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Tech NewsOur Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
If you were hoping for a bunch of apps to help make Thanksgiving a little more fun, sorry — that was the “theme” last week. This week there are a few apps to help you out with issues like not-so-unlimited data from your mobile provider, needing to pull together advanced digital sketches without the use … Continued
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Tech NewsOur Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
Next week is Thanksgiving, so this week’s apps include a few that will be fun or useful for groups–whether you’re delayed at the airport or sitting around the table after dinner. Two apps in particular fit this idea: FotoSwipe and #FaceParty. There’s another that takes the “giving” part of of the holiday very seriously called … Continued
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Tech NewsSleep Scientists Say All Our Devices Should Come With a “Bedtime Mode” Baked In
It’s not news that smartphones, tablets and e-readers emit a blue light that can keep us up when it’s time for bed. But in addition to abstaining from screens an hour before bed, experts say that all gadgets should have a “bedtime mode.” Researchers from the UK have published their work in the Frontiers in … Continued
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Tech NewsOur Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
Without even thinking about it, this week I included two Android apps that both encrypt data for their users–one of which was recently endorsed by Edward Snowden. The rest of the apps in this week’s roundup, offered for iOS and Windows Phone, are less about privacy and more about creativity or usefulness. And there’s also … Continued
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Apple Confirms You’ll Be Able to Pre-Order the iPad Pro This Wednesday
Today Apple confirmed the company’s new monstrous iPad Pro will be available for pre-order online starting this Wednesday, November 11, and can be found in Apple stores, select carriers, and at authorized reseller locations later this week. The 12-inch iPad Pro’s companion devices, the Apple Pencil ($99) and Smart Keyboard ($169), will also be available … Continued
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Tech NewsOur Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
These are the apps you’re looking for. And a side note: This might be the most varied roundup I’ve written so far. This week’s apps take on a range of tasks and issues, like backing up photos during the moment you really need more space on your phone, making plans with your friends (efficiently) and … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle Says Project Wing Drones Will Be Delivering To Our Doorsteps By 2017
Google’s Project Wing seemed very far from reality when it started getting attention while testing in Australia last year. But now the project’s lead, David Voss, is saying the drone delivery service could be flying goods to people in the U.S. as early as 2017. According to Tech Times, Voss says that Google’s parent company, … Continued
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T-Mobile Upgrades Its Wifi CellSpot With 4G LTE
T-Mobile is still a few days away from its big Uncarrier X announcement, but that didn’t keep CEO John Legere from dropping a bit of news on Twitter Monday morning. T-Mobile is upgrading its wifi CellSpots to 4G LTE and still free for customers with a Simple Choice mobile plan. What is a CellSpot? Well, … Continued
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Tech NewsOur Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
This week’s roundup includes some new apps, some extremely updated apps and few useful apps. Actually, this is a surprisingly creative bunch: There’s a new video app, an app that builds color palettes, and even a comic-book creator. And somehow, only one of them costs money. Android Boomerang You’ve met Instragram, but now you can … Continued
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iOS Update Ensures You Get a Good Night’s Sleep
If you’re in the mood to take a glorious snooze, waking up much later than you intended to, go ahead and install the iOS 9.1 update overnight. iOS users are taking to Twitter and various forums to warn others that updating iPads and iPhones overnight will cancel any alarms from going off. The updates have … Continued
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Tech NewsOur Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
One of the apps in this week’s roundup is brand spankin’ new (hint: it’s the one at the very top). There’s also an extremely advanced widget creator for Android, a news app that wants to be your best driving buddy, and a Facebook app that wasn’t made by Facebook. Enjoy! Android PHHHOTO PHHHOTO–yes, that’s with … Continued
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Your Family DNA Could Be Used Against You by the Law
Five years after privacy advocates warned about the potential risks to privacy posed by massive genetics databases, they are, indeed, causing problems. Two popular geneology websites, Ancestry.com and 23andMe, both maintain such databases on behalf of private citizens. Now there’s at least one case on record of Ancestry’s data being used in a murder case, … Continued
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Yahoo’s Latest Attempt at Killing Passwords Lets You Sign In With Your Phone
Yahoo just laid another brick in the road to its password-less future: In a blog post, the company showed off its new mail app and another way for users to enter their accounts without needing to remember a password. Th feature is called Yahoo Account Key, and it’s a lot like on-demand passwords–the passwordless entry … Continued
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Tech NewsOur Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
I’m really excited about this week’s apps. SwiftKey is trying to make its already great (and smart) keyboard smarter. The Podcasting app Overcast is now completely free, plus it’s been updated. And the Truecaller app finally gave its Windows Phone community some much needed attention. There’s also a pretty awesome calendar app that visualizes your … Continued
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Apple’s New Magic Keyboard, Mouse, and Force Touch Trackpad Are All Rechargeable
Apple’s wireless accessories for its iMac line got a much-needed update today alongside the new desktops themselves. Sure—the new 21.5-inch iMac will be 4K and beautiful, but more importantly none of the peripherals will require AA batteries anymore. That’s right! When Apple redesigned the Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad, the company decided the … Continued
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Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
Have no fear, the best apps of the week are here. That was corny. Sorry. But really, there are some interesting apps out this week–and these are the best of the bunch. A few of this week’s crop seem reminiscent of other popular apps, but they can still stand on their own—and that’s key. Borrowing … Continued
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Sony’s Image Sensors Are Good Enough To Survive as a Separate Company
Sony is spinning its moneymaking image sensor business into its own company that’ll be named Sony Semiconductor Solutions. And rather than propping up other electronics lines that haven’t been performing as well, the semiconductor business will now be able to make a lot of money. Last year, for example, Sony’s image sensors dominated its competitors, … Continued
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Photoshop Fix Is One of the Best Free Apps For Fixing Selfies
For a long time, Adobe has been a name designers and photographers could name drop to let you know they’re serious. And because the software wasn’t cheap and required some know-how to use it well, it usually worked. But Adobe’s free new iOS app, Photoshop Fix, significantly lowers that technical barrier. Adobe’s Photoshop Fix is … Continued
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Tech NewsOur Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
There are some old and new faces in this week’s app roundup. But all of them have something fresh to add to the lineup. We’ve got a doodling app, an app for your health, and app for finally digitizing old photos, an app for the sports lovers out there, and more. Enjoy! Android Inkboard For … Continued
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New Chromecast vs New Fire TV Stick vs Roku Stick: Streaming Dongle Showdown 2015
There’s a new Chromecast in town and Amazon’s Fire TV Stick is getting an update — which means it’s time for another streaming showdown. Roku’s stick hasn’t been updated since last year but we’re still throwing it into the face-off. Specs For the sake of matching up the best, we’re comparing Roku’s HDMI version of … Continued
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