Now playing: Watch this: Jet black iPhone 7 vs. matte black iPhone 7 Plus 1:57 Discovering and resurfacing older photos and videos using the Photos app on an iOS device prior to iOS 10 was almost nonexistent. You could narrow down images by date or albums if you took the time to manually sort your …
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12 September
Get amazing iTunes movie bundles for $9.99 each
CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Wow. Has it really been 10 years since iTunes started offering movie downloads? Apparently, because there’s a pretty amazing sale going on in …
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12 September
Fake plastic cheese: Google Doodle celebrates invention of inedible food
It’s hard to imagine the same food sitting in restaurant windows since the 1930s. But the Japanese art of sampuru — creating life-like food out of wax, plastic or vinyl for restaurant windows — has been practised in Japan for almost a century. And Google is celebrating the birthday of the man who made it famous. September 12 would have …
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12 September
Watch a triple spiral of 15,000 dominoes fall down
Setting up an intricate domino run isn’t easy. It takes a steady hand, hours of work and a lot of patience. Positioning dominoes in the perfect placement to create a spiral, mosaic or pattern — often referred to as a “domino show” — is an art form in itself. YouTuber and talented domino artist Hevesh5 spent 25 hours over eight …
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12 September
Giant realistic octopus backpack doesn’t squirt ink, hopefully
Creative backpacks are nothing new. There are plenty that resemble everything from Han Solo in Carbonite to superhero disguises. However, this may be one of the few backpacks that looks like a real octopus piggyback-riding a human. The unusual octopus backpack, named George, is made by Belarus artist Olga Kotova, who creates other nature-inspired items, including backpacks that look like …
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12 September
Deleting Apple apps on iOS 10? There’s a catch.
Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 Gone are the days of creating a junk folder and tucking it away on your last home screen, full of Apple apps you never use. The Apple app graveyard is in the cloud now; no really, it is. After installing iOS 10, you can delete 23 of the …
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12 September
Instagram allows users to block nasty comments
People say some pretty nasty things on social media. But Instagram wants its users to be able to share and enjoy its video and photo sharing community without worrying about all the Nasty Nellies out there. The Facebook-owned company said Monday it’s rolling out a new tool that will allow people to filter out offensive language from comments on their …
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12 September
Twitter said to launch new economical tweets Sept. 19
Twitter users will be able to squeeze more words into their tweets thanks to changes the social network plans to launch on September 19, The Verge reported Monday. The changes will exempt certain features from counting toward its 140-character limit, including media attachments such as photos, GIFs, videos and polls. To a lesser degree, the @names in tweet replies will …
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12 September
Microsoft could quit the Lumia line in December
Lumia phones have likely reached the end of the line. Microsoft will stop selling Lumia devices like last year’s flagship 950 and 950 XL by December, according to an alleged Microsoft employee speaking on terms of anonymity to tech site WinBeta. After purchasing the Lumia smartphone division from Nokia in 2014 for a slightly more than the hefty $7.2 billion …
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12 September
iOS 10: 10 new features worth the upgrade
Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 Apple’s latest upgrade to iOS is packed with useful features that will give your iPhone or iPad a much-needed refresh. But if you’re still not sure whether to take the plunge, here’s a look at some of our favorites and how to find them. Raise to wake The …
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