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Overcast shows how the Apple Watch could be a better music (and podcast) player

I love the Overcast app. It’s the best podcast app I’ve used on the iPhone, and it’s better than Apple‘s Podcasts app. And a few days ago, Overcast added a really fascinating feature for Apple Watch owners: it stores podcasts onto the Apple Watch to listen to away from the iPhone. Turning the Apple Watch …

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Will future iPhone and Galaxy phones have more than two cameras?

Dual-cameras are quickly becoming a regular feature on smartphones. Last fall, Apple released the iPhone 7 Plus which notably had not one but two rear cameras. Other phone makers like LG, Huawei, Asus and ZTE also have phones with dual-cameras, and this makes me wonder: Will phone makers stop at two? Just the 2 of us I rolled my eyes …

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Your face might not be secure enough to buy things… for years

Samsung’s facial recognition unlock lets you activate your Galaxy S8 just by looking at it. But it could be a more than four years before it’s secure enough to be used for Samsung Pay, reported The Korea Herald, citing a source within the electronics giant. Today, fingerprint readers (and in Samsung’s case, the iris scanner) secure mobile payment services like …

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iPhone 8 may miss one key feature already in the Galaxy S8

In one critical way, Samsung’s Galaxy S8 may end up smoking the iPhone 8. The Galaxy S8 is the fastest phone when it comes to tapping into cellular network speeds. That’s because it includes Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor or, in some markets, Samsung’s own Exynos 8895 chip — both of which can work with an advanced form of 4G wireless …

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Report: Samsung may be working on phones with four curved sides

Love the curved display on the Galaxy S8? That could just be the beginning. Samsung is reportedly working on curving its now-signature display on all four sides of its phones, according to Android Authority, citing Korean publication ETNews (Korean) — not just the left and right sides, but also the bottom and top. If 83 percent of the S8 is …

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Unroll.me ‘heartbroken’ after being caught selling user data to Uber

You know what they say: If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product. Now some are realising the price they paid for using free inbox clean-up service Unroll.me, after the company opened up about its practice of selling users’ email data. Unroll.me promises to organise your inbox by sorting subscription emails and letting you unsubscribe from the …

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Paris says bienvenue to Apple Maps transit mode

On y va! Let’s go! Why? Because it’s now easier to find your way between Montmartre and Montparnasse with an iPhone. Apple confirmed Monday that it has launched transit mode in Paris on Apple Maps, allowing you to plan journeys crisscrossing the Seine using the city’s public transportation options. Apple has been slow to roll out the feature, which has …

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AR is like your phone: Soon you’ll feel naked without it

Remember life without your phone? No, neither do I. And in a few years, you’ll feel the same way about augmented reality, or AR. You’ve already had a taste of AR if you’re one of the 500 million who downloaded Pokemon Go — it’s what made it possible to see a Charmander on your desk or a Dratini on your …

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How to restart the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus

Now playing: Watch this: 3 quick tips for navigating your iPhone 1:31 The first step when troubleshooting any sort of electronic device is to restart it. Restarting, or performing a “soft” reset of an iOS device often fixes a keyboard that’s decided to stop working, a camera that won’t open and myriad other bugs and hiccups. If you find yourself …

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The iPhone 8 might be delayed by two months

While nothing is ever for certain, over the past few years Apple has released a new iPhone in September. But reports of an alleged bottleneck with certain key components threaten to hold up the next possible iPhone’s release. As reported by 9to5Mac, Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple analyst at KGI Securities, shared that mass production of the next iPhone will allegedly be …

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