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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">13 nifty new features in iOS 8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">iOS 8 is a teeming mass of code, a carefully crafted cornucopia of new features. Some, Apple has
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">marketed to the skies. Others are quiet touch-ups that<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">you’ll just stumble upon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Here, on one handy page, you can delve into 13 buried treasures on Apple's latest update to its mobile
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">operating system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">1. Send the most recent photo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">When you’re texting someone, and you want to send a photo, which photo are you most likely to want
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">to send?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Why, the last one you took, of course. Or at least one of the last few. iOS 8 realizes that and saves you
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">the hassle of burrowing through all your photos<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">and albums to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Where to find it: When you’re in Messages, tap the Camera icon. BOOM: The last few photos you’ve
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">taken or imported are right there in front of you. Scroll<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">to the left to see more of them, going back in time. Tap the one you want, and then tap Send 1 Photo.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">(Actually, you can tap more than one, if you want.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">2. Last known location<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Your battery dies. You can’t find your phone. Now what? You can’t use Find My iPhone if your phone is
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">lying dead under a couch at a neighbor’s house, because<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">that feature used to work only when your phone could respond.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Thanks to this update, you now have a prayer of finding your phone again. Before it dies, your phone
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">will send Apple its location. You have 24 hours to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">log in to iCloud.com and use the Find My iPhone feature to see where it was at the time of death. (After
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">that, Apple deletes the location information.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Where to find it: Open Settings ? iCloud ? Find My iPhone. Turn on both Find My iPhone and Send Last
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Location.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">3. Hands-free Siri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Apple is keeping up with the Joneses — or, rather, the Motos. Now you can command Siri without
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">having to hold down the home button. Just say “Hey, Siri”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">to get her attention — and then speak your command.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">This trick is especially good when you’re driving. If you ‘’must’’ use your phone, doing so without looking
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">at it or touching it is the best way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">The feature works only when your phone is plugged in to power or using a battery pack.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Where to find it: Open Settings ? General ? Siri. Turn on Hey Siri.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">4. Scan my credit card<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">The iCloud Keychain feature can already store your credit card information, address info, and other
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">details, so you don’t have to painstakingly type it<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">into every website where you buy something. But now it’s super easy to store your credit card
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">information in the first place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Where to find it: At the moment you’re asked for your credit card number (on a website), the Safari
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">browser’s keyboard sprouts a new button that says Scan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Credit Card. Aim your phone/tablet’s camera at your credit card and take a picture; Safari analyzes the
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">photo and converts the numbers to text. (As always,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">you still have to manually enter the four-digit security code every time you buy something — an extra
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">layer of security.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">5. Hide my photos<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Not all of your photos, ahem, are meant for public consumption. So in iOS 8, for the first time, you can
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">hide photos and videos within the Photos app.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Where to find it: Hold your finger down on a photo. In the shortcut menu, tap Hide. Confirm by tapping
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Hide Photo. (Your hidden stuff is, for some reason,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">still visible in its original album — in Albums view. It’s hidden only from the Moments, Collections, and
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Years groupings.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">6. Sleuth out the battery gluttons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Now you can see which apps are responsible for sucking down your battery power. That’s an incredible
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">help if you’re frustrated by short battery life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Where to find it: Open Settings ? General ? Usage ? Battery Usage. Wait patiently.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">(Note, in this shot, the Low Signal notation indicates that your phone blew through a lot of power trying
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">to reach the Internet to get your mail or a cellular<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">signal when there wasn’t much signal.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">7. Load the full website (instead of the mobile version)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">In an effort to conserve time and bandwidth (yours and theirs), many websites are available in special
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">mobile versions — smaller, stripped-down sites that<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">transfer faster than (but lack some features of) the full-blown sites. You generally have no control over
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">which version you’re sent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Until now, that is. In iOS 8, you can request the full-blown site if the mobile one isn’t quite cutting it for
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Where to find it: Suppose you’re in the Safari browser and some site has dished up its mobile version,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">and you’re gnashing your teeth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Tap in the address box, and then swipe downward on the screen. A button called Request Desktop Site
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">appears; tap it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">8. Quick access to your VIPs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Next time you want to reach someone — call, text, FaceTime — don’t fumble for the Contacts or Phone
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">apps. Use the new feature that presents the headshots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">of the people you’ve communicated with most recently; and, to their right, the icons for people you’ve
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">listed on your Favorites screen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Where to find it: You can use this trick anywhere, from within any app. Double-press the home button,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">as though you want to open the app switcher. There,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">at the top of the screen, are the new headshots. Tap one to make it expand into icons for the various
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">comm channels: Phone, Message, FaceTime Audio, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">9. Delete email faster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">In your list of messages, one gesture, not two, can delete a message.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Where to find it: Swipe leftward. Halfway across the screen, you’ll see the More, Flag, and Trash
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">buttons. You can tap one of those, if you’re so inclined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">But if you swipe ‘’fully’’ across the screen, you trash the message — no muss, no fuss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Bonus tip: If you drag a message you’ve already read to the right, you get a Mark As Unread button.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Wild.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">10. Take Mail’s hint<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">If Mail spots a name, number, flight, or date in the body of an email message (for example, the block of
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">contact info in somebody’s signature), it thoughtfully<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">offers to record that detail into the appropriate app. For example, it can stash a new correspondent’s
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">contact info into your Contacts with one tap, or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">add an appointment to your Calendar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Where to find it: It’s automatic. Open any message where somebody has included contact,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">appointment, or flight information. Tap Add to Contacts or Add<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">to Calendar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">11. Much, much better dictation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">The phone’s ability to turn your spoken dictation into typed text has always been a source of frustration
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">(and not just on the iPhone). Well, this time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">around, Apple has done something about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">When you dictate, you’ll notice, first of all, that the words appear as you say them (like on Android). No
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">more staring at a blank screen, wondering if<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">and when you’re going to get a transcription.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">(But doesn’t Siri need the context of the entire sentence before it knows what words you’ve said? Yes.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">That’s why, often, you’ll see words change before<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">your eyes, after they’ve already been heard. That’s Siri reconsidering what you meant, based on the full
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">passage.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">You’ll notice much better transcriptions overall — especially if you have an accent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Where to find it: Anywhere you can type. Tap the microphone icon at the bottom of the onscreen
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">keyboard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">12. The predictive words row<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">From the BlackBerry and other phones, iOS 8 adopts a new way to speed up typing. There’s a row of
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">three candidate words above the keyboard. They change<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">as you type — and they get smarter and smarter the more you use it. In fact, the phone learns different
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">predictive vocabulary in email and texting, since<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">you probably use a different style in each of those contexts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">When you first start typing, these suggestions include “I,” “The, and “I’m” — the three most common
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">words to begin messages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Suppose, for example, that you want to type: “I’m sorry, but I can’t find it anywhere.” Here’s a blow-by-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">blow look at how the suggestions change as you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">type. (Left column: What you do. Right column: How the three predictive words have changed.) You use
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">a combination of typing letters and tapping full words<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">to save time:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Total taps: 14. If you had typed it on the old keyboard, it would have been 32 taps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">(Notice how iOS 8 adds or removes spaces correctly, even when you put in a comma.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">13. Learn your own darned tips<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">There’s a new app called Tips. Open it to read a set of tips, which Apple will periodically update, that let
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">you know about great little iOS 8 features<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">like the ones described here.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">(Document Source: Denny Huff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Gateway For the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Phone: (636) 262-1383<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Fax: (314) 558-0298<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><a href="http://WWW.GatewayForTheBlind.Com">WWW.GatewayForTheBlind.Com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">---The Apostles’ Creed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried
He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life
everlasting. Amen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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