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Dwight Silverman

Works at Houston Chronicle

Attended UT-Austin

Lives in Houston, TX

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Hey OS X & iOS experts: Can you help me solve a mystery?

The mystery of the Photostream flag icons

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A week or so ago, I noticed a strange thing appear in my iOS Photostream. A series of button icons, representing the flags of 50 nations, appeared. There were not in the Camera Roll in either my iP...

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#Aereo

Aereo's CEO says its Houston operation is already turning a profit. But this may not last long: The New York-based startup that streams broadcast TV over the Internet faces a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court that could decide its fate. The Chronicle got an exclusive look at the Houston facility.

http://bit.ly/aereohouston

( Johnny Hanson / Houston Chronicle )

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Samsung shelled out big bucks to have host Ellen Degeneres snapping selfies during the Oscar ceremony, but backstage she switched to an iPhone.

Samsung paid big for Oscar placement, but Ellen used an iPhone backstage

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Dr. Joyce Knudsen

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Who knew? Think it was a spur of the moment for Ellen...that's her thing.

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#Mavericks

5 days after fixing the "goto fail" flaw in iOS, Apple has released OS X 10.9.2, which addresses the vulnerability in Mavericks.

Apple releases OS X 10.9.2, fixes serious 'goto fail' flaw

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Houston is one of the few markets that has had BOTH Time Warner and Comcast as a cable TV/Internet provider.

Comcast buys Time Warner for $45 billion; Houston's seen both providers

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Wyatt Martin

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Remember that TWC Houston was bought by Comcast years ago.

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I guess "Microsoft is listening to its customers" is one way of looking at it. Then again, if Microsoft had listened to its customers, it wouldn't be in this position in the first place.

Report: Microsoft testing default boot-to-desktop in an update to Windows 8.1

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+Phil Ellsworth For me the search is not always useful in finding the right program. I have a few programs on my desktop that I rarely use so when the time comes to use it I need to see the entire list of programs so when I see it I will know. To me Windows 7 accomplishes that plus has a search method.

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T-Mobile's iPhone 5S test drive is tempting, but if you're a debit card user, be sure and read the fine print.

http://blog.chron.com/techblog/2014/06/t-mobile-will-loan-you-an-iphone-5s-for-a-week-debit-card-users-beware/

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No way in heck I could do this. My checking account holds onto money briefly until those pesky companies that I get services from want their money. :-)
I avoid credit cards after some trouble in the past.

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Amazon's distributing store credits as part of an e-books price-fixing settlement. I got $12.43. How much did you get?

Amazon pays customers in e-book antitrust case

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If you regularly buy books to read on your Kindle tablet, then Amazon.com, a long list of state attorneys general, big-name book publishers and the United States court system have a gift for you. ...

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$8 from B&N

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#Google

#Chrome

#VoiceSearch

You've been able to do hands-free Google searches with your smartphone and tablet for a while now. With a new beta version of Chrome, Google Voice Search comes to the desktop.

Chrome now has hands-free Google Voice Search

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Do you have a Linksys router? You'd better read this.

Some Linksys routers targeted by TheMoon malware

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Thanks for sharing. My friend owns one of WRT series listed in the article.

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The creator of Flappy Birds finally surfaces, and says he killed his own game because it was too addictive. If only tobacco companies were this altruistic . . .

Flappy Bird creator: Game was yanked for your own good

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I was late to the Flappy Bird phenom, but I got Flappy Doge today instead.

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Apple says it's going to fix a bug in iOS 7 that has caused some iPhones to spontaneously reboot. Is yours one of them?

Does your iPhone with iOS 7 suddenly reboot? Help is coming

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Craig Mackie

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Mine has done this sporadically. And recently it freezes during a phone call and I can't hang up. Anyone else had this bit of grief?

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Writer, editor, author, geek, teacher, pizza lover.

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Tech columnist/blogger/social media editor/blog czar @ The Houston Chronicle. Co-host of Technology Bytes. Occasional panelist on This Week in Tech. Instructor at the University of Houston. Computer book author. Father. Husband. Pizza lover.

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Fluent in Win & Mac, iOS & Android (kinda).

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