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How to Publish Content in the Apple News App

iOS 9 introduced the Apple News app to the world. Apple News is a built-in app that aggregates news, stories and articles from sources you are interested in into one, streamlined feed. If you are publisher, it is relatively easy to get your content into the News app. Here are the steps for publishing content in Apple News.

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App Review: FitMenCook

Whether you’re a bodybuilder or just an average Joe looking to eat a little healthier, FitMenCook is a great app for finding creative recipes. It’s all curated by food personality Kevin Curry, who adds new recipes frequently. Best of all, the app is gorgeous. The design team did an incredible job, both in form and function. The app currently has a perfect 5-star review on average, which is very rare for iOS apps.

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App Review: Minecraft Pocket Edition for iOS

Minecraft has become a well known and fun game for people of all ages to play. Along with being available on Xbox, PC and Mac - Minecraft is also available on iOS. The Minecraft Pocket Edition app is a great way to place all the creativity and fun of the Minecraft world directly in your pocket. 

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TextEdit: The Built-in Text Editor of Mac OS X

TextEdit is a text editor that comes preinstalled on your Mac. It allows everyone to be able to write documents, similar to Pages or Microsoft Word. It’s more of a basic application that people usually assume won't work for their needs. In reality, TextEdit is a powerful tool if you need to write a document for work, school or for fun. You can find TextEdit in your Applications folder in Finder or in LaunchPad.

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5 Cool iPad Pro Features You Might Not Know About

If you’ve seen commercials and articles about Apple’s new iPad Pro, you probably know a few key things about it. It’s a giant (and I mean enormous) iPad with a 12.9” Retina display. Apple made a cool new stylus for it called Apple Pencil and it’s clearly meant to compete with Microsoft Surface. Beyond that, iPad Pro has a few, lesser-known new features that truly make it shine.

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Back Up Your Mac with Time Machine in El Capitan

We can never stress the importance of backups enough. If something happens to your computer, you want to know that your documents and data are safe. For Mac users, backing up is made incredibly easy by the Time Machine program. Jason shows us how to back up your Mac with Time Machine in OS X El Capitan.

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How to Fix Annoying Prompts and Popups on Mac

Occasionally, your Mac might prompt you for a password unexpectedly. These prompts and popups can sometimes be difficult to overcome, as your Mac will consistently display them. Here are some of the most common popups that occur and how to get rid of them.

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How to Start Creating Apps for iOS, OS X, watchOS and tvOS

Have you ever wanted to make an app that people could download from the App Store? App development has quickly become an incredibly popular hobby and profession. Whether you are looking to create Apple apps for fun or are looking to make money off your development, it’s actually pretty easy to get started.

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How to Add Artwork to Manually Added iTunes Songs and Videos

When you download a song on iTunes, it’s automatically updated with the correct song title, artist name, album title, genre and album artwork. However, this isn’t always the case for songs imported from a CD or downloaded from elsewhere online. It’s time to get rid of all those grey music icons and replace them with beautiful album art, just like the artist intended.

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Advanced Features in Preview for Mac

If you've ever opened a PDF on a Mac, you may have noticed it opens in an app called Preview. At first glance, Preview appears to be a simple PDF viewer. Don't be fooled. Preview is a surprisingly powerful PDF editor with some incredibly useful features.

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