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Dear Kim, here are the best phones to replace your BlackBerry

Hi Kim, Did you lose our number? We only sent you 11 text messages and two snapchats. Just kidding, we never did any of that. But we saw your tweets (and snap) about your broken BlackBerry Bold and how you can’t find another on eBay. Bummer! If we could, we’d ask you what you’re looking …

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Marvel’s Luke Cage Netflix series increases hip

Cheo Coker, the showrunner for Marvel’s Luke Cage series on Netflix, revealed at Comic Con last week that every episode of the upcoming show will be titled after a Gang Starr song, and today he shared the first three. On Twitter, Coker unveiled that “Moment of Truth,” “Code of The Streets,” and “Who’s Gonna Take The Weight?” will be the …

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Spotify vs. Tidal: 4 reasons I now prefer Jay

I have an open relationship with Spotify. Since we’ve been together, I’ve had affairs with Apple Music and Tidal. (Both offered free trials; I wasn’t losing anything by giving them a whirl.) But neither of them ever did it for me the way Spotify did. I returned to Spotify every time. It met all of my needs and I was …

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Twitter can now handle bigger GIFs

If you’re a fan of using GIFs on Twitter (like me), this is great news for you (and me). The social media site now supports GIFs up to 15MB in size, up from a measly 5MB. Though 5MB is a typical limit, GIF file sizes can easily balloon depending on the length and quality. The only catch is that you …

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Get a free Amazon Fire tablet with subscription to Texture (the Netflix of magazines)

Texture, the service that gives readers unlimited access to over 175 magazines (including CNET Magazine), is offering subscribers a free Amazon Fire tablet with a six-month subscription. Available through Amazon’s website, the deal is available while supplies last and ends July 21. As long as you don’t cancel the subscription within the first 7 days, buyers will receive a promotional …

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Prince websites get their own online museum

An archive of Prince’s official and unofficial websites has launched as a free online museum. The Prince Online Museum currently features seventeen of The Purple One’s websites, with the oldest dating back to 1994. Easily browsable on a timeline, each site has its own profile page with a brief summary about it. The content of the sites ranged from lyric …

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Rihanna ‘Sledgehammer’ music video the first to debut in Imax theaters

The music video for “Sledgehammer,” Rihanna’s song on the “Star Trek: Beyond” soundtrack, will be the first of its kind to debut in Imax theaters. It will premiere Thursday, June 30, in Imax theaters at 9 a.m ET, and will then be available an hour later to stream on Vevo and Tidal. Like Adele’s “Hello” music video, “Sledgehammer” was shot …

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Amazon Page Flip feature turns up on Fire tablets, Kindle e

The high-tech convenience of an e-reader means you miss out on some of the classic, comforting qualities of a regular ‘ol book, like the ability to peek ahead while using your finger as a temporary bookmark. While it won’t exactly replace the tactile feeling of flipping through pages, Amazon’s new Page Flip feature seeks to similarly satisfy the wandering eyes …

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Google Expedition app offers VR field trips for all

Google’s Expedition app provides interesting and informative VR field trips for students, and now you can join in on all the fun, too. Paired with Google Cardboard, the app allows for VR exploration of a wide variety of places and destinations, ranging from a human’s inner ear to the stratosphere. (You don’t need Cardboard to use the app, however it …

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SanDisk iXpand Memory Case can increase your iPhone’s storage

If you’ve ever stopped yourself from taking a picture with your iPhone because you didn’t have enough free storage space, this is for you. SanDisk just released an iPhone case that delivers an extra 32GB, 64GB or 126GB of storage. Unfortunately, it only works with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S. The iXpand Memory Case, made of a hard plastic …

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