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If you’re a subscriber to Google’s cellular network Project Fi, a new update on the Play Store should help you better manage your data. According to an update log shared by a Googler on Reddit, the Project Fi app (version I.2.1) will come with a new widget that lets you view current data usage per month. Project Fi‘s pricing is dependent on how much data you use – unlimited talk and text costs $20 a month, but an additional gigabyte of data is $10. It also credits back a

There’s a lot to be nostalgic about with MTV – remember when they played music videos? If you missed some of MTV’s classic programmings, the network has announced that it’s reviving one of its most popular, ‘MTV Cribs,’ via Snapchat. When it was on the air between 2000 to 2011, ‘Cribs’ followed famous stars into their homes to give fans an inside look at living large. With the social media generation, MTV will relaunch ‘Cribs’ as a Sna

FBI Director James Comey today revealed that the FBI spent more than a million dollars to crack Syed Farook’s iPhone. After nearly a month, the agency has found nothing. The phone, which was the linchpin in the recent Apple and FBI showdown in front of congress, was believed to have data that could tie Farook to radical Islamic terrorist groups. The FBI always maintained that unlocking Farook’s phone could save American lives from future attacks. Instead, th

In June of last year, Facebook announced that it would start showing more content that mattered to you by factoring in the time you spent viewing a post — whether you actually clicked through to linked content, or not. Today, Facebook is building on this mission to bring more interesting content to our newsfeeds by bringing two additional tweaks to its News Feed algorithm: time spent viewing and page post diversity. The former is an effort to weed out clickbait and bad

If you haven’t heard today’s bad news, music icon Prince has passed away today at age 57. While details are still forthcoming, it didn’t take long for Twitter to mourn the legendary artist’s passing. Needless to say, it’s been an outpouring of emotions as fans everywhere express their condolences: I don't know what to say … Other than Nothing compares … #RIP #Prince 🙌🏼 pic.twitter.com/0rjjU320Jg — Ella Henderson (@EllaHender

Swarm is again letting you go ‘off the grid’ for check-ins, which is about as counterintuitive as it gets for a social service. With the feature (literally called ‘off the grid check-ins,’ and something that was available before Swarm was branched off from Foursquare), users can check in at various locations as they normally would — but those check-ins won’t apply to mayorship, and friends can’t see your location. Not only is the concept of checking in

Are you one of those people who gets really into the Olympics every time they’re on? Rooting for your country from the couch in sports you didn’t know were real sports? Or you know, you could be a genuine sports fan? Well, either way, to help get you in the mood and rally some support for the Rio 2016 Olympics the famous torch has got its own Twitter account. After spending years in the darkness I can’t wait to see the light of day again. Almost time to return ☀️

The big old US Merriam-Webster Unabridged just welcomed 1,400 new words and phrases into its ranks, as well as adding 700 additional new meanings to existing terms. Seven of them caught our eye and although they aren’t all that new, the folks at the dictionary office say they’ve been watching them for some time to make sure they’re here to stay, rather than just a fad from the here today, gone tomorrow world of the Web. Some think it’ll save the world, som

At an event in New York today, Acer announced announced a series of new Windows 10-powered devices. First up is its own take on the 2-in-1 Windows laptop, the Switch Alpha 12. The Surface-clone device uses full fledged Intel Core i processors, which it’s able to do thanks to some thermal chops (a recurring theme for the event). In other words, the device is completely fan-less: it uses liquid cooling to stay at reasonable temperatures without making any noise. Otherwise it seems to be you