Apple early on Monday rolled out iOS 8.3 beta to developers, an update which, along with a handful of bug fixes, prominently features the ability for users to select from a more diverse set of emojis.
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21 top iOS developers reveal the gorgeous apps they’re making for Apple Watch
Though the Apple Watch will sport a number of interesting features right out of the box, the real value proposition of the device arguably lies with third-party apps. Much how the iPhone user experience was improved exponentially with the advent of the App Store, it stands to reason that the utility of the Apple Watch will only be fully realized once we see what type of magic developers are able to come up with.
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Apple shares close at record high, company now worth of three-quarters of a trillion dollars
Ahead of the Apple Watch launch, Apple’s stock price continues to set new records. At the close of trading on Monday, shares of Apple were priced at $133 even, marking a new all-time closing high for the stock. Notably, the new closing price marks the first time Apple shares surpassed the $130 threshold.
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The simple iPhone 6 tricks that can significantly improve your camera game
People love using the iPhone’s camera and it’s helped Apple become the second most popular camera maker on Flickr, even though the company doesn’t actually make standalone cameras. Of all iPhones to date, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have the best cameras according to many professional reviewers, and Business Insider has put together a quick video that highlights 10 interesting iPhone camera secrets that can help you significantly improve your iPhone camera game.
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Watch out for an extremely annoying new Gmail bug
Be very careful when you’re using Gmail because a new bug could lead you to send your messages to the wrong recipients. Business Insider details that many Gmail users have been complaining recently that Google’s automatically generated contact suggestions have been bringing up people whom they infrequently contact. This means, for instance, that if your wife’s name is Jane and you type her first name into the contacts box, another Jane might pop up first instead.
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Video: Tantilizing new Galaxy S6 teaser is all about a novel design
Samsung on Saturday posted online one more Galaxy S6 teaser, this time using its Samsung Mobile YouTube channel. Teasing the March 1st Unpacked 2015 event where the company will announce the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, the short video focuses on some of key features of the new phones, including new design and display capabilities.
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This phone battery needs just 1 minute for a full charge, and it should debut next year
One of the most annoying smartphone-related chores is having to charge on a daily basis — or even more than once a day, depending on your usage. This means you constantly have to make sure you’ve got your charger with you so that the gadget you’re addicted to doesn’t run out of battery life when you least expect it. While many devices can get you through the day, plenty of others can’t, and smartphone makers have yet to figure out how to continuously improve smartphone performance and decrease phone thickness while still offering a decent battery life.
StoreDot, a promising Israeli startup, seems to have figured out smartphone batteries once and for all, and the company’s interesting product might head out to production next year.
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Lenovo’s adware disaster is even worse than we thought
News broke late last week that Lenovo had been shipping laptops with man-in-the-middle adware preinstalled which could hijack HTTPS traffic and insert its own ads onto websites that users were visiting.
This major security threat was initially found lurking in just two pieces of software on Lenovo’s computers, but the number rose dramatically over the weekend as Ars Technica reports security researchers discovered more applications riddled with adware. As of Sunday, at least 14 applications have been found to use the technology which puts users at risk.
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You absolutely have to watch Sesame Street’s brilliant House of Cards parody right now
With the third season of House of Cards set to drop this week, Sesame Street has decided to pay tribute to the show by retelling the story of The 3 Little Pigs if it were set in Frank Underwood’s Washington DC. The video, called House of Bricks, stars the conniving Frank Underwolf, a slick-talking wolf with a southern drawl who is prone to sharing his innermost thoughts with us by talking directly into the camera.
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iPhone 6 vs. Galaxy S6: Samsung’s clone is better than the real thing, carriers say
After seeing both the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge in closed-doors meetings recently, officials from various mobile carriers praised Samsung’s new designs and have gone as far as to say the devices are better than the iPhone 6, The Korea Herald reports.
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