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Facebook is rolling out brand new enhancements to the famous Like button. Instead of one option, the button has been expanded into six different Facebook Reactions. Each reaction button is accompanied by an emoticon which depicts the related emotion. Of course, the standard Like continues to be represented by a blue thumbs-up icon.
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Netflix continues to improve its iOS app, this time with version 8.0.0 hot off the presses. The latest brings 3D Touch support to the browsing menu, with show information accessible via Peek and Pop gestures. While Netflix does not have any Quick Actions available from the home screen, iPhone 6s users will enjoy the enhancements to browsing content. In addition to the requisite performance improvements, Netflix developers have added several new features.
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A mobile game based on the hit AMC television series, Breaking Bad, has been spotted on the Australian App Store. A Touch Arcade forum member made a post about Breaking Bad: Empire Business on Sunday, but it appears that the game has been available for a few months. As with most TV show related apps, Empire Business is a free-to-play building title like The Simpsons Tapped Out, but instead of rebuilding Springfield your goal is to build your own criminal empire. The game features popular characters from the television show, including Walter White, Jesse Pinkman, Gus Fring and Saul Goodman. Here's a blurb from the official App Store description:
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Universal search was one of the new features that made Apple fans excited about the release of the Apple TV 4, but upon launch it only worked with iTunes, Netflix, Hulu, HBO and Showtime. Apple has promised to expand the search with updates and so far it has kept that promise by adding the feature to several channels, including FOX NOW, FX NOW, National Geographic, PBS and PBS Kids. Today Apple also added the feature to Watch ABC, Disney XD, Disney Channel and Disney Jr. The update today brings the total universal search sources to 14.
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Over four years ago rumors of a waterproof iPhone 5 surfaced, but the development never came to fruition. To safely submerge an iPhone, there are waterproof cases on the market. Other solutions such as Liquipel promise to coat sensitive parts inside iOS devices, protecting them from water. Recent leaks (pun intended) are repeating history, with reports pointing towards a waterproof iPhone 7 in the works.
