Apple will reportedly increase App Store prices in the UK in response to the pound’s depreciation post-Brexit. The company laid out the plans for its App Store in an email to developers on Tuesday, according to The Register and other news reports. The cheapest apps will increase from 79 pence (about $1) to 99 pence …
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17 January
Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Comedians in Cars’ heading to Netflix
Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” has found a new home at Netflix. The web series, formerly on Sony’s free video service Crackle, will debut on Netflix later this year with 24 new episodes as well as the 59 previous ones, Netflix said Tuesday. Seinfeld will also record two new standup comedy shows for the service and help develop …
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17 January
Google Drive stuck in traffic for many users right now
Though it’s Tuesday, Google Drive is making people feel like it’s a Monday. A number of Google Drive users are experiencing slow load times while others can’t even access their documents. The slow down seems to be largely isolated to US users. The issues seem to have started around 8:41 a.m. PT, with problems affecting less than 10.3 percent of …
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17 January
Evernote’s new app: Fewer taps, more color and better speed
Evernote on Tuesday released the latest iOS version of its note-taking and organization app. Evernote 8.0 seeks to make the user experience faster and simpler. The last year hasn’t been great for Evernote. In July, there was backlash against the company’s new pricing structure. Last month, after an uproar over changes to its privacy policy, Evernote did a full about-face …
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17 January
How to erase all videos from Snapchat Spectacles
Now playing: Watch this: Spectacles are worth snapping up 3:06 Before handing over your Spectacles to a friend, or posting them on eBay to try and make a few extra bucks, you should wipe the device of all your videos. As we recently covered, Snapchat makes it easy to share your Specs with a friend or family member without exposing …
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17 January
Verizon may have ‘thousands’ of Note 7 phones still in use
Now playing: Watch this: Samsung may finally explain Note 7 failure on Monday 1:23 Some Verizon customers apparently know a hot item when they see it and don’t want to part with it. That appears to be the case with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. The wireless carrier told Fortune that much to its dismay, “thousands” of its customers continue …
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17 January
AirPods’ sales spike barely dents market share for Beats and Bose
Are Apple‘s AirPods already taking down the market share of Beats headphones, their corporate siblings? That was the implication of recent stories — including this one on CNET — that cited data from online shopping analyst Slice Intelligence. The numbers showed that Apple had taken a 26 percent share of wireless headphone sales in December 2016 with its AirPods. The …
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16 January
The 20 speakers in this jacket turn you into music
Music lovers can’t excrete music from their pores yet, but this jacket comes pretty close. Japanese band One OK Rock has a new album coming soon, and to celebrate, they collaborated with a designer to make this leather jacket — equipped with twenty speakers. Yes, it may look like a regular leather jacket, but it’s got some impressive tech behind …
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16 January
Google’s doodle highlights Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of unity
One of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s major themes was unity. That message is underscored Monday by a Google doodle highlighting the achievements of the civil rights leader, whose birthday is honored each year with a national holiday in the US. Monday isn’t King’s real birthday — that was Sunday — but a federal holiday signed into law in …
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16 January
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