It’s that time again. Another WhatsApp beta has arrived in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. As has become the norm, this release is jam packed with changes according to the changelog and covers everything from a few new features right down to the usual miscellaneous bug fixes and performance improvements.

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T-Mobile has updated its software update tracker to show that the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for its Galaxy Note 4 is now in carrier testing.

Apple has launched an updated version of its Siri page today, detailing all of the digital assistant’s capabilities and features.

The updated site features a number of different categories with details on how Siri can provide information on things like sports and entertainment, as well as tips and tricks for using the digital assistant for making phone calls and sending messages, staying organized, and tracking down nearby businesses and restaurants.

Upond landing on the page, users are presented with a quick description of how Siri works and what she can do:

Talk to Siri as you would to a friend and it can help you get things done — like sending messages, placing calls, or making dinner reservations. You can ask Siri to show you the Orion constellation or to flip a coin. Siri works hands-free, so you can ask it to show you the best route home and what your ETA is while driving. And it’s connected to the world, working with Wikipedia, Yelp, Rotten Tomatoes, Shazam, and other online services to get you even more answers. The more you use Siri, the more you’ll realize how great it is. And just how much it can do for you.

After scrolling down, the page then presents a number of categories that serve as a primer for using Siri to her fullest. Rather than providing long, detailed descriptions, however, the page simply lists a ton of different phrases and questions that you can ask Siri to show off what she can do. Overall, the site is a pretty good introduction to the digital assistant, and the “Tips & Tricks” section even points out some functionality that some users may not be familiar with, such as turning different settings on or off.

All-in-all, we recommend checking out the new Siri page for yourself. Who knows, you may discover some new tips and tricks for things you didn’t know she could do. For more on Siri, also be sure to check out our ultimate guide to using Siri on the iPhone and iPad from the link below.

More: Check out our ultimate guide to using Siri

Source: Apple

Finding and enjoying your pictures and videos is great, but for the super organized, seeing and editing all the data about them can be just as rewarding.

Photos for OS X lets you bring up an info pane that shows, if available, the title, file name, date and time stamp, EXIF (exchangeable image file format — aperture, shutter speed, focal length, metering mode, and ISO speed, resolution, file type), description, assigned faces, and location on a map. Not everyone has use for this type of information, but if you do, it’s really easy to get.

How to bring up EXIF, location, and other metadata information in Photos for Mac

1. Launch Photos on your Mac
2. Select the picture or video you want to find out about
3. Click on Window > Info in the menu. (Or just hit Command + I)

The info pane will present all the data you need, and you can even edit title, description, keyword, faces, and other data right there, right away.

According to a new report out of The Street, Apple has hit a snag in negotiations with Disney over the number of the latter’s channels it will include in its rumored TV streaming service.

According to the report, Apple is only looking to incorporate Disney’s core channels in its lineup in an effort to keep prices lower for customers. However, Disney is pressing Apple to include a most of its other channel offerings, such as ESPN2, ESPN Classic, and Disney Junior. From *The Street:

According to people with knowledge of the talks, Disney is pressing Apple to take most if not all of its channels, which include several channel spinoffs of its mainstays ESPN and Disney Channel, while Apple wants to take fewer channels in a bid to keep the price down for its service, which is expected to be launched later this year.

The report goes on to note that nailing down a deal with Disney is seen as an important step in offering a valuable service for potential cord-cutters:

The talks with Disney are important to Apple, according to one of the people, because Disney’s channels, which also include ABC Family, are considered essential for the young families and younger men who are among the most likely TV watchers to “cut the cord” and choose lower-priced Internet-based options to their cable or satellite services.

As an added point of interest, it’s important to note that Disney CEO Bob Iger also sits on Apple’s board, so it will be interesting to see if his presence has any effect on negotiations.

Apple is expected to announce its streaming TV service in June, with a launch set for September. Pricing for the service has also been rumored to land somewhere between $20 and $40 per month.

Source: The Street; Via: Business Insider

Apple has updated its developer suite Xcode to version 6.3, marking the update’s move from beta to official public release.

Xcode 6.3 includes version 1.2 of the Swift programming language, new SDKs for the recently-released OS X 10.10.3 and iOS 8.3, along with updates to Playgrounds and the usual bug fixes. Here’s the full breakdown of what’s new in Xcode 6.3 and Swift 1.2:

New in Swift 1.2:

• Incremental builds dramatically improve the compile time of Swift projects
• Swift compiler produces even faster executables for both debug and release builds
• Language refinements to ‘let’ and ‘as’ make Swift more consistent and clear
• Standard library adds powerful features including the ‘Set’ data type and ‘flatMap’ operation
• Code converter and Fix-its help you migrate to Swift 1.2

Additional features in Xcode 6.3:

• Playgrounds are more attractive and readable with rich text formatting and results displayed in-line
• Playgrounds can embed additional code and resources to improve performance and simplify sharing
• Updated OS X SDK includes support for the new Force Touch trackpad
• Crashes organizer makes it easy to triage and fix crashes for App Store and TestFlight apps
• Apple LLVM compiler 6.1 improves diagnostic messages and adds support for C++’14
• Additional bug fixes and stability improvements

If you’re a developer looking to snag Xcode 6.3, you can grab the hefty 2.5GB update from the Mac App Store now.

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A picture may be worth a thousand words but adding just a few more, namely a title, description, and keywords, can help you find it even faster.

While dumping pictures and videos is certainly the fastest way to get them into Photos for OS X, the time you save up-front can be more than offset by the time you spend later trying to find a specific picture and video. If you take just a few minutes to delete the pictures and videos that you know you’ll never want to see again, and tag the ones you absolutely know you will, you can save a lot of time in the long run. It’s a little more work for present you, but future you will thank you!

How to add a title, description, and keywords to a picture or video in Photos for Mac

1. Launch Photos on your Mac
2. Select the picture or video you want to find out about
3. Click on Window > Info in the menu. (Or just hit Command + I)
4. Click on Add a Title at the top and type in your title.
5. Click on Add a Description and type in a little about the picture or video.
6. Click on Add Keywords and enter some words that’ll help you find the picture or video later, like “family”, “bob’s birthday 2014″, “Apple Watch event” — whatever works for you.

How to manage keywords with Photos for Mac

If you’re more of a power keyword user, Photos for OS X has a more powerful keyword tool for you.

1. Launch Photos on your Mac
2. Click on Window > Keyword Manager in the menu. (Or just hit Command + K)
3. Click on a Keyword to apply it to the currently selected picture or video. (Or just type it’s shortcut.)
4. Click again on a Keyword to remove it from the currently selected picture or video. (Or just type it’s shortcut again.)
5. Click on Edit Keywords to change the current keywords.
6. Click on + to add a new keyword and shortcut, – to remove an existing one, or Rename to change it.

Microsoft has rolled out a couple of hotfixes for the Windows 10 Technical Preview build 10049 tonight. Between the two, the hotfixes address an issue preventing users from enabling Hyper-V after installing build 10049, as well as an issue with Outlook preventing the client from indexing new emails.

Microsoft will charge $4.99 for the previously announced Conker’s Big Reunion DLC pack for Project Spark, the free-to-play game creation tool for the Xbox One and Windows 8.1. The pack, which will still be released on April 23, can also be purchased with 500 in-game tokens.

Dell has announced its latest Android tablet today, the Venue 10 7000, a business-focused bigger sibling to the Venue 8 7000 series.

Apart from the cylindrical battery at the bottom of the device, the Venue 10 7000 is essentially a blown up version of its smaller Venue 8 7000 series sibling, featuring specs that are largely the same aside from the bump up to a 10.5-inch screen.