Week 23 in review: Apple announces iOS 12, the Lenovo Z5 and Asus ROG phone are official

It's time to take a look back at another busy week for mobile technology. The big event this week was Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, which proved to be a software-only affair this year, despite rumors of an iPhone SE or a Macbook refresh. Apple showed the new OS X Mojave, Watch OS and TV OS and more importantly demoed the future of iOS. iOS 12 is focused on being faster and more reliable, but Apple made major improvements to Siri, FaceTime and notifications as well. All of Apple's revamped software will seed to users in the fall alongside the new iPhone hardware. In other...

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Weekly poll: What iOS 12 features are you most excited about?

This week at WWDC, Apple announced its latest operating system for iPhone and iPad - iOS 12. If we go by previous years it's likely that iOS 12 will be released to the public in September this year to coincide with the new iPhones and iPads. From what we've seen so far, what are the features that you're most excited about in iOS 12? What follows is a quick overview of what iOS 12 contains. Performance - Faster and more responsive experience. Up to 70% faster swipe to the camera, up to 50% faster keyboard display, up to 2x faster app launch under heavy workload. These enhancements...

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Using your iPhone with Windows

We're sure Apple wouldn't mind if you bought a Mac, but did you know that using Apple's iCloud will make life easier when using an iPhone and a Windows PC? Apple created an official utility - iCloud for Windows, which synchronizes information, photos, and files with your Windows PC. While this approach is seamless, it doesn't provide access to all of iCloud's features and has some limitations. Another way to get at your iCloud information from a PC is at iCloud.com via a compatible web browser, this provides access to all of iCloud's features and then some. iCloud for Windows As a...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 22

Plenty of commotion in the top 10 chart this week, mostly due to the eagerly-anticipated unveiling of Xiaomi's new flagship device. The Mi 8 is only part of the story, as the Chinese OEM also took the wrappings off the Mi 8 Explorer and Mi 8 SE. The latter comes with a different design and with a more attractive price tag. The Xiaomi trio clearly made a big splash in the rankings, with the two flagship variants, taking the first and second spots. The Mi 8 SE also made the list, securing 7th place. Meanwhile, the Redmi Note 5 Pro managed to climb up the food chain to the third...

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Counterclockwise: the popularity of chipsets through the years

During the 70s and 80s there was an explosion of processor architectures, many of which found their way to smartphone chipsets. ARM, which traces its roots back to the 1981 BBC Micro, clearly won the game but it faced competition in the past. Intel (and AMD's) x86/x64 rule the desktop and server market, but they briefly existed on mobile too. There's a lot of stories to tell here. For example, Qualcomm's Adreno GPUs come from ATI's mobile Radeon efforts (it's an anagram). AMD decided against supplying phone chips so sold the division. Do you think AMD execs regret that decision? Rival...

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Moto Camera app gets a fresh new look and deper Google Photos integration

The Moto Camera app got a major update after the Moto Z3 Play announcement the other day, introducing deeper integration with Google Photos and new UI. However, the update is available only to 2018 Moto devices. Screenshots from the new app Along with the cool Google Lens integration that's built into the camera app, there's added Google Photos functionalities as well. For instance, swiping left will take you to the sharing, editing and backup tools options. Photos taken with Moto's Best Shot and Portrait modes will be marked in Google Photos' library. Here's what else the...

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