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Getting to know Face ID on the iPad Pro

Beyond its square exterior, one of the first things you’ll surely notice about the new 2018 iPad Pro is the lack of a home button. And without a home button, the iPad Pro no longer has Touch ID to unlock the tablet or purchase apps in the App Store. Instead, Apple has brought Face ID to the iPad for the …

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The Google Pixel Slate is now available for preorder

The Google Pixel Slate is now available for preorder, having being announced last month at Google’s October event. The Pixel Slate is a Chrome OS tablet, but thanks to Google’s additional Pixel Keyboard ($199) and Pixelbook Pen ($99) you can use it as a Microsoft Surface-like convertible, or as a cheaper alternative to the Google Pixelbook. Now playing: Watch this: …

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AMC’s MoviePass rival, A

AMC’s A-List service is getting its first price hike, with prices ticking up by $2 to $4 in some US states. The service, which launched last summer as a higher-end, higher-priced rival to MoviePass, will change its prices for new subscribers on Jan. 9, 2019.  Those residing in Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington state and …

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Qualcomm must license its chip tech to competitors, judge rules

Qualcomm has to license its wireless chip patents to its competitors, a judge ruled Tuesday. District Court Judge Lucy Koh granted the US Federal Trade Commission’s motion for partial summary judgment in its suit against Qualcomm. The FTC had sought a ruling that declared “two industry agreements obligate Qualcomm to license its essential patents to competing modem chip suppliers.” Koh …

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Samsung Galaxy A6 and Tab S4 land on T

Starting Friday Nov. 9, you’ll be able to pick up a couple of the latest products in Samsung’s mobile Galaxy — the midrange Galaxy A6 phone and the flagship Galaxy Tab S4 tablet — with monthly credits when you lease them from T-Mobile via its Equipment Installment Plan, using autopay and with a new line. The Samsung Galaxy A6. Samsung …

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Dropbox launches Extensions for easier workflows

Dropbox is stepping up its game. On Tuesday the company rolled out Dropbox Extensions — a series of new integrations — to help users navigate easier workflows within the platform. The new tool should be available for everyone Nov. 27. Dropbox has partnered with Adobe, Autodesk, DocuSign, Vimeo, airSlate, HelloSign, Nitro, Smallpdf and Pixlr to make the new tool. With …

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10 hidden features of Spotify you need to know

The recently updated Spotify Premium boasts a streamlined design with only three buttons at the bottom of the app for navigating its wares. I don’t miss the jettisoned Browse and Radio buttons (after figuring out where their functionality wandered off to) since I spent most of my time with the Home, Search and My Library buttons anyway. Even with the …

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