Microsoft adds free voice transcription to the web version of Word, smartphone sales plummet in Q2, but how bad is it? and new phone form factors from Asus and LG.
US District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled Monday that Apple does not have to reverse its decision to remove Fortnite from its App Store but must hold off terminating Epic’s developer account which is also used to support Unreal Engine.
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A judge ruled Apple can’t kick epic out of its developer’s program but can keep Fortnite out of the Apple app store, plus a 4K Switch might come next year and redecorate on Amazon in augmented reality.
DC Fandome gave us a lot of DC news–anything good? Plus, a Netflix shuffle button on smart TVs, Lilly Singh gets a primetime sketch special, and how to disable Android TV ads (for now). All this and more on Cordkillers!
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Alex Kantrowitz on Medium’s OneZero wrote an article titled “Why a Slack Backlash Is Inevitable” and the Wall Street Journal’s Chip Cutter and Aaron Tilley wrote “Slack Has Made Remote Office Communication Easier. It Can Also Be Less Civil. ” Are we seeing…. a Slacklash?
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TikTok and the WeChat Users Alliance challenge the executive orders that would ban transactions in the US, Apple allows the WordPress iOS app to update without in-app purchases, and China taps Gitee to develop an “independent, open-source code hosting platform for China.”