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Get to know YouTube’s new swipe gestures

The YouTube app recently added two swipe gestures that you may have discovered by accident, as I did. (Once you begin using the new gestures, you are even more likely to need to employ YouTube’s Take a Break feature.) I was merrily and innocently flitting about YouTube and accidentally swiped my way to a new …

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Apple Pay to land at Target, Taco Bell and more in latest expansion

You can now use your Apple Watch or iPhone to pay at more retail locations. The Apple Pay contactless payment service is coming to Target, Taco Bell, Jack in the Box, Speedway and Hy-Vee supermarkets,  Apple said Tuesday. Apple Pay is now supported in 65 percent of all retail stores in the US, the company said. “We’re thrilled even more customers will be …

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Google forced to remove search results in EU ‘right to be forgotten’ case

Google was forced to remove outdated search results about a Dutch surgeon’s medical suspension in a landmark EU “right to be forgotten” case, The Guardian reported Monday.   The doctor’s name showed up in an unofficial blacklist about medical negligence after she was suspended over post-operative care of a patient, according to the UK newspaper. Her punishment was later reduced …

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Lenovo pencil

Microsoft showed off affordable Windows 10 S-mode laptops at its annual education-focused event at the Bett show in London on Tuesday. Laptops on display are mostly updated and priced below $300, which converts to about £230 or AU$420. They include a Windows version of the Lenovo 300e two-in-one Chromebook, which lets you write on the screen with a traditional graphite pencil as …

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Google Hangouts to start heading into the sunset in October

Google’s video chatting tool is going away for some users later this year. For G Suite customers, Google Hangouts will officially retire in October, and Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet will take its place as the next-generation tool for team communication, according to a G Suite blog post. Individual consumers can still use Google Hangouts, possibly until 2020.  Starting April 16, G …

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Get your iPhone photo on an Apple billboard with #ShotOniPhone contest

If you want the world to see your iPhone photo magnified to the size of a billboard, Apple has expanded its #ShotOniPhone publicity campaign to a contest anyone can enter. To enter, you can upload photos on Twitter, Instagram or Weibo with the #ShotOniPhone tag Apple has been using to highlight the photography potential of its phones for years. You …

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LG teases ‘goodbye touch’ for MWC smartphone reveal

LG has sent has sent out a “save the date” invitation for an unveiling event at Mobile World Congress later this month that suggests the Korean smartphone maker is doing away with the need to actually touch your device’s screen. The invite, delivered in the form of a 10-second video (see below) posted to YouTube, a piece of white paper with …

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Galaxy S10: 7 things it needs to stay ahead of top rival Huawei

A month from now, Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S10 in San Francisco, settling months of rumors about all the new goodies Samsung’s next flagship phone will have. As Samsung’s 10th anniversary Galaxy S phone, the Galaxy S10 is of particular importance. This phone represents the culmination of a decade of improving designs that turned Samsung smartphones into a household name — …

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Google Doodle salutes Martin Luther King Jr. on MLK Day

Google celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday with a Doodle depicting the late civil rights leader studying at home. King was born Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, and rose to prominence by advocating for civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott against the policy of racial segregation in the Alabama city’s …

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Alphabet’s Verily health watch gets limited ECG clearance from FDA

Verily, Alphabet’s life sciences arm, said Friday that it’s received FDA clearance for an ECG feature on its Verily Study Watch.  Verily, part of Google parent company Alphabet, launched the Verily Study Watch in April 2017 to collect health information from clinical research participants. The watch has been used by thousands of participants in clinical research studies, according to the company. Verily …

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