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Apple extends in-app purchase exemption for online group events
Apple announced, in 2020, to support apps and developers that needed to adapt services from in-person to digital as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, it deferred App Store Review Guideline 3.1.1, which requires apps offering paid online group services to do so via in-app purchase.
WhatsApp to bring 2-step verification to desktop & web versions
WhatsApp plans to bring the two-step verification feature to desktop and web versions in a future update. A screenshot provided by WABetaInfo shows that the two-step verification feature can be enabled or disabled on the web and desktop versions.
Apple reverses verification requirement for educational discounts in US
According to 9To5Mac, the tech giant is no longer requiring verification of eligibility, but stricter purchasing quantity limits remain. Similar to verification for Apple Music student plans, Apple started using UNiDAYS for verification through the Apple Education Store on Wednesday. This meant that shoppers had to verify their eligibility using UNiDAYS in order to lock in the 10 per cent discount on iPads, Macs and accessories, the report said.
Google preparing new Chromecast device powered by Google TV
In 2020, Google launched the Chromecast with Google TV as a showcase for its new big-screen experience, but in recent months, many have found this new Chromecast to be lacking in the specs department -- especially storage, reports 9To5Google. According to documentation viewed by the website, Google has an Android-powered device in the works codenamed Boreal. The new device is in the same family as the Chromecast with Google TV.
Ten-year-old develops an app to make the job of lawyers easier
Through 'E-Attorney', users can also contact their clients directly and the clients, who are given access to the app by their lawyer, can also easily view their case documents stored in the app. Through this app, users can sign in, add client documents, and store other case-related information quickly.
Google lands in trouble over 'Deceptive' Pixel 4 radio ads
According to a report by AndroidCentral, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has brought forth this lawsuit claiming that Google ran inaccurate and deceiving advertisements about its Pixel 4 smartphones in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston markets.
Microsoft unveils customised Xbox Series
According to GizmoChina, Microsoft said as part of its celebration of the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Tiger, Xbox has created 15 custom Xbox Series S consoles and accompanying Xbox Wireless Controllers with Chinese cartoon designer Bu2ma.
Google AI tools bring back women in science to the fore
The machine-learning (ML) project builds on Google Arts & Culture's previous work, which made over 2.8 million 2D and 3D images from the museum collections available to the public for the very first time in 2020.
Facebook declined to spin-off its Workplace app as $1bn unicorn
According to a report in TechCrunch, Facebook was approached by enterprise investors offering the social network a "proposition", "spin off the organisation, they said, and let us back it as a startup". Workplace, Facebook's collaboration tool for businesses has gained more than seven million paid enterprise users. It was originally built as a version of Facebook for its own employees to communicate with one another.
New NY Mayor takes his first salary in cryptocurrency
According to ZDNet, Adams received his first paycheck in cryptocurrency -- specifically, in a combination of Bitcoin and Ethereum coins -- becoming the first mayor of the Big Apple to have his check converted to crypto. Unlike those grand symbolic gestures associated with mayors -- be it breaking ground with a golden shovel, posing with a 24-karat gold key, or cutting a ribbon with an oversized pair of silver-plated scissors -- Hizzoner's payout is symbolic for a bigger reason.
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