With each new iPhone, Apple introduces a new camera feature. This year’s feature is what the company calls Live Photos. A Live Photo consists of 1.5 seconds of video, the photo, then an additional 1.5-seconds of video. The end result is a standard photo a first glance, but when touched, the photo comes to life …
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Walmart has long trumpeted the cost savings it offers customers, but despite reports to the contrary, it has no immediate plans to push Apple Macs on employees to save itself some money. Walmart supposedly offered a peek at the program Wednesday during the Jamf Nation User Conference, one of the largest gatherings of Apple system administrators in the world. Walmart …
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Apple isn’t interested in producing edgy shows like “Game of Thrones” or “Orange is the New Black,” according to a story by Bloomberg Businessweek. Instead, CEO Tim Cook wants to keep things PG-rated to make sure kids don’t get their hands on anything too salacious. Apple wants to make sure the shows it produces have broad appeal, the article says. …
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For Apple, the iPhone excitement just isn’t there. At least, not yet. The tech giant’s iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, both of which went on sale on Sept. 22, have done little to excite consumers, results from the big four US carriers indicate. Over the last week, the carriers have hinted at weaker interest for the phones, but expressed …
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Your iPhone 8 ($162 at Amazon) is the latest and greatest iPhone right now, but it won’t be shortly when the iPhone X ($285 at Amazon) is released. Are feelings of buyer’s remorse starting to creep in? You aren’t alone. iPhone 8 trade-ins are a thing. Here’s what you need to know about swapping out your iPhone 8 or iPhone …
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Apple is under the gun to get its flagship iPhone X out the door. The company wanted so badly to produce more iPhone X units that it told manufacturers to lower the accuracy of its facial recognition system, which it calls Face ID, to speed up production, according to Bloomberg, which cited anonymous sources. The story highlights the challenges Apple …
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Samsung broke new ground with the Galaxy Note 8. It’s the first phone with optical image stabilization (OIS) in both its dual cameras, which minimizes the amount of visible shake while taking photos and recording videos. It also shoots better low-light photos, no matter which rear camera is used. Other dual rear camera phones with OIS, like the iPhone 7 Plus, …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Woz not upgrading? What has the world come to? James Martin/CNET Can it be that the world will be deprived of one of the great Apple traditions? It seems that on every launch day, the company’s co-founder Steve Wozniak is at an Apple store to …
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The iPhone 7 Plus takes great photos and video. But now it has a new younger sibling, the iPhone 8 Plus, with larger camera sensors, a faster processor and new software tricks including Portrait Lighting Mode. But just how much better is the 8 Plus at shooting pchotos and videos? Can you even really tell the difference between them? To …
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Apple‘s new Chicago store is practically invisible. Nestled on the Chicago River, it’s surrounded by 32-foot glass walls that provide an unobstructed view of the water. Neighboring buildings are reflected in its facade. Sunlight streams right in, a luxury on this chilly October day. It’s about as unobtrusive as a building in a busy downtown can get — almost like …
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