This new tech could lead to gadgets that never need to be charged
Following the Apple Watch’s debut, people made a big deal out of the idea that the device’s battery would only last about a day on each charge. Of course, it’s hardly a problem since the Watch isn’t in use while its owner sleeping, but the fact remains that batteries are still the biggest barrier standing between us and the ideal gadget experience. Every piece of portable electronics we use, from phones and tablets to laptops and cameras, needs to be charged.
As it turns out, however, that might not always be the case.
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How to move your Spotify playlists to Apple Music
Now that Apple Music has officially launched, many Spotify users are trying to figure out the best way to export their playlists from one service to the other. Unfortunately, there’s no easy solution for this dilemma, but don’t worry — you won’t have to manually recreate every single playlist if you don’t want to.
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Summit Racing Offers Ford-Branded Hand Tools
Summit Racing’s latest tools are for Ford fans everywhere.
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Video: A dozen cops savagely beat and tase a man while he screams for help
There are good police officers, and there are bad ones — it’s like anything else. Good cops devote their lives to protecting law-abiding citizens, and they work within the confines of the law. Bad cops cut corners, abuse their power and operate with reckless abandon. Unfortunately for a 22-year-old Philadelphia man identified as Tyree Carroll, he encountered about a dozen officers who fall into the latter group earlier this year.
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This is when Google will release its next Nexus phone
Google is largely expected to launch two Nexus smartphones this year, something the company has never done in the past. According to many unconfirmed reports, LG and Huawei have been chosen to create the devices, which include a 5.2-inch smartphone and a larger 5.7-inch phablet.
A new report indicates that Huawei might indeed be the first Chinese company to partner with Google on new Nexus Android phones, and it tells us when we can expect the new device to be released.
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Texting is terrible for your body – these are 4 horrible things it does to you
Addiction isn’t the only side-effect of owning a smart gadget such as a phone or tablet. The more we use them, especially phones, the more we’re endangering our health. Various studies have already shown the negative effects these devices have on our posture, and there’s even a neurological condition that can be caused by overusing a smartphone.
Texting, one of the things we do most with iPhones and Android handsets, is also quite risky for your body, and this infographic lays out several negative effects it can have on your body.
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How to fix an annoying bug in iOS and OS X that breaks Gmail
Apple’s initial public release of iOS 8 last fall wasn’t exactly the most stable mobile software build the company has pushed out in recent years. It offered a fantastic user experience overall, but there were definitely some annoying bugs that put a damper on things.
iOS 8.4 is far more stable and refined than its predecessors, but no software is completely free of bugs. Thankfully, we now know how to squash one of iOS 8.4’s most annoying ones.
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No, we do not “data-cap” our customers…
You may have heard that a Nova Scotia ISP has recently decided to put a data-cap on their clients, meaning that clients have a maximum number of bytes they can download before getting charged overage fees. We think that’s just plain crazy, and would like to reassure you that there is NO DATA CAP on our internet services. You can download as much as you want, whenever you want. You will never have to live in fear of “using the internet too much” as an Authcom client. Click here for pricing, or click here to contact us.
The 10 best paid iPhone apps on sale for free today
Today is July 10th, and we’re celebrating by sharing 10 paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free for a limited time. Today’s list has something for everyone, and it’s our biggest list of the week. If 10 isn’t enough for you though, you can always head back to yesterday’s post, where there are still a few paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free.
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Galaxy S6 user switches to the iPhone 6, runs back to Android after two weeks
As we’ve seen countless times in the past, neither iOS nor Android is objectively “better” than the other — both platforms have pluses and minuses and there are legitimate reasons for people to choose either one. Business Insider‘s Antonio Villas-Boas had been a Galaxy S6 owner for a while who was curious enough to give the iPhone 6 a shot. However, he’s gone back to Android after just two weeks with Apple’s smartphone for three key reasons.
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