR playback of YouTube videos in Safari
iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14 and macOS Big Sur will let you play YouTube videos in 4K resolution and HDR color on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV and Mac. While this feature has been present in earlier betas of iOS, iPadOS and tvOS 14, yesterday's release of Big Sur beta 4 has brought the ability to play 4K HDR YouTube videos to Safari on Mac.
Apple’s new universal gift card could end standard iTunes card discounts
Following news that Apple's new gift card combining digital and physical purchases recently became available in the United States, some watchers think that could also mean the end of discounted iTunes gift card in stores like Amazon, eBay, Target, Best Buy and so forth.
Look Around and Apple Maps 2.0 launch in Tokyo and a few other Japanese cities
Apple continues to expand availability of its Street View-like Look Around feature on Apple Maps. According to Ata Distance, street-level photography is now available to Apple Maps users in several cities in Japan, like Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. Moreover, many locations in the country now show richer terrain data Apple's been rolling out in the past two years.
Apple improves SMS-delivered code security with ‘domain-bound’ codes
By now you've probably used a service that will send you a text message that includes a specific code sent to you in a text message, usually in an effort related to security measures while logging into something.
Here’s what’s new in iOS 14 beta 4
The third developer beta of iOS 14 brought with it a few different changes and new additions. The fourth beta is doing the same.
Exposure Notification API is now live in iOS 14 thanks to the fourth beta
Apple and Google's Exposure Notification API, which is meant to help health authorities launch COVID-19 contact tracing apps, is now finally live in iOS 14.