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Facebook Rolls Out New Like Feature, "Reactions"


Earlier this month, Facebook released a new feature called Reactions - an upgrade to the previous Like button which includes five new expressive emotions. Reactions allows Facebook users to use emoji-like, animated faces that depict a greater range of emotional reaction than simply "liking" something. Reactions includes a total of six options to express how you feel about a post without having to write a comment.

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PSA: Don’t Change Your iOS Device Time to 1970

What is the deal with the iPhone 1970 date bug? People have been reporting on the internet for approximately the past week that changing the time on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to May 1970 or before can cause the device to not power on after a reboot. This has been causing headaches for some as an iOS restore through iTunes does not fix the issue and allow the device to turn back on.

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Apple Music Now Available on Sonos

Apple Music is now available on Sonos. Apple Music on Sonos was first tested by users through a Sonos beta program in December. Since the beta program, Sonos is now pushing the feature out to all users allowing them to add their Apple Music accounts.

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Swift is Now Open Source

During WWDC last year in 2015, Apple announced that Swift, their new programming language, would be going open source. On December 3, 2015, Apple announced that Swift was now open source.

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Apple’s New tvOS Updates: 9.1.1 and 9.2

Apple has a new update in the beta stage for the fourth generation Apple TV, tvOS 9.2, that includes new features for the Apple TV, they have also released a new update tvOS 9.1.1, which brought the Podcast app back to the Apple TV.

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What is CarPlay?

Connecting your iPhone to your car via Bluetooth is good, it allows you to take a phone call hand free. Maybe you can even send a text message via voice controls through the car. Apple has created CarPlay. It is not super new software; it has been around since when iOS 7 came out, but it offers your car many more features than just placing a hands free call.

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YouTube Red – YouTube’s New Subscription Service

YouTube is an online service that is a house hold name. It has grown an incredible amount since its launch over ten years ago. YouTube has launched a new subscription service, named YouTube Red, allowing its users to view videos of their choice when not connected to the internet, along with a big new feature: ad free.

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