Apple’s new iOS 10 software for iPhones and iPads has a nifty new feature: you can search for and insert animated GIF images directly from the Messages app. It appears to have turned not-so-nifty though as people discovered it can be a conduit for porn, too. Deadspin flagged a My Little Pony image for adults, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple sold out of iPhone 7 Plus, jet black iPhone 7 1:03 Enlarge Image About a dozen spots were being saved as of 9 a.m. PT on Thursday at San Francisco’s Union Square store, about 24 hours before the iPhone 7 was available. Shara Tibken/CNET If you’ve got your heart set on an iPhone 7 Plus …
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Got an older iPhone? Don’t install Apple’s latest iOS software on it, US carrier T-Mobile warned Thursday before instructing users later in the day how on how to resolve the issue. “iPhone 6, 6+ & 5SE customers — Do not download iOS10. We are getting reports of connectivity issues & Apple is working on a fix,” T-Mobile tweeted Thursday. “If …
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A top-end iPhone 7 Plus, with its fancy new dual-camera setup, costs nearly $1,000. Now photo-sharing site 500px wants to help you make some of that money back with its new camera app. 500px on Thursday launched its first camera app, called Raw. It lets you take photos, upload them to 500px, and if you want, sell them too. And …
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It’s new iPhone day, which means that people are already hard at work tearing the shiny new phones apart and feasting (their eyes) on the gooey innards. Chief among the deconstructionists is repair site iFixit. Apple plays its cards quite close to the chest when it comes to the build on its products, so iFixit’s teardowns are usually the first …
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Let’s head into the not-too-distant past of Apple advertising, back into the 2000s when silhouetted dancers boogied with their iPod MP3 players against brightly colored backgrounds. Late-night host Conan O’Brien hasn’t forgotten. “Conan” aired a parody commercial that stars Apple’s new AirPod wireless earphones melded with the style of the old iPod ads. Warning: some NSFW language. Related stories Earbuds …
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The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus go on sale tomorrow, and alongside it, this year’s iPhone Smart Battery Case, which will charge the iPhone from its own built-in battery storehouse. This year, the case will deliver 26 percent more charge than last year’s version, according to MacRumors. The phone accessory industry is big business — a $24.35 billion industry according …
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Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10: 7 settings to change when you upgrade 2:32 iOS 10 brings plenty of new features and interface tweaks to improve the performance of your device. But there are some settings you may want to change right off the bat. Stop tracking your location Like previous versions of the operating system, iOS 10 keeps track …
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iOS 10 — the new operating system for iPhone — is compatible with the iPhone 5 and newer devices. But before iPhone 5 and 5C owners update, we would offer the following advice: look before you leap. Why iPhone 5 and 5C owners should wait Because the iPhone 5 and 5C models are on the bottom rung of the iOS …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple sold out of iPhone 7 Plus, jet black iPhone 7 1:03 Expecting to pick up an iPhone 7 Plus on Friday? Dream on. Sarah Tew/CNET If you have your heart set on an iPhone 7 Plus, you may have to be patient. Apple said late Thursday that initial quantities of the larger version of its …
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