Cricket Wireless customers are about to get more data on their phone plans, the company announced Friday. Beginning Nov. 5, your data will increase from 1 GB to 2 GB if you’re on Cricket’s $30-a-month plan. If you’re on the $40-a-month plan, your data will increase from 4 GB to 5 GB. Cricket, which is …
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A frayed Apple cord ranks high on my list of first-world problems, right up there with stepping on a Lego or living in a city without a Shake Shack. I’ve had some sort of portable Apple product since I got my first iPod in 2005. The flimsy connectors that come with each device have been thorns in my side ever …
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Apple’s iPhone 8 Plus camera has earned high praise from DxOMark, a website that publishes in-depth reviews of camera sensors, lenses and phone cameras. “The Apple iPhone 8 Plus is the best-performing mobile device camera we have ever tested,” DxOMark’s David Cardinal said in the review of the phone’s camera the site published today. DxOMark just revamped the way it …
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iOS users can now explore the world using the new version of Google Earth, the company announced today. The latest edition of Google’s interactive map of the globe includes Voyager, a section that features interactive stories about popular destinations. It has multi-day itineraries for 17 cities and more than 140 stories in eight languages. The latest Google Earth also features …
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Documents on a Microsoft download page reveal that the company might be working on a Touch Cover for the iPad. The page was first spotted by the German site WinFuture. In documents Microsoft posted in April, an “iPad Touch Cover (Model 1719)” is listed as a device containing lithium batteries, along with the HoloLens, Surface tablets and other products. That could …
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Have Samsung Pay? You’ll be able to use PayPal through your Samsung phone wherever Samsung Pay is accepted, PayPal announced Monday. That’s almost everywhere, as Samsung Pay works with traditional magnetic card readers. The digital payment company has lately announced a series of partnerships to keep up with competitors such as Apple Pay. PayPal has partnered with Visa and Mastercard, and …
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Enlarge Image This emoji is one of a group that Apple will release later this year. Apple Apple’s new emojis will include a woman in a hijab, a woman breastfeeding, a man meditating and a man with a beard, Apple announced Monday. The emojis will come to iOS, MacOS and WatchOS later this year. The new slate of pictures and …
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Your next Apple Pay purchase might help the country’s national parks. From July 1 to 25, Apple will donate $1 to the National Park Foundation for every purchase made with Apple Pay at Apple’s stores, website or app store, the company announced today. “America’s national parks are an inspiration to us at Apple, and we know they are as important …
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The release of the iPhone 8 will probably be later than Apple’s phones usually appear because of a delay in OLED production, according to an investor note from RBC Capital Markets released Wednesday. “While we still think Apple launches all three models simultaneously in September, the OLED model will see limited availability or delayed availability till mid-October/November timeframe,” the note …
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Amazon will no longer offer its unlimited storage plan, according to the megaretailer’s Amazon Drive FAQ as of Thursday. The plan previously offered unlimited storage to users for $60 a year. Beginning today, Amazon will offer plans based on how much storage you need: 100 gigabytes for $12 and one terabyte for $60. You can buy as many as 30 additional …
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