Video: Siri’s indvidualized voice recognition in action
One of the more notable new features on the iPhone 6s is that users can now quickly access Siri with nothing more than a simple Hey Siri voice prompt. And thanks to the iPhone 6s’ new M9 motion coprocessor, Hey Siri functionality will even work when the device isn’t plugged in, all without having a discernible impact on battery life.
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iPhone 6s Plus camera goes head-to-head against iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6 in outdoors shootout
The iPhone 6s happens to be the best “S” upgrade in Apple’s history, as it brings several significant improvements and new features. One of the things Apple changed for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus is the camera technology.
Both devices have cameras with more megapixels, so the expectations on the camera performance front are rather high. That goes especially for the iPhone 6s Plus, which is the better of the two, as it has one critical extra camera feature compared to the iPhone 6s: Optical image stabilization (OIS) for video and photos.
So how does the new Apple phablet fare against the iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6 in photo tests? There’s an outdoors shootout comparison to answer that.
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Save 57% on Etekcity RoverBeats F1 Bluetooth Headphones on Amazon
Hear ye! Hear ye! And hear your music better with Etekcity RoverBeats F1 Bluetooth Headphones, on sale on for 57% off regular price on Amazon.com. For $37.99 and free shipping, you’ll enjoy every beat with up to 10 hours of playback, have no trouble on phone calls, and forget about tangled wires thanks to a 33-foot wireless range.
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Edward Snowden makes Twitter debut
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is now on Twitter, sending out his first tweet from the @Snowden account Tuesday.
“Can you hear me now?” he asked, in his first post on the micro-blogging site.
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Mesmerizing GIF lets you watch someone unlock every iPhone ever released with a single swipe
Apple’s new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus were released less than a week ago and more than 13 million people took delivery of a new iPhone by the end of the day this past Sunday. That’s a whole lot of iPhones. While everyone is hyper-focused on what’s new in Apple’s latest iPhones — check out our iPhone 6s review for everything you need to know — there are also some people who are feeling a bit nostalgic. One person posted a YouTube video about the differences between using the original iPhone and the new iPhone 6s, for example.
Here’s another little morsel to make you feel nostalgic:
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Pay what you want to learn 11 Microsoft Office essentials
Start practicing graciously accepting your job promotion—this Microsoft Office Productivity Bundle will help give your career a boost with 12 amazing courses. And right now, you can pay what you want for it at the BGR Store.
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Google’s Nexus 6P is now the second-best camera on DxOMark
The Nexus 6P Nexus 5X haven’t even started shipping yet, and the new phablet is already being praised in camera reviews. Google on Tuesday insisted on the camera performance of its new devices, explaining why there’s no need for optical image stabilization and suggesting the phone is even better than Apple’s most recent iPhone.
Website DxOMark already put the Nexus 6P through its camera tests, concluding the phone is better than most smartphones, coming in behind just one smartphone.
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We can’t stop watching this slow-motion video of a tennis racket slicing through Jello at 2500fps
Two of the Internet’s most notorious goofballs are at it again. The Slow Mo Guys, whom we last saw stuffing themselves into a giant exploding water balloon, are back with new video in which they film themselves swatting at large mounts of Jello with a tennis rack in slow motion at 2,500 frames per second.
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Curved iPhone with huge display? Apple is definitely interested in that
Samsung might be the only company to have a gorgeous flagship phone with a curved display right now, but that might not be the case in the future. The company’s main rival is also interested in such designs, as Apple has received a new patent that proves a curved iPhone may be closer than we think.
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Apple still refuses to make the iPad or Mac of my dreams
Even before Apple unveiled the 12-inch MacBook Retina laptop and the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, I wondered whether at any time in the future I would end up finding it difficult to choose between these two devices as my next primary computer. And the truth is I haven’t been able to answer that question now that both gadgets are official. It all has to do with the software they’re shipping with, and Apple has just confirmed may never release the device of my dreams.
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