Major update to SwiftKey iOS keyboard brings new toolbar, customizable stickers, more

SwiftKey today is releasing a major update to the iOS keyboard app that offers up some of the biggest changes since its Microsoft acquisition back in 2016. Changes include a new toolbar to replace the old hub, editable stickers, and more new features promised.
Apple Music for Android updated with crash fix, playback reliability improvements

Apple Music for Android has received its second app update of the month — an uncommon occurrence for the rarely updated Apple Music client.
Android’s head of security claims platform now as secure as iOS – if not more so …
Korean report says Samsung working on true Face ID competitor for Galaxy S10

Samsung launched a smartphone with face-recognition ahead of Apple, but its efforts to date have been far from impressive as they are only 2D. Even the latest Samsung iteration can be fooled by both photos and videos, but that may be set to change …
Apple Pay promo offering up free jukebox credits for bars & restaurants with TouchTunes
After The Ring horror scene, developer creates AR version of Street Fighter II [Video]

Developer Abhishek Singh is certainly having fun with ARKit at present. Shortly after creating a creepy augmented reality scene from the horror movie The Ring, he has now created an AR version of the classic arcade game Street Fighter II …
Safari hack allows control of Touch Bar; remote desktop bug provides inadvertent admin access
Apple seeks regulatory approval for Shazam acquisition; decision expected on April 23

Apple last year confirmed a rumor that it was buying Shazam, but that plan stumbled last month when European antitrust regulators said that they were launching an investigation into the deal.
Apple yesterday sought formal approval of the deal, and the European Commission said today that it will make a decision by April 23 – though not necessarily a final one …
Combined sales of nine Taiwanese Apple suppliers fell to a two-year low last month
iPhone supplier Wistron accused of using ‘unauthorized components’ in iPhone 8 Plus production

Chinese news site Commercial Times has claimed that iPhone supplier Wistron was caught using ‘unauthorized components’ in its production of the iPhone 8 Plus in China.
The report says that Apple ordered the company to halt production when the issue came to light, with assembly suspended for two weeks …



