Elon Musk had a busy Thursday. In the morning, the Tesla CEO announced his offer to buy social media platform Twitter for $43 billion in cash, and in the afternoon he gave an interview at a TED conference to discuss what he wants to do with the site if he acquires it. One change he …
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Millions of people use Slack every day to communicate with co-workers and friends, whether it’s back-and-forth GIF threads or quick one-off messages. The app is filled with extra features to make messaging easy and fun. Scheduling your Slack messages to deliver at a later time is one of its handier features for today’s hybrid workspaces. If you work different hours …
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Unlimited Google Photos storage is back, as long as you’re a T-Mobile customer willing to spend $15 a month for the honor. The opportunity is “coming soon” exclusively to T-Mobile, as reported earlier Tuesday by The Verge. Customers will be able to store unlimited photos and videos in full resolution, as well as getting 2TB of storage for Gmail and Drive. …
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I shoot a lot of video footage these days, but I don’t do a lot of video edits. Apple’s latest iMovie update for iOS seems to be speaking to me: iMovie 3.0 introduces new modes that promise to make the video editing process a lot more automatic. And, in one case, it’ll do everything for you. Will that make me …
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DoorDash is launching a new, discounted subscription plan for college students. DashPass for Students, announced Monday, will cost $4.99 per month — half the price of the standard monthly DashPass subscription — or $48 for the annual student plan option. The student plan comes with several “always-on” benefits: unlimited free delivery on orders above $12, DoorDash credits of 5% back …
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Apple’s iPhone has always lagged behind Android phones in terms of customizing its home screen, but last year’s release of iOS 14 changed quite a bit. iPhone users now have the ability to create home-screen themes filled with their own unique app icons and widgets. When paired with custom wallpaper, personalized themes can create quite an aesthetic effect. And with …
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Your phone doesn’t need to be working to access texts on WhatsApps. Thanks to the web and desktop app’s new Linked Devices feature, previously in beta and rolling out to the public over the next several months, you can get faster access to chats from nearly any computer or tablet you choose, while preserving much of the encryption and security …
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Looking to pick up a new skill, or maybe even learn a whole new language? You don’t need to spend thousands on pricey university courses to get the training you need. Online courses are a convenient alternative that can give you access to experts around the globe and help you jump-start your education. And the best part? They’re affordable, too. …
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Apple on Thursday fought back against the arguments that its controlling policies over the iPhone and iPad App Store hurt innovation and competition, releasing a report from economists it hired who said the tech giant’s apps and services such as Apple Maps, Apple Music and iMessage are not as popular as their peers. In the US, for example, Apple’s Maps …
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Google is taking another step to clean up the Play Store. It’s hiding apps that haven’t been updated within two years of the latest Android OS release and preventing users from downloading them. This builds off Google’s existing Play Store requirement that app developers release updates to match the API of the latest Android OS release within a year of …
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