How-To Geek - What Is 5G, and How Fast Is It?

May 9, 2022

Did You Know?

The Western Electric Model 500 Telephone is perhaps the most iconic and easily recognized phone in the world. Introduced in the 1950s, the squat and sturdy black phone was produced by the millions and distributed to Bell telephone customers across the United States (the Model 500 and its clones were also found in numerous other countries, cementing the design of the phone as the quintessential symbol of the industry).

Apple and Google both pulled Fortnite from their respective app stores back in 2020, after developer Epic Games tried to bypass the companies’ in-app purchase rules. Android supports installing apps from outside the Play Store, so Fortnite is still available there, but iPhone and iPad owners haven’t had any options — until now.

Microsoft just added Fortnite to Xbox Cloud Gaming, allowing anyone in 26 countries with an iPhone or iPad (or Android device) to play the game through the web browser. Unlike all the other games on Xbox Cloud Gaming, you don’t need a paid Xbox Game Pass subscription, only a free Microsoft account.

There’s other gaming news to be excited about, too. Microsoft is testing a new ‘Controller Bar’ for anyone using an Xbox controller on Windows 11, and a version of Wordle for the Commodore 64 was just updated.

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