For many Apple Watch owners, the gadget wrapped around their wrist is much more than just a watch. Around 80 percent of Apple Watch owners said they use the device for fitness tracking and notifications, according to survey results released Friday by advertising technology company Fluent. Listening to music is popular among 77 percent. Exchanging …
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This year’s look for the Apple Watch will be pretty much the same as last year’s. Apple’s wearable won’t undergo a substantial refresh of its external design until 2017, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a Monday investors note snagged by blog site Apple Insider. A new version of the watch is coming in 2016, but it will sport mostly internal …
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Apple’s new iPhone SE may be a hotter product than initially thought. Released on March 31, the 4-inch-screened iPhone is facing limited availability at Apple stores in major markets across the US, according to a check by blog site AppleInsider. Almost all models across all carriers are out of stock at Apple’s retail outlets. In-store pickup is also unavailable for …
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The method the FBI used to unlock a terrorist’s iPhone 5C apparently won’t work on any of Apple’s newer iPhones. In a speech Wednesday at Kenyon College in Ohio, FBI director James Comey acknowledged that the agency bought an unspecified “tool” from an outside private party after Apple refused to create new software to allow access to Syed Farook’s iPhone …
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Android 6.0 Marshmallow has bitten off its biggest piece of the market so far. After showing little growth since its release in November, the latest edition of Google’s mobile software doubled its adoption rate from a month ago, according to Tuesday’s update of the Android Developers Dashboard. Over the past week ending Monday, Marshmallow was found on 4.6 percent of …
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What’s inside Syed Farook’s iPhone remains a mystery, at least for those of us not in the FBI’s crime labs. The FBI is saying only this much publicly: It has obtained data from the phone and is putting it to use, according to The New York Times. Whether that data is in any way meaningful is another matter. “We’re still …
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Apple has quickly put the kibosh on one of the latest bugs found in its iOS mobile software. Demoed Monday in a YouTube video, the flaw enlisted Siri to run a Twitter search to look for any results with an email address. On an iPhone 6S or 6S Plus, you could then “force tap” the email link to access the …
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T-Mobile subscribers can now listen to more music and watch more videos without eating into their mobile data. The company’s outspoken CEO, John Legere, announced the expansion of the carrier’s Music Freedom and Binge On programs in a video posted Tuesday. Music Freedom adds support for Amazon Prime Music, ESPN Radio and four other music providers, while Binge On tacks …
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Apple keeps fixing problems in the latest edition of its mobile software, but another one has popped up. A bug has surfaced in iOS 9 and higher that takes advantage of digital assistant Siri and the pressure-sensitive 3D Touch feature in the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. The glitch was initially demoed in a video by a YouTube user …
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The Start menu in the first major update to the Windows 10 operating system will sport at least a couple of changes, and Microsoft wants your feedback. The Start menu has been a source of controversy since Microsoft took it away with Windows 8 and then brought it back with Windows 10. Users are often sensitive to even minor tweaks, …
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