August, 2016

• 2 August

  From 1 September, you’ll need a TV licence to watch BBC iPlayer

  

  In a month’s time you’ll need a TV licence to watch iPlayer, as the BBC prepares to lock down a legal loophole that let Brits watch catch-up programming for free. From 1 September, anyone watching iPlayer will need to have paid the £145.50 annual licence fee, the BBC reports. Previously a legal loophole meant that …

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• 2 August

  Now you can buy a Microsoft HoloLens (but you may not want to)

  

  Now playing: Watch this: We spent 90 minutes with the HoloLens 3:17 If you wanted to get your hands on Microsoft’s mind-blowing augmented reality headset this spring, you had to audition first. You’d submit an application, and see if Microsoft liked it enough to approve your pre-order. No more. As of today, any Microsoft developer (in the US, Canada, UK, …

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• 2 August

  Samsung Galaxy Note 7: Everything you need to know

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Everything Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 can do 2:03 Samsung has just unveiled its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone to the world — and it turns out all of the leaks and rumors were basically true. The news from this morning’s press conference in New York City: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 unveiled: 5.7-inch curved screen, 12MP camera, iris …

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• 2 August

  200 million Yahoo log

  

  Now playing: Watch this: 200 million Yahoo credentials may be for sale 1:41 You come up with complex password for you Yahoo account: two uppercase letters, three numbers and you didn’t use any part of your username. You assume your account is safe. That may not be the case. A hacker known as “Peace” claims to have 200 million Yahoo …

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• 2 August

  ​Crayons are coming! New ‘Game of Thrones’ coloring book to debut

  

  Enlarge Image Let dragons and direwolves relax you with this new “Game of Thrones” coloring book. Chronicle Books Get out your red crayon. You’re going to need it for the new “Game of Thrones” coloring book. The book, coming November 1 from Chronicle Books, includes 35 detailed black-and-white images on 60 pages, perfect for colored pens, pencils and watercolor paints. …

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• 2 August

  Google could renovate the home screen on its 2016 Nexus devices

  

  Google’s upcoming Nexus mobile devices may sport some renovations to the home screen. The 2016 models reportedly will feature a redesigned home screen with changes to the app drawer and other key features, blog site Android Police said on Monday, citing “multiple reliable sources.” Specifically, Google will do away with the app launcher button at the bottom of the screen, …

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• 2 August

  Instagram adds Snapchat

  

  Once the unrivaled king of mobile photo sharing, Instagram has now taken a page from the Snapchat playbook. The app has just added a stories feature to its arsenal to let users keep a 24-hour snapshot of personal photos and video. As with the stories function cooked up and popularized by social media competitor Snapchat, Instagram account holders have the …

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• 2 August

  Samsung

  

  Golf is a challenging game but help — in the form of smart shoes — is on the way. Samsung spin-off Salted Venture on Tuesday confirmed its Iofit shoes have landed on Kickstarter and should hit stores in February 2017. With an expected sticker price of $260, early bird backers of the project should be able to scoop up a …

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• 2 August

  MicroJib adds another twist on GoPro pole mounts

  

  The MicroJib might look like an average GoPro pole mount, but a simple twist of the handle shows it’s much more. Instead of keeping the camera fixed at the end, you can use the MicroJib’s handgrip to tilt your GoPro up and down or pan it left and right a full 360 degrees. The pole extends from 16.5 to 33.5 …

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• 2 August

  Galaxy S7 Edge hottest Android phone for first half of 2016

  

  Samsung has edged out its Android rivals with a clutch of best-selling smartphones. Over the first half of the year, Samsung’s Galaxy S7 Edge was the most popular Android phone, according to a report released late Monday by Strategy Analytics. Samsung shipped an estimated 13.3 million units of the S7 Edge, which snagged a 2.3 percent cut of all Android …

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