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  1. Ashleigh E

    YouTube videos play out of sync on iPad

    I'm having an issue where I upload a video to YouTube, and the sound slowly falls out of sync when watching on iPad. I've tried everything I can think of (re-uploading, changing the bit-rate and the frame rates) but to no avail. Without fail, every time, the video will fall out of sync. This is...
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    Amazon Launches Amazon Key Service That Allows Couriers to Access Your Home

    9to5 Mac reports that Amazon has today announced its new Alexa Cloud Cam security camera and Amazon Key service, which is designed to work in tandem with certain smart locks to let Amazon couriers gain entry into your home and leave packages inside your house. Amazon Key works by sending a...
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    Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Announced for iOS

    Great news from Nintendo today, with 9to5 Mac reporting that the company has announced that Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will be coming to iOS next month as a free-to-play game where you get to run your own campsite and personalise it in typically cute Animal Crossing style. Here’s how Nintendo...
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    Reports of iOS 11 Battery Life Issues Persist Despite Updates

    AppleInsider reports today on the fact that for some users, iOS 11 is still causing battery-life issues with their devices. As AppleInsider notes, despite three sub-point updates, the Apple support forums are still full of complaints about iOS 11 in terms of sluggishness, crashing, and battery...
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    Apple Pay To Replace MetroCard on NYC Subway Next Year

    AppleInsider reports that the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has today approved a new $573 million contract to add support for contactless payment methods, including Apple Pay on iPhone and Apple Watch, to the subway turnstiles. The intention is to eventually replace...
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    Pokémon Go Halloween Celebrations Revealed

    Niantic has just announced Pokémon Go’s second annual Halloween trick-or-treat extravaganza, which starts today and runs until November 2. During this time there will be many more spooky Pokémon around than usual to catch, including Gastly, Drowzee, Cubone, and more. Even better, Sableye...
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    Delta Said to be Moving Staff Over From Windows Devices to iOS

    AppleInsider reports that Delta airlines is said to be moving its staff over from Windows devices to iOS, with flight attendants having their Nokia Lumia 1520 phablets replaced with iPhone 7 Plus models early next year. Pilots will also be getting 10.5-inch iPad Pro models in place of their...
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    Game of Thrones: Conquest Out Now

    Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and HBO Global Licensing have today launched Game of Thrones: Conquest worldwide for iOS and iPad. The free-to-play MMO strategy game was developed by Turbine and is based on the award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones. The game gives players the chance...
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    New Video of Apple’s Self-Driving Car Emerges

    While there hasn’t been much news about Apple’s rumoured self-driving car project lately, it seems that the project is still continuing, with The Verge reporting today that a self-driving car expert, MacCallister Higgins, has tweeted out a picture of what he says is Apple’s “Project Titan” out...
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    Apple Maps Adds Indoor Maps for Eight More U.S. Airports

    MacRumors reports today that Apple has continued to expand one of the most popular features of its Maps app by adding indoor maps for eight more airports in the United States. The newly added airports include O’Hare International and Midway International in Chicago; McCarran International in...
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    Apple Explains Machine Leaning Tech Behind Siri

    AppleInsider reports today on a post on Apple’s Machine Learning blog that details exactly what happens when you use the “Hey Siri” command with your iOS device. In particular, the blog post explains the role of the detector, which is a speech recognizer that is always listening out for the...
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    Google’s Cupcake Update Removed After Protests

    9to5 Mac reports today on a rather unusual Google Maps iOS update, which included the addition of a “mini cupcakes” distance measurement for how many calories are burned when you walk a particular distance. It certainly looks like a fun and cute way of letting people know just how many calories...
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    Apple Watch Saves Man’s Life

    Cult of Mac reports that New Yorker James Green from Brooklyn has his Apple Watch to thank for saving his life by detecting a pulmonary embolism. Twenty-eight-year-old Green says that he bought his Apple Watch because he’s a serial data-tracker and bought it to use it for the notifications and...
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    iOS Market Share Increases in US and Other Countries, But Not UK

    9to5 Mac reports that according to new data from Kantar, iOS has seen its market share growth increase year-on-year in August in seven of the nine biggest markets that Kantar is monitoring. The most notable exception to the rule is the UK, which saw a two-point fall as the result of a big...
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    78% of US Teens Have an iPhone According to Survey

    MacRumors reports today on a new survey from Piper Jaffray as part of its semiannual U.S. teen survey. According to Piper Jaffray’s figures, 78% of those teens surveyed own an iPhone, which represents an increase of 2% from the spring 2017 survey. Also, 82% of teens surveyed said that their next...
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    Apple Working on Automatic Blood Pressure Monitoring Technology

    Following on from recent news that Apple is working on a way of measuring blood pressure using the Apple Watch, AppleInsider today has news of a patent application that has just been made public that reveals that Apple is working on automatic blood pressure monitoring technology. The new...
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    Voice Pitch Control?

    what ipad apps allow you to change the pitch of a pattern with the changing pitch of your voice? thanks tesla.
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    Facebook and Instagram Suffer Worldwide Outage

    If you’re finding that you can’t connect to Facebook or Instagram, don’t worry, it’s not just you, as Mashable, along with many other news outlets, is reporting that both Facebook and Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, are down worldwide. When you try to connect, you’ll simply see a sad...
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    Apple and Steven Spielberg Sign Deal to Make New Amazing Stories Series

    According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, via 9to5 Mac, Apple has just signed a deal with Steven Spielberg to make new content. “The tech giant has struck a deal with Mr. Spielberg’s Amblin Television and Comcast Corp.’s CMCSA -0.36% NBCUniversal television production unit to make...
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    Sixty-Four Percent of Americans Now Own an Apple Device

    According to CNBC’s All-America Economic Survey, as reported by AppleInsider, the number of Apple products in active use in the US has increased to 2.6 products per household, up from 1.6 in 2012, with 64 % of all Americans now owning an Apple product. The in-depth figures even break down the...
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    3D Touch App Switcher Returns With iOS 11.1 Beta 2

    MacRumors reports that, just as Apple’s engineering chief, Craig Federighi, promised, the 3D Touch App Switcher gesture has reappeared in iOS 11.1 Beta 2. It appears that the feature was “intentionally removed” for the iOS 1 beta testing process, and was still missing when iOS 11 first...
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    Jony Ive Talks About Apple’s Future Tech Plans in Big TechFest Interview

    MacRumors reports that Apple design chief Jony Ive gave a big interview to The New Yorker editor David Remnick onstage at TechFest 2017 in New York. In a wide-ranging discussion, Ive touched on many subjects, including his philosophy of design, what it was like working with Steve Jobs, the...
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    Hundreds of new emoji arriving with iOS 11.1 beta 2

    9to5 Mac reports that hundreds of new emoji are coming to iOS 11.1 beta 2 some time next week, “including more emotive smiley faces, gender-neutral characters, clothing options, food types, animals, mythical creatures and more.” Aside from iOS 11.1, which should be available to all by the end...
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    EFF Says That iOS 11 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Toggles are a Security Risk

    MacRumors reports today that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published an article that is critical of the redesign of Apple’s Control Centre in iOS 11, stating that the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth toggles are misleading and compromise the security of the user. According to the EFF, the...
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    Bungie and Jamf Working Together on iPad for Kids Hospital Program

    According to a report on AppleInsider, Apple device management company Jamf has partnered with The Bungie Foundation to help make the experience of children in hospital just a little brighter with access to an iPad loaded with special apps. Game developer Bungie, the company behind Halo and...
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    New Patent Application Shows How Apple Watch Could Measure Blood Pressure

    9to5 Mac reports today on news from Patently Apple that Apple has applied for a patent for a system that can measure a person’s blood pressure using just an Apple Watch with a band containing a special sensor. Currently, it is only possible to take a person’s blood pressure by using an...
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    Microsoft Edge Coming Soon to iOS

    It looks like we could soon be getting the choice of a new browser to use on iOS, with Phone Arena reporting that Microsoft could be about to port its Edge browser to iOS and Android. The sources say that Microsoft Edge will be appearing on mobile platforms before the end of 2017. The same...
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    YouTube App Gets Instant iMessage Video Sharing With New iOS Update

    YouTube has today updated its iOS app with a new sharing feature whereby you can much more easily share YouTube videos directly via the Messages app, writes 9to5 Mac. Prior to today’s update, when you sent someone a YouTube video in Messages, they’d have to click on a link in order to view the...
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    Apple Releases iOS 11.0.2 Update to Fix Cracking iPhone 8 Earpiece Issue

    MacRumors reports that Apple has today released another iOS 11 update with iOS 11.0.2, which is designed to fix, among other things, the crackling iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus earpiece that some users have been experiencing when making phone calls and FaceTime calls. Up until today’s update, the...
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    Apple Acquires Computer Vision Startup Company Regaind

    In an exclusive report today, TechCrunch reveals that it has heard from multiple sources that Apple has acquired a small French startup firm called Regaind. When Apple was asked by TechCrunch to comment on the acquisition, it sort-of confirmed it (ish) in a typically tight-lipped statement...
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    Middle-Earth: Shadow of War Out Now on iOS

    Warner Bros. Entertainment’s Middle-earth: Shadow of War arrived in the App Store today for iPhone and iPad. The free-to-play strategy RPG continues Talion’s journey through Mordor and unites Middle-earth’s most renowned Champions with the most fearsome of Orcs, who team up in a bid to vanquish...
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    iOS 11.0.1 Patch Released to Improve iOS 11 Performance

    Macworld reports that Apple has today released iOS 11.0.1, which is a typical post-release update that features various “bug fixes and improvements for your iPhone and iPad” to quote Apple’s release notes. While Apple did not mention any specific bugs that the update fixes, Ars Technica reports...
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    Super Mario Run to Get New World in Huge Update and 50% Price Cut

    9to5 Mac reports that Nintendo is hoping to revive interest in Super Mario Run with a huge new update that includes a new world, as well as a temporary 50% price cut. Due on September 29, the update includes World Star, a new world that features nine new levels, as well as support for playing...
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    iOS 11 is Draining Batteries Fast

    While it initially seemed that the launch of iOS last week was pretty uneventful as Apple software launches go, I’m sure many of you have noticed that it appears to be draining your iPads and iPhones way too fast. While this is normal when a new iOS version is launched, and something that...
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    iPhone 8, Apple Watch Series 3, Apple TV 4K Available From Today

    iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, Apple Watch Series 3, and Apple TV 4K are all available today to early pre-order customers and Apple retail stores in various territories around the world, including Australia, Japan, and New Zealand, the UK and the US. The UK press has made much of the fact that...
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    iOS 11 Installed on 10% of Devices 1 Day After Launch

    According to new figures from analytics company Mixpanel, via MacRumors, iOS 11 is being adopted by users at a slightly slower rate than iOS 10, having been installed on 10.01 percent of devices 1 day after launch. In comparison, iOS 10 was installed on 14.45 percent of devices in the same time...
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    Craig Federighi Promises 3D Touch App Switching Will Return

    MacRumors reports that Apple’s software engineering head, Craig Federighi, has told a MacRumors reader that the popular 3D Touch App Switcher access gesture will be returning in a future iOS 11 update. Replying to Adam Zahn’s email, Federighi explained that support for the gesture was only...
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    Pages, Keynote, and Numbers Get New iOS 11 Features

    9to5 Mac reports today that Apple has updated its Pages, Numbers and Keynotes apps with new iOS 11 features. First off, Pages has a new look for its document manager to make it easier to view files from third-party service providers and iCloud Drive. Drag and drop support for iPad has also been...
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    First ARKit Apps, Including Ikea, Arrive in the App Store

    With the advent of iOS 11 yesterday, which seems to be working very smoothly for most of us, iPhone and iPad users get their first chance to play augmented reality apps build using ARKit. AppleInsider reports on some of the first ARKit apps to appear in the App Store. One of the very first is...
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    iOS 11 is Out Today

    The big day is finally here, with iOS 11 now available to download for compatible iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch, bringing with it many changes and improvements. At the time of writing, iOS 11 is one of the top trends on Twitter worldwide, and judging by the most popular comments on there, the...
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