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Apple Ships iOS 13.3 – New Parental Controls, FIDO2 Security Keys Support

Apple has released iOS 13.3, which brings new abilities to restrict who your kids can contact and when. It also supports USB security keys that use the FIDO2 standard

Dec 10 2019 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones | Read More »

Google Releases New Privacy Features In Maps

Incognito Mode is now available in Google Maps for iOS. In the Android version of Maps, a new bulk-delete features lets you delete all of your location history with Google, or any date range

Dec 10 2019 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones | Read More »

Google Photos Now Supports Private Message Threads

Google has added a new feature to Google Photos that make it easy to start a private photo and message thread with one or more contacts. When sharing a photo, the new choice lets you start a new thread or add to an existing one, making it easier to group a series of photos shared with one […]

Dec 5 2019 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones | Read More »

T-Mobile Notifying Users Of Cyber Attack On Prepaid User Accounts

Today some of T-Mobile’s prepaid user shave been receiving SMS messages from the carrier letting them know their account was impacted by a cyber security attack (link to T-Mobile’s statement). Please note that T-Mobile says no financial information or passwords were compromised. The hackers did get away with CPNI, account number and phone and address […]

Nov 21 2019 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones | Read More »

Google Maps Adds Travel Feature Of Speaking Aloud Places In Local Language

Google has updated its Maps app with the ability to speak aloud the name and/or address of your destination in the local language when traveling abroad. The feature is designed to be used using a taxi or asking a local for directions. The feature appears automatically when in a country where the local language doesn’t match your […]

Nov 18 2019 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones | Read More »

Google Brings RCS To Everyone In The US

Google today announced the US rollout of Google-operated RCS for its Messages app for Android, making RCS “broadly” available to Android users in the US by the end of the year. RCS is the new industry standard for messaging designed to replace SMS and MMS. It brings advanced features similar to iMessage, including the ability […]

Nov 14 2019 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones | Read More »

FiLMiC Firstlight Releases Tomorrow On iOS

FiLMiC Firstlight, makers of Filmic Pro, will be available in the App Store this Friday, NOV 8! Firstlight combines custom film simulations, adaptive film grain and FiLMiC Pros famous live analytics to offer an advanced but approachable front end camera experience like no other. Fast, easy and intuitive, Firstlight lets you envision and capture your […]

Nov 7 2019 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones | Read More »

Google Play Points Rewards Program Comes To The States

Google has added a rewards program called Google Play Points to the Android app store. The program is free to join and members earn points for everything they buy through Google Play, and even for downloading “featured” free apps and games. Points can be redeemed for Google Play purchases, in-app purchases and discounts, as […]

Nov 6 2019 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones | Read More »

Microsoft Releases A Public Preview Of The New Unified Office App For iOS And Android

Microsoft has released a public preview of its new, completely revamped Office app for Android and iOS. A single Office app replaces the previously separate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps. It also includes the previously-announced features that let users take a photo of a document to create an editable Word document, and use the camera […]

Nov 4 2019 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones | Read More »

Adobe Fonts Come To iOS And iPadOS Via The Creative Cloud App

Adobe today announced its Creative Cloud app is bringing thousands of new fonts to iOS and iPadOS. Now users can download the app to get access to 1,300 free fonts, and Creative Cloud subscribers will get access to 17,000 fonts. The fonts can be used on iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1 apps that support custom […]

Nov 1 2019 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones,iPad Software,Mac Software,PC Software,Software | Read More »