Some of Snapchat’s source code was posted on GitHub, apparently obtained when the company messed-up an update to the iOS app back in May …

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Yesterday marked the release of the sixth developer beta for iOS 12. Is there anything new worthwhile to share? Watch our video walkthrough for the details. more…

Apple Pay continues to pick up new banks and credit unions every month — and soon to Germany and possibly Austria. These are the latest new banks and credit unions added in the US, Russia, and Ukraine that let you pay with iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac…

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The developer of Apollo for Reddit, one of the most popular third-party Reddit apps on iOS, announced yesterday that he would donate all of that day’s proceeds to the SPCA animal shelter in Canada. Today, he has revealed just how much he received through this effort…

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If you ask someone what noise canceling headphones are, generally, you’ll get “Bose” as the answer. The Bose QuietComfort 35 (or QC35s as most refer to them as) are one of the most well-known pairs of noise-canceling headphones in the business. Recently, Bose launched the QC35 II’s with built-in Google Assistant.

Well, today Bose released an update to its Bose Connect app that allows you to change your digital helper from Google’s Assistant to Amazon’s Alexa. Many people are heavily invested in the Alexa ecosystem, with the Echo, Echo Show, and even now as sound bars like the Polk Command Bar ship with Alexa built-in. Keep reading to find out how to enable Alexa on your Bose QC35 II’s and what all this means for users of these headphones.

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HomePod is a fantastic speaker for playing music, whether it be via Apple Music or AirPlay through a third-party service such as Spotify. However, there’s a fairly big issue with using HomePod with Apple Music, which is that HomePod doesn’t have voice profiles.

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Apple today is continuing its Apple Pay Cash ad campaign. The latest ad comes a day after Consumer Reports crowned Apple Pay Cash as the top peer-to-peer payment platform…

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Snap today reported its Q2 2018 earnings, and while it exceeded expectations in terms of financials, Snapchat experienced its first-ever decline in daily active users. The company’s CEO Evan Spiegel also touched on the continual evolution of Snapchat’s controversial app design…

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Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down recently with Fast Company to talk about the growth and changes in the music industry. Cook’s comments are buried in a broader piece on Spotify’s future now that it has gone public…

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