News

Google Maps is finally bringing a speedometer and speed limit indicator to its iPhone app. The navigation service has had these features on Android for several years now, and Google has told TechCrunch that it's finally bringing them to the iPhone as well. When you're using Google Maps to navigate, your current speed will be

Published Jul 9th, 2024 5:54PM EDT Google occasionally introduces new features for its Android apps before bringing them to iOS, but the wait can be excruciating. For example, this week, Google finally brought a speedometer and speed limits to Google Maps on iOS and CarPlay… a full five years after those rather basic features were

mokjc/Shutterstock We've seen what it seems like both exponential innovation and stagnation in Apple's design of the iPhones ever since its initial release back in 2007. When it comes to picking a phone with a solid camera, great battery life, and reliable software, iPhones are among the most recommended. This familiarity across its product line is

Apple unveiled iOS 18 at its Worldwide Developers Conference 2024 keynote event in June, and the tech giant released the third developer beta of the software on Monday. At WWDC, the tech giant stated that the next iPhone operating system will include a lot of new features, like more ways to customize your home screen , updates

It may sound funny to say this, but PDF files — electronic copies of printed documents — are still around and are still very useful. Short for Portable Document Format, PDFs allow you to create a digital version of a paper document, letting you store and access them a lot easier than having to rifle

Published Jul 5th, 2024 6:45PM EDT Hours after Epic Games complained on X about Apple blocking its third-party app marketplace from launching on iPhone and iPad in the European Union, Apple immediately reversed course. On Friday afternoon, Reuters reported that Apple approved the Epic Games Store for its mobile devices following Epic’s latest round of

Anna Barclay/Getty Images In 2008, Apple introduced the second-generation iPhone model, the iPhone 3G, which changed the way we used our mobile phones forever with the integration of third-party apps. At the same time, Apple also released the earliest version of the App Store, which houses both native and third-party apps built to work on

Siri will finally get better in spring 2025 when Apple makes its Apple Intelligence AI system available to everyone via its iOS 18.4 update, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in the latest Power On newsletter. That’s more specific than Apple has been — so far, it’s only said the flagship AI features will be available

It may sound funny to say this, but PDF files — electronic copies of printed documents — are still around and are still very useful. Short for Portable Document Format, PDFs allow you to create a digital version of a paper document, letting you store and access them a lot easier than having to rifle

This security feature can ensure the person you're texting isn't a scammer -- or worse. Zachary McAuliffe Staff writer Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a TV series