After years of deliberation, it appears that Twitter is finally going to stop counting links and photos toward its 140-character limit in tweets. A person familiar with the matter tells Bloomberg that although it hasn’t been made public, the company has reached a decision, and the update could hit within the next two weeks.
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Try though I might, there’s simply no way I can ditch my iPhone and switch to Android. Why? Because the software experience on Apple’s iPhones is just too good for Android to touch. Third-party apps on the iPhone look better and perform better than they do on Android, and when it comes to the smartphone user experience, third-party apps are everything.
And interestingly, one of the best third-party iOS app developers in the world is none other than Apple’s top platform rival, Google.
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Mr. Robot was one of the surprise hits of 2015, and the second season will be returning to our screens on July 13th. If the first trailer is anything to go by, we’re going to be in for a rollercoaster summer.
We’d already heard that season 2 would be markedly different from the first season, and the trailer seems to confirm that. It’s going to be much more focused on the consequences, and on current hot-button topics in the tech world like encryption and privacy.
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Until recently, most iPhone 7 rumors suggested Apple will stock three distinct models this year, including 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch models that would be identical aside from screen size, and then a separate 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Pro with a dual lens rear camera and other premium features. But then a new report from a trusted insider a few days ago said that Apple would equip all 5.5-inch iPhone 7 models with a dual lens camera, suggesting there won’t be any Pro version of the upcoming phablet.
But now, a new leak seems to indicate that iPhone 7 production has started and that Apple is indeed making three different phone versions.
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With HBO and Netflix dominating the conversation as of late, it’s easy to forget that there are other networks pumping out worthwhile shows on a regular basis.
FX has The Americans and Fargo, The CW has iZombie and The Flash, and this summer, AMC is hoping to draw a crowd of its own with a highly anticipated adaptation of the comic book series Preacher.
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If you’ve cut the cord or if you’re thinking about it, you need a good streaming media player to ensure that you can get all the content you want on your TV. Of course, getting a good media player doesn’t have to mean spending a lot of money. The Roku 3 Streaming Media Player (4230R) with Voice Search gets more than 2,000 channels along with all of the big-name services you want like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, and it’s on sale right now on Amazon for just $89.
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If you own an iPhone or an iPad that was released in the last few years, Apple just released an update that you should install as soon as possible. iOS 9.3.2 is available for download as an over the air (OTA) update or through iTunes, and it brings with it a number of new features, bug fixes and refinements.
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The fandom surrounding comic book movies is as intense as any fandom on the planet. Captain America: Civil War has taken Marvel’s total box office haul over $10 billion while the DC hopeful and the Marvel faithful have been going at it ever since Batman v Superman was pilloried by critics all around the world.
But all the intensity surrounding these movies might have been worth it, just so we could see Funny Or Die’s Captain America: Civil War Reenactors.
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If you have a 16GB iOS device you might want to immediately stop following our series on paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free. Why? Because we share so many awesome premium apps on sale that you’re going to fill up your iPhone’s storage in no time. Today we’ve got 11 fresh freebies and you can check them all out in our list below.
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While we don’t seem to know a whole lot of specifics about the iPhone 7, rumors surrounding Apple’s plans for the iPhone in 2017 and 2018 (presumably the iPhone 7s and iPhone 8) have been trickling in with increasing frequency over the past few weeks.
One of the more intriguing rumors we’ve heard about Apple’s 2017 iPhone — likely to be called the iPhone 7s — is that the device will incorporate OLED panels. Initial reports indicated that Apple’s OLED plans were on a 2018 timetable, more recent rumblings from the rumor mill have suggested that Apple recently opted to accelerate OLED adoption in a concerted effort to “offset a predicted stall in iPhone sales.”
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