The Cross Heads

Are any of Apple’s official MagSafe accessories worth buying?

But if you prefer to stick with Apple’s own cases, there are currently two options: the clear cases and the silicone cases. The clear case is definitely the superior of Apple’s two first-party MagSafe cases. Credit: Samuel Axon The clear cases actually have a circle where the edges of the MagSafe magnets are, which is pretty […]

November 26, 2024 | Apple, Features, iphone, iphone cases, iPhone chargers, MagSafe, Qi, Reviews, Tech | No comments

The good, the bad, and the ugly behind the push for more smart displays

After a couple of years without much happening, smart displays are in the news again. Aside from smart TVs, consumer screens that connect to the Internet have never reached a mainstream audience. However, there seems to be a resurgence to make smart displays more popular. The approaches that some companies are taking are better than […]

November 22, 2024 | Amazon, Apple, Google, Monitors, Smart Home, Tech | No comments

Microsoft’s controversial Recall scraper is finally entering public preview

Users will be asked to reauthenticate with Windows Hello every time they access their Recall database. Credit: Microsoft Microsoft has now delayed the feature multiple times to address those concerns, and it outlined multiple security-focused additions to Recall in a blog post in September. Among other changes, the feature is now opt-in by default and […]

November 22, 2024 | copilot, microsoft, recall, Tech, windows 11, windows 11 24h2, windows insider program, windows recall | No comments

Google seems to have called it quits on making its own Android tablets—again

Depending on which Android-focused site you believe, either a third Pixel Tablet was apparently in the works at Google and canceled, as Android Headlines reported, or the second one, as Android Authority has it. Either way, there was reportedly a team at Google working on the next flagship Pixel-branded tablet, and now, seemingly due to […]

November 22, 2024 | android, android tablets, Google, ipad, pixel slate, pixel tablet, pixel tablet 2, pixel tablet 3, Tech | No comments

An ad giant wants to run your next TV’s operating system

An ad company’s foray into TV operating systems (OSes) illustrates a significant shift for TV hardware toward products that are increasingly focused on ad sales and tracking. With more people using web-based streaming for TV, smart TV OSes have become the most lucrative part of the TV business. OS owners accumulate valuable data on how people […]

November 21, 2024 | ads, software, Sonos, Tech, TVs | No comments

Android will soon instantly log you in to your apps on new devices

If you lose your iPhone or buy an upgrade, you could reasonably expect to be up and running after an hour, presuming you backed up your prior model. Your Apple stuff all comes over, sure, but most of your third-party apps will still be signed in. Doing the same swap with an Android device is […]

November 21, 2024 | android, app restore, Google, phone backup, Tech | No comments

Google stops letting sites like Forbes rule search for “Best CBD Gummies“

Under the strength of Forbes’ long-existing and well-linked site, Forbes Marketplace/Advisor has dominated the search term “best cbd gummies” for “an eternity,” according to SEO analyst Lily Ray. Forbes has similarly dominated “best pet insurance,” and long came up as the second result for “how to get rid of roaches,” as detailed in a blog […]

November 20, 2024 | affiliate, affiliate marketing, Biz & IT, forbes, forbes marketplace, Google, guest posts, parasite seo, SEO, site reputation, Tech | No comments

Microsoft pushes full-screen ads for Copilot+ PCs on Windows 10 users

Windows 10’s free, guaranteed security updates stop in October 2025, less than a year from now. Windows 10 users with supported PCs have been offered the Windows 11 upgrade plenty of times before. But now Microsoft is apparently making a fresh push to get users to upgrade, sending them full-screen reminders recommending they buy new […]

November 20, 2024 | Tech, windows 10, windows 11, windows 11 24h2 | No comments

Fitness app Strava is tightening third-party access to user data

AI, while having potential, “must be handled responsibly and with a firm focus on user control,” and third-party developers may not take “such a deliberate approach,” Strava wrote. And the firm expects the API changes will “affect only a small fraction (less than 0.1 percent) of the applications on the Strava platform” and that “the […]

November 20, 2024 | AI, API, cycling, fitness, hiking, running, sports, strava, Tech | No comments

Apple TV+ spent $20B on original content. If only people actually watched.

For example, Apple TV+ is embracing bundles, which is thought to help prevent subscribers from canceling streaming subscriptions. People can currently get Apple TV+ from a Comcast streaming bundle. And as of last month people can subscribe to and view Apple TV+ through Amazon Prime Video. As my colleague Samuel Axon explained in October, this […]

November 19, 2024 | Apple, Apple TV Plus, streaming, Tech | No comments

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