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Apple has made the third public betas of macOS Big Sur 11.3, iOS 14.5, and iPadOS 14.5 available for download.

  HoverBar Duo is a new articulating arm from Twelve South that is able to hold either an iPad or an iPhone at a variety of different positions with both a desk stand and clip included. This adjustable stand was designed to allow users to do more. They can take a FaceTime call with the camera at eye-level, hover an iPad in the kitchen while cooking, or elevate your iPad Pro as a higher monitor while working. Twelve South bundles both a weighted stand to sit atop your counter, desk, or nightsta...

Australian health regulators have officially approved the use of the ECG function in Apple Watch, meaning users in the region may soon see the feature enabled.

Apple smartphone share in China continues to grow due to high iPhone 12 demand, with Morgan Stanley expecting a strong March quarter on the strength of January sales.

Apple may introduce sensor-shift optical image stabilization to the ultra-wide angle lenses in the "iPhone 13 Pro" lineup later in 2021, supply chain sources claim.

  Apples third iOS 14.5 beta now shows an "Items" tab in the Find My app. Its for tracking non-Apple devices, and comes ahead of the forthcoming launch of "AirTags." Apples third iOS 14.5 developer beta — launched this week, pulled, and then launched again — has surfaced a previously hidden feature. Even within the previous developer betas, an additional ability for Find My required a particular setting, or use of a URL scheme to unlock it. Now, however, Apple has surfaced a new "Items" ...

  Microsofts new Group Transcribe app is a multilingual tool for taking meeting notes, made exclusively for iPhone by the Microsoft Garage experimental team. Microsoft Garage, the experimental research division of Microsoft, has released a free iOS-only app called Group Transcribe. Each person in a meeting runs the app on their iPhone, and it provides what Microsoft describes as "real-time, high quality transcription" of the conversation. "There is healthy debate about the productivity of mult...

Apple has revealed the trailer for "Calls," an Apple TV+ series of suspenseful audio shorts with minimal visuals.

  Best Buys senior and eldercare technology brand, Best Buy Health, now allows users to call for help directly from Apple Watch. Best Buy Health is expanding users options to take advantage of their Lively Health & Safety Services, enabling users to use their Apple Watch to access all of Livelys services. Users will need to have an Apple Watch Series 4 or newer and subscribe to a Lively Health & Safety Plan. Users who agree to a two-year Preferred Health and Safety contract will get $200 off ...

As expected, AMD has announced the Radeon RX 6700 XT, a more affordable $479 GPU that could eventually be used in the Mac Pro or Thunderbolt eGPU solutions.