Now playing: Watch this: Tim Cook says ‘great desktops’ are coming 1:21 Remember the Mac Pro from 2013? Some wonder if Apple does. CNET Tim Cook is apparently trying to dispel the feeling that Apple has abandoned the desktop. Though the company released an overhauled MacBook Pro laptop in October, it’s been years since much …
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The Touch Bar is the headlining feature on Apple‘s new MacBook Pro. You may not miss many of the Function keys it replaces, but some people — programmers, namely — consider the lack of a physical Escape key a deal breaker. A virtual Escape key shows up in its usual spot in the upper-left corner of the keyboard on the …
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Following Shake Shack’s limited test of an ordering app in Manhattan (where it’s too cold to stand in outdoor lines right now), the purveyor of Danny Meyer‘s super-popular, line-inducing gourmet hamburgers and concretes has expanded its mobile-ordering reach to more cities. The Shake Shack app is now serving Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas (just in time for CES …
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The impressive-sounding LG UltraFine 5K display that Apple debuted in October has officially started shipping — or at least it will in two to four weeks. If you want to fetch it yourself, it’s listed for pickup availability in NYC Apple stores on January 20. And pay attention, bargain hunters. Until March 31 you can save $325 off its list …
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Twitter users who never stopped believin‘ are ecstatic that their favorite musicians have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. At the same time, a terrorist attack in Berlin and an assassination in Turkey have gripped social media as people try to make sense of the violence. Social Cues is our guide to what’s trending across Facebook …
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Facebook’s latest innovation: podcasts? The social network said Tuesday it’s launching a new feature called Facebook Live Audio, which is like video live-streaming on Facebook but with no video. So, radio. It’s Facebook radio. To kick things off, the company is partnering with media outlets including BBC World Service and Harper Collins. Facebook said it will expand the feature next …
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If you own an Amazon Echo, Echo Dot or Tap, you’re already well-acquainted with Alexa, the voice-powered assistant that drives those devices. What you may not know is that Alexa recently arrived on some of Amazon’s Fire tablets, namely the $50 Fire, the fifth- and sixth-generation Fire HD 8 and the fifth-gen Fire HD 10. (That’s it for the moment; …
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Plenty of TV shows are coming back in January with new episodes. “Scandal” returns on January 20 with its sixth season premiere. In the what-year-is-it category, “The Match Game” and “To Tell the Truth” both return in the first month of 2017. The fourth season of “Sleepy Hollow” kicks off on January 7. If that’s not enough “Sleepy Hollow,” you …
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Sometimes, a simple “happy holidays” isn’t enough. To help you spread some yuletide cheer, Instagram on Tuesday released a set of holiday stickers you can add to photos and videos in your “story,” the Snapchat-like Instagram feature that disappears after 24 hours. Instagram also said it will add another set of stickers to help ring in the New Year. A …
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