How-tos
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Americo
@Americo -
over 4 years ago
App Store 'Today' Stories Now Fully Available on the Web
App Store 'Today' Stories Now Fully Available on the WebApple redesigned its App Store app in iOS 11, introducing a new "Today" tab with editorials about featured apps and developers, tips and how tos, and more to help customers discover new and useful apps. As noted by 9...continued
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Nestor
@Nestor -
8 months ago
Dolby might have found a way to make built-in TV speakers sound much better
Dolby Atmos FlexConnect is a new feature that pairs a TV’s sound system with wireless speakers for a more immersive listening experience. TCL will be first to support it./cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24878247/atmosflexconnect.jpg)
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Rex
@Rex -
almost 3 years ago
So many gins … but are you a purist or a pioneer? | Fiona Beckett on drink
Juniper is the classic gin flavouring, but bottles infused with citrus and other botanicals make for equally fresh-tasting tipplesHow are you feeling about gin at the moment? Love it? Totally over it? Somewhere in between, but a bit overwhelmed? No surprise i…
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Nelson
@Nelson -
7 months ago
Never lose track of text messages again by pinning them
Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson helps you to keep track of those important texts that you may want to keep track of for both iPhone and Android users.
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Kraig
@Kraig -
over 2 years ago
Congress proposes legislation requiring firms summarize terms of service in plain language
Congress has proposed legislation that would require online companies to post a summary of their terms of service (ToS) agreements on their websites. The bipartisan law is called the "Terms-of-service Labeling, Design, and Readability Act"—the TLDR Act. It's …
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Josiah
@Josiah -
over 2 years ago
Notability subscription broke App Store rules; developer makes U-turn after backlash
A major backlash to this week’s Notability subscription announcement has forced the developer of the popular note-taking app to make a U-turn in the way it treats existing purchasers. Some existing owners pointed out that the developer was breaking App Store …
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Eleanora
@Eleanora -
over 3 years ago
2020: The new normals of daily life
This year, if you found yourselves asking "what day is it?" you weren’t alone. That question was searched for on Google more than ever before in 2020 as so many of us adjusted to new routines while living through the coronavirus pandemic. Sheltering in pla…
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Minnie
@Minnie -
over 1 year ago
I Looked into 34 Top Real-World Blockchain Projects So You Don’t Have To
I looked at 34 projects listed by the top Google result for “real-world blockchain projects”. 33 of these are either dead, pivoted away from Blockchain, use Blockchain in a (sometimes dangerously) bad way, or are have no real-world utility.
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Juliet
@Juliet -
7 months ago
iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro: How to Use All the New Features
Apple's iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max launched today in markets around the world. If you're the new owner of one of Apple's latest models, then keep reading. Whether you're upgrading from an older iPhone or completely new to …
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Josiah
@Josiah -
over 1 year ago
10 Tuesday AM Reads
My Two-for-Tuesday morning train WFH reads: • Inflation Is Up Everywhere, But How Much Depends on Where You Live: The Northeast isn’t feeling the pain as much as the South or Mountain West,. This could have political implications in the 2022 midterms. (Busine…
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Colin
@Colin -
almost 4 years ago
This Sex Toy's Virtual Orgasm Coaching Service Gives New Meaning to Telehealth
The Baci, which is supposedly Italian for “kiss.” Photo : Lora DiCarloSex tech made a splash as a new category at CES 2020—an event that was somehow just months ago —but it was specifically Lora DiCarlo’s Baci toy that dominated the show floor. The award-winning Baci is l...continued
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Rex
@Rex -
over 2 years ago
Dr. Oz ending show after 13 seasons amid senate run...
The doctor is out: The Doctor Oz Show will end after 13 seasons on the air amid host Dr. Mehmet Oz running for a senate seat in Pennsylvania. Sony Pictures Television confirmed it is retiring The Dr. Oz Show on Monday. The long-running syndicated health advic…
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Roger
@Roger -
almost 2 years ago
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Showrunner Henry Alonso Myers On Making The Trek Show He Always Wan...
Now that the first season of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" has ended -- with an emotional and thought-provoking time travel finale, no less -- we can say it: This is the best first season of any "Trek" series. Fans of the franchise have spent decades joking…
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Patrick
@Patrick -
4 months ago
Samsung’s new OLED TV could make annoying glare a thing of the past
The Samsung S95D QD-OLED TV, announced at CES 2024, features a unique glare-free display that all but eliminates annoying reflections. It’s also Samsung’s brightest OLED TV yet./cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25209769/OLED_Glare_free_digital_96dpi_.jpg)
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Rahsaan
@Rahsaan -
over 2 years ago
YouTube upgrades search with chapter previews and better recommendations for translated videos
YouTube announced two feature updates today to make it easier for people to find the content they’re looking for on the platform. This includes visual search features and easier discovery of foreign language videos that have captions in the user’s local langu…
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Elliott
@Elliott -
over 3 years ago
Get ready for the school year with Google
A popular feature on Google Assistant is the ability to broadcast and reply to messages around the house, and starting to roll out today, you can broadcast to a specific room or device—making it even easier to communicate at home (no shouting needed). So when I’m working ...continued
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Erik
@Erik -
about 2 years ago
Sky Tries to Remove ‘Pirate’ IPTV App “CucoTV” from GitHub
UK media giant Sky has asked GitHub to remove the website and APK file of the popular IPTV application CucoTV. The developer platform responded by taking a CucoTV repository offline. However, the application's main website, which is hosted on GitHub, remains …
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Garnet
@Garnet -
about 3 years ago
Attend Disrupt 2021 for less than $100
If three jam-packed days of TechCrunch Disrupt 2021, the mother of all tech conferences that takes place on September 21-23, wasn’t enough to get your startup motor running, listen up. You can attend the all-virtual TC Disrupt 2021 for less than a $100. Your …
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Clarissa
@Clarissa -
almost 3 years ago
Four simple macOS tips that will turn you into a power user
We write lots of complicated how-tos and in-depth buying guides here at Macworld, but sometimes we just want to quickly tell you about our favorite tricks and tips that take mere seconds to use but will save you lots of time and frustration. Shake to find you…
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Emmie
@Emmie -
almost 3 years ago
How to Clean Your Lampshades and Keep Them Clean
When is the last time you cleaned your lampshades? When is the last time it occurred to you that lampshades even need to be cleaned? But they do. Some lampshades are made of paper, others cloth, and still others a stiff plastic, and cleaning them is probably …
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Gregoria
@Gregoria -
over 3 years ago
Very Good Light Is Seeking Spring '21 Editorial Interns (Remote)
Very Good Light, the leading site for Generation Z men and beauty, is seeking a Spring 2021 editorial intern who is ambitious, self-starting and has a can-do attitude. Given our circumstances, this will be a remote internship. Some duties will include: writin…
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Arvid
@Arvid -
almost 4 years ago
Using a Helpful Cognitive Tool During the Pandemic
The adjustments and changes we have made during the days of the pandemic have been a testimony to our collective ability to adapt and persist. We’ve been tested in deep ways from our disconnection from the greater community, to performing at a distance, roles so grounding...continued
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Kraig
@Kraig -
almost 4 years ago
DockerCon 2020: Top Rated Sessions – The Fundamentals
Of all the sessions from DockerCon LIVE 2020, the Best Practices + How To’s track sessions received the most live views and on-demand views. Not only were these sessions highly viewed, they were also highly rated. We thought this would be the case based on the fact that m...continued
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Kristina
@Kristina -
7 months ago
Federico Viticci’s in-depth iOS 17 review is here: ‘A little bit of everything for everyone’
Our friend Federico Viticci at MacStories is back at it again with his annual comprehensive review of Apple’s new software updates: iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. This year, Federico ponders: “In the year when the vision is elsewhere, what do you get the OS that has e…
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Juliet
@Juliet -
about 4 years ago
Physics undergrads crunched numbers for Star Trek’s tribble problem
Chalk this one up to fun scientific papers we inexplicably missed last year. A group of undergraduates at the University of Leicester in the UK calculated the growth rate of the fictional Star Trek critters known as tribbles. They published their results in a short paper ...continued
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