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iPhone: How you can get failing battery replaced cheaply at Apple Store - but you need to be quick
We've all suffered with the dead-phone-battery-blues at some point - but Apple's deal could help change that
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Social media and trolls: The end is near

Companies and brands are starting to quit social media.

This quitting takes many forms. Many are reducing or ending their presence on sites such as Facebook and placing new emphasis on other social sites.

Another approach is to back off on organic reach and instead use social advertising primarily or exclusively.

And yet another approach is getting off social media altogether.

There are several good reasons for this:

Social sites such as Facebook take away control.

With Facebook&monopoly on everybody& — which is to say that Facebook has long been the social network with the most users and therefore the strongest network effects — companies were told that they had to be on Facebook because thatwhere the customers were, and also because, on social media, messages can go viral, resulting in what is essentially free advertising.

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Watch Strictly Come Dancing online: when's it on

Strictly Come Dancing 2018 will start on Saturday, September 8 at 8pm BST where it will be aired live on BBC One.

Being on the Beeb you'll also be able to watch the dancing delights via an internet connection and the BBC iPlayer.

Strictly Come Dancing is back for 2018 making this series 16 of the show

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How 5G will make our streaming dreams come true

As mobile phones have become more advanced we've seen the content we consume on them evolve as well; not so long ago we were blown away by the fact that we could share images on our handsets or listen to music, but now your average smartphone is used for streaming HD video, consuming entire albums and providing an online experience which is close

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Apple is courting some big names for its rumored news subscription serviceApple is courting some big names for its rumored news subscription service

A new report says Apple is in talks with the likes of the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal about providing content for an upcoming subscription service – possibly a sort of Netflix for magazines and newspapers.

As reported by Recode, Apple executives are busy trying to get the major newspapers on board ready to

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Charting the rise and rise of Ethereum

Bitcoin may be the widely acknowledged as the king cryptocurrencies, but there's a new kid on the block that's proving to be an irresistible prospect on the market.

Ethereum may have only entered the public consciousness back in 2015, but its decentralised Blockchain capabilities have made it something of an overnight success that saw it trading at

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