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T-Mobile begins offering 4G LTE CellSpot tower to boost wireless signals within homes

This could be helpful. Wireless carrier T-Mobile is taking another crack at beefing up users’ connections by providing miniature cell towers that can be installed in homes. The company is now providing its 4G LTE CellSpot tower, which operates in a range of 3,000 square feet and allows up to 16 devices on T-Mobile’s network […]

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Google Translate app update, now supports 27 languages

A nifty thing just got a hefty upgrade. The Google Translate app, which previously allowed you to visually translate printed text in seven languages, has now been updated to 20 more languages, for a total of 27. The app also allows for real-time voice translations with greater fluidity. The app now supports English, French, German, […]

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Yahoo releases LiveText app, looks to add video to text-based conversations

This is pretty interesting. Yahoo has released its LiveText app, an app that streams video without audio and allows you to send text, icons and emoji. The thought behind this is that the expressiveness of the video makes the conversation more authentic and adds to the nuances that may be missing from a standard text-based […]

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Apple modeling Apple Watch try-on/appointment experience after updated Genius Bar changes

The scheduling and appointment-based changes that seem to be effective for the Genius Bar will apparently be used for Apple Watch try-ons and appointments. Recently, sources have indicated that Apple will be focusing on appointments to try on and view the Apple Watch upon its release later this month. These changes, which are similar to […]

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Batch renaming guide for multiple files in OS X Yosemite surfaces

In the realm of “cool/useful operating system tricks”, this ranks up pretty high. The cool cats at TekRevue have posted a guide as to how to perform batch renaming in OS X Yosemite. This becomes handy as your number of files grows and you need a decent system for organization. Prior to OS X Yosemite, […]