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These four iPhone apps make the camera even better

There’s no shortage of photo editors for the iPhone. Take any picture you snap and apply filters, adjust the saturation or white balance, remove unwanted items from the image and so much more. Mobile photo editors have come a very long way in just a few, short years. But what about apps that help you take better …

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Apple releases fix for unresponsive iPhone X screens

Apple on Thursday released an iOS update to address complaints that the iPhone X’s screen becomes unresponsive in cold weather. Apple recommends operating its iOS devices in temperatures between 32 degrees and 95 degrees Fahrenheit (or 0 degrees and 35 degrees Celsius). But some Reddit users said they experienced an unresponsive screen within that range. iOS 11.1.2 was released less …

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Brave browser lets you pay your favorite YouTube stars

Brave Software on Thursday released a new version of its browser that lets you donate money directly to YouTube stars. The free browser blocks ads by default but lets you distribute money anonymously to websites each month, giving more money to the websites you visit more often and letting you “pin” favorites you always want to fund. Now Brave lets …

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Intel fights to build communication chips into your next phone

Intel’s years-long effort to supply the processor brains for our phones was a flop, but the company is working hard to bring its communication chips to our phones. A series of developments the company announced Thursday could help its mobile prospects and perhaps improve next year’s iPhones with a faster version of today’s network technology called gigabit LTE. Even if …

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iPhone X or dSLR camera: Portrait Mode has a ways to go

The iPhone X is the latest phone with a dedicated portrait mode that emulates bokeh, that blurred background effect mostly associated with dSLR cameras. Apple introduced it with the iPhone 7 Plus, Google did it on the Pixel 2 and Samsung has a similar Live Focus feature on its Galaxy Note 8. The iPhone X, or any phone for that …

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iPhone X and 8’s wireless charging get 50 percent faster

Apple’s latest iOS update makes wireless charging on the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X 50 percent faster.  Currently the three iPhones wirelessly charge at a rate of 5 watts, but the iOS 11.2 update allows them to charge at a rate of 7.5w, which is a 50 percent increase. The charging update was spotted and tested out by …

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Apple reportedly working on rear 3D sensors for 2019 iPhone

Apple is reportedly working on a rear-facing 3D sensor system for its 2019 iPhone, according to Bloomberg. If true, this type of hardware could bring big improvements to the iPhone’s powers to fuse the real world with the world on your screen. Enlarge Image The iPhone X uses its own kind of 3D sensing tech. Juan Garzón/CNET Apple’s already using …

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If your brand

Take a look at this picture of the gold iPhone 8 ($162 at Amazon) camera lens. Do you see the water droplets crowding together like an iridescent prism? It’s beautiful, but has no place in a camera, especially one rated to repel water as deep as 3 feet for up to 30 minutes. And yet, it happened to our phone. …

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Use Night Shift on your Mac and get a better night’s sleep

Staring at a blue screen before bed, whether it be a phone, tablet or laptop, can shift your body’s natural clock and make it difficult to get a good night’s sleep. With Apple’s Night Shift feature, the colors of your display are shifted to the warmer end of the spectrum during the evening hours. Night Shift has been a part …

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Some iPhone X users have a bright green line on their screens

iPhone X owners have taken to Twitter, Reddit and forums to report a green line running down one side of their phones, MacRumors reports. @AppleSupport my iPhone X already has an issue.There is a green bar along the right hand side of the phone.Restart doesn’t fix. Known issue? pic.twitter.com/Hp3HKhVMfs — mix0mat0sis (@mix0mat0sis) November 7, 2017 None of the six iPhone …

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