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Nikon debuts prime portrait lens for pros

Nikon’s latest addition to its Gold Ring series of professional prime lenses takes the form of the AF-S NIKKOR 105mm f/1.4E ED, a fast-aperture full-frame (FX mount) lens that’s likely ideal for portraiture; as far as I can tell, it’s the fastest Nikon-mount prime available in that focal length. If you feel like mounting it …

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13 keyboard shortcuts for Twitter addicts

The next time you take a break from your labors and check Twitter.com on your computer, you can flit about the social-networking site more efficiently with a few keyboard shortcuts. Here is a baker’s dozen of the most helpful of the bunch. 1. Page down and up As you can on other web pages, hit the spacebar to page down …

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Apple Music orders up 16 episodes of ‘Carpool Karaoke’ series

“Carpool Karaoke,” a made-to-go-viral segment from “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” is branching out to its own series and will be distributed exclusively by Apple Music. The series will include 16 episodes and be produced by James Corden, CBS Television Studios, and Ben Winston’s production company, Fulwell 73. Corden will not host the series. (Editors’ Note: CNET is …

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Meet Ava, the wearable that helps couples get pregnant

There’s a wearable for just about everything these days. Fake nails to help you commute. A strap-on chair for tired physicians. A Pokemon Go-connected band. Now there’s a wearable designed to help women trying to get pregnant. Ava, a Swiss startup, on Tuesday started shipping a $199 bracelet that tracks a woman’s fertility cycles and helps her figure out the …

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Attention, video addicts: T-Mobile has added 16 new video services to its Binge On streaming program. The company’s program now boasts four times more services than it started with, highlighting Binge On’s rapid growth, the company said Tuesday. T-Mobile customers have streamed 765 million hours (or 87,000 years) of video on the platform since it kicked off in November. Among …

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Can’t get a ticket to the DNC? Explore Philly like a local

First the pope and now the Democrats. Philadelphia has been a big destination for travelers in recent years. If you weren’t able to score tickets this week to the Democratic National Convention, where Hillary Clinton will make history as the first woman to accept the presidential nomination from a major US political party, have no fear. There’s still plenty to …

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Is Apple going to disappoint again? (The 3:59, Ep. 84)

Apple will report its quarterly results today, and the numbers shouldn’t be pretty. After riding the mobile wave since 2007, the Silicon Valley giant faces softer profits now that phone sales have slowed. With the upcoming iPhone expected to offer few improvements, Apple’s tough times may continue. Verizon also was hit by a cooler phone market, with the wireless carrier …

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