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Apple officially announces AirPods Max for $549 - Apple’s long-rumored over-ear headphones are officially here. AirPods Max features an over-ear design, deep integration with the rest of Apple’s ecosystem, the H1 chip, and more. They are available to order for $549, with the first orders arriving next week.
Google Photos now lets you sync your liked images with Apple Photos on iOS - After recently hitting the 5 billion download milestone on Android, Google Photos is looking to target the other side of the mobile OS fence with some new features. For those using an iOS device, Google Photos now offers the ability to sync your liked content with Apple Photos.
You can now add tweets to your snaps - Twitter is making it even easier to spread your tweets far and wide to every social media platform imaginable. Starting today on iOS (support is coming “soon” for Android), you’ll be able to add tweets into a snap as a sticker.
Sony is buying anime streaming service Crunchyroll from AT&T for $1.175 billion - Sony will be buying anime streaming service Crunchyroll from AT&T for $1.175 billion, Sony and AT&T announced Wednesday. Specifically, Crunchyroll will become part of Sony’s Funimation, which already licenses many popular shows such as Attack on Titan, Fullmetal Alchemist, and One Piece.
Tripadvisor app pulled from App Store in China, with 104 other apps - The Tripadvisor app has been pulled from Apple’s App Store, along with 104 other apps. The Chinese government said that this was part of a ‘clean up’ of the Internet – though it has likely been done for political reasons. Apple has also sent an email to Chinese games developers who have not yet provided proof of approval from the government, warning them that their apps will be removed on January 1
California finally rolls out COVID-19 iPhone contact tracing based on Apple’s Exposure Notifications - After launching a pilot program for digital contact tracing last month, the state of California has made contract tracing available today, December 10. That’s about half a year after Apple/Google made the feature available on iPhone and Android. But better late than never as the support will allow the almost 40 million people living in California to stay safer amid the pandemic.
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