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Dumping a Bad App? Tips for a Painless Breakup

VERYONE is familiar with this scenario: An app you once loved no longer brings the same joy. It’s gotten buggy over time, or an update transformed it to the point it became unusable.

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THE 8 BEST MUSEUMS IN MEXICO CITY

THERE ARE AROUND 150 BUILDINGS catalogued as museums by the National Council for Culture and Arts (Conaculta) within Mexico City’s limits.

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Application developers come of age

Chinese talent takes the digital world by storm; giants set to invest big time

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Smartphone app lets users catch shrine deities in Miyazaki town

Yosei Ito, who developed the “Takachiho GO” smartphone app, poses with a deity known as Susanoo no Mikoto at Mukoyamajinja shrine in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture.

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Yahoo and Google face challenge as social media sites aim to be video gateways

Facebook and Snapchat have overtaken the homepages of Yahoo and Google as the front doors to the internet for hundreds of millions of people. Now, the two rivals are pursuing a much bigger challenge: surpassing television to become the dominant gateway to video.

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Wal-Mart Pay in talks with several mobile wallet companies

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) is in talks with several mobile wallet companies to offer more payment options in its Wal-Mart Pay app, an executive at the world's largest retailer said, after signing up JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) last week.

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Chinese mobile app startups set sail for overseas markets

With their hands tied in a saturated domestic market, and dwarfed by dominant players, some Chinese app developers are attempting to carve out a place for themselves in overseas markets.

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Twitter axes Vine video service

Twitter has announced it is to close its video sharing service Vine about four years after it launched.

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Shiseido offers virtual makeup for women who work from home

Women who telework from home will no longer need to worry about how they look without makeup, courtesy of an app developed by cosmetics giant Shiseido Co. in cooperation with Microsoft Japan Co.

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Google takes aim at rivals with 'smart' messaging app

Google took aim on Wednesday (Sept 21) at the red-hot mobile messaging market, with a new artificial intelligence-powered Allo app that seeks to compete with popular rivals such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

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Aussie researchers create world's 1st science app that looks after dog's wellbeing

​An Australian university has come up with the world- first science app called DogLogBook which helps man's "best friend" attain happiness from puppyhood right up to old age.

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Polaroid Swing gives new meaning to moving pictures

​Polaroid Swing, a new iOS app for creating animated photos, on Tuesday debuted at the App Store. The app has ties both to instant photography pioneer Polaroid and Twitter founder Biz Stone.

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Join the hunt: with Hong Kong release looming, here’s your beginner’s guide to Pokemon Go

​Depending on whom you ask, Pokemon Go is either a revolutionary smartphone experience or potentially lethal fad. Either way, the app has soared to the top of download charts, is poised to pass Twitter in daily usage and has added US$7 billion in market value to Nintendo Co.

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Apple fires back at Spotify over music streaming claims

The Apple Inc. logo is shown outside the company's 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S. June 13, 2016.

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Finally, you can remove the Stocks app! What Apple didn't announce at WWDC

You can remove almost all apps that come pre-installed on iPhone and iPad, set a wake alarm and change your file system (if you’re so inclined)

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Apple WWDC 2016: What you need to know about Apple's software upgrades

Here is a guide to how your devices will change if you install the software upgrades in a few months.