HBO and Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh have teamed up to create a new story told within a free app called Mosaic. It’s not quite a movie, not quite a web series and not quite a TV show. Mosaic stars Sharon Stone, Paul Rubens and Beau Bridges in a seven-hour mystery told in pieces. It’s …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 8, 8 Plus or X: Which should you get? 3:42 Picking an iPhone used to be dead simple: just get the new one. But, in 2017, Apple has three new iPhones: a basic iPhone 8, an upgraded 8 Plus, and a fancy iPhone X. That’s not even counting all the other iPhones Apple still sells, …
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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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Enlarge Image The new function allows you to write a series of tweets and send them all at the same time. Screenshot by Justin Cauchon. The virtual forecast calls for storms. Tweetstorms. Twitter said Thursday that it’s testing a function that’ll let users fire off a series of linked messages, commonly known as a tweetstorm, in a single blast rather …
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You’ll now be able to talk about yourself as much as you want in iMessages. A bug in Apple’s iOS 11.1 software prevented some users from typing the letter “i.” Instead, it would autocorrect to the letter “A” and a unicode symbol. But Apple on Thursday released a software update, iOS 11.1.1, to fix the issue. You can download the …
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This fall, my iPhone’s ($162 at Amazon) notifications have been out of control. And it’s all because of fantasy football. I’m in two fantasy football leagues, both of which are on Yahoo. I use the Yahoo Fantasy Football app to manage my two teams (namely, to choose the wrong QB or WR to start each week) and get notifications from the …
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Sure, Siri sounds a bit less like a robot in iOS 11, but Apple‘s digital assistant still fails to understand me and mispronounces names. Siri is also more useful if she (my Siri has a British female voice, so I’ll refer to Siri as a “she” here) knows my daily haunts and connects with any supported apps. Learn four easy …
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An innocuous yet very annoying bug is affecting some users who have updated to iOS 11.1, which landed last week with hundreds of new emojis in tow. It happens when typing the letter “i.” Instead of auto-correcting to a capital, it’s instead replaced with the letter “A” and a unicode symbol. This bug is persistent throughout several different apps but, …
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Since the beginning of the iPhone ($162 at Amazon)‘s time, taking a screenshot has consisted of pressing the side button (formerly the power/wake button) and the home button at the same time. Now playing: Watch this: Apple fans finally get hands on with the iPhone X 2:26 With Apple ditching the home button on the iPhone X ($285 at Amazon), …
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Production problems? Forget it. The iPhone 8? A distant memory. Throwing down more than a grand for the latest and greatest iPhone? That’s what they’re here for. The iPhone X went on sale around the world on Friday, drawing crowds and long lines as Apple fans patiently waited to get their hands on the very best iPhone money can buy. …
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