July, 2018

• 19 July

  Indulge your Snapchat Spectacles curiosity for $60

  

  I’m going to be 50 this year (the horror, the horror), which means, among other things, I don’t “get” Snapchat. But the kids these days? Oh, yeah. And they’re just the intended audience for Snapchat Spectacles, which debuted in early 2017 and became an overnight Next Big Thing sensation. After that… well, mostly crickets. Maybe …

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• 19 July

  Report: Google’s new Fuchsia OS could replace Android

  

  It’s no secret that Google has been quietly working on Fuchsia, a new experimental OS for tablets and phones. Here’s the secret, according to a Bloomberg report Thursday: Fuchsia could replace Android and Chrome OS within the next five years.  Mind you, that’s just the ambition, according to the report — and Google disputes that specific part; CNET understands there’s …

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• 19 July

  Report: Why Amazon crashed on Prime Day and how it responded

  

  We may have answers as to why Amazon suffered glitches at the start of Prime Day on Monday.  The e-commerce giant didn’t have enough servers to handle all the traffic on its site during one of its biggest sales days of the year, according to internal documents obtained by CNBC. That led the company to launch a simpler backup front page …

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• 19 July

  Get MacOS Mojave’s awesome Dynamic desktop wallpaper without Mojave

  

  Dark mode and Dynamic desktop are among the best features of MacOS Mojave, though I freely acknowledge that, unlike Stacks or the new and improved Finder, they do nothing to make your Mac more powerful or easier to use. They’re purely for show, but you’re sure to find them the two most tangible and enjoyable new features of your Mac …

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• 19 July

  Facebook Messenger can now sync Instagram contacts

  

  Facebook Messenger can now fill out your contact list by syncing with Instagram. You can find the “Connect Instagram” option under Messenger’s “People” tab, and use it to sync up your profile with your Instagram contacts. The addition — first noticed by Twitter user @wongmjane and reported by TechCrunch — makes your Instagram username and account visible to others on …

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• 19 July

  Goodbye smudges. For Gorilla Glass phones, matte could be the new black

  

  Fingerprint-smudged smartphones may soon be a thing of the past, thanks to new technology from glass maker Corning.  Handset vendors like Apple and Samsung have been incorporating more and more glass in their phone designs over the past couple of years. While devices originally had glass just over the front touchscreen, designs now contain glass that curves around the edges …

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• 19 July

  Confirmed: 2018 MacBook Pro keyboard resists dust

  

  It’s becoming clearer every day — the 2018 MacBook Pro “butterfly switch” keyboard was designed to resist dust and debris, and thus avoid the sticky key issue that sometimes plagued its predecessor.  Why would we say that, when Apple explicitly told us that the keyboard wouldn’t include any dust/debris fixes? For one thing, MacRumors reports that Apple is telling its own Canadian …

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• 19 July

  Samsung’s latest VR lets you take giant leaps on the moon

  

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• 19 July

  Watch Airbus’ massive BelugaXL complete its first flight

  

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• 19 July

  How to make your NES, SNES Classic play even better

  

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