iPhone 7 has a 1,960 mAh battery, iPhone 7 Plus reaches 2,900 mAh

Remember that incredibly specific rumor from July that talked about the iPhone 7’s battery being around 14% bigger than the one in the iPhone 6s? Well, it turns out it was right on the money. The iPhone 7’s battery is 1,960 mAh, exactly as rumored. The figure comes from TENAA, the Chinese authority equivalent to the FCC in the US, so it’s as official as possible – especially considering the fact that Apple itself never publishes such information.

For comparison, know that the iPhone 6s had a 1,715 mAh cell. Moving on to the bigger iPhone 7 Plus, this employs a 2,900 mAh battery, which is…

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iPhone 7 has a 1,960 mAh battery, iPhone 7 Plus reaches 2,900 mAh

Facebook Messenger now allows payments in its 30,000 chat bots

Facebook today filled the biggest hole in its chatbot platform. Messenger bots can accept payments natively without sending users to an external website, Facebook’s head of Messenger David Marcus announced today onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016. Finally, the credit card info people already have stored in Facebook or Messenger can be used to instantly make purchases in bots that are… Read More

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Facebook Messenger now allows payments in its 30,000 chat bots

Facebook automatically turns man's near-fatal car crash into a happy slideshow

You try, Facebook. You really do.

The social media network unleashed a new feature to its mobile app in June which automatically turns your photos into a slideshow video, complete with music and silly graphics. But like other Facebook bots, the feature lacks sensitivity, such as its Year in Review feature that stirred up some bad memories for some of its users previously.

Recently, Josh Gibson learned that the slideshow video lacks the same empathy when Facebook turned a video of his car accident into a quirky video.

In the Reddit comments where Gibson originally posted the video, …

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Facebook automatically turns man's near-fatal car crash into a happy slideshow

Donald Trump just proposed a radical change to the debates

The first presidential debate of the 2016 race is exactly two weeks away, and Donald Trump is already getting punchy.

The Republican presidential nominee said during an interview on CNBC on Monday that the debate will be “rigged” and proposed that the event be held without moderators.

Trump will face off against Hillary Clinton on Sept. 26 in the first of three debates. Moderated by NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt, the debate is already being eagerly anticipated, with expectations for ratings at Super Bowl levels.

The presidential debates have had moderators going back decades. The …

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Donald Trump just proposed a radical change to the debates

Verizon acquires Sensity Systems to add LED light control to its IoT platform

While Verizon continues to work towards closing its acquisition of Yahoo to boost its media and consumer Internet business (which also includes ownership of AOL, which owns TechCrunch), the company has made another acquisition to keep building out its enterprise services, too. The carrier has bought Sensity Systems, a startup based out of Sunnyvale (also home to Yahoo!) that has built… Read More

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Verizon acquires Sensity Systems to add LED light control to its IoT platform

How to force restart/reboot the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus now that there is no physical home key

The new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus may look roughly the same as their predecessors, but one fairly subtle design change is pretty radical for Apple – the signature home key is not clickable anymore. Yep, the physical home key we’ve grown accustomed to since the very first iPhone is now of the trendy capacitive variety, with a new Taptic Engine providing the necessary vibration feedback so that the key doesn’t feel like a touchpad.
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How to force restart/reboot the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus now that there is no physical home key

New update to Skype for Linux Alpha brings unread messages-related fix

Microsoft has pushed out a new update to the Skype for Linux Alpha app that was released back in July this year. The update bumps the app to version 1.7, and brings along a couple of fixes, including one related to unread messages.

Specifically, the update fixes standard behavior of unread messages. “When opening chat with unread messages, the view will focus on the first unread message. As you scroll, messages will be marked as read,” the change-log says.

Also included is a fix for “application reconnect after it was suspended for longer time.” And finally, the update also brings…

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New update to Skype for Linux Alpha brings unread messages-related fix

Google's Pixel phones could be the first in the US to pack Snapdragon 821 CPUs

We’re probably less than a month away from the official unveil of Google’s next Android smartphones, the Pixel and Pixel XL, but we’ve already learned quite a bit about them.

The newest information regarding Google’s Pixel phones suggests that they might be the first smartphones in the United States to pack Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 821 processors.

The Snapdragon 821 chipset has already made it to market since the Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe is now available for purchase, but the device is limited to Taiwan for the time being.

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Google's Pixel phones could be the first in the US to pack Snapdragon 821 CPUs

Actors put their own homemade spin on this classic 'Die Hard' scene

CineFix’s Homemade Movies takes on the epic scene when Hans Gruber falls to his death in Die Hard.

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Why app development is going micro

Application development has long been fraught with peril: Projects become bloated, expensive and never ship. The “micro” trend in application development is focused on delivering bottoms-up, simple solutions to complex problems. Micro services, apps and flows offer a new way to weave existing systems in novel, organic ways in order to deliver solutions immediately. Read More

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Why app development is going micro

Pokemon Go update: “Buddy” feature, Pokemon Go Plus support, no more rooted devices and more

A new update for Pokemon Go is hitting the Google Play Store. Niantic Labs continues to improve the experience in multiple ways, adding new features while resolving previous issues. There is one “improvement” some of you may not like, though.

The main change here is that Pokemon Go is now getting the “Buddy” feature, which was recently announced. This system allows you to pick a Pokemon to show up next to your avatar in the profile. In essence, this pocket monster would be walking beside you at all times. Aside from looking cool, the main benefit here would be that you can earn candies for that specific Pokemon as you walk. It will be pretty convenient for evolving and powering up those Pokemon that are rare to find.

Improvements:

Implemented Buddy Pokémon: Trainers will now be able to choose one of their Pokémon to be their buddy. A Trainer can earn Candy for their Buddy Pokémon by walking a certain distance.Made it easier to select smaller Pokémon on the screen.Fixed an issue where Eggs would sometimes hatch without displaying the animation.Improved performance reliability when a device switches networks to no longer cause the application to hang or stop updating.Pokémon GO Plus support.Minor text fixes.

There is one part of the update many of you probably won’t be happy about, though. Niantic Labs has also removed support for devices that are rooted (or jailbroken). The app will no longer work if you fall under that category of users. Instead, you will get a message saying: “This device, OS, or software is not compatible with Pokemon Go”.

Also read:

How to play Pokemon Go (and everything else you need to know)Android Authority Plays Pokemon GoPokemon Go Plus finally arriving next week

This is real bad news for the rooting community, but Niantic Labs claims its an effective way to eliminate bots and scrapers. Makes sense, but it must be annoying to the honest rooters who just want more control over their smartphones.

How many of you will be affected by this update? Are you willing to get rid of root just to play Pokemon Go?

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Pokemon Go update: “Buddy” feature, Pokemon Go Plus support, no more rooted devices and more

PointShop.space wins the Disrupt SF 2016 Hackathon Grand Prize

Nearly 1,000 eager participants converged upon Pier 48 yesterday for an all-night Hackathon, helping kick off Disrupt with a cold and foggy view of the San Francisco Bay Bridge (as though there were any other kind). The near capacity army of developers, coders, roboticists, engineers and all-purpose hackers broke up into 144 teams, tasked with designing and developing projects during a… Read More

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PointShop.space wins the Disrupt SF 2016 Hackathon Grand Prize

Waiter will wait on hold for you and call you back when a representative answers

Everyone knows waiting on hold for a representative sucks, and only a few companies have systems that will call you back when a representative is ready. The result is hours wasted and very often you’ll forget you’re on hold and the representative will hang up, or your call will just drop altogether – both of which lose your place in line. So today at the Disrupt SF… Read More

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Waiter will wait on hold for you and call you back when a representative answers