Now playing: Watch this: HyperDrive adapter saves you from MacBook Pro dongle… 1:08 It’s dongle city. That’s how you can describe Apple‘s new MacBook Pro. The company’s decision to include only two USB-C ports (four on the more expensive Touch Bar model) have forced users to rely on expensive and clunky dongles to connect an …
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December, 2016
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5 December
Most sports fans with DVRs record live sports, survey says
As a sports fan with a DVR, I record every game played by New York’s Jets, Knicks and Mets, and sometimes I don’t start watching until hours after the game’s over in real life. It works great, as long as I avoid Twitter and fellow fans who can “spoil” the result. Turns out I’m not alone. An online survey by …
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5 December
Android Nougat update steps up your gif, emoji game
So you’re getting the latest update to Nougat — version 7.1.1. What does new Nougat have that old Nougat didn’t? According to Google, the updated operating system “showcases more ways to express yourself.” Available starting Monday, the latest version of Android software lets you use gifs and emojis in new ways. Users can find and send gifs from their keyboards …
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5 December
Memes that need to die along with 2016
In a year where memes finally became bigger than Jesus Christ, there are a handful we hope don’t return in 2017. We laughed. We cried. We shared these memes. But now it’s time for them to go. In complete fairness, all memes are awful. None goes viral because it’s a well-crafted or original. “The things that go viral are very …
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5 December
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube team up against terrorist propaganda
Now playing: Watch this: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube take on terrorist propaganda 0:50 Three of the internet’s biggest social media sites are banding together to curb the rise of online terrorist content. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, along with Microsoft, said Monday they have partnered on creating a shared database of images and videos that promote terrorism. The database will store …
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5 December
Galaxy Note 7 explosions caused by ‘aggressive’ design
Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy Note 7 fires may be to blame on tight battery 1:31 Samsung is having some trouble identifying what went wrong with the Galaxy Note 7, which earlier this year was recalled due to a high number of battery explosions, but someone else believes they have the answer. Manufacturing engineering company Instrumental has performed a teardown …
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5 December
Google’s new Trusted Contacts app puts safety first
Google is trying to reinvent the emergency contact form for the smartphone era. The search giant on Monday unveiled a new app called Trusted Contacts, which aims to keep you safe in dicey situations — anything from a natural disaster to a walk home on a dark street. The app, only available for now on phones running Google’s Android mobile …
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5 December
Star Wars phones land in Japan to welcome ‘Rogue One’
It’s time once again to choose on which side of the force you stand. I’m not talking about next week’s release of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” I’m talking about a new set of phones from Sharp. Released Friday, both phones sport 5.3-inch displays with 1,920×1,080 pixels, Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processors, 3GB of RAM, a 3,000mAh battery and a …
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5 December
Fitness trackers outpace smartwatches with consumers
If you’re wearing a piece of connected tech, it’s probably not a smartwatch. It’s much more likely a fitness tracker, according to a report from consulting firm IDC. From June through September of this year, fitness trackers made up 85 percent of the wearables market, the report said, and drove the growth in sales. Smartwatches, in the meantime, fell in …
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5 December
The best tablets for under $250
There’s never been a better time to buy a tablet. You can get a dirt-cheap model for reading while on vacation or pick up a powerful laptop replacement for the upcoming school year. If you’re interested in something that lands somewhere in between a bare-bones tablet and a high-end powerhouse, there are many midrange models to choose from that don’t …
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