While Samsung’s flagship S7 receives praise from critics and the Note 7 is riddled with controversy, it’s important not to forget about the Korean company’s midrange phones. Last year, Samsung released the Galaxy A8. It was the company’s slimmest phone at the time and came at a lower price than the Galaxy S6. This year, …
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12 September
Get to know iOS 10’s new Music app
Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 Last year, Apple Music launched alongside a redesigned Music app on iOS, and let’s just be honest: the app was horrible. It was difficult to navigate, confusing and it lacked key features (Shuffle All, anyone?). Apple has improved the app here and there throughout the year, but with …
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12 September
Now you can make mobile payments, before your credit card has even arrived
NAB is claiming a world first with its new banking app, which will allow customers to use their credit card to make mobile payments before they’ve even received their plastic card in the mail. The feature will be available when NAB launches its new mobile app “later this year,” and will allow customers to apply for a new personal Visa …
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12 September
Cats not ads: London tube station covers billboards with feline photos
Tired of the barrage of advertisements that greet you everywhere you go? Imagine an alternate reality where all ads have been replaced by photos of adorable cats. You’ve just entered the Clapham Common tube station in South London. For the next two weeks, pictures of cats with big round eyes will stare out at you from the spot where ads …
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12 September
How to use the iPhone’s new, confusing lock screen
Now playing: Watch this: Customize your iOS 10 lock screen 2:06 After you update to iOS 10, excitement is expected if not anticipated. But there’s one more thing you’ll need to do before you can start tapping your way around iOS 10: learn how to use the new lock screen. In iOS 10, gone is the staple iOS feature of …
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12 September
Twitter adds Deezer support for Audio Cards
Deezer, the French rival to Spotify, has teamed up with Twitter for its Audio Cards feature. That means that if you share a song through the Deezer app on Twitter, it’ll look a little something like this on the timeline: Enlarge Image Audio Cards preview the shared song. Screenshot/Xiomara Blanco It’s similar to the Audio Cards that appear when you …
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12 September
How to prepare your iPhone for iOS 10
On Tuesday, Apple is set to release iOS 10, the next version of its mobile operating system for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches. It adds many new features, including a more interactive Messages app, an entirely new lock screen, and redesigned Maps and Music apps. Apple has also opened up Siri to other developers, so expect many of your favorite …
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12 September
iOS 10 notifications look the same, but work a lot differently
Now playing: Watch this: Apple unveils iOS 10, packs it with new features 3:43 At first glance, notifications on iOS 10 will look like they always have. But, as the saying goes, things aren’t always as they appear. The ways you view, clear and interact with notifications work a lot differently in the new operating system. Just how you interact …
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12 September
Ted Cruz threatens spending deadlock to protect the Internet
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is upping the ante in his fight to make sure the US maintains control over the Internet. The former presidential candidate is meeting with conservative congressional leaders in an effort to block the US Department of Commerce from transferring its oversight of the domain-naming system for the Internet, which is scheduled to happen on October 1. …
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12 September
Get to know iOS 10’s new Control Center
Now playing: Watch this: Top 5 hidden iOS 10 features 2:23 In earlier versions of iOS, Control Center felt a bit cramped, taking up the majority of an iPhone’s screen in order to fit everything in. You could tap a button to toggle Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and similar features on or off, or control music playback via media controls. With iOS …
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