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Apple patent hints at next-gen iPad keyboards, complete with touch-strips and multi-function keys

A newly published patent application hints that Apple may be developing new keyboard input methods, such as multi-function keys, and touch strips, for its mobile device. The patent is geared at the keyboards for smaller portable devices, wherein the size of the UX methods “remains an issue.” The patent, entitled “Portable Computing Input Devices and […]

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How to activate COVID-19 Exposure Logging on your iOS device

One of the big changes that arrived with the iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5 updates on Tuesday was the ability to track COVID-19 exposure through your iOS device. The mighty Charlotte Henry over at The Mac Observer has assembled the following quick instructions to activate this on your end. To turn on COVID-19 Exposure Logging […]

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Apple releases iOS 13.5, iPadOS 13.5 updates, focuses on FaceTime, Face ID, and COVID-19 contact tracing fixes

Apple on Wednesday released iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5, the current updates to its mobile operating systems. The updates offer significant fixes and improvements, and also focus on speeding up access to the passcode field when wearing a face mask, introduce the Exposure Notification API to support COVID-19 contact tracing, and offer assorted bug fixes […]

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Apple, Google launch COVID-19 exposure notification API to 23 nations

With any luck, this could help turn the tide of the pandemic. COVID-19 exposure technology developed via a partnership between Apple and Google is now available in 23 countries across five continents. This allows governments to release Per Apple CEO Tim Cook: Technology can help health officials rapidly tell someone they may have been exposed […]

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Adobe Photoshop app for iOS updated, support for Curves, Apple Pencil sensitivity adjustments, now present

If you’re a fan of the Adobe Photoshop app for iPad, it just got better. Following the app’s release in November, when Adobe promised to provide regular updates to add missing features that are available on the desktop version, the company on Tuesday released a hefty update that offers Curves and Apple Pencil sensitivity adjustments. […]