I use my iPhone‘s flashlight nearly every evening when walking my dog. It helps me locate — how do I put this? — anything she may leave behind during our lap around the block. I swipe up to open the Control Center and tap the flashlight button to turn the light on and off. There …
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Editor’s note: As of Monday, February 20, Snapchat Spectacles can be purchased online and Snapbots will continue to pop up around the U.S. The Snapbot was last seen heading north. It is described as yellow and friendly-looking. If you encounter it, do not approach it, but find your spot at the end of the long line of Snapchatters standing in …
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The next time you want to go for a run — or just a walk — you can leave your iPhone behind and bust a move with your Apple Watch. All that’s required is a pair of Bluetooth headphones and a little upfront work. Step 1: Sync a playlist Unlike your iPhone, your Apple Watch can’t stream music from the …
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“I’ll get you an answer tomorrow.” “I’ll have those figures to you by EOD.” “I’ll get you that report on Friday.” With the constant barrage of emails, your promises to do one thing or another can get lost in the shuffle. Enter Cortana. You may already use Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon)‘s digital assistant to set reminders for yourself, but …
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Before MacOS Sierra 10.12.2, you could click the battery icon in the menu bar to see how much time remained on your MacBook‘s battery, which as a rough estimate, is still more useful than seeing the percentage of battery life you have left. Thankfully, there are cheap or free apps that bring back battery time remaining to the menu bar. …
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Casting a YouTube video from your phone to your TV is a great way to share videos with friends or just watch by yourself on a larger screen and Chromecast ($80 at Walmart) makes it easy to do. Thanks to a recent update to the YouTube app for iOS, casting YouTube videos from your phone is easier than ever. The …
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Now playing: Watch this: Find Netflix’s secret genre categories 1:51 There is still plenty to watch on Netflix while you await season 2 of Stranger Things. If you need help zeroing in on a show or movie, there are hundreds of hidden categories that let you search not just for Dramas, for example, but Crime Dramas or Tearjerkers or Dramas …
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Looking for Super Bowl 2019? Check out Super Bowl 2019: How to watch Patriots vs. Rams online, start time and much more The matchup for Super Bowl LI (that’s 51 to you non-Romans) is set. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots will take on Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons at 6:30 p.m. ET, 3:30 p.m. PT on Sunday, February …
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The iPhone has never had a built-in QR code scanner. That’s probably because it’s not every day (or every month) you scan a QR code spotted in the wild. Despite the dwindling popularity of QR codes — except for app-specific QR codes, like Snapchat’s Snapcodes — Chrome for iOS now makes it extra-easy to scan a QR code, should you …
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You’ve probably gotten the call. It starts with a question like, “Are you a homeowner?” or “Can you hear me?” The point of these questions, it turns out, might be to get you to say, “Yes.” According to some reports, your “yes” could then be used to sign you up for a service you didn’t ask for and — should …
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