Poll: With Siri Shortcuts in iOS 12, do you think you’ll use spend less time hands-on with apps?

MacWorld has an interesting piece entitled ‘How subscriptions, Siri, and Shortcuts in iOS 12 will forever change Apple’s App Store.’

Michael Simon’s suggestion is that Siri Shortcuts will enable us to use voice to do things which currently require us to get hands-on with apps, and that this will change the way in which we interact with our phones …

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Best Buy takes up to $250 off Apple Watch Series 3 Cellular, deals from $299 today only

Today only, as part of its Deals of the Day, Best Buy is taking up to $250 off Apple Watch Series 3 Cellular models. The deals start at $299 with free shipping available across the board. Today’s deal is $20 better than Sunday’s Nike offer and the best that we’ve tracked across the board. You’ll find just about every style in this sale, including aluminum, stainless steel, Nike and more.

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Samsung’s home country, South Korea, plans to tax Apple and other global tech companies

South Korea – home to Samsung – has announced plans to impose new taxes on Apple, Amazon, Google and other global tech companies.

Locally-based companies have complained that it’s unfair that foreign companies pay little or no taxes in the country, saying that this creates ‘reverse discrimination’ against local brands. Samsung has been struggling to compete with Apple and Chinese brands, admitting to disappointing sales of its flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone …

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Chinese state media announces Apple is developing ‘advanced technology’ to reduce iMessage spam

For the last few days, Chinese state media started a mini smear campaign on Apple, criticising the company’s App Store policies and voicing frustration at ongoing SMS and iMessage spam in the region.

Reuters reports that the Chinese media quoted an Apple rep announcing that Apple will be rolling out new ways to block iMessage spam accounts, and is developing ‘advanced technology’ to automatically identify junk messages. In a statement to Reuters, Apple said that they have been ‘working to reduce the issue of spam for quite some time’.

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