Photos app on iOS 10: Albums, searching and memories

Now playing: Watch this: Jet black iPhone 7 vs. matte black iPhone 7 Plus 1:57 Discovering and resurfacing older photos and videos using the Photos app on an iOS device prior to iOS 10 was almost nonexistent. You could narrow down images by date or albums if you took the time to manually sort your …

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Get amazing iTunes movie bundles for $9.99 each

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Wow. Has it really been 10 years since iTunes started offering movie downloads? Apparently, because there’s a pretty amazing sale going on in …

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Fake plastic cheese: Google Doodle celebrates invention of inedible food

It’s hard to imagine the same food sitting in restaurant windows since the 1930s. But the Japanese art of sampuru — creating life-like food out of wax, plastic or vinyl for restaurant windows — has been practised in Japan for almost a century. And Google is celebrating the birthday of the man who made it famous. September 12 would have …

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Watch a triple spiral of 15,000 dominoes fall down

Setting up an intricate domino run isn’t easy. It takes a steady hand, hours of work and a lot of patience. Positioning dominoes in the perfect placement to create a spiral, mosaic or pattern — often referred to as a “domino show” — is an art form in itself. YouTuber and talented domino artist Hevesh5 spent 25 hours over eight …

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Giant realistic octopus backpack doesn’t squirt ink, hopefully

Creative backpacks are nothing new. There are plenty that resemble everything from Han Solo in Carbonite to superhero disguises. However, this may be one of the few backpacks that looks like a real octopus piggyback-riding a human. The unusual octopus backpack, named George, is made by Belarus artist Olga Kotova, who creates other nature-inspired items, including backpacks that look like …

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Deleting Apple apps on iOS 10? There’s a catch.

Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 Gone are the days of creating a junk folder and tucking it away on your last home screen, full of Apple apps you never use. The Apple app graveyard is in the cloud now; no really, it is. After installing iOS 10, you can delete 23 of the …

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Instagram allows users to block nasty comments

People say some pretty nasty things on social media. But Instagram wants its users to be able to share and enjoy its video and photo sharing community without worrying about all the Nasty Nellies out there. The Facebook-owned company said Monday it’s rolling out a new tool that will allow people to filter out offensive language from comments on their …

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Twitter said to launch new economical tweets Sept. 19

Twitter users will be able to squeeze more words into their tweets thanks to changes the social network plans to launch on September 19, The Verge reported Monday. The changes will exempt certain features from counting toward its 140-character limit, including media attachments such as photos, GIFs, videos and polls. To a lesser degree, the @names in tweet replies will …

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Microsoft could quit the Lumia line in December

Lumia phones have likely reached the end of the line. Microsoft will stop selling Lumia devices like last year’s flagship 950 and 950 XL by December, according to an alleged Microsoft employee speaking on terms of anonymity to tech site WinBeta. After purchasing the Lumia smartphone division from Nokia in 2014 for a slightly more than the hefty $7.2 billion …

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​iOS 10: 10 new features worth the upgrade

Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 Apple’s latest upgrade to iOS is packed with useful features that will give your iPhone or iPad a much-needed refresh. But if you’re still not sure whether to take the plunge, here’s a look at some of our favorites and how to find them. Raise to wake The …

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iMessage update makes it easy to add song lyrics to your photos

There are a ton of new features rolling out for iMessage in iOS 10, and Genius wants in on the fun. Enlarge Image I never knew I wanted to use Nicki Minaj lyrics to order McDonald’s until now. Genius An update to the Genius iOS app will make it easier for you to quote Beyonce‘s wise words to your friends …

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Gawker Media’s new owner tries to wipe the slate clean

Univision Communications, the new owner of Gawker Media Group, has deleted six posts from the online publisher that are the subject of litigation, Reuters reported Saturday. Univision, which bought Gawker for $135 million in a bankruptcy proceeding last month, said it wants to create a “clean slate” for the site, according to a memo from company executives that Reuters obtained. …

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Zebra helps the NFL get into data overdrive

A nondescript building hidden away in Silicon Valley might hold the key to an NFL team’s Super Bowl chances. Inside, dozens of colorful computers and widescreens at Zebra Technologies‘ command center intricately track the on-field movements of all the nearly 1,700 players active across each week’s National Football League games. The San Jose, California-based company gets the data through nickel-size …

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Japan’s military are the heroes in new Godzilla film

Cinema’s most infamous giant monster is invading theaters again with the film “Godzilla Resurgence” (“Shin Godzilla” in Japan). But our favorite giant green menace won’t be battling his usual fellow kaiju creatures like Mothra, Gigan, Hedorah, King Ghidorah or Rodan. In “Godzilla Resurgence” — which has already made box office records this year in Japan — it’s the military that …

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iOS 10: 23 hidden features

Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10: Five hidden features you may have missed 1:49 Apple doesn’t tout every new feature in iOS 10. There are the obvious add-ons, like Messages now has its own App Store, and Siri can work with apps, but there’s much more to iOS 10 than that. Control Center now has 3D Touch, read receipts can …

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