Apple Pay Now Available in France
Apple Pay today expanded to France, marking the availability of the payment service in a total of eight countries (via iPhoneAddict.fr). MasterCard and Visa credit and debit cards issued by Banque Populaire, Ticket Restaurant, Carrefour Banque, and Caisse d’Epargne can now be added to Apple Pay on eligible devices.
According to the Apple Pay France website, both Boon and Orange plan to add Apple Pay support in the near future, further expanding the availability of Apple Pay in the country.
Cards can be added to Apple Pay by tapping the “Add Credit or Debit Card” option in the Wallet app on a device running iOS 8.1 or later. Apple Pay works with the iPhone 6 or later or the iPhone 5 or later when using an iPhone paired with an Apple Watch. Apple Pay in apps is also available on iPads with Touch ID, including the iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3, iPad mini 4, and both iPad Pro models.
Apple Pay is accepted at a wide range of retailers in France, including Bocage, Le Bon Marché, Cojean, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Fnac, Sephora, Flunch, Parkeon, Pret, and more. Apple Pay payments can also be made at any location that accepts contactless payment options.
Apple Pay is now available in the United States, the UK, China, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Singapore, and France, and Apple plans to expand the service to Hong Kong and Spain later in 2016.
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Definitive Technology BP9040 review – CNET
The Good The Definitive Technology BP9040 offers immaculate design and a really neat Atmos option for users who want to upgrade later. The integrated subwoofers offer deep, thrilling bass without the need for a separate bulky cabinet. Movie soundtracks sound expansive and yet dialogue remains detailed.
The Bad Pricey, some users might find the sound balance too lean.
The Bottom Line The Definitive Technology BP9040 system, with its optional height modules, looks and sounds great, especially for movie lovers.
Ever since Dolby Atmos appeared on the home audio scene two years ago it has posed a challenge for potential buyers as well as speaker designers. For the user it was “should I buy new height speakers, drill holes in my roof, or dangle ill-fitting modules from the top of my existing speakers?” Definitive Technology has come up with the most elegant solution we’ve seen so far, but it’s not cheap.
The BP9040 tower speaker and its innovative Atmos dock enables users to keep height speakers as an option, without needing to invest in Atmos from the get-go. If you’re not all that excited by Atmos or DTS:X, just stick with the BP9040 a la carte ($1,800 per pair). If you change your mind in a year or two, pick up a set of A90 add-on height speakers ($500 per pair), plug ’em in, redo the set-up of your home theater, and you’ll be in business.
The Def Tech’s sound quality is geared toward movies, especially after adding the optional docking speakers, with the onboard subwoofers adding real punch to action movies. Music is pretty serviceable but you’ll need a warm amp to counter the bright-sounding drivers.
At $2,300 with the A90 add-on, the BP9040 speaker is breathing rarified air, and while it offers excellent home theater sound, it is up against stiff competition. In our comparison we ended up preferring the Pioneer SP-EFS73, which is less expensive ($1,400 per pair), even though you will need to add a subwoofer.
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Without the optional height speaker docked on top, the BP9040 is a 39-inch tall tower speaker encased in an acoustically-transparent mesh. The cosmetics are simply lovely, complete with aluminum accents from the top cover and the solid formed base. The speaker’s black grille hides a bipolar speaker arrangement which consists of two 4.5-inch drivers in a D’Appolito configuration around a one-inch aluminum dome tweeter in the front, and in the back another dome tweeter and single 4.5-inch driver. This unusual arrangement is designed to increase the sweet spot and make the speakers sound “big.”
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At the top of the speaker, hidden under a slab of velvet-lined aluminum, lives a port for the optional A90 attachment, which costs $499 per pair. The A90 is a height effects speaker for Dolby Atmos and DTS:X soundtracks and is designed to sit flush with the main unit. The back of the speaker is designed to accommodate the add-on with two sets of terminals at the bottom which add up to a much cleaner look than other after-market options.
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Continuing the trend for innovation is the bass section of the speaker — the BP9040 features a powered 8-inch subwoofer with a dedicated volume control. While the speaker includes a LFE connection the company recommends running the speakers full range (consult your receiver manual on how to direct subwoofer effects to your speakers). Paired with this are two passive radiators also eight inches across.
The BP9040 is at a mid-point in the new BP9000 collection, which also includes the BP9020, costing $1,300 per pair, the BP9060 ($2,200 per pair), and the flagship BP9080X, which runs $3,500 and includes an integrated Atmos speaker.
Try a near-final version of Android Nougat right now
Android Nougat is almost here. A post on the Android Developers blog has the operating system’s final developer preview build listed for download, which means that a bulk of the bugs and kinks we saw during our demo period should be mostly worked out. However, because it’s still technically a preview, there aren’t any guarantees of stability. The build includes system images for devices eligible for the beta program — even those outside the Nexus purview.
There still isn’t a firm release date for the consumer version, just a “later this summer” window. But! If you download this release candidate and have any questions, the Android team will be hosting an Ask Me Anything (more commonly known as AMA) on Reddit tomorrow afternoon from 3 to 5 Eastern.
Feline fans might be excited about this Android build for an altogether different reason. Following tradition, Google has stuffed an Easter egg into this version of its mobile OS. And it’s the team’s take on the cat-collecting game Neko Atsume. The folks over at Phandroid have the step-by-step instructions for how to access it. It probably won’t help your Pokémon Go withdrawals, but at least there’s something to play on Nougat.
Source: Android Developers blog, Phandroid
Plex rewrites its media streaming app for Windows 10
Plex users on Windows have been stuck with an old Windows 8 app for awhile now, but that changes today. The media streaming server’s desktop app has been completely rebuilt for Windows 10 as a Universal Windows app — giving users the same Plex experience across tablet, desktop and mobile platforms. Well, almost the same experience: Plex says it’s still working on the mobile release of the UWP app, but promises it will be along soon.
Naturally, this update bakes in a few Windows 10 specific features. Specifically, Plex for Windows now boasts Cortana support — and when the mobile version of the app does launch, it’ll use Windows Continuum: the feature that allows mobile apps to morph into their full-sized desktop apps when a Windows Phone is connected to a monitor and keyboard. The app also features a new UI, and support for Plex Hubs and discovery. Ready for an upgrade? Head to the Windows Store (the listing might not be updated yet, but if you install you will get the new version) or check out the source link below.
Source: Plex, Windows Store
Apple Music is changing: Here’s how it’ll better match songs, no longer add DRM to uploaded tunes
Apple Music is about to get better at matching and syncing songs you’ve already purchased in iTunes.
Apple’s music-streaming service, which launched last year, has a built-in feature that allows it to match songs in your existing iTunes library, but it doesn’t work as well as iTunes Match, a similar tool that Apple has long offered to customers who were willing to pay $25 a year for the service. Well, according to The Loop, Apple is finally addressing the problem via an update to Apple Music that will bring iTunes Match’s audio fingerprint technology, and it will finally allow all properly-matched, uploaded songs to download DRM-free.
OK, so we understand this is complicated. But put on your thinking cap, because we’ve explained everything in detail below, with the purpose of helping you comprehend what’s going on with Apple Music, as well as whether you should continue paying for iTunes Match.
First, what’s the point of iTunes Match?
In the early days of iTunes, you could rip purchased CDs with your Mac and then listen to them in iTunes.
When the iTunes Store came along some time later, it let you purchase songs for a set fee. It also let your ripped music and purchased music lived side-by-side inside the app. However, due to Digital Restrictions Management (DRM), a technology that controls what you can do with the digital media and devices you own, you couldn’t do much with your purchased music in iTunes. Bummer.
In 2009, Apple stopped selling music encumbered by DRM restrictions (no DRM means you could finally play your music files on as many Macs or PCs as you want, resulting in your music actually being yours). However, if you want DRM-free versions of music, you have to pay $.30 more per track or album. DRM-free tracks are also encoded at 256-kpbs, twice the bit rate of standard iTunes tracks.
So, not only can you play your files on as many Macs or PCs as you want, but they’re now higher-quality and thus make your ripped music sound way worse than their DRM-free counterparts in the iTunes Store. To solve all our woes, Apple began offering iTunes Match. For $25 a year, you can automatically upgrade any track in your personal music library that’s in the iTunes Store.
That means all your low-quality ripped music will be replaced in your iTunes library with higher-quality, DRM-free AAC tracks. Also, with your iTunes Match subscription, you can upload up to 100,000 songs from your library to iCloud Music Library, where you’re able ton stream and download them to up to 10 other devices. Voila! And that’s the point of iTunes Match, in a nutshell.
Wait – what is iCloud Music Library?
When you turn on iCloud Music Library, it looks at all your music on your Mac to see if any of those songs and albums are also available in the iTunes Store (if you’re an iTunes Match subscriber) or Apple Music’s catalogue (if you’re an Apple Music subscriber). If they are, it’ll match those songs, letting you download or stream higher-quality, 256-kbps AAC tracks on another device that doesn’t have your music locally stored.
If Apple can’t find a track from your library in its catalogues, it’ll still upload the original, possibly low-quality version of your track to iCloud Music Library, where you can re-download or stream it on a different device (it’s just been transcoded to work). That doesn’t mean you could use iCloud Music Library as a back-up service. For instance, until recently, if you deleted your ripped music on your Mac because it was matched to Apple Music’s catalogue and uploaded to iCloud, you couldn’t just unsubscribe from Apple Music.
That’s because Apple Music has a DRM layer, which we expand upon in a bit.
If you deleted the local copies of your ripped music on your Mac, you basically got rid of your original, DRM-free copies. And if you were only using Apple Music, your matched tracks suddenly had DRM on them. So, if you unsubscribed from Apple Music and tried to download your ripped music from iCloud, the newly-applied DRM prevented you from doing that. But Apple Music is changing how some of that works now.
It’s confusing, we know.
OK. So how is Apple Music changing?
Apple Music’s matching algorithm is more more reliable now, and it no longer DRM-locks uploaded copies of your own music.
We’ve already discussed iTunes Match, iCloud Music Library, and DRM-free music, so before we discuss how Apple Music is changing, let’s first dive into how the service handles its streaming music collection. Just like every other streaming service, it has a DRM layer in order to prevent you from getting a subscription, then downloading all the music you want to any device you own, and canceling your subscription.
Apple Music also has an iTunes Match-like feature that matches songs in your existing iTunes library. But it didn’t work as well as the iTunes Match. The Loop has reported that Apple is rolling out an update that’ll use iTunes Match’s audio fingerprint technology to better match the songs you’ve bought. Until now, Apple Music used a less accurate version of iTunes Match that leveraged metadata to pair tracks.
This often resulted in Apple Music pulling the wrong version of a song. For instance, Apple Music would sometimes replace a live version of a song with a studio version. That’s not going to be a problem any longer thanks to audio fingerprint. And if you had songs that were matched incorrectly, Apple Music will now rematch to the correct song, but it won’t delete any downloaded copies of songs you have in your library.
Apple Music is giving you the new version of iTunes Match for free. If you are a current iTunes Match subscriber and subscribe to Apple Music, you can ditch your iTunes Match subscription and get the same benefits. But that’s not all: this update also means that all matched songs will now download DRM-free, and the only tracks that’ll be DRM-restricted are those you didn’t upload to iCloud and directly downloaded from Apple Music.
What does this mean for you?
Not only is Apple Music’s matching algorithm going to be better, because it’s matching from audio fingerprints instead of metadata, but the tracks you upload to iCloud Music Library from Apple Music will no longer have DRM.
Any music you purchased or ripped from CDs will display in Apple Music as Matched or Uploaded without DRM applied to it. So, if you accidentally delete your personal music on your Mac, you’ll still be able to re-download copies of those songs that are DRM-free. When you download your matched tracks on another device you own, it won’t disappear if you cancel Apple Music.
But any iCloud Music Library tracks you don’t have stored on a device will disappear. Also, tracks or playlists downloaded from the Apple Music subscription library will be DRM-restricted. You didn’t upload them to iCloud, nor do you even own them, obviously, and so they will disappear if you cancel your Apple Music subscription.
And finally, because Apple Music is integrating with iTunes Match to the max, you will no longer have to pay for both services. Apple Music subscribers are getting these iTunes Match features as part of their subscription.
When will the new Apple Music be available?
Apple is rolling the new Apple Music out to 1 to 2 percent of its users every day. The update will happen automatically. You’ll know it has arrived when you see “Matched” tracks instead of “Apple Music” in your iCloud Music Library.
What’s on your HDTV: Comic-con, ‘BvS,’ ‘Bojack Horseman’
This week the RNC in Cleveland will get a lot of primetime attention, but it’s not the only thing on TV. First, if you haven’t started watching Netflix’s series Stranger Things (it dropped last week), then you should — it’s that good. You can also try the extended cut on Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, which is available as the first triple layer Ultra HD Blu-ray with footage you couldn’t se in theaters. Also, later this week, Syfy will be broadcasting from San Diego Comic-Con for the first time, while Netflix has season three of Bojack Horseman. Look after the break to check out each day’s highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).
Blu-ray & Games & Streaming
- Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice (3D, 4K)
- Orphan Black (S4)
- Person of Interest (S5)
- 30 for 30: OJ – Made in America
- Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut (4K)
- Miles Ahead
- The Magicians (S1)
- Man of Steel (4K)
- The 100 (S3)
- Elvis & Nixon
- Neverwinter (PS4)
- Obliteracers (PS4
- Dreambreak (PC)
- Ninja Pizza Girl (PS4, Xbox One)
- Kill Strain (PS4)
- Moon Hunters (PS4)
Monday
- Open Your Eyes, HBO, 7:30PM
- American Ninja Warrior, NBC, 8PM
- So You Think You Can Dance, Fox, 8PM
- WWE Raw, USA, 8PM
- The Fosters, Freeform, 8PM
- 12 Monkeys (season finale), Syfy, 9PM
- Guilt, Freeform, 9PM
- Rizzoli & Isles, TNT, 9PM
- Angie Tribeca, TBS, 9PM
- 2016 Republican Convention, CBS/ABC/NBC, 10PM
- The Making of the Mob, AMC, 10PM
- Major Crimes, TNT, 10PM
- Are You the One?, MTV, 10PM
- Triptank, Comedy Central, 10PM
- Unreal, Lifetime, 10PM
Tuesday
- Difficult People, Hulu, 3AM
- Powers (season finale), PSN, 3AM
- Casual, Hulu, 3AM
- America’s Got Talent, NBC, 8PM
- Pretty Little Liars, Freeform, 8PM
- Zoo, CBS, 9PM
- WWE Smackdown, USA, 8PM
- Animal Kingdom, TNT, 9PM
- Containment (series finale), CW, 9PM
- Deadliest Catch, Discovery, 9PM
- Coupled, Fox, 9PM
- Scream, MTV, 10PM
- F in Fabulous, BET, 10PM
- Feed the Beast, AMC, 10PM
- Tosh.0, Comedy Central, 10PM
- Wrecked, TBS, 10PM
- Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
Wednesday
- Chelsea, Netflix 3AM
- Penn & Teller: Fool Us, CW, 8PM
- America’s Got Talent, NBC, 8PM
- Unsung Hollywood, TV One, 8PM
- Young & Hungry, Freeform, 8PM
- Big Brother, CBS, 8PM
- Lucha Underground, El Rey, 8PM
- Baby Daddy, Freeform, 8:30PM
- Suits, USA, 9PM
- American Gothic, CBS, 9PM
- Dating Naked, VH1, 9PM
- Dual Survival, Discovery, 9PM
- Kingdom, DirecTV, 9PM
- Wayward Pines, Fox, 9PM
- 2016 Republican Convention, CBS/ABC/NBC, 10PM
- Mr. Robot, USA, 10PM
- Tyrant, FX, 10PM
- Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons, HBO, 10PM
- Another Period, Comedy Central, 10PM
- The Real World/Road Rules Challenge, MTV, 10PM
Thursday
- Live from Comic-Con, Syfy, 8PM
- Battlebots, ABC, 8PM
- Bones (season finale), Fox, 8PM
- Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge (season finale), NBC, 8PM
- Greatest Hits, ABC, 9PM
- Big Brother, CBS, 9PM
- Beauty and the Beast, CW, 9PM
- Home Free, Fox, 9PM
- The First 48, A&E, 9PM
- Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge, NBC, 9PM
- 2016 Republican Convention, CBS/ABC/NBC, 10PM
- Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, FX, 10PM
- Queen of the South, USA, 10PM
- Ridiculousness, MTV, 10PM
- Thirteen (season finale), BBC America, 10PM
Friday
- Bojack Horseman (S3), Netflix, 3AM
- Degrassi: Next Class (S15), Netflix, 3AM
- Live from Comic-Con, Syfy, 8PM
- Big Brother, CBS, 8PM
- Masters of Illusion, CW, 8PM
- Killjoys, Syfy, 9PM
- Bellator MMA, Spike TV, 9PM
- Dark Matter, Syfy, 10PM
- Outcast, Cinemax, 10PM
Saturday
- UFC Fight Night 20, Fox, 8PM
- Live from Comic-Con, Syfy, 8PM
- Indiscretion, Lifetime, 8PM
- Angel from Hell (series finale), CBS, 8 & 8:30PM
- Hell on Wheels (series finale), AMC, 9PM
- In An Instant (season finale), ABC, 9PM
- Rush Hour, CBS, 9PM
- Looking: The Movie, HBO, 10PM
- American West, AMC, 10PM
Sunday
- Popples (S3), Netflix, 3AM
- Big Brother, CBS, 8PM
- The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, Showtime, 8PM
- Celebrity Family Feud, ABC, 8PM
- MTV Fandom Awards, MTV, 8PM
- The Night of, HBO, 9PM
- The $100,000 Pyramid, ABC, 9PM
- Ray Donovan, Showtime, 9PM
- Preacher, AMC, 9PM
- The Last Ship, TNT, 9PM
- The Hunt, BBC America, 9PM
- Survivor’s Remorse (season premiere), Starz, 10P<
- Braindead, CBS, 10PM
- Motive, USA, 10PM
- Match Game, ABC, 10PM
- Roadies, Showtime, 10PM
- Geeking Out, AMC, 10PM
- Declassified, CNN, 10PM
- The Jim Gaffigan Show, TV Land, 10PM
- Murder in the First, TNT, 10PM
- Vice Principals, HBO, 10:30PM
- Tunnel, PBS, 10:30PM
(All times listed are ET)
Army Special Operations Command Reportedly Switching From Android to iPhone
The U.S. Army Special Operations Command is looking to switch from Android smartphones for its Tactical Assault Kits to iPhones, according to Military.com’s DoDBuzz. The switch away from Android, and specifically Samsung devices, is largely because the devices aren’t reliable enough.
The iPhone is “faster; smoother. Android freezes up” and has to be restarted too often, the source said. The problem with the Android is particularly noticeable when viewing live feed from an unmanned aerial system such as Instant Eye, the source said.
Specifically, Android will freeze up and apps will fail to refresh properly when viewing split screens with information on them. This forces the user to restart the phone, wasting valuable minutes. The source tells DoDBuzz that the same process is “seamless” on the iPhone and that the graphics are “clear” and “unbelievable.”
The Tactical Assault Kits are made up of a system that links a smartphone to a connected network radio, allowing unit leaders to keep track of their own locations and the locations of their troops on a digital map. It’s unclear which version of Android or which Samsung device the Army was using in the Tactical Assault Kit. In 2013, the Department of Defense approved the use of iOS devices for military networks.
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B&H Photo offers free wireless headphones, $75 gift card with ZTE Axon 7 pre-order
If you’re looking to get your hands on a ZTE Axon 7, B&H Photo is currently offering a solid bundle deal when you pre-order the phone. For $399, you can pre-order the ZTE Axon 7 and snag a free a pair of Samsung Level U Wireless Headphones and a $75 gift card.
In all, the extras included add up to a total value of $109.95, B&H Photo says. So, if you were eyeing the RAM-heavy 5.5-inch premium phone offering from ZTE anyhow, this is definitely worth considering. Pre-orders are open now, and shipments are expected to start going out on July 27. And if you’re on the fence, be sure to check out our hands-on with the phone for more.
Thanks, James, for the tip!
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Android 7.0 Nougat Developer Preview 5 actually comes with an awesome easter egg
So, about that article from earlier…
Earlier, we said there was no new easter egg in the Android 7.0 Nougat Developer Preview 5. We were totally wrong; sorry about that.
In our defense, though, this thing is pretty hard to spot. In fact, the entire game — if one can call it that — is basically a giant test of patience.
What is the new Easter Egg?
Like previous incarnations of the Android Easter Egg, to activate the new one you must open Settings, head to About phone, find the Android version number and tap several times until a cartoon “N” appears.
Unlike the last few versions, though, tapping several times on that cartoon depiction doesn’t enter a game (which is a Flappy Bird knock-off in Android 6.0 Marshmallow), but if you press and hold the N it shows a small cat emoji underneath. Tapping that again reveals a “No entry” emoji, which is, earlier, where we thought it ended.
Turns out that’s just the beginning. Once that “No entry” emoji is present, swipe down your notification quick settings, tap Edit and find the ???? Android Easter Egg quick setting then drag it to your quick settings.
After it’s moved, tapping on the new “Empty dish” quick setting toggle begins a game where you have to entice a cat to feed from an empty plate using either “Bits,” “Fish,” “Chicken,” or “Treats.” Should a feline take the bait, which isn’t guaranteed, you’ll receive a notification with a cat and a number. Tapping on it reveals a new window with a smiling cartoon cat that, when long-pressed, can be shared as an image.
That’s it?
Yep, that appears to be it. The game draws inspiration from the popular Japanese cat “collector” game, Neko Atsume. The word “neko” also happens to be Japanese for “cat,” which keeps with the N theme of the latest Android version.
It’s a cute, creative, and well-hidden Easter Egg. Kudos, Google.
Thanks to Blake Bryant for providing us with initial screenshots and cats.
Android Nougat
Android N (currently in Developer Preview status) is now Android Nougat! It’s the 12th nicknamed version of Android and will be released to the public in the fall of 2016. Here’s everything you need to know so far!
- What’s new in Android Nougat
- All Android Nougat news
- Should you use the Android N Dev Preview?
- About the Android Beta Program
- Join the Discussion
What is BBC+ and why should you download it for iPhone or Android?
The BBC generates an enormous amount of content each day: TV shows, news, radio programming and the thousands of pages of new material added to bbc.co.uk on a constant basis. However, with so much on offer, how on Earth do you find stuff that’s interesting to you?
We don’t mean the headline stuff. Whether it’s sports or current affairs, it is readily and easily available, but what about the rest? What about specific radio interviews or stories about the arts and crafts.
That’s where BBC+ comes in. It is the Beeb’s latest mobile application for iOS and Android that offers the vast array of content it produces daily in a simple, curated form. You can find the stories, clips and even entire TV shows that appeal most to you, all within a few swipes.
So this is our brief explanation of the app and a few reasons why you should download it…
What is BBC+?
BBC+ is a new app that is now available for iOS and Android. It presented curated content from the entire range of BBC output depending on your own personalised selections.
You will also see recommended content that you might not have through to watch, read or listen to before, all from a simple to use interface.
- You’ll need to pay for BBC iPlayer from 2017
- BBC iPlayer Kids is here to make viewing safer and simpler
How much does BBC+ cost?
It is a completely free download, with no adverts or hidden charges.
It is simply a way of providing the same information, TV shows and radio clips available elsewhere, but in an easier to access form.
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How does BBC+ work?
When you download the application and start it for the first time, you will be required to sign in to or sign up for a BBC ID account. You will then be asked to select the type of content you’d most like delivered to the app on a regular basis.
It gives you different genres and tabs to choose from, which will then determine what type of content you will be fed. For example, select gaming and you will see all of the relevant gaming stories, no matter which department they are posted under.
In addition, thanks to your postcode and location details, you will find local news content more easily than you have before. Which will also be trimmed and presented based on your interests.
The app itself has an “At a Glance”home page but as you swipe left or right, your interests will be presented in sections, such as arts and culture, gaming and even BBC iPlayer TV picks it thinks you’ll most like.
Scrolling up and down on those subsequent pages will then present headlines and snippets of the stories. Tap on any of them and you’ll go into the full version. Hit back and you can go again.
It is remarkably quick to navigate and over time will be refined further, as the Beeb discovers user habits.
For now it’s well worth a download and although we’ve seen plenty of news curation apps in the past, many with more than the BBC to choose from for content, but few have the wealth of information and the inherent link with iPlayer and radio that make it so appealing.
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