Google Maps has added a group planning feature to help you figure out your plans without having a long string of messages about it. The feature, which was released Wednesday, is designed to help groups of people make plans a little more easily. It allows everyone to weigh in on decisions about where to eat, …
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Sweden’s advertising watchdog slammed a company for using the “distracted boyfriend” meme in a recruitment ad. The meme, which rose to popularity in 2017, shows a man checking out a passing woman as he walks with his girlfriend, much to the girlfriend’s irritation. Bahnhof, a Stockholm-based internet service provider, used the image in a recruitment ad seen on Facebook. The boyfriend …
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The Netflix app hit Now TV on Wednesday, expanding the streaming devices’ library in a big way. Netflix will come on new Now TV devices as standard, and current users can download it from their device’s app store. Sky’s on-demand TV service also announced that its Smart Box with 4K & Voice Search will launch on Sept. 26, with 4K …
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Tinder is reportedly trialling a feature that gives women an extra level of security that allows them to start a conversation with a man. “My Move” lets women choose in their settings that only they can start a conversation with a male match after both have swiped right, Reuters reports. The dating app normally allows either person to start a …
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The iPhone XS Max is outselling the smaller XS by three to four times, an analyst says, and the 256GB storage option is proving the most popular. The 6.5-inch iPhone is doing “better than expected,” TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a note reported by MacRumors. But the 512GB option is “subject to a serious shortage” because Samsung …
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People around the world are lining up Friday to get their hands on Apple’s new iPhone XS and XS Max, but some couldn’t wait to pull it apart (carefully) and figure out what’s going on inside. Tech repair site iFixit posted an extensive joint iPhone XS and XS Max teardown early Friday and found the phones mostly similar to last year’s iPhone …
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If you don’t want to brave the launch day crowds to check out the iPhone XS and XS Max, no worries: Apple has a way to let you experience them virtually. You can spin it, check out colors and compare sizes. Apple/Screenshot by CNET The company’s new microsite, which only works on the mobile versions of the Chrome or Safari …
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Apple may have almost scrubbed AirPower from its website, but the iPhone XS and XS Max manuals suggest it’s still alive. The manuals for both new model iPhones make reference to the wireless charging pad as the main method of giving your phone juice, with the more traditional Lightning connector noted as an alternative option, according to 9to5Mac. But they …
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Facebook might finally be ready to unveil its rumored video chat device. The social network will show off the Portal device next week, Cheddar reported on Friday. It’ll come in two screen sizes — with the larger priced around $400 and the small one for $300 — and function much like an Amazon Echo Show (right down to having Alexa …
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Tech companies rushed to help out as Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina. Apple is sending $1 million to the Red Cross to help in its emergency assistance and disaster relief efforts, CEO Tim Cook said in a tweet Friday morning. “The Carolinas are in our hearts. To our employees there, first responders and everyone in Hurricane Florence’s path, …
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