iOS 11 adds a bevy of new features and interface tweaks to your iPhone (and even more changes for your iPad). After opening your new iPhone or upgrading your current iPhone, here are the settings to check or change straight away. Do Not Disturb While Driving Given the frightening number of drivers I see each and …
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The Amazon devices team used to make devices. Now, they make different shaped houses for Alexa. The e-retailing giant on Tuesday unveiled a new Fire HD 10, Amazon’s first tablet to include a hands-free mode for accessing Alexa, the company’s voice assistant. To entice shoppers into buying the new tablet, Amazon also added a faster processor, increased the battery life …
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You’ll need to wait a bit longer to borrow money from your friends on iMessage. Tuesday is the release day for Apple’s new mobile operating system, iOS 11. But its new Venmo-style peer-to-peer Apple Pay feature won’t be a part of the release. The new feature lets you send payments to friends or anyone else in your contacts list via …
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Apple is slowly building its Notes app into a true Evernote replacement. With the release of iOS 11, the Notes app has gained some useful features that are sure to tempt you away from your current note app. Let’s take a look. Now playing: Watch this: 8 tips and tricks for iOS 11’s Notes app 2:16 Tables Screenshots by Jason …
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After installing iOS 11 on an iPad, you’re undoubtedly going to notice things are way different. For starters, there’s a bona fide app dock now. Also, multitasking has been completely redone. Here are a few tips and tricks for navigating your upgraded iPad. Now playing: Watch this: iOS 11 transforms the iPad 2:12 View app dock The app dock can …
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As if paying a grand for the new iPhone X weren’t enough, Apple just raised the cost of repairing your iPhone if it breaks. Enlarge Image Apple breaks down how expensive it is to repair your iPhone here. Apple Heading over to Apple’s iPhone service pricing page will show price hikes in repair fees for iPhones across the board — …
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With each major iOS release, Apple has consistently added features to help users identify items taking up storage space and how to best get rid of them. As of iOS 11, Apple is taking that approach one step further and providing a clear break down of those items along with tools to offload unused apps or data. iOS suggestions The Storage …
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Hello, iPhone X. Goodbye, iPhone names as we know them. When Apple announced the iPhone X (pronounced “ten,” not “ex”) with no home button, the electronics giant might have also subtly prepped us for a major sea change in how Apple phones are named. Stick with me here. Last year we got the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. This year …
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The 256GB and 512GB versions of the iPad Pro cost $50 more now than they did before Apple‘s big Tuesday iPhone event. As is standard operating procedure on big Apple announcement days, Apple’s online store went offline a few hours before the event so it could be fully updated with the new cavalcade of products immediately following their unveiling. But …
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