| This ultra-thin $20 case adds wireless charging to any iPhone Posted: 08 May 2017 01:52 PM PDT 
Apple's upcoming new iPhone 8 is going to introduce a number of exciting new features that have never been seen before on an iPhone. The most talked-about addition is the new OLED display that will barely have any bezel around it, but that's hardly the end of the story. The feature I'm most excited for is the convenience of wireless charging, which means never having to fumble with a cable or Lightning plug again. Of course, you don't need to wait for the iPhone 8 to add wireless charging to your iPhone. Check out the Nillkin Magic Case, which is available for the iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6/6s, and iPhone 6/6s Plus. Here are some highlights from the product page: - Nillkin Magic Case Series Wireless Charging Receiver Back Cover for iPhone
- Wireless Charging: Although iPhone still doesn't support wireless charge, our Magic Case can enable your iPhone to be wireless charging compatible.
- Magnetic Compatible: Built-in four magnets makes it also compatible with magnetic holder(Note: Since the four magnets are apart in the case, it will not compatible with small magnet holders).
- Tough Shell: Built with environmental hard PC materials, formed by highly precise injection molding machine, scratch resistant and anti-skid.
- Stable Charge: 5V 1A MAX output, wireless charging completion time is about 120mins, stable and fast.
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| First evacuations from Damascus rebel district Posted: 08 May 2017 01:32 PM PDT  Syrian rebels and their families began evacuating from a district of Damascus for the first time on Monday, bringing the government closer to recapturing all of the capital. The evacuation began days after regime backers Russia and Iran and rebel supporter Turkey signed a deal to implement "de-escalation zones" where the government and opposition will halt hostilities. Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Monday rejected any role for the United Nations or international forces in monitoring the zones.
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| Tillerson to discuss Syria crisis with Russian counterpart Posted: 08 May 2017 01:14 PM PDT ![Tillerson to discuss Syria crisis with Russian counterpart]( "Tillerson to discuss Syria crisis with Russian counterpart") WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet this week with Russia's top diplomat as the two countries try to salvage a relationship that Tillerson says is worse than at any time since the Cold War.
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| Trump blasts Sally Yates ahead of Senate testimony Posted: 08 May 2017 12:59 PM PDT  The president would like a Senate subcommittee to ask Sally Yates about leaks, but she's likely to talk instead about the Michael Flynn timeline.
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| Apple is now worth $800 billion for the first time ever Posted: 08 May 2017 12:23 PM PDT 
Freshman economics students will tell you that something is only "worth" whatever other people are willing to pay for it. In the case of Apple Inc, that means the company is now valued at $800 billion, a new all-time high for the company. But according to analysts, Apple could be on track to break $1 trillion if it plays its cards right.
Apple's stock briefly surpassed $153.44 per share today. With Apple's 5.214 billion shares on the market, that means the company's market cap is greater than $800 billion. The new high comes just weeks after Apple blew through $750 billion, a milestone at the time. Anticipation surrounding Apple is reaching a frenzy currently, as a mix of factors are pushing investors ever higher. The iPhone 8, widely expected to launch late this year or early 2018, is predicted to start a "super-cycle" of upgrading, which will make Apple a brand-new wave of profit. Wider economic factors unrelated to the product lineup are also in Apple's favor. Apple has some $250 billion in cash, mostly held overseas, which it doesn't return to the US thanks to the 35% tax that would impose. President Trump, however, has hinted at the possibility of a one-time tax break to encourage companies to bring their cash back to the US. A break, expected to be around 10%, would enable Apple to return cash to the US, and use it to either invest, or return to shareholders. Either scenario would be favorable for investors, hence the excitement. Finally, a general rally in the US stock market is also playing in Apple's favor. The NASDAQ 100 closed at an all-time high last week. Despite the optimism, there's still some notes for concern. Apple's $250 billion in overseas cash is tempered by over $100 billion in debt that it has in the US. Since it can't use any of its overseas cash, it has been using debt to conduct its share buyback program, invest in new technologies, and issue dividends.
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| Mattis: US reviewing Syria safe zones but has many questions Posted: 08 May 2017 12:08 PM PDT  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the U.S. owes it to the people of Syria to take a close look at the Russian proposal to create several "safe zones" in Syria. But Mattis also said the plan poses many unanswered questions, including whether it would be effective.
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| 10 best paid iPhone apps on sale for free today Posted: 08 May 2017 11:50 AM PDT 
We ended last week on a high note, and now we're starting this week off on another high note. We dug through hundreds of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free today, and we've picked out the 10 best options. If you're looking to fill your iOS device with new apps without blowing any cash, this is as good as it gets. These are paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for a limited time by their developers. There is no way to tell how long they will be free. These sales could end an hour from now or a week from now — obviously, the only thing we can guarantee is that they were free at the time this post was written. If you click on a link and see a price listed next to an app instead of the word "get," it is no longer free. The sale has ended. If you download the app, you will be charged. TKeyboard 
Normally $0.99. Main Feature:
# Use Macbook keyboard to do typing for you iPhone and iPad!
# Sync clipboard between Mac and iPhone automatically.
# Manage photos for your iPhone on Mac Please also download Mac TKeyboard for free, just search TKeyboard on Mac App Store. Steps:
1. Add TKeyboard in system settings as a new keyboard.
2. Enable open access for TKeyboard.
3. Switch to TKeyboard when you do any typing
4. Type on Mac!
Download TKeyboard Zip—Zap 
Normally $1.99. Touch to contract.
Release to let go.
Bring the clumsy mechanical beings home. · · ·
over 100 levels
no ads
no in-app-purchases »brilliantly designed« – gamezebo
»a lot of heart« – pocketgamer
»clever« – toucharcade
»excellent« – macstories
»absolute joy to play« – platformalist
Download Zip—Zap Tracky 
Normally $3.99. TL;DR "Really makes my life easier. Switching time and projects on different devices is hassle free. What used to be an administrative chore is now a breeze." In the world of increasing complexity, simple means useful. With Tracky, you no longer need to distract yourself with a separate app or website to toggle timers; Tracky allows you to do it straight from Slack, which you probably use all the time anyway. You can even generate your weekly, monthly, whatever reports with a simple command in Slack and display them to other team members. Sounds like a time tracker you would actually use? FEATURES - report and monitor your work time straight from Slack
- generate and display your work time reports to other members of your Slack team
- all the data is synced with your iPhone in real time
- the app is fully functional when offline, data resyncs seamlessly once connection is restored
- you don't need an admin in your Slack team to set up integration, just click on the "Add to Slack" button and voila, it's done! TESTIMONIALS "This app is only timer I could find simple enough for our exact needs." "Great app to track our team's work! It's self explanatory, simple and easy to use." "Really liking it so far. Thanks for creating it :)" "This app is really cool and so simple to use. It does what it should, so easy! Really like it! Best time tracking app for me till now." "Just installed Tracky and it looks like the perfect time tracker which does just what I need." "Really like the add-on you built for Slack. Great job with Tracky." "Super easy to use!" This app is not created by, affiliated with, or supported by Slack Technologies, Inc. I just use their API's to make the magic work.
Download Tracky !Q - How Smart Are You? 
Normally $4.99. How Smart Are You?
How Many Brain Teasers Can You Solve? It's time to measure your intelligence quotient (IQ) and find out if you're a genius! !Q is a premium IQ test designed for mobile.
Get your IQ level by answering all questions, which are based on official IQ tests.
This IQ test is a highly accurate test prepared by experts. It will take you ~30-45 minutes to finish the test.
Tip: answer all questions! After you finish the test, you will receive your IQ and the global ranking.
You can share your IQ with your friends on Facebook. In this app you get UNLIMITED tests and the SOLUTIONS for the test! So if you like quizzes, puzzles and brain teasers, this app is exactly for you!
Try your best to get the highest IQ level (intelligence Quotient) and find out if you're included on the top 10% of the people worldwide that have an IQ level of 120 or higher. Features: * Get beautiful and interactive design.
* Premium IQ questions.
* Solutions for the test.
* IQ measurement which is your IQ.
* Unlimited tests.
Download !Q - How Smart Are You? SaveAgram 
Normally $1.99. Download videos and photos from Instagram with ease! Simply enter the Instagram link, press 'Download Instagram', and the video and or photo is saved. The photo & video can then be viewed or saved to the Camera Roll for use in other apps! Features:
• Downloads videos in full HD
• Downloads photos
• Simple, slick interface
• Small app size, lightweight
• Fast downloader
•Videos and Photos are saved to the Camera Roll, making them easily shareable across applications (Messages, Mail, etc.) To use with the official Instagram app, select Copy Share Link. Then paste the link to download!
Download SaveAgram Week Cal Widget 
Normally $1.99. NO need to unlock your device to see your calendar events!!!
See your week events right from the notification center. Scroll up and down or scroll previous and next week, full calendar in your finger tip without unlocking your device. The widget includes: ․ Day timeline
․ Week View timeline
․ Scroll through 24 hours
․ Scroll through days and weeks
․ Tap on event to open event or iPhone calendar
․ Handles complicated event overlapping
․ Assigns colors to events
․ Choose to show/hide any day of the week
․ Choose first day of week
․ Choose number of days to show in the widget
․ Control the height of the widget from setting The app remembers the last screen the user was viewing or it can be configured to jump to today or current week.
Download Week Cal Widget Quick Notes 
Normally $3.99. Quick Notes is designed as a beautiful and simple way to take notes, keep a diary, and jot down things worth remembering. We made the app because we wanted a simple way to capture inspiration and ideas without all the bloat and complication offered by most note-taking apps. We've made things really simple with Quick Notes. That app is easy to use. That being said, Quick Notes is powerful! Quick Notes has the following features:
• Fully updated and designed for iOS 9
• Cloud syncing between devices
• Rich Text Styling (via Markdown)
• Add Photos to your Notes
• Notes are organized and sorted by lists
You could use Quick Notes to capture things like: • Notes for a school class
• Inspiration
• Memos
• Thoughts
• Quotes
• Important bits of information
• Daily activities
• Meeting minutes
• Favorite speeches
• Goals
• Outlines and Points to cover
• Talks
•Stuff about you
• Work meetings
•And Much More!
Give Quick Notes a try. We think you'll love it!
Download Quick Notes CLZ Barry 
Normally $9.99. Scan barcodes with your iPhone or iPad camera and instantly send them to your Collectorz.com software on your Windows or Mac desktop computer. Wireless barcode scanning:
* Scan barcodes using the built-in camera of your iPhone or iPad.
* Supported barcode types:
-- EAN and UPC barcodes (for CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays and video games)
-- ISBN barcodes (for books and comic books)
-- UPC+2 and UPC+5 barcodes (for comic books)
* Instantly transmit scanned barcodes to the Add Automatically screen of the Collectorz.com software on your desktop computer (PC or Mac):
-- Movie Collector for Windows or Mac
-- Book Collector for Windows or Mac
-- Music Collector for Windows or Mac
-- Comic Collector for Windows or Mac
-- Game Collector for Windows or Mac.
* Direct Scan and Send mode: scan directly into the Add screen, it will even automatically "press" the "Search Now" button for you, so that after scanning a barcode, your Collector program automatically starts the search.
* Batch Scan Mode: Or use CLZ Barry to scan multiple barcodes in "offline" mode, then send the entire batch to the Queue Mode of your Add Automatically screen. * Using the Collectorz.com Connect web-apps? Then install the Buddy for Barry companion app on your desktop computer, so that you can scan barcodes into your Connect web-app. Automatic title and image look-ups (optional):
* When scanning barcodes for DVDs, Blu-Ray Discs, CDs, book, comics or games,
CLZ Barry automatically looks up Title and Cover Image in the
Collectorz.com online media databases.
* Tap an entry in the barcode list to view more media details on the
Collectorz.com Core mobile website. Supported devices:
* iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5(C/S), iPhone 6 (Plus)
* iPod touch 4th and 5th gen (the ones with a camera)
* iPad 2, 3, 4 and Air, iPad Mini (Retina)
* iOS 7.1 or higher required
* Requires internet connection on both your phone and desktop computer.
Any internet connection will do (Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE or GPRS).
No Bonjour needed, no local LAN connection needed.
Download CLZ Barry Reiki Relaxation 
Normally $3.99. Melt away stress and tension and experience deep relaxation and complete peace with the power of hypnosis and guided meditation. Benefits include:
- Deeper relaxation for your body & mind
- Quiet your mind & racing thoughts
- Melt away stress & anxiety
- Create calming energy
- Deep sleep
- Revitalize your energy Rachael Meddows is a certified hypnotherapist who has used her unique view of hypnosis to give people a better life, and now she has applied that perspective to the mobile applications world. This app features: * Soothing, therapeutic hypnotherapy tracks designed by Rachael Meddows
* High quality, state of the art recordings
* Playlist feature that allows you to customize with your in-app purchases
* Hypnosis instructions that can be opted out of once you have learned how hypnosis works
* Your choice of a short or long hypnosis induction
* Your choice of one of four different soothing background animations and sounds to enhance your hypnosis experience
* Customizable wake or sleep endings:
- The option to wake you up when the program has finished
- A built-in alarm clock to wake up at a particular time
- Program the app to allow you to remain asleep after completing hypnosis
Download Reiki Relaxation Translate 3 for Safari 
Normally $4.99. TranslateSafari 3 (Translate & Speak Web)
The app is a Safari extension that translates and speaks aloud the entire web page of Safari app.
A must have app to translate and speak aloud web pages of Safari. Useful Features
● Translate the entire web page of Safari app
- Support both Google Translate (100+ languages) and Bing Translator (50+ languages) translation services
- Show both original web page and translation
- Display the original text for each translated sentence
● Speak aloud the entire web page of Safari app
- Speak 100+ voices
- Read all unread web pages automatically
- Swipe to control skipping sentences
- Highlight word by word for each speaking sentence
- Speak aloud the clicked web page
- Add favorite web pages with "Starred" to speak aloud later
- With funny bear and human face animations while speaking
- Support useful speaking repeat, pause, speed and pitch options
● Optimize speak functions (Pro)
- Support more functions: Add Starred, Read all unread web pages
- Background operation support: keep reading aloud web pages in the background while using another app
- Lock screen support: play, pause, skip a sentence, adjust playback volume and see the sentences list on the lock screen
- Headphone support: play, pause, adjust playback volume and detect headphone plugged and unplugged
Features
● A Safari extension that translates the entire web page
The app provides a Safari extension that translates the entire web page of Safari app. ● Supports both Google Translate and Bing Translator translation services
The app supports both Google Translate (100+ languages) and Bing Translator (50+ languages) translation services. ● Display the original text for each translated sentence
The app could display the original text while taping the translated sentence.
Show both original web page and translation. Switch between the translation and original web page (Google Translate, iPad). ● A Safari extension that speaks aloud the entire web page sentence by sentence
The app integrates the system text-to-speech engine, speaks aloud sentence by sentence without internet connecting.
Speak 100+ voices. ● Support 70+ enhanced voices (In-App Purchase)
The app supports all standard system voices, you can make in-app purchases to buy extra enhanced voices. ● Add favorite web pages with "Starred" (Pro)
Add favorite web pages with "Starred" to speak aloud later.
You can swipe to mark a starred item as read or unread, and flag or unflag a starred item.
Swipe a starred item right and tap the [Mark as Read] or [Mark as Unread] button to mark as read or unread, and tap the [Flag] or [Unflag] button to flag or unflag.
Swipe a starred item left to remove the starred item. ● Read all unread web pages automatically (Pro) ● Swipe to control skipping sentences
You can skip a sentence or all below sentences while in Speak mode.
Swipe a sentence right and tap the [Skip Below] or [Unskip Below] button to skip or unskip all below sentences.
Swipe a sentence left and tap the [Skip] or [Unskip] button to skip or unskip the sentence. ● Speak aloud the clicked web page ● Support useful speaking options
The app provides some useful speaking options, such as repeat times of the whole article, repeat times of each sentence, speaking pause seconds between sentences, speaking speed, speaking pitch and font size options.
The repeat times could be 0~60 and infinity (∞). ● Speaking face animation ● Highlight words while speaking ● Background operation support (Pro)
The app can keep reading web pages in the background while using another app. ● Lock screen support (Pro)
The app provides the lock screen support that you can play, pause, skip a sentence, adjust playback volume and see the sentences list on the lock screen. ● Headphone support (Pro)
The app provides the headphone support that you can play, pause and adjust playback volume. It also detects headphone plugged and unplugged.
Download Translate 3 for Safari
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| 12 Foods That Give You Clearer Skin Posted: 08 May 2017 11:32 AM PDT ![12 Foods That Give You Clearer Skin]( "12 Foods That Give You Clearer Skin")
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| Here's What VantageScore's New Credit-Scoring Formula Means for Your Wallet Posted: 08 May 2017 11:12 AM PDT ![Here's What VantageScore's New Credit-Scoring Formula Means for Your Wallet]( "Here's What VantageScore's New Credit-Scoring Formula Means for Your Wallet") The way some credit scores are calculated is about to change -- and it could mean that bigger changes are on the way soon. VantageScore, the nation's second-most-prominent credit-scoring firm (behind long-time industry leader FICO), announced changes to its scoring formula last month. The most important change is the inclusion of so-called "trending data" in the formula, and it is likely the start of something big.
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| Leak reveals a new version of the Galaxy S8 that’s about to launch Posted: 08 May 2017 10:55 AM PDT 
We can't see the future, but if had to make a guess, we would say that the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ will be the hottest Android smartphones of the year until the late summer. At that point, Samsung is expected to one-up its S8 design with an all new Galaxy Note 8 that features an even better screen-to-body ratio and hopefully a battery that doesn't explode. The Galaxy S8 and S8+ feature a gorgeous new look with a nearly bezel-less Super AMOLED screen and curved sides on the front and back. They look amazing, they feel perfect in the hand, and they're the most powerful Android phones that have ever been released. There is one drawback to Samsung's hot new Galaxy S8 design though, and now it looks like an upcoming new version of the phone will address this potential shortcoming. As we covered in our in-depth Galaxy S8 review, no phone has ever featured a more stunning design — and that includes iPhones. It truly is as close to perfection as any company has come in terms of look and feel. That gorgeous design comes at a cost, however: if you drop a Galaxy S8 that's not housed in a protective case, it's probably done for. Remember, no phone has ever performed worse in SquareTrade's drop tests. For people who want the Galaxy S8's beautiful display and the phone's impressive power, but who also want a phone that's far less fragile, it looks like Samsung will soon have just the thing for you. As the company has done in the past, new leaks suggest Samsung is working on a ruggedized version of the Galaxy S8 called the Galaxy S8 Active. https://twitter.com/rquandt/status/860237447669698562 Blogger Roland Quandt posted two finds on Twitter that suggest Samsung is getting close to launching its new Galaxy S8 Active. As seen in the tweet above, Quandt found what is believed to be the S8 Active's model number (SM-G892A) in a user agent string. Then, he notes that the same model number was listed on the Netflix website as part of the Galaxy S8 family of devices. That page on the Netflix site has since been updated to remove mention of the SM-G892A. There's no word as far as exactly when we can expect Samsung to announce its new Galaxy S8 Active, but it appears as though an unveiling isn't far off.
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| Vet Charged With Shooting Her Service Dog Found Dead in Apparent Suicide: Report Posted: 08 May 2017 10:38 AM PDT  Police are investigating the death of Marinna Rollins, 23, whose body was discovered in her apartment by friends early Sunday morning.
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| Canada's opinion of US reaches record 35-year low after election of Donald Trump Posted: 08 May 2017 10:20 AM PDT  Canadians' view on the US have changed for the worse since the election of Donald Trump, according to a new survey. In addition, nearly 20 per cent of survey respondents said they were changing travel plans that included the US. About eight per cent were considering changing travel plans as well.
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| Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black just shared pictures from their gorgeous wedding Posted: 08 May 2017 10:03 AM PDT  If you stare at these pictures long enough, it almost - for a second - feels like you were there. Tom Daley quietly married his partner, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black this weekend in a private ceremony in Devon, England. Today, the Olympic medalist shared the first photo from the pair's gorgeous ceremony - and it's as beautiful as we thought it would be. SEE ALSO: Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli are now officially married and wow, it looked beautiful The diver shared a snapshot of his special day on Instagram. On 6th May 2017, I married the love of my life, @dlanceblack ❤️ We shared the day with 120 of our closest friends and family, from Texarkana to Plymouth! Thank you to everyone who made this weekend the most special weekend of our lives! • • • @burberry ♂️London Gay Men's Chorus @andymacphotofilm • • • #NoRomeo A post shared by Tom Daley (@tomdaley1994) on May 8, 2017 at 1:41am PDT Lance Black then shared an equally gorgeous photo from the ceremony across his own social media. So... what did you do this weekend? pic.twitter.com/wWbpiiy1sy — Dustin Lance Black (@DLanceBlack) May 8, 2017 The couple announced they were engaged two years ago in British newspaper The Times after one year of publicly dating. #HeSaidYES and then #ISaidYES ❤️Thanks for all the lovely messages! A post shared by Tom Daley (@tomdaley1994) on Oct 2, 2015 at 12:12am PDT The Olympic diver revealed he was seeing Lance Black in 2013, shortly after discussing his sexuality in a YouTube video. #splash celebrations :) Beef Wellington...yes please!!! A post shared by Tom Daley (@tomdaley1994) on Jan 4, 2014 at 2:42pm PST Congrats to the happy couple. WATCH: Study finally reveals if your cat likes hanging out with you
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| The Latest: Obama said to have warned Trump about Flynn Posted: 08 May 2017 09:33 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the congressional probe into Russia in the 2016 election (all times local):
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| Microsoft just killed your Surface Pro 5 dreams Posted: 08 May 2017 09:16 AM PDT 
Days after unveiling a Microsoft laptop with a weird choice of palm rest material and a new version of the Windows 10 operating system aimed at the education market, Microsoft announced that it'll host a second event this month, dedicated to different hardware. At the time, we thought the May 23rd event would bring us news of the Surface Pro 5 laptop, an update we've been waiting for a while now. But it turns out that's not happening this month. In an interview with CNET, Microsoft's vice president for Surface Computing Panos Panay suggested that you may have to wait a lot longer than just a few days to see an upgrade. "If people don't want to buy our Pro 4 at this time, that's OK," Panay said when asked whether people should buy the Pro 4 or wait for a successor. "What I'm super, super sure of is that the people using a Pro 4 have a product that's going to be competitive for five years." That doesn't sound too reassuring. Will there be any upgrades, CNET asked? "When it's meaningful, and the change is right, we'll put it on market," the extremely enthusiastic Surface creator said. "Meaningful change isn't necessarily a hardware change, which is what a lot of people look for. They're like, 'Where's the latest processor?' That's not what I mean. I'm looking for an experiential change that makes a huge difference in product line." "You'll see that same meaningful impact when Pro 5, or Pro Next hits the market," he said, adding "there's no such thing as a Pro 5." This comment seems to indicate that Microsoft might not be looking to make a Surface Pro 5 device anytime soon. Or if it is working on one, it might not call it the "Surface Pro 5." So what is Microsoft announcing in a couple of weeks? The company will talk about what's next, and it involves hardware. Is it AR/VR or mixed reality? Is it the strange Surface Phone that doesn't look like a phone? Is it something completely different, like Cortana-based Amazon Echo rivals? We don't have very long to wait before we find out.
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| The Latest: DeVos says she'll advocate for HBCUs Posted: 08 May 2017 09:00 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration and historically black colleges and universities (all times local):
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| The iPhone 8 design everybody hates is back Posted: 08 May 2017 08:44 AM PDT 
There are two kinds of iPhone 8 design leaks out in the wild right now, and they're fairly similar except for one critical feature: the Touch ID fingerprint sensor. A new report indicates that Apple may be forced to go with the safer approach, which unfortunately just so happens to be the one that everybody hates. Apple wants to integrate the Touch ID sensor within the layers of the new OLED screen, various reports have said, but the nascent technology may not be ready in time for this year's flagship iPhone 8. Hong Kong-based equity research firm CLSA wrote in a note to investors seen by MacRumors that Apple may end up placing the sensor on the back of the handset instead. "iPhone to ditch fingerprint sensor? We don't think so," CLSA analysts Sebastian Hou and Brian Chen wrote. "Both Samsung and Apple tried to enable in-display fingerprint sensing on full-screen OLED phones in 2017, but their optical tech seems immature and the major iPhone 8 bottleneck." The note continued, "Some thus speculate the fingerprint sensor will be removed and replaced by 3D sensing. Our latest supply chain checks indicate the iPhone 8 will still have the sensor given security, user-friendliness, and a need for payments infrastructure, but there is a high chance it will be on the back like Samsung's Galaxy S8." 
CLSA went ahead and created a diagram of the iPhone 8, as seen above. The company believes Apple will use an all-screen design for the handset, and that it'll feature an advanced 3D face recognition system on the front as well as a vertical dual-lens camera on the back. The schematic above looks similar to some of the recent leaks that hit the web. Designer Benjamin Geskin created a concept iPhone 8 based on the image above. Here it is — and let's just hope that it's way off base, because the front of the phone is hideous at the top, not to mention the fact that it would introduce several new manufacturing hurdles: 
A report on Monday said the iPhone 8 will not be delayed, although it made no mention of the phone's design or the Touch ID sensor's location.
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| Ex-soldier recorded fatally shooting service dog found dead Posted: 08 May 2017 08:29 AM PDT  Police say they're investigating the possible suicide of an Army veteran charged with shooting her service dog as she laughed.
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| Suspect in Boston penthouse slayings faces arraignment Posted: 08 May 2017 08:09 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — A man accused of killing two engaged doctors inside the penthouse of a luxury condominium building was scheduled to be arraigned Monday on two counts of murder.
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| Phil Schiller hints that Apple’s Siri-based Amazon’s Echo rival might feature a display Posted: 08 May 2017 07:49 AM PDT 
It's been a few years since we've seen Apple enter a brand new hardware category, but that may change in just a few weeks once WWDC gets underway in early June. According to a research note from Ming-Chi Kuo that was circulated widely last week, Apple has been busy developing a Siri-based product designed to go head-to-head with Amazon's Echo. Even better, Kuo says there's a 50% chance Apple will introduce the device at Apple's upcoming developer conference. The device will reportedly incorporate Beats audio technology and will deliver premium-level acoustics.
As Kuo noted in a research report obtained by MacRumors, the device will feature "one woofer and seven tweeters and computing power similar to iPhone 6/6S." And while not much else is known about the rumored product, Apple executive Phil Schiller may have recently shed some light on what type of differentiating features the device will bring to the table. During a recent interview with Gadgets 360, Schiller was asked to share his thoughts on devices like the Amazon Echo and Google Home. While not singling out one device in particular, Schiller intimated that both devices were nothing special before seemingly implying that adding a screen interface to a smart speaker system might be a smart move. Schiller specifically noted that while voice-based intelligent assistants can be helpful, he referenced a few examples where having a screen interface serves a complementary purpose. So there's many moments where a voice assistant is really beneficial, but that doesn't mean you'd never want a screen. So the idea of not having a screen, I don't think suits many situations. For example if I'm looking for directions and I'm using Maps, Siri can tell me those directions by voice and that's really convenient but it's even better if I can see that map, and I can see what turns are coming up, and I can see where there is congestion, I understand better my route, and what I'm going to do. Or, for example, with photography, and one of the most popular reasons for our products is photography now, and photography requires a screen. So the idea of a device without a screen, well it's not really useful for that whole category of photos that we all share. and all the social networking apps that are now embracing photos more and more, well, it doesn't work really so great in voice-only assistants.
Schiller obviously didn't confirm anything, but it's more than a bit interesting that when asked about a product like the Amazon Echo, Schiller began waxing poetic on how important screens are, adding that the "role of the screen is gonna remain very important to all of this." Interestingly enough, images of an unreleased Amazon Echo device with a full-fledged display emerged last week. Rumor has it that this unnamed device will be positioned as the premier product within Amazon's burgeoning Alexa-based lineup. https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/860568968943341570
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