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How to keep stalkers from tracking you on Instagram

Anyone can tap your profile in Instagram and see where you were when you took your snapshots. Creeped out, yet? Every time you take a picture for Instagram, the photo-sharing app keeps track of where you are by default. Here’s how to remove the location data automatically added to your snaps and keep stalkers from […]

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Apple lawyer warns FBI demands could lead to police state

Ted Olson, the legendary lawyer hired by Apple to represent it in the company’s battle against the FBI, warned that the government’s demand to unlock the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone will have wide ranging implications, and could possibly create a police state. In an interview this morning, Olson said that if the FBI wins it […]

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San Bernardino’s top cop admits terrorist’s iPhone may be a dead end

Apple and the FBI are locked in a bitter legal battle over San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone 5c that was recovered at the terrorist event, but according to San Bernardino’s chief of police we’re all overlooking one very important issue: there might not be any useable intelligence on it. San Bernardino police chief […]

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Apple will call new 4-inch model ‘iPhone SE’

The game of ‘what is Apple going to call it’s next cheap iPhone’ just took another turn today with a new rumor that claims the new 4-inch device won’t be called the iPhone 6c, or the iPhone 5se. It shall be called the ‘iPhone SE’ “We are hearing that Apple appears to be going all […]

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Does Android’s innovation boom put iPhone to shame? [Friday Night Fight]

After Samsung and LG announced exciting new iPhone rivals at Mobile World Congress this week, we’ve had heated debates behind the scenes here over whether Apple’s smartphone can still compete against the big guns in an increasingly competitive smartphone market. Without features like wireless charging, water-resistance, and expandable storage, will it be harder for Apple to […]

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Solar charger is big enough to blot out the sun [Reviews]

Solartab® 5.5W solar charger It’s a problem when you get caught away from home with a dead phone. And it’s a bigger problem when you find yourself stranded with a dead phone and a flatlined portable charger. But one company has come up with a solution to both of those problems. Solartab is a power […]

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Samsung may take on Apple Music by acquiring Tidal

Tidal, the high fidelity music streaming service owned by Jay Z, has been struggling to compete with Spotify and Apple Music, but according to a new report Samsung is planning to throw the fledgling company a lifeline with a new acquisition deal. The move wouldn’t be totally unexpected considering Jay Z’s long ties with Samsung, […]

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Apple Watch scammers turn trash into cash

We fully support efforts to reuse and recycle garbage, but two Apple Watch scammers are using their conservation powers for evil. The Encinitas, California sheriff’s department is on the lookout for these men (pictured above), who have worked out an effective and completely infuriating way to convert a water bottle and a few paper towels […]

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New MacBook selfie sticks are a nightmare mashup of nope

Selfie sticks are bad enough, and while we’ve not seen anyone taking photos with a iPad and a long stick yet, here’s something even wackier: a Macbook on the end of a stick. Created by an artist collective and showing on the streets of New York City, the oversized selfie sticks seem to be making […]

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Apple files official refusal to create ‘GovtOS’

Apple has officially asked a judge to dismiss a court order requiring the company to unlock a terrorist’s iPhone at the FBI’s request. We knew the legal filing was coming, but now we have the actual defenses Apple is using to defend its refusal to create what it calls a “GovtOS” that would let officials […]

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