Matt Elliott/CNET iOS 8 introduces a host of new features, and somewhere down on the list are grayscale mode and the ability to create a completely blank, icon-free home screen. Either of these features seems better suited for pranking a friend than useful in its own right, but what you do with this information is …
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Matt Elliott/CNET After updating to iOS 8, many iPhone owners apparently freaked out the first time they opened the Photos app. Judging by various Apple Support pages, people thought perhaps their photos had vanished when they didn’t see the familiar Camera Roll album that had housed all of their iPhone’s photos in previous iOS versions. Gone, too, is Photo Stream, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Scan your credit card in iOS 8 for faster purchases 0:54 Entering your credit card number for online purchases is a nuisance, particularly on a small iPhone keyboard. You likely have your credit card information stored with the online retailers that you frequent often, but for purchases at sites where you haven’t saved your payment information, …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Now that you where to find your photos in iOS 8, let us discuss a new feature of iOS 8 that lets you hide photos. In the Photos app, you now have the option of deleting or hiding photos. Neither choice, in fact, removes a photo immediately from your iPhone. When you delete a photo, it gets sent …
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CNET Are you stuck in the middle of a two-year phone contract? Do you like the size of your current iPhone and do not care to go bigger with the iPhone 6 or even bigger with the iPhone 6 Plus ? Even if you have no plans to upgrade to either of Apple’s newest iPhone models, you can still upgrade …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Apple will start taking preorders Friday for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus , and the new models will be in Apple Stores a week later on September 19. If you are in the middle of your current contract, then you’ll pay a pretty penny for the latest iPhone. The entry-level 16GB iPhone 6 Plus costs $299 …
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Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Is your iPhone constantly telling you that there is not enough available storage to take another photo or download another app? If a huge photo library is to blame for your iPhone storage woes, then you need to know about an OS X utility called Image Capture. With it, you can move the photos and videos …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Netflix added a new social feature this week that lets users make movie and TV recommendations privately to friends. To use the feature, you need to allow Netflix to connect to your Facebook account, but recommendations are sent as private Facebook messages. Netflix promises that “connecting will not post to Facebook or share what you watch to your …
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Matt Elliott/CNET A new, free photo app has entered the crowded iPhone photo app arena. Camu doesn’t break any new ground, but the app boasts a slick interface and a small yet useful collection of filters and tools. Camu forces you to snap photos with the app and doesn’t let you edit photos from your phone’s camera roll. It saves …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Learning how to live on your own and schedule your time effectively in college can be as big as challenge as your course work. With the iStudiez app for iOS and Macs, students can stay on top of their classes and assignments. iStudiez is available in free and paid versions. The free iStudiez Lite is a universal app …
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