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Nintendo confirms you can’t play Super Mario Run offline

There’s a small catch with Nintendo’s much-anticipated Super Mario Run mobile game: you can’t play it offline. That’s what series creator and Super Mario Run producer Shigeru Miyamoto told Mashable in an interview. “We wanted to be able to leverage that network connection with all three of the [Super Mario Run] modes to keep all …

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Clear out your bag by transferring multiple Pokemon in Pokemon Go

If you’ve caught a million Pidgeys and Rattatas looking for Ditto, good news. The Pokemon Go 0.49.1 update for Android and the 1.19.1 update for iOS devices brought a new time-saving feature that allows you to transfer multiple Pokemon to Professor Willow. You can get rid of all those useless Pokemon and rake in the candy with just a few …

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Super Mario Run races across social media

Run, don’t walk, to your nearest social media source to find out what people think of the much-hyped Super Mario Run. Interest in Nintendo’s new mobile game is growing on Facebook and Twitter as Super Mario Run’s December 15 release date rapidly approaches. Users on social media also mourned John Lennon’s death 36 years ago and turned Linda McMahon’s new …

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Lightroom for iPhones takes big step closer to PC version

When Adobe Systems launched Lightroom for phones and tablets, it was a pale reflection of the version for Windows and Mac. It’s been gradually improving, but an overhaul Thursday brings the mobile app much closer to the PC version of the photo editing and cataloging software. Adobe surveyed its customers to figure out what they’d like. The new editing interface …

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Want better iPhone photos? Shoot raw

Now playing: Watch this: Shoot raw photos in iOS 10 1:44 If you love taking photos, one of the best features in iOS 10 is the ability to capture in raw. Raw photos are images captured straight from the sensor without any processing. Usually when you take an image on your phone — or any camera — noise reduction, white …

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Apple’s guiding voice(over) helps the blind create software

This story is part of CNET’s “Tech Enabled” series about the role technology plays in helping the disability community. When Dean Hudson was 12 years old, he’d bribe his brothers and sisters to read computer manuals to him. Hudson’s vision was muddled by glaucoma, and he wanted to learn how to code on the computer his dad brought home. “At …

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Apple App Store has record breaking November

Last month was a “record breaker” for Apple. The tech giant’s App Store saw its highest monthly sales ever in November, tweeted Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, on Wednesday. While Schiller didn’t give specifics, data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows Apple’s iOS software gaining ground in the smartphone market, which could help boost App …

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Drake, ‘The Martian’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ top Apple’s 2016 charts

Greetings pop pickers, and welcome to Apple’s smash hit chart of the year! Apple has released its countdown of the top-selling songs, movies, apps, books and podcasts downloaded or streamed through the iTunes Store or Apple Music. Apple bods have also picked their favourites, including breakthrough band Christine and the Queens, the movie “Kubo and the Two Strings“, and Michael …

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Apple’s pricey MacBooks have me taking a second look at Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4

For the past six months I’ve been in the market for a new laptop, and like a lot of people, I put off making a purchase until Apple unveiled its redesigned MacBook Pros, which were officially introduced in late October and shipped last month. For those who missed the release, the new MacBook Pros come in entry-level and premium versions. …

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How to set up single sign

Now playing: Watch this: Apple TV gets… TV app 1:39 Apple‘s new TV app is nearing launch but it’s single sign-on feature is here — and with it, the ability to rid yourself of the laborious process of repeatedly signing into every streaming app with every update. Apple recently updated all iOS 10 and new Apple TV devices with support …

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