Tag Archives: apple-ios

10 apps to be thankful for on Thanksgiving

You know what makes everything, including time-consuming food- and football-oriented-holidays like Thanksgiving, better? Apps! If you’re hosting dinner this year, you’ve probably gotten most of your recipes and planning covered, so we won’t waste your time with a ton of recipe apps (OK… maybe just one). But aside from dinner, you might be flailing — …

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How to set up Touch ID on the MacBook Pro

Now playing: Watch this: Is the New MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar revolutionary? 21:32 Apple‘s fingerprint tech, Touch ID, is no longer limited to its iOS devices. The new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar features a Touch ID reader embedded in the power button, just above the Delete key. Using Touch ID, you can do things like approve Apple Pay purchases, …

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Get a Nixplay Seed digital photo frame for $70

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. Nixplay Photo albums are a thing of the past. Sure, we’re all snapping zillions of photos on our phones, but what then? All …

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PlayStation Vue comes to Apple TV

Following the addition of Android TV last month, Sony has announced that its PlayStation Vue service is now available on the fourth generation Apple TV. People will be able to use Apple TV’s Siri Remote to search and the touch-pad to navigate. Programming now available via Vue includes ESPN, NFL, AMC and CNN. PlayStation Vue is a web TV subscription …

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The next iPhone camera could recognize faces and objects using AR

Apple’s big 10-year anniversary iPhone could have augmented reality built right into the native iOS Camera app, according to a report by Business Insider. If true, Apple would be taking on Google in the AR department; that company released its first phone with a depth-sensing camera, the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, this past June. Apple could follow in Google’s Tango …

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The AirPlay loophole is chipping away at iTunes’ monopoly on Apple TV

The Apple TV box has only gotten better since its debut in 2015, with thousands of new apps and plenty of usability improvements via software updates. Even more improvements — single sign-on for some cable and satellite providers and the new TV app — are due by the end of the year. But if the product has one frustration point, …

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Get three months of Mint SIM cell service for $35

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. I have no special allegiance to any phone carrier; I go wherever I can get the best deal. And it’s starting to look …

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The iPhone camera’s newest feature makes life a little easier

Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10.2 best new features in beta 2:13 Do you always shoot in square mode? Or mostly shoot video? The next iPhone update will make your life a little easier. Starting with iOS 10.2, iOS users will get a new setting in the camera app that keeps your preferences each time you open and close the …

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Apple’s peach emoji looks like a butt again, world rejoices

Fear not, iPhone users, the butt emoji is back. Of course, there is no actual butt emoji — there are standards and practices against that sort of thing. But Apple‘s initial iOS 10.2 update changed the peach emoji, a longtime representative of the behind, into less of a butt and into more of an actual peach. That grave wrong, protested …

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Get an Apple Watch Sport 38mm for $164.99

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. Yesterday I shared an Android Wear-powered smartwatch. Today, let’s look at the Apple option. Specifically, the first-generation Apple Watch, which is now available …

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