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  • Google opens its own repair center in the US for mail-in service

    Google doesn’t have physical locations to perform service on its devices like Apple has Apple Stores all over the US. Google’s warranty service website has recently been updated with referenced to an in-house Repair Center where Google will officially be performing repairs. After all, Google should be taking care of its own MadeByGoogle hardware. Mail-in…

  • Apple releases watchOS 5.0.1 with bug fixes

    Apple has issued a new update to watchOS shortly after the major 5.0 release last week. Version 5.0.1 is a bug fix release and fixes some of the minor issues in 5.0. Of the three mentioned fixes, two relate to fitness tracking. The third issue has to do with charging. These problems may not be…

  • Facebook security breach affects 50 million accounts

    Today Facebook has announced that earlier this week it discovered a security issue that affected almost 50 million accounts. This was tied to a vulnerability in the code that impacted “View As”, a feature that lets people see what their own profile looks like to someone else. Attackers exploited that vulnerability, and that allowed them…

  • The redesigned Wear OS 2.1 by Google is finally rolling out to smartwatches today

    It’s been a month since Google announced the newest redesign of Wear OS (previously known as Android Wear). And today Wear OS 2.1 is finally starting to roll out to a smartwatch near you. It’s currently being pushed to all compatible wearables. If you’re wondering what those are, the list is huge – any device…

  • Non-plus Nokia 7.1 colors and price revealed

    A renown tipster on Twitter just offered a plausible explanation about the confusion surrounding the upcoming Nokia 7.1 Plus smartphone. A tweet from Roland Quandt popped up that can be interpreted in two ways – that the phone is going to be launched as the Nokia 7.1 without the Plus version or that there are…

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