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Sealed Original Apple iPhone Sells for $40,000 at Auction
Say what you will about Apple, but it’s hard to deny that the iPhone was one of the most iconic tech products ever released. – Offering functionality and features well beyond anything else available on the market at the time, while it has, of course, spawned many revisions over the…
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Modern Warfare 2 PC Will Require a Phone Number to Play (PAYG Might Not Work!)
With Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 set for release on October 28th, I have to say that it’s probably one of my most anticipated gaming releases left for 2022. – Having played the beta last month, I was surprisingly impressed with just how solid the latest addition to the…
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USB-C Charging Standard Officially Mandated into EU Law!
Representing an initiative which would hopefully look to reduce e-waste, earlier this year the European Union (EU) proposed a new law that would require any technological product sold in the region to require a USB-C charging port (or some form of compliance) right out of the box. – The overall…
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UK ‘Cyberflashing’ Law! – An End to Unsolicited “Eggplant” Pictures?
Let me just start by having a quick heart to heart with our male readers here at eTeknix over what some may consider a bit of a difficult subject (hence the title which I hope doesn’t get us sent to Google algorithm jail!). – If you take any kind of…
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UK Government Confirms Plans to Shut Down 2G/3G Networks by 2033
I think it would be fair to say that while the 2G networking system is mostly only the remit of exceptionally older mobile phones (I wouldn’t even go as far as to say smartphones), 3G is still an exceptionally prevalent system. Particularly for those of you, like me, who live…
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Apple iPhone 14 to See a ‘Complete Redesign’
While the Apple iPhone 13 has proven to be (perhaps surprisingly) very popular with consumers, I don’t think it would be unfair to say that when compared to the prior generation model, there isn’t a huge amount of new things going on here. It’s simply a little bit better in…
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Warnings Issues Over New ‘Royal Mail’ Text Scam
Scams are, sadly, a very common part of modern life. I myself regularly get telephone calls from my ‘Internet Service Provider’ telling me that there’s been suspicious activity on my account and my network will be shut down within 24-hours unless I (presumably) pay someone a fee. – Fortunately, many…
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Amazon Alters App Logo After Awkward Comparisons Are Made
When you recently picked up your smartphone or tablet, you may have noticed that Amazon decided to update its shopping App logo. Nothing too important about that, right? I mean, they did it a month ago, and we didn’t bother telling you about it, so it couldn’t have been! Well,…
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Apple is Reportedly Working on 2 Folding iPhone Designs
I have to admit that I’m not personally a huge fan of smartphones and certainly not Apple products. Given the huge success seen with their recent iPhone launches, however, I’ll freely admit that I’m probably in the minority here. – In terms of folding screen designs, however, despite for years…
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Apple Fined €12m For ‘Misleading’ iPhone Waterproof Claims
It’s well known that Apple smartphones are, generally speaking, a lot more fragile than most consumers would like. Put simply, any fall from more than 12 inches is usually the subject of horror. Particularly so as, like the buttered side of toast, they nearly always seem to want to land…
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LG to Reveal ‘Velvet’ Smartphone this May
LG hasn’t exactly been overly secretive when it comes to their new ‘Velvet’ smartphone. In fact, we’ve known about its name for quite some time now and the only thing that we’ve really been waiting for is the official launch date. You know, so we can find out just how…
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UK Confirms Plans For Coronavirus Tracing App
Last week it was revealed that Google and Apple were in a collaboration to create a Coronavirus tracking app. The main purpose of it was to give people a quick and convenient means of finding out if they’d been in contact with anyone who had been diagnosed with COVID-19. Well,…
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Apple Rumored to be Launching the iPhone 9 This Friday!
For anyone with only a passing or mild interest in Apple products, it’s probably always been a matter of mild curiosity as to following their various (and largely sequential) smartphone launches why we never got an iPhone 9. Admittedly, I’ve never really understood why it didn’t happen. In a report…
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Apple iPhone 12 PCB Supplier Denies Delay Request
It’s pretty clear that the Coronavirus is having a pretty significant impact on technology companies around the world. With us already expecting to see various products being delayed, however, there have been many rumors recently that Apple was contacting suppliers in an effort to ‘slow down’ supply lines for their…
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Apple iPhone 12 Benchmark Hints It’ll Outperform Every Android
With Apple expected to launch its latest iPhone 12 at some point this Autumn, there is clearly a lot of anticipation about what it will feature. Following a report via TechSpot, however, it seems that one benchmark from the smartphone may have leaked out and, in terms of direct comparisons,…
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