Apple Pay finally makes it to South Korea, eight years after its initial introduction

Apple Pay is finally making it to South Korea, around eight years after it was initially launched. The arrival of the service in Samsung's home country has been talked about quite a bit recently, and today Apple confirmed the move in the Korean version of its press release announcing the new yellow iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus models. The machine translated relevant paragraph sounds like this: In addition, as Apple is about to launch Apple Pay in South Korea, Korean users will be able to make easy, fast, and secure payments using Apple Pay on their iPhone, including the new iPhone...

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Hands-on: ZTE nubia Z50, nubia Pad 3D and nubia Neovision Glass

ZTE’s booth at the MWC was among the more interesting ones – there we found the nubia Z50 flagship phone, but the company’s first 3D tablet also caught our eye, as did a pair of shades that actually creates a virtual 120" display. ZTE nubia Z50 The Ultra model was just announced, while the vanilla nubia Z50 was launched in mid-December in China. So, it’s not exactly new, but it flew out to Barcelona for the MWC and we got to spend some time with the phone. This vanilla model is no slouch, it has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 inside and can be configured with up to 16GB of RAM and up to...

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ProMotion will remain exclusive to the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max says leakster

Just a day after we got a close look at the alleged glass panels for the iPhone 15 series, we have a new report which suggests Apple will yet again limit its high refresh rate and Always-On Display (AOD) capabilities to the upcoming Pro model iPhones. Tipster yeux1122 took to Naver to shine some light on the production schedules for the upcoming crop of iPhones claiming Apple is preparing to enter mass production for the iPhone 15 series. The leakster also claims that the LTPO 120Hz refresh screens will be limited to the two Pro models i.e. the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The...

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YouTube will stop showing overlay ads on desktop starting next month

YouTube viewed through a desktop browser still shows the so-called “overlay ads” – as their name suggests, they appear on top of the video (at the bottom edge). These are annoying and even the YouTube team agrees, so they are about to be axed. Starting on April 6, this type of ad will no longer be shown to users. And it will no longer be available as an option in YouTube Studio. However, YouTube expects that there will only be a limited impact for most creators as these ads will be replaced with “other ad formats”. Overlay ads used to appear on mobile too, but that they were axed...

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Google Pixel's March Feature Drop changelog leaks

As per tradition, Google's Feature Drop update, along with the March security patch, was supposed to arrive yesterday - the first Monday of each month. For some reason that didn't happen, but someone on Reddit shared the highlight features that are supposed to arrive for the latest Google Pixel phones and the Pixel Watch. The Pixel 6 series will get the new, faster Night Sight, which was introduced with the Pixel 7 series. Pixel 4a phones and above will finally get the Direct My Call feature that lists all the menu options on calls without having to listen to the whole thing. The...

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OnePlus launches Buds Pro 2 Lite - cheaper than the regular Pro, (mostly) the same features

The OnePlus Nord 2V was announced earlier today and it hogged the spotlight, but the company also unveiled a new pair of TWS buds – the OnePlus Buds Pro 2 Lite. These are currently on pre-order in China at CNY 750 and will go up to CNY 800 when regular sales begin on March 13 at 10:00am local time. That’s slightly cheaper than the original Buds Pro 2, which launched at CNY 900 this January. So, what’s “lite” about these buds? Not the design, they look exactly the same as the original Pro. That said, the white color option is new, the green one isn’t available - you can have the Lite...

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