Microsoft’s new iOS keyboard goes out to anyone who’s ever dropped an iPhone in the toilet while trying to type with one hand (you know who you are). Called Word Flow, the new Windows Phone-esque keyboard lets you tap or swipe to type, and it also includes customizable, arc-shaped keyboards for ergonomic single-handed typing. It’s …
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Imagine if you could be on the set of the next Star Wars film. Imagine if you could watch as Star Wars: Episode VIII director Rian Johnson trains Daisy Ridley to (maybe) become a Jedi. Star Wars owner Disney is now working on the next best thing. Today, Disney announced a deal to use Nokia’s $60,000 (roughly £43,000 or AU$78,000) …
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The final trailer for “X-Men: Apocalypse” opens with Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) saying, “Things are better. The world is better.” But the plaintive piano music in the background clues us in that not all is happy-happy in the world of superpowered mutants. The villain of the piece is Apocalypse (played by Oscar Isaac from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens“), …
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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. Regular readers know of my affinity for TextNow, a low-cost, no-contract phone carrier that’s great for folks who spend a lot of time …
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Apple likely sold 51 million iPhones in three months, and that’s a bad thing. As part of its latest earnings report Tuesday, the device maker expects to post its first-ever decline in iPhone sales since first introducing the blockbuster smartphone in 2007. With that one device accounting for more than two-thirds of its sales, any decline in demand is a …
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Report abuse on Twitter more easily than ever. Find out how to protect yourself and others.https://t.co/1MEfTzkfFL — Safety (@safety) April 25, 2016 “> Twitter is constantly trying to improve how users can report abuse on the microblogging website. On Monday, the company announced an update that will make the process less painstaking, adding the ability to attach multiple tweets to …
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I have a recipe for rainbow grilled cheese. First, capture a unicorn. Next, milk that unicorn. Then make cheese from the unicorn milk. Age it for centuries in a magic cave. Slice. Butter two pieces of bread, place the cheese in the middle and grill on an iron skillet. Or you can just pop over to Hong Kong eatery Kala …
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So much for “Made in Brooklyn.” Less than a year after opening a 170,000-square foot factory in New York, MakerBot on Monday said contract manufacturer Jabil will now produce all of its 3D printers. Jabil is headquartered in the US but has production facilities overseas. MakerBot, known for its desktop 3D printers, said it will transition production to Jabil “over …
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A little over a year ago Adobe launched its Document Cloud service, the company’s comprehensive service for minding the gap between paper and electronic document and form processing. Given the scope of Document Cloud, the latest round of updates seems relatively minimal, albeit notable for the strategic direction they suggest. Acrobat DC. Adobe says it’s streamlined the experience of commenting, …
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A bunch of projects have seen drones piloted using brain activity to control the drone. Now, for the first time, pilots thinking very hard have competed with each other to race their drones. Students at the University of Florida have used Emotiv Insight EEG headsets to read their brain activity, translate it and transmit it in real-time to drones as …
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