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Vine comes to Apple Watch with featured and favorite clips

Twitter is bringing its short video sharing service, Vine, to wrists across the globe today with its first Apple Watch app. Vine for Apple Watch brings two feeds to users — favorites and featured — which allows you to catch up on clips from favorite creators, as well as watch featured videos that are handpicked […]

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Teardown reveals Apple Smart Keyboard is not repairable — but super durable

We’re just days away from carving up turkeys in the US, but the folks at iFixit are busting out the blades a little early for their official teardown of the new Apple Smart Keyboard for the iPad Pro. The new teardown from iFixit reveals how Apple made the Keyboard/Smart Cover super durable by encapsulating the […]

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Black Friday Liveblog: Save a ton on 4K TVs, Terabyte hard drives, and Beats headphones

We’re seeing even more deals today, like an adorably inexpensive 32-inch Roku smart TV, a 1 terabyte hard drive from Toshiba, $90 savings on a high-end pair of golden Beats headphones, and a surprisingly poignant program from Zappos that has nothing to do with shoes. We’re combing through a ton of deals to find you […]

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Protective case turns your sleek iPhone into a loud fashion statement

Lust List: Scout iPhone case by Urban Armor Gear No one would accuse Urban Armor Gear of being sleek or subtle. The company’s iDevice cases are loud and rugged. You might even call them masculine, although I know a few of my female friends would embrace the bold statement they make. I’ve always tried to […]

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How to expand your Macbook storage without taking up any extra space [Deals]

Having a backup drive is key to anyone with a laptop, but lugging around an extra hard drive can take the convenience out of portable computing. Plugging into the computer adds steps to the process of getting started with work, but one Macbook slot in particular — the SD card port — can be used […]

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Two years on, iBeacons still haven’t taken off

Apple launched its iBeacons to great fanfare back in 2013, but since then… well, they haven’t exactly taken the retail world by storm. An interesting new article by Bloomberg digs into some of the facts and figures about Apple’s beacon technology, citing reports claiming that only 3 percent of retailers currently use beacons, and just 16 […]

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T-Mobile gifts customers three-months of unlimited LTE

T-Mobile is dropping unexpected gifts on users for the next 30-days, and it’s kicking things off by giving existing customers three-months of free LTE for no extra charge. The wireless network announced its ‘Un-carrier Unwrapped’ promotion today that will see the company giving away one special gift each week. These won’t just be any regular […]

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WordPress.com gets a new look and new Mac app

WordPress.com received a huge redesign today that has been 18 months in the making, and there’s a great new Mac app that’s coming with it. The new native Mac app is powered with the same tech running WordPress.com. In fact, it’s pretty much the web app wrapped as an OS X, which isn’t all that […]

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The absolute best deals: Thanksgiving vs. Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday

Black Friday is held up as the ultimate shopping day, but Thanksgiving actually offers more awesome deals. Of course, there are great sales to be found throughout the Black Friday season, with Cyber Monday deals adding their fair share of savings to the mix. However, if you’re looking for a specific type of product, it’s […]

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Mysterious ‘snake’ Apple Watch error? Here’s what it means

Seven months after its launch, we appear to be seeing a previously unheard-of Apple Watch error, but we think we’ve figured out what it means. Wall Street Journal tech editor Joanna Stern brought the issue to attention on her Twitter account; the screen kind of looks like her Apple Watch had suddenly decided to play […]

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