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Privacy
Telecom
3 min read

European carriers seek to block one key iPhone privacy feature

Last year Apple announced one new key privacy feature for iOS called Private Relay. This new feature is currently in beta in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey, and it is available only for users enrolled in the Apple beta software program. Even though the…

iphone 13
Electronics
1 min read

Apple warns of weak demand for iPhone 13 lineup

Apple has told its parts suppliers to demand the iPhone 13 lineup has slowed, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, a move that signals a declining interest among consumers for the usually coveted latest upgrades. The company had cut production of iPhone 13…

iOS 15 icon mock banner
Electronics
3 min read

Apple releases iOS 15.2 beta 4 for developers and the public

Apple has started sending out iOS 15.2 beta 4 (build: 19C5050b) to both developers and public beta testers who are subscribed to Apple’s beta program. Also dropping today for developers and public beta testers are iPadOS 15.2 beta 4 (build: 19C5050b), watchOS…

Shazam App
General
2 min read

Update to Shazam makes the app more useful

It is hard to believe that nearly four years have passed since Apple paid a reported $400 million for the music recognition app Shazam. Whether this was a move made by Apple to compete with Pixel’s Now Playing feature is unknown. At the time that the deal was…

Grammarly
1 min read

Grammarly update brings major improvements to iPhone and iPad apps

Grammarly, the cloud-based app that checks your spelling, grammar, punctuation, and clarity to suggest better solutions for your writing style is getting an important update, which adds important features to iPhone and iPad apps. Apart from bumping the app to…

iphone 13
Electronics
2 min read

Soaring demand delays iPhone 13 delivery in Vietnam

A global chip shortage and rising demand is delaying iPhone 13 delivery in Vietnam, with distributors reporting shortages in the Pro models. “We do not currently have the iPhone 13 Pro Max model you have ordered and you might have to wait until next month at…

Twitter Logo
General
1 min read

Twitter brings Super Follows to everyone with an iPhone

Twitter announced it has begun testing a new monetization feature aimed at Twitter iOS users in early September. The so-called Super Follows feature is meant to allow Twitter users with more than 10,000 followers to earn a monthly revenue by offering an extra…

Facebook Vietnam
General
3 min read

Facebook criticizes App Tracking Transparency on iPhones

When Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency back with iOS 14.5, a feature that allows iPhone users to opt-out of ad-related activity tracking on their phones, Facebook was not happy with it. Back then, Facebook criticized the new privacy feature claiming…

apple store iphone
Electronics
1 min read

With no Apple shop, mono stores mushroom in Vietnam

Vietnam has no Apple store, so resellers are opening mono store chains in the country for consumers to experience an “Apple-standard shopping space.” An Apple mono store is a shop that exclusively sells Apple products. There are two kinds of mono stores – the…

iphone 13
Electronics
1 min read

iPhone 13 sees record sales in Vietnam

Tens of thousands of iPhone 13 phones have been sold in Vietnam within days of its launch, with numbers exceeding those of Apple’s previous offerings. FPT Shop sold nearly 5,000 phones for nearly VND200 billion ($8.79 million) on the first day of sales on…

Apple India scaled
Electronics
1 min read

Vietnamese apathetic over iPhone 13 mini

iPhone 13 mini seems to be the least favorite model of the latest Apple smartphone lineup, accounting for only 5 percent of total pre-orders in Vietnam. The most favored is iPhone 13 Pro Max with 70 percent pre-orders, followed by iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro,…