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Netflix to crack down on password sharing in 2023

You won’t be able to piggyback off a friend’s/loved one’s Netflix login and password forever. Per the Wall Street Journal, Netflix will begin cracking down on password sharing starting in 2023 in hopes of spurring password piggybackers to create new accounts. The company has stated that 100 million viewers watch the service using passwords borrowed […]

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Apple releases watchOS 5.1.1, seeks to resolve watchOS 5.1/Apple Watch “bricking” issue

Following the release of watchOS 5.1 on October 30th, a number of early downloaders reported that the update had “bricked” their devices. Apple quickly pulled the release “as a precaution.” On Monday, Apple release the fix via watchOS 5.1.1, which is now available for download. Apple’s patch notes on the update didn’t mention the bricking […]

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Apple releases watchOS 5.1 update

Alongside Apple’s release of iOS 12.1, the company also released watchOS 5.1. The update, which can be downloaded and installed via an Apple Watch and a paired iPhone, offers the following changes and fixes: – Apple Watch Series 4 automatically contacts emergency services if you are immobile for about a minute after detecting a hard […]

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Apple Watch Series 3 apps begin tracking skiing, snowboarding fitness data

This qualifies as nifty. Apple has announced that a number of Apple Watch skiing and snowboarding apps can use the Apple Watch Series 3 to track their fitness data while hitting the slops. The snoww, Slopes, Squaw Alpine, Snocru, and Ski Tracks apps for the Apple Watch have been updated to take advantage of custom […]

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Strategy Analytics: Apple Watch sales placed around 30 million units

While Apple has never released exact numbers as to how many Apple Watch units have been sold, Strategy Analytics puts the number around 30 million. This puts it behind Xiaomi in the wearables market, but definitely in respectable territory. “Apple shipped 2.8 million wearables worldwide in Q2 2017, growing 56 percent annually from 1.8 million […]