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What just happened? If you’re looking for a new iPhone and want to save a bit of money, Apple is now selling refurbished iPhone XR handsets in various colors and storage capacities. They’re available with $100 to $120 off the regular prices—a good saving for something that’s essentially identical to a brand-new model. The iPhone XR was the best-selling phone last year, so purchasing a refurbished version is likely to prove popular. Boasting the A12 Bionic SoC and a 6.1-inch IPS LCD panel, the XR only recently lost the “world’s most popular smartphone” title to its successor, the iPhone 11. … [Read more...] about Apple is selling refurbished iPhone XR handsets, starting at $499

"The promise that Apple and Google will shut the API off is very welcome," Jennifer Stisa Granick, the ACLU's surveillance and cybersecurity counsel, said earlier this month. "We just want to make sure that this is something that's verifiable, and that there will be an independent review to make sure the commitments they've made is something they're living up to."  … [Read more...] about Apple, Google announce new privacy features for coronavirus tracking tech

The new iPhone SE is not only appealing because of its starting price of $399 (£419, AU$749), but also its design. The iPhone SE, which stands for Special Edition, has a 4.7-inch display -- tiny by modern standards -- and brings back Apple's beloved home button with Touch ID. Don't be tricked by its low price: This new iPhone is just as capable and nearly as powerful as the more expensive iPhone 11 ($699 at Apple), with a few exceptions. … [Read more...] about New iPhone SE 2020: How to buy Apple’s $399 iPhone right now, and for less

The restQobuz launched in the US in February 2019 with a clean interface, hi-res audio streams (which don't need an MQA decoder) and the ability to buy lossless music. We've found its catalog isn't quite at the level of Tidal or Spotify but it is improving.French stalwart Deezer has been operating in the States since 2016, and it has a lot to offer including a free tier (mobile only) and 56 million tracks. It doesn't have quite the subscriber count or the advanced features of the bigger services, however. What else do you need to know? Streaming radio vs. on-demand This guide covers on-demand music streaming services, and for that reason, we've purposefully left out services that only play music in a radio format. Until recently this list excluded Pandora, but now that the company also offers a Premium tier, it's included here. Slacker Radio, TuneIn and iHeartRadio, meanwhile, are services that play music stations … [Read more...] about Best music streaming service for 2020: Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Tidal and YouTube

Consumer electronics company and tracking app maker Tile, in a letter to the European Commissioner for Competition, has called for anti-trust investigation against Apple. According to a report in Financial Times, the company said that since tech giant Apple has a rival tracking app called Find My App, it is making it difficult for iPhone users to operate Tile products on their smartphones. The California-based company has alleged that Apple selectively disabled features like making changes to location services in iOS 13 for Tile products. The company has urged EU to open an investigation into the matter by assessing the business practices of Cupertino-based tech giant. Tile claims that this actually encourages iPhone users not to switch to always-on location tracking. The workarounds are lengthy and involve “complex settings not easy to find," as per Tile. The tracking app maker also claimed that its products are not being given “equal placement” on the App Store … [Read more...] about Tile accuses Apple of anti-competitive behaviour in a letter to European Commission