The Best New Features in iOS 10 (and How to Use Them)

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Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles By popular request, we're including a quick list of the daily articles at the top of the daily email as well as the regular format near the bottom. How to Change the iOS 10’s Flashlight Intensity How to Set a Preferred Contact Method for Contacts in iOS 10 How to Use Pokémon Go’s New Buddy System The Best New Features in iOS 10 (and How to Use Them) Is PermitRootLogin Based on the UID or the User Name? How to Mount a GoPro to Your DSLR Camera How to Fix iMessage Not Showing Message Effects in iOS 10 How to Hide (or Edit) Your Android Devices in Google Play’s Install List How to Make iOS 10 Transcribe Your Voicemails Into Text How to Use the New Control Center on iOS 10 How to Customize Windows 10’s Appearance Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Digital Native A Digital Native is an individual who was born after the widespread adoption of digital technology and has been familiar/comfortable with it since early childhood. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. 3D Printing Is Going to Turn the Miniatures Gaming Market Into a War Zone Miniatures games have always been reserved for lifers. Lifers who spend hundreds of dollars on bags of disassembled pewter sculptures, put them together, and paint them in colors like "Fuegan Orange" and "Leadbelcher."--3D printing can change that. [Vice] IPhone Buyers Poised for Letdown as Apple Supply Trails Demand When hordes of customers line up Friday to buy the iPhone 7 on its first day on sale, many risk walking away empty-handed because, more than in previous years, Apple Inc. has not made enough of the devices to meet demand. 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Read This Article → How to Set a Preferred Contact Method for Contacts in iOS 10 If you’re a fan of organizing your contacts list–like, say ditching your duplicates or grouping contacts for a cleaner list–you’ll be happy to know that iOS 10 now lets you change the default action on those blue quick connect buttons on a contact’s page. Read This Article → How to Use Pokémon Go’s New Buddy System The latest update to Niantic’s much-loved and oft-maligned mobile game, Pokémon Go, has arrived. Front and center is a new feature that promises to let you set a Poké buddy, so you can walk and earn candies. Read This Article → The Best New Features in iOS 10 (and How to Use Them) iOS 10 is one of the biggest upgrades Apple has made to their mobile operating system. If you’re overwhelmed by all the new and upgraded features in iOS 10 you’re certainly not alone–but have no fear, we’ve been playing with it for months, and we’re happy to highlight all the really great features you should be using right now. Read This Article → Is PermitRootLogin Based on the UID or the User Name? Sometimes it is fun to dig a bit deeper into how things work just to satisfy your curiosity while learning something new, like PermitRootLogin, for example. Does it check the UID or the user name? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post digs in to find the answer to a curious reader’s question. Read This Article → How to Mount a GoPro to Your DSLR Camera If you have a DSLR camera with a hot shoe, it’s easy to attach various flashes and other accessories right to your camera. But with a couple of cheap attachments on hand, you can mount your GoPro to your DSLR camera as well. Read This Article → How to Fix iMessage Not Showing Message Effects in iOS 10 iMessage got a huge update in iOS 10, adding things like third-party app integration, rich links, and a number of fun graphical effects for messages. If you’re seeing messages that say something like “(sent with Invisible Ink)” instead of seeing the actual Invisible Ink effect, we’ve got a couple of fixes for you to try. Read This Article → How to Hide (or Edit) Your Android Devices in Google Play’s Install List Google Play's web interface is a really convenient way to install apps on your Android phone. Unfortunately, it holds on to all of your Android devices—even ones you no longer have. Here's how to hide them from that installation menu. Read This Article → How to Make iOS 10 Transcribe Your Voicemails Into Text iOS has had a visual voicemail menu since the beginning, allowing you to browse and listen to voicemails without calling a number. Now, iOS 10 enhances visual voicemail by transcribing them, so you can read your voicemails too. Read This Article → How to Use the New Control Center on iOS 10 iOS 10 brings a freshly overhauled Control Center to your phone, which now features up to three different panels. Let’s take a look at how Apple has improved the Control Center. Read This Article → How to Customize Windows 10’s Appearance Windows 10 includes bunch of personalization settings that let you change your desktop background, windows colors, lock screen background, and more. Here is what you need to know to get your computer looking exactly how you want it. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Microsoft Office 2016 -- Free Reference Card Kit This Microsoft Office 2016 reference kits includes 5 individual reference cards providing shortcuts, tips, and tricks for the most popular office productivity suite in the world. Click here to download