A really great gesture to end the year.

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Vodafone has announced it will donate a copy of #Goldilocks to every UK primary (elementary) school in the UK.
#Goldilocks is an updated fairytale that helps to educate young children about social media, especially the need to be kind.
It was originally released in December of 2018 to very positive feedback.

UK carrier Vodafone has announced it will donate a copy of its #Goldilocks story to every primary (elementary) school in the UK.

By way of a press release, Vodafone announced that every primary school in the UK will receive a copy of #Goldilocks, to help start conversations about responsible social media use amongst young children. The release states:

Vodafone will deliver a copy of #Goldilocks, a book written to help parents and children talk about social media and how to use it responsibly, to every primary school in the UK.

Over 20,000 copies of the book will be sent to schools as a resource to enco…

”Electronic devices with sidewall displays”

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A newly-published Apple patent shows how Apple could use sidewall displays in a mobile device.
It’s based around flexible displays that are bent to cover the front and the edge of a device.
The side displays could supplement the front of the device with information or virtual buttons and feedback components.

An Apple patent published today, December 31, has revealed technology that uses flexible displays to create supplemental, ”sidewall” displays in a mobile device.

As reported by Patently Apple, the patent is titled ”Electronic devices with sidewall displays” and the abstract states:

Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or from other edge displays using patterned housing memb…

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A new video for Apple TV+ Show ”Dickinson” is available on YouTube.
It features cast and crew discussing the show.
It highlights how ”Dickinson” is more than just a biopic.

Behind the scenes of ”Dickinson.”

A new YouTube video takes fans of ”Dickinson” behind the scenes including interviews with cast and crew.

The video, titled ”Past and Present,” includes show creator Alena Smith saying that the show isn’t a standard biopic. Instead, Smith says that it tries ”to find the uncanny resonances between the 1850s and today.”

”In this poetic interpretation of Emily Dickinson’s life, creator Alena Smith demonstrates that many of the issues that Dickinson faced in the 1800s still apply to women today. Dickinson star Hailee Steinfeld shares how proud she is to bring such an impactful figure to life.”

All ten epsiodes of ”Dickinson” are available to stream on Apple TV+ right now, with a second season already greenlit.

Apple TV+ is available as a $4.99 per…

There’s bad news for Windows Phone users too…

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WhatsApp will soon cease to work on iOS 8.
The change will take effect on February 1, 2020.
You won’t be able to use the app on iOS 8 or older.

WhatsApp has updated its operating system support page, confirming that users of iOS 8 or older will no longer be able to use WhatsApp as of February 1, 2020.

The move will also affect older versions of Android (2.3.7) from the same date, and for anyone using Windows Phone operating system (you never know), WhatsApp will no longer be usable as of today, December 31.

According to the support page, on all the versions and operating systems mentioned, users are already no longer able to create new accounts, nor re-verify their existing ones. On iOS and Android you’ll be able to continue using the app until February 1, 2020.

WhatsApp in a disclaimer does however note:

Because we no longer actively develop for these operating systems, some features might stop functio…

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Smoke is now available in the App Store.
It brings Steam features to Apple Watch.
No, you can’t play Borderlands on your wrist.

If that’s something you’re looking for.

OK, so people use Steam to download games on their Mac. They usually don’t like steam, but it’s what they have to use. So, they do. And now those same people can use it on their Apple Watch, too. Because why wouldn’t they?

Smoke is a new Apple Watch app (via 9to5Mac) that brings store information, news articles, and your friends to your wrist. You can’t buy games from the app, but you can see how much they cost and how well – or not – rated they are. Did I mention it’s on your wrist?

Smoke is primarily an Apple Watch app that brings parts of Steam, the online video game store, to the Apple Watch! It aims to provide a simple user experience that gives users access to key information and statistics from both their own and their friends accounts.

View the games you own as well…

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A woman had to use the iPhone Emergency SOS feature to call the police.
The feature helped her fend off an assault.
Dispatchers were able to send police to her location.

Thankfully they caught the attacker, too.

Apple’s Emergency SOS feature is one that not a lot of people are aware of, and that’s something that needs to change. Thankfully a woman who was being assaulted was absolutely aware of it and successfully used it to fend off an assault.

The Emergency SOS feature allows users of iPhones and Apple Watches to press and hold specific buttons to call emergency services with no other interactions required. And everyone should know how to use it.

At around 2 am this past Sunday morning a woman was assaulted at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront after her attacker initially claimed to have lost his own iPhone.

It was early Sunday around 2 a.m. and the woman was about to get into her Uber to go home when she says, ”This guy came up to me and said, ’I lost …

Your Pokémon Go journey continues with more events this January!

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The Egg Hatchathon Event will be returning January 2-16.
New Team GO Rocket Special Research will be coming in January.
Heatran will return to Raids and Lapras with the move Ice Shard or Ice Beam will come to Research Breakthrough Rewards.
More Unova Region Pokémon will make their debut.

Today, Niantic announced January 2020’s Pokémon Go Events and it’s going to be a busy month for all you Pokémon Trainers! In addition to January 2020’s Community Day, Trainers will be able to look forward to the return of the Egg Hatchathon Event. For two whole weeks, players will be rewarded with extra Stardust, Rare Candies, and even an Unova Stone for walking certain distances with Adventure Sync. Pokémon wearing party hats with also be hatching from Eggs and spawning in the wild. The Hatchathon will run from January 2 til January 16, 1 PM PST.

Team GO Rocket will continue making trouble (double troub…

Apple’s has made their next move in their fight against Corellium.

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Corellium’s CEO has written an open letter in response to Apple’s lawsuit against the company.
The letter claims Apple is trying to stifle the jailbreaking community.
She also points out the benefits of security that jailbreaking has brought the company.

Back in August, Apple filed a lawsuit against Corellium, a software company that specializes in replicating iOS and selling it to security researchers. That lawsuit is gaining more attention today since Amanda Gorton, the CEO of Corellium, penned an open letter stating that Apple is trying to ”eliminate public jailbreaks” and that all in the jailbreaking community should be worried.

Reported by 9to5Mac, Apple has recently taken the lawsuit to another level by filing a DMCA against Corellium. This move is in addition to the original complaint that states the company’s product is an illegal copy of Apple’s operating system and that there is n…