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How to disable phone calls on your iPad

Apple introduced the Continuity feature with OS X Yosemite that lets you field phone calls and text messages from your iOS devices and Mac. I enjoy being able to respond to texts from my MacBook Pro and iPad when my iPhone is charging, but I’m less sold on sharing phone calls between all three devices. I don’t like the cacophony …

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T-Mobile is bent on retaining subscribers and winning over new ones by adding more streaming services to its Binge On program. On Tuesday, the company announced the addition of more than 12 streaming video and audio services to Binge On so its users can watch and listen without eating into their cellular data plan. Some of the additions include NBC, …

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Netflix partners with Univision on El Chapo drama, more programming

Netflix is getting an assist from Univision Communications with its Spanish-language programming. The American Spanish-language broadcast network said Tuesday that it’s partnering with Netflix on two original series. The companies will also co-produce a drama about Mexican drug lord “El Chapo,” Univision said Tuesday in New York City at its upfront presentation, which teases the upcoming season’s new programs. The …

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GarageBand adds Chinese instruments following Tim Cook’s Beijing visit

GarageBand is getting a host of new Chinese instruments. As of today, Apple’s music-creation app for Macs and iOS devices plays host to a virtual pipa, erhu and Chinese percussion, along with 300 Chinese music loops. “By adding classic Chinese instruments and new Live Loop templates, the new GarageBand app makes it fun and easy to make Chinese-inspired music right …

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Amazon’s restaurant deliveries come to Manhattan, Dallas

Amazon’s restaurant deliveries service expanded to two more markets on Tuesday, reaching Manhattan and Dallas. The service provides one-hour deliveries from certain restaurants for free to Amazon Prime members. Meals were already available through Amazon’s Prime Now rapid deliveries service in Baltimore, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Austin, San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles. The Seattle online retailer also said it’s …

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iTunes 12.4 is here, but there’s no word on that music deletion issue

On Monday, Apple released iTunes 12.4 for Mac and Windows, which updated the interface and navigation. It’s not a major overhaul — most of your years-old frustrations with the bloated program are still there. But the bigger issue is whether or not Apple has addressed a long-percolating issue that may — or may not — wipe out users’ carefully curated …

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Russian dating app gets turned on by facial recognition

A facial recognition service in Russia is putting public anonymity at risk by letting people photograph strangers and identify them using an app. Tapping into publicly available data from popular Russian social network Vkontakte, the app, called FindFace, claims to have a 70 percent success rate when it comes to identifying people. FindFace has been in existence only since February, …

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