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Loop your memories with Instagram’s Boomerang app
If you are someone who loves watching a one-second video on a loop over and over again until you get sick of it, then you will be pleased to know that Instagram has launched a new app, called Boomerang, just for you. You no longer just have to be a viewer of these short videos, ...
iOS 9.1 is available: New emoji, improved Live Photos, Apple News in more countries
Apple on Tuesday released iOS 9.1 to the general public, making it the first major update to the company’s new iOS 9 mobile operating system released in September and the third update following two minor releases: iOS 9.0.1 and iOS 9.0.2. iOS 9.1, after going through five developer betas over the course of a month, ...
iPhone 7: No Home button, sapphire screen, better battery life, predicts analyst
Apple’s iPhone 6s is a runaway success and, despite the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus having been available for less than a month, rumors regarding next year’s iPhone, presumably called the iPhone 7, are already doing the rounds. Adding the iPhone 7 rumor mill, renowned Piper Jaffray’s analyst, Gene Munster, has now shared his predictions ...
Misfit debuts Shine 2, the ‘thinner, stronger, smarter’ wearable
The next generation of the Misfit Wearables’ fitness tracker is here, with the launch of Shine 2. Despite being a more powerful version than the flagship Shine, the Shine 2 kept its reported 6-month battery life like its predecessor. The similarities continue with the aluminium disc that you can easily place into a variety of ...
Detouring for gas just got easy with Google Maps
You load your final destination into Google Maps and are on your way, when you realize you will never make it to your destination without stopping at a gas station. Gone are the days of cancelling your Maps destination to find the nearest gas station on your route and then inserting the destination again when ...
Tired of Lollipop? 8 new features Marshmallow brings to Android smartphones
The official release date for Android 6.0 Marshmallow was October 5th, but we won’t see the OS on phones until the Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, and LG G4 start shipping to consumers later this month. If you are not planning to upgrade to a new Android smartphone pre-installed with Marshmallow, you can check to see ...
9 cool things you can do with 3D Touch on your iPhone 6s
Perhaps the coolest new iPhone feature – and one of the few that sets the new iPhone 6s apart from the old iPhone 6 – is 3D Touch. Based on Force Touch, which we first experienced on the Apple Watch, 3D Touch senses how much pressure you apply to your iPhone’s screen, and performs different ...
iPhone tips and tricks: How to automatically delete old messages to free up space on iPhone, iPad
If your iPhone or iPad is running out of storage space, the most likely cause can be your bloated Messages app. Text messages, photos, videos, gifs, and audio notes combined can take up a few gigabytes of space in no time. And you may not even realize it, as your iPhone or iPad are set ...
iPhone battery still dying at midday? 5 more tips to help your iPhone go all day
In our earlier article, we gave you five tips and tricks to stretch your iPhone battery life. We focused on limiting battery-draining background processes and optimizing your iPhone display to prevent it from running your battery down unnecessarily. Now, we bring you five more tips and tricks to help you squeeze the most out of ...
iPhone tips and tricks: 5 surefire ways to stretch your iPhone battery life
Researchers say we now spend on average nearly five hours a day on our smartphones texting, calling, using social apps, doing business, and entertaining ourselves with funny cat videos (are those still a thing?). Apple estimates that a new iPhone 5s is good for up to 10 hours of talk time or Internet usage while ...