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WhatsApp updated its terms of use on Wednesday, January 6th, and will now require users to share their personal data with Facebook. If you do not agree, you will simply be unable to use the application anymore. Bummer!
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The year 2020 is finally over! It was marked by pandemics, lockdowns, quarantines, carelessness, and some presidents who don’t take the will of the people very seriously. Still, I wouldn’t want to dismiss 2020 as a total disaster. After all, it has also brought about many things in us that might otherwise have remained hidden forever.
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Training via fitness apps continues to boom in January 2021 thank to the pandemic still going strong across the world. If you are unable to – or do not want to go to the gym right now, you can find numerous apps in the App Store and Play Store that function as capable gym replacements. Many of these apps are, in fact, free.
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Google, on Wednesday, much to the surprise of the American tech press confirmed that it will comply with the new privacy rules imposed by Apple for its App Store. These rules, which came into force on December 8, require third-party developers (including Apple itself) to specify how users’ personal data is collected and used.
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Smartwatches have definitely gained traction as a decent alternative to an actual timepiece over the years, but there is still room for improvement. With the release of Huawei’s Watch GT2 Pro, will the wearable tech landscape change or is it just another run-of-the-mill device? Let us dive deeper into the review to find out.
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If you happen to be a regular reader of NextPit, chances are high you might have come across a poll we ran a few weeks ago. In that poll, we asked you, the reader, to select their best and worst smartphones/products for 2020. The poll ran simultaneously on various editions of NextPit. Well, the results of those polls are out!
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As promised at WWDC 2020, Apple has quietly added an ‘App Privacy’ section to its App Store to keep users informed about the data that would be collected from them if they install and use a particular app. This promise by Apple is part of its App tracking transparency project, a solution designed to better inform and protect users of Apple products, including the iPhone and iPad.
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“Oh no, another expensive Apple product. Quick, quick, I have to go on Twitter and explain how Apple’s AirPods Max wireless over-ear headphones aren’t worth its exorbitant price of £549.”
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After much speculation, Apple today quietly announced the first over-ear headphones with an Apple logo on them. The AirPods Max cost $549/£549 and are thus at the very top of the headphone segment; in the consumer electronics sector, they are certainly even closer to the very top. But can Apple’s headphones stand up to strong competition from Bose, Sony, and Sennheiser?
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Fitbit offers an integrated GPS module, mobile payment capability, and long battery life in the Fitbit Charge 4. These are features that are certainly not found in every fitness tracker and were missing in the previous model. Whether these make the Charge 4 the ultimate fitness tracker or not, and what do I mean by expensive in the headline, will be delved in deeper detail in this review.