It’s the modern equivalent of a record screeching to a halt. You are kicking out the jams on your iPhone — whether grooving by yourself on headphones or, worse, rocking out with friends on a Bluetooth speaker — when the volume suddenly ducks and a chime sounds to signal the arrival of a new email, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Check to see if your iPhone 6S is eligible for a free… 1:01 If your iPhone 6S ($190 at eBay) keeps dropping dead on you, it may have a faulty battery. According to Apple, this problem affects “a very small number” of iPhone 6S handsets manufactured in September and October of 2015. Customers with an iPhone …
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With the holiday shopping season upon us, it’s time to start covering your tracks online lest you spoil a holiday surprise. If you are like me, then you shop or at least research potential gift ideas on your phone. And if you have kids like mine, then they are constantly borrowing your phone. To preserve the magic of the holidays, …
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You may have noticed a handful of suspicious push notifications on your iPhone over the weekend — calendar invites for deals and sales from users with obviously real names like “kcmgweqeq” and “nfbtz.” These invites are exactly what they look like: spam! Your iCloud calendar app is set up to automatically notify you (via in-app notification) of calendar invites, and, …
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Cyber Monday has dawned. Black Friday’s digital sequel is here, and social media is eating it up. People are furiously tweeting about where to find deals. Cyber Monday also taken over Facebook, with more than 1 million people posting about it. Social Cues is our early look at what people are talking about on Facebook and Twitter each day. Here’s …
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Now playing: Watch this: Curved iPhone 8? Apple said to be exploring OLED screens 1:20 Next year could bring a new iPhone with a curved OLED screen, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The reason behind the prediction: Apple’s Asia suppliers say the tech giant has asked for higher numbers of thin, organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays. Apple is …
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You know what makes everything, including time-consuming food- and football-oriented-holidays like Thanksgiving, better? Apps! If you’re hosting dinner this year, you’ve probably gotten most of your recipes and planning covered, so we won’t waste your time with a ton of recipe apps (OK… maybe just one). But aside from dinner, you might be flailing — what wines are you going …
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Now playing: Watch this: 5 best uses of 3D Touch on the iPhone 1:21 Back in April, I declared using 3D Touch on the App Store icon to quickly update all apps was the most amazing use of 3D Touch ever. And it was! Until a few days ago when I accidentally discovered what I now consider the best use …
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Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10.2 best new features in beta 2:13 Do you always shoot in square mode? Or mostly shoot video? The next iPhone update will make your life a little easier. Starting with iOS 10.2, iOS users will get a new setting in the camera app that keeps your preferences each time you open and close the …
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As a tech blogger who takes lots of screenshots, this tip is admittedly more exciting to me than the typical iPhone owner. But I bet you have more than a few screenshots cluttering the photos on your iPhone — as well as the Photos app on your Mac if you have enabled iCloud Photo Library. If you open the Photos …
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