March, 2019

• 4 March

  Apple and Hollywood reportedly wrestling for control of streaming shows

  

  Apple’s executives are often praised for sweating the details for a presentation or new product launch. But in Hollywood, they’re seen as annoying. That’s the message from a New York Post story Sunday, relaying complaints from unnamed Hollywood agents and producers who say the iPhone maker is “difficult” to work with. As Apple ramps up its …

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• 4 March

  Get an unlocked Moto X4 phone and a month of free Cricket service for $148

  

  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: It’s pretty crazy to spend $750 to $1,000 for a phone when you can pay a fraction of the price for one that’s pretty damn good. Witness the Motorola Moto X4, which now qualifies as an “older” model (because it arrived way back in December 2017, gasp) but still rocks — …

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• 4 March

  5G is still a little magic, a little smoke and mirrors

  

  The scene on the big display in front of me looks like something from Grey’s Anatomy.  A team of doctors and nurses lean over a patient who’s draped with a white cloth, while a TV screen beside the operating table displays a video of the patient’s colon. Suddenly, a yellow line appears on that video, showing the doctors where to …

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• 4 March

  How to spot fake Amazon reviews

  

  True story: Recently some friends purchased a GPS locator for their daughter and were having trouble getting it to work. They brought it to me for help — I’m the Geek Squad for my friends and family — but I couldn’t solve the problem either. My friends were puzzled: “It had a five-star rating on Amazon!”  I pulled out my …

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• 4 March

  Facebook Messenger’s dark mode is unlocked by a fun emoji Easter egg

  

  Dark mode makes Facebook Messenger a bit easier on the eyes, but you’ll have to get your emoji game on to unlock it. To add the dark mode, toggle to the menu on iOS and Android and then send the crescent moon emoji to someone. That’ll result in an animation with a bunch of moons falling down the screen. There …

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• 4 March

  Flickr dumps despised Yahoo login system

  

  Photo-sharing site Flickr has severed a major tie to its previous owner by ditching the old Yahoo login system, a move that will let millions of members switch their accounts to new email addresses. It’s been difficult for Flickr’s new owner, SmugMug, to step away from Yahoo. In an effort to improve performance and reliability, SmugMug also has been moving …

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• 4 March

  Microsoft rolls out Excel tool that turns phone pics into spreadsheets

  

  The days of having to enter data manually are coming to an end. Microsoft’s newest feature for Excel, “Insert Data from Picture” has begun rolling out to users. The feature, first announced at the Ignite conference last September, lets you take a photo in the Excel app of table data with your phone. The information is automatically turned into an …

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• 4 March

  Apple vs. Qualcomm: Court battles explained

  

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• 4 March

  Inside Fukushima: Standing 60 feet from a nuclear disaster

  

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• 4 March

  How to use Android Instant Tethering

  

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