Here’s one new feature Apple didn’t share at its product event on Wednesday: the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR will allow users to scan NFC tags in the background, meaning you won’t need to launch an app to pair it with other devices or initiate data transfers between devices. After finding and scanning an NFC tag, …
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YouTube Kids rolled out a new feature on Thursday that lets parents handpick the videos and channels their children have access to. The new parental controls are available worldwide on Android and will launch soon on iOS. To enable the feature, open YouTube’s settings, go to the child’s profile and choose “approved content only.” You can then start selecting videos …
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Apple is dropping the price of its Watch Series 3. The smartwatch now starts at $279 for the GPS model, the company announced at its product event in Cupertino, California, on Wednesday. Customers can get the smartwatch at the new price after the event. It previously started at $329 on Apple’s site. Now playing: Watch this: Apple Watch 4 gets larger screens, …
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Get ready to start paying more for iPhone battery replacements starting next year. Apple’s $29 battery replacement program, which launched in January after customers complained Apple was slowing down older iPhones to prevent unexpected shutdowns, ends Dec. 31. And now the company has added new pricing for battery replacement to its support page, 9to5Mac noticed. After the new year, out-of-warranty battery replacements for …
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One startup is reimagining how drones are designed — and how long they can fly. Impossible Aerospace, which came out of stealth Monday after getting $9.4 million in Series A funding, unveiled the US-1, an electric drone that can fly for up to two hours without needing to be recharged. That’s about four times longer than many other currently available …
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Sprint launched a new unlimited plan Friday called Unlimited Premium that includes Amazon Prime, Hulu, TIDAL, Lookout Premium Plus and a 50GB LTE mobile hotspot. It costs $90 a month. For a limited time, the plan also gives customers $20 per month in Uber rides. “We’ve heard from customers who literally ‘want it all,’ so we designed a plan that delivers …
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Amazon is planning to roll out a free, ad-supported video service for Fire TV users, people familiar with the matter have told The Information. The rumored service joins a growing list of ad-supported content on other Amazon-owned platforms like IMDb and Twitch. The e-commerce giant has also run ads during NFL games on its Prime Video streaming service, and could …
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The Santa Clara County Fire Department has been here before. At a hearing before the California State Assembly on Friday, Fire Chief Tony Bowden said Verizon had throttled data for firefighters twice before a recent event in which the network operator slowed data speeds for first responders at the Mendocino Complex fire. “We’ve had three instances with this specific unit of …
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The signs seem to be pointing toward the imminent release of Facebook’s next Oculus VR headset. The company is looking at the first quarter of 2019 to launch its higher-end standalone VR headset, code-named Santa Cruz, according to UploadVR. Like the Oculus Go, the next headset is designed to work without a PC, but “with cameras added for inside-out tracking …
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Apple’s signature open store design may score points for trendiness, but it’s also made the shops easy targets for robberies. Only this time, citizens stepped in — on Sunday, a pair of would-be thieves were tackled to the ground by Apple shoppers at the company’s Thousand Oaks store, according to CBS Los Angeles. Police were able to catch a third …
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