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Sometimes, even as a tech reporter, you can be caught out by how quickly technology improves. Case in point: it was only today that I learned that my iPhone has been offering a feature I’ve long desired — the ability to identify plants and flowers from just a photo. It’s true that various third-party apps

Apple's next major iPhone operating system, iOS 16, was previewed at WWDC and is now available to download for developers. The new iPhone update will work on the iPhone 8 and newer and likely launch alongside the rumored iPhone 14 this fall. iOS 16 offers a bunch of heavily requested features, such as the ability

DenPhotos/Shutterstock There are many suggested ways for making sure your iPhone runs as fast as possible. Some recommendations include turning the iPhone off on a regular basis (though that's not actually helpful) and clearing browser cookies. What about clearing your browser history? While you don't have to clear this data, doing so may give your

Primakov/Shutterstock A popular fix for a sluggish or poorly performing iPhone is force closing one or more of the apps running in the background. This seems like it would be a good idea because a similar approach works when using a PC: shutting down programs already running to free of CPU resources. This can help speed

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Last week Apple previewed iOS 16, its next major version of iPhone software. The new operating system will work on the iPhone 8 and newer and likely launch this fall alongside the rumored iPhone 14. iOS 16 is packed with new heavily requested features and tools, such as the ability to customize your lock screen

Even though iOS 16 hasn’t been released in widespread form yet to the general public, iPhone users who’ve already downloaded the beta version of Apple’s new mobile operating software have already come to a surprising conclusion about it. Specifically, about the updated Messages app that will let users edit and unsend already-sent messages. Long story

Last year, WhatsApp announced a new feature allowing users to transfer chat history when switching from iPhone to Android. Initially, the feature was only available on Samsung devices, starting with the Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3. A few months later, Google revealed that all its Pixel phones were gaining the feature. The transfer

Photo: DenPhotos (Shutterstock)Speed dial was an essential efficiency tool back when you needed to dial every number by hand. Rather than waste precious seconds punching the same digits every day, you could program your favorite contacts to designated spots on either a landline or a cell phone for quick, single-button access. Of course, these days,…

WhatsApp is adding the ability to transfer your conversation history from Android to iPhone after previously only allowing users to transfer chats the other way (from iPhone to Android). The functionality was announced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a Facebook post. Early signs of the feature, which is rolling out in beta for now,…