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Some iPhone 7 and 7 Plus models running iOS 11.3 or later are experiencing an issue with their microphones. Some users have reported that after updating, their phones' microphones stopped working, affecting voice memos, calls, FaceTime and speakerpho… Source: Engadget | Apple will fix bug affecting iPhone 7 and 7 Plus microphones
May 4, 2018 | by RaheelYou're either cringing at everyone saying "May the 4th be with you" today or you're the one causing the cringing, but either way, Snapchat is here to help you celebrate Star Wars Day. A slew of Lenses, Stickers and Filters are available on Snapchat t… Source: Engadget | Of course Snapchat jumped on the Star …
May 4, 2018 | by RaheelSince Billboard started using streaming data in calculating the country's most popular songs and albums in 2013, there's been a sea change in how music's popularity is quantified. Some artists, like Chance the Rapper, have had hits with streaming-onl… Source: Engadget | Billboard weighs paid streams more heavily on its music charts
May 4, 2018 | by RaheelI am trying to fill animated balloons with water without them bursting. I watch my laptop screen with laser focus, rapping the space bar as soon as a green dot appears. I weigh how much money to trade with an imaginary partner in a scenario akin to t… Source: Engadget | To find a job, …
May 4, 2018 | by RaheelWhen Twitter shut down Vine in early 2017, the internet mourned what had become a haven for bizarre and unexpectedly sublime content. But by the end of the year, hope returned when its cofounder Dom Hofmann tweeted a simple but unmistakable Vine 2.0… Source: Engadget | Vine's rapturous return has been delayed indefinitely
May 4, 2018 | by RaheelSenator Edward Markey (D-MA) isn't pleased with Facebook and he wants the FTC to do as much as it can to ensure the company is protecting its users' privacy and data. In a letter sent this week to the FTC chairman and commissioners, he requests certa… Source: Engadget | Senator wants Facebook to stop tracking …
May 4, 2018 | by RaheelWhen most people fancy a vacation, they pack up their suitcase and go somewhere warm like Barbados. Not Bastiaan Hooimeijer, who goes by the name "Naam" online. Instead, he built his own holiday spot inside virtual reality. The result — crafted… Source: Engadget | One man built his own vacation spot in VR
May 4, 2018 | by RaheelSay you're at a record store and you come across an album that you'd like to listen to before you buy it. Now there's an app that can help you out with that. It's sort of like Shazam, but for album covers, Pitchfork reports, and once you snap a pictu… Source: Engadget | 'Record Player' …
May 4, 2018 | by RaheelFour MIT students who once built a soccer ball-kicking robot got together with a Michelin-starred chef to build a restaurant that's not quite what you're used to. How? Well, it's staffed by robots, obviously. Spyce, a fast casual restaurant that has… Source: Engadget | Robotic woks are the chefs in this Boston restaurant
May 4, 2018 | by RaheelOn stage today at Radio City Music Hall, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki made a surprising revelation: the service gets 1.8 billion logged-in viewers every month. And that doesn't include people who aren't logged in — which means the actual number of peo… Source: Engadget | YouTube gets 1.8 billion logged-in viewers monthly
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