How to retain images in Photos when turning off iCloud Photo Library

Erin Giunta is ready to give iCloud Photo Library the heave-ho, but wants to be sure their photos aren’t lost. I’m confused about what would happen if I turn off iCloud Photo Library on my phone, and not use it on the Cloud. Will my Photos app …

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Google Photos will animate your videos too

The latest AI-powered upgrade for Google Photos brings four tricks. In a blog post today, we learned about four new features for the service, including the simplest one, which autodetects sideways pictures and prompts you to correct them. T…

Samsung offers Note 7 owners $100 off another Galaxy phone

In an attempt to keep users, Samsung is issuing a $100 credit to exchange the defective Galaxy Note 7 for a Galaxy S7 Edge or other Samsung device. By comparison, it'll give you just $25 if you switch to Apple, HTC or any other brand. It ha…

Apple Pay Launches in New Zealand With Support for ANZ-Issued Visa Credit and Debit Cards

Apple has launched Apple Pay in New Zealand beginning with support for ANZ Visa and Debit cards.Apple Pay works with ANZ-issued Visa credit and debit cards. Just add your eligible cards to Wallet and you’ll continue to get all the rewards, benefits …

Apple Highlights Redesigned Apple Music in Latest Ad

Apple has released a new ad to show off the all-new Apple Music which is a part of iOS 10. The ad shows how Apple Music houses all your music — online or offline, and how its ‘For You’ tab offers you the music you will like to listen to based on y…

US couriers issue strict guidelines for returning your Galaxy Note 7

If you can't walk into your carrier's store to turn in a Galaxy Note 7 in person, you'll have to ask them for Samsung's fire-proof box and wait for it to come in. FedEx and UPS have announced that they won't ship out the phone unless it's i…

Fitbit Flex 2 review: Swim-tracking boosts this basic fitness band

Fitbit is on a roll this year, releasing four fitness trackers designed to appeal to just about everyone. The Blaze is a smartwatch designed to compete with the Apple Watch, the Alta is focused on style, and the Charge 2 is an upgraded version o…

Apple shares new Apple Music ad highlighting iOS 10 design changes, Beats 1

Following an earlier Apple Music ad starring James Corden, Jimmy Iovine, Eddy Cue, and Bozoma Saint John, Apple today shared a new ad for the service. The newest video focuses on the changes that came to Apple Music with iOS 10 and comes in at 1 mi…

Let Bears Fuck

Whether out of genuine concern or a misplaced sense of propriety, you might feel compelled to intervene if you find two (or more!) bears mating in the woods. Today, however, I’d like to suggest an alternate course of action: Let them fuck in peace.R…

Apple CEO Tim Cook visits with Nintendo executives during trip to Japan this week

Tim Cook is currently on a business trip to Japan, and during the visit he made sure to meet with Nintendo executives, including Mario-creator Shigeru Miyamoto. Apple and Nintendo shocked the gaming world when Miyamoto made a surprise appearance on…

Pokémon GO Gets Catch Bonus, Updated Gym Training, Other Improvements

Pokémon GO has been updated with a Catch Bonus, gym training improvements, audio fixes, and more.Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Pikachu, and many other Pokémon have been discovered on planet Earth! Now’s your chance to discover and capture the Poké…

Apple Store Employees in Australia Fired Over Explicit Photo-Sharing Scandal

Apple Store employees in an Apple Store in Carindale, Australia have been accused of taking and sharing explicit photos of female customers and employees that visit the store. Described by The Courier Mail as the biggest scandal for Apple in the c…

Space rocks form more craters on the moon than we expected

We might see the moon every night, but we still don't know everything about our planet's faithful companion. For instance, a team of Arizona State University astronomers have discovered that it has around 33 percent more craters than scient…

Oracle DB admins urged to swap their gas guzzler for an electric car

Businesses can bet on open source – or at least use it as a threat Postgres Vision  At the Postgres Vision 16 conference taking place in San Francisco this week, Ed Boyajian, president and CEO of EnterpriseDB, tried to convince attendees to abandon …

Apple recently fixed some Siri flaws, says it focuses on enhancing common queries

While Siri did get smarter with the launch of iOS 10, it’s still widely believed that the Apple’s virtual assistant lags behind offering from Google and even the original creators of Siri. Today, tech veteran Walt Mossberg penned a column that asks…

Pokémon GO updated with catch bonuses, easier gym training, improvements to gameplay

First season of 'Hitman' ends on Halloween, in Japan

The first season of Hitman's episodic experiment comes to a close on October 31st -- no tricks. This final installment takes place in Hokkaido, Japan and according to publisher Square Enix, it's "the culmination of everything players will h…

How to Delete a Snapchat Account

Want to delete your Snapchat account? Welcome to the club! OK but really, if you want to permanently delete your Snapchat account you’ve likely looked around in the Snapchat app and gone nowhere, that’s because you have to go through a series of ste…

After lessons learned from super-storm Sandy, US telcos weather Hurricane Matthew

Network cleanup going well, claim carriers With the East Coast of the US working to get back to its feet in the wake of deadly Hurricane Matthew, network carriers are looking to restore their services back to normal.…