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10 essential smartphone apps
Did you take the plunge on your first smartphone recently? Congratulations! You’re holding a lot of power and possibilities in your fingertips.
Of course, that can be a little overwhelming, too. There are well over 700,000 apps in both the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Take a deep breath. You don’t need to dive in all at once. Here’s your starter kit. These 10 apps work with the iPhone and Android smartphones. They won’t cost you a thing, but you’ll use them every day.
As you’re getting to know your new phone, give them a download. You’ll be very glad you did. And if you’re a seasoned smartphone user but haven’t tried these apps, what are you waiting for?
Chrome – One of
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FCC hopes to improve in-flight Wi-Fi experience
The Federal Communications Commission hopes to increase the availability and quality of in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity for airline passengers.
WASHINGTON — Airline passengers can look forward to more flights with better in-flight Wi-Fi access, under a new government
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New products: hiking gadgets and more
This weekly roundup takes a look at the practical and sometimes quirky aspects of tech products.
Fitness app for Hansel and Gretel
It’s not every day that you come across a personal fitness tracker that almost doubles as a GPS device, but that’s what you get with the Pear Mobile Training Intelligence System for the iPhone. In addition to tracking your heart rate and the distance covered in a walk or run, the included app also displays the route you covered. That can certainly come in handy the next time you decide to jog in a new city and want to make it back to your hotel. Better yet, the easy-to-use coaching app can announce your mileage, or if you need an extra push, coax
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New products: hiking gadgets and more
This weekly roundup takes a look at the practical and sometimes quirky aspects of tech products.
Fitness app for Hansel and Gretel
It’s not every day that you come across a personal fitness tracker that almost doubles as a GPS device, but that’s what you get with the Pear Mobile Training Intelligence System for the iPhone. In addition to tracking your heart rate and the distance covered in a walk or run, the included app also displays the route you covered. That can certainly come in handy the next time you decide to jog in a new city and want to make it back to your hotel. Better yet, the easy-to-use coaching app can announce your mileage, or if you need an extra push, coax
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Pay-TV operators start streaming live TV outside home
As if we weren’t watching enough TV at home.
In an affirmation that the TV-to-go trend is irrevocable, pay-TV providers are dipping their toes into a new experiment that allows subscribers to stream real-time programming — as it is aired — on tablets and smartphones outside the home.
Time Warner Cable joined the fray Wednesday with a new feature in its mobile app that streams several local channels to subscribers who have a Wi-Fi connection.
Available on the TWC TV app that runs on Apple’s devices, the new service offers eight networks — including Aspire, Big Ten Network (sports) and BBC America — as well as 16 local news stations.
The shift to offer live TV streaming outside the home is partly a competitive response. Several
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