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Woven-nylon Apple Watch band might actually be worth $50 [Reviews]

Lust List: Woven nylon Apple Watch band by Apple If you’ve ever ordered anything online, you’ve probably experienced delayed dissatisfaction. You wait for the product, it finally arrives, you rip it open — and it’s nothing like the picture you saw on Amazon, eBay or whatever. The item is smaller, the color is crappier, the […]

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These insight-stimulating apps help you get more out of each work hour [Deals]

If you’re getting frustrated with your productivity or workflow at the computer, you might need to get your computer to work with you better. Scapple is a freeform, mind-mapping application that makes it effortless to record your ideas and tease out connections between them. Once you start using Scapple, it’ll become an invaluable tool for […]

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Apple Watch shipments predicted to fall 25 percent this year

Apple Watch shipments may fall by more than one-quarter this year as compared to 2015, claims well-connected KGI Securities Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In an investment note to clients, Kuo writes that he thinks Apple Watch shipments will top out at fewer than 7.5 million units this year. That’s a significant drop from the 10.6 […]

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Apple rumored to be proceeding with plans to bring iCloud in-house

Apple is working with China-based server vendor Inspur as part of its ongoing plan to bring its iCloud data services in-house, according to a new report. At the moment, Apple mainly uses Amazon Web Services for its cloud server needs. Last month, it was reported that Apple is migrating some of its iCloud business from Amazon Web Services to […]

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Shotgun-wielding mom dishes out Southern justice to an iPhone

Confiscating your kids’ mobile phones not enough of a punishment? Well, if you’re like one Southern mom there’s always the option of shooting up their iPhone with a shotgun to really make your point! “I hereby denounce the effects that social media have on my children,” the woman says at the beginning of a video, which […]

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Even moving Apple’s cash pile home won’t halt E.U. tax investigation

Even bringing Apple’s sizable cash pile back to the U.S. wouldn’t stop the E.U. from investigating the company’s Irish tax arrangements, claims E.U. competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager. “Whether or not Apple wants to repatriate part of their un-repatriated profits is purely up to Apple and is of no concern [to] our case work,” she told reporters after a […]

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iPhone 5c hackers think they’re close to cracking iPhone 6

Israeli tech firm Cellebrite, a.k.a. the mobile forensics firm which helped the FBI hack the iPhone 5c at the center of the San Bernardino shooting case, is reportedly “optimistic” about hacking the more secure iPhone 6. The story in this instance involves an Italian father, Leonardo Fabbretti, wanting to access the iPhone photos, notes and messages belonging to […]

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Kobe Bryant’s Apple TV ad is genuinely hilarious

Apple dropped a new ad for its fourth-generation Apple TV over the weekend, and it’s actually hilarious! Called “Father Time,” the ad features Lakers player Kobe Bryant and actor Michael B. Jordan (of Chronicle and Creed fame) as they bicker while showing off Apple TV’s smart Siri Remote and App Store. Check it out below. I’m […]

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Disqus, GarageBand, and other awesome apps of the week

Is there a better way to spend Sunday than by checking out the latest apps to grace the App Store over the past seven days? This week I’ve chosen to focus less on games than productivity apps (although there’s a neat Reddit client thrown in for good measure!) From a great custom keyboard to a […]

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With technology, you can open your own doors to new careers [Deals]

If you’re eager to turn a new corner in your career, the world of software and web development is a wide and fertile field. Whether you’re thinking about getting into game development, managing data, building websites or just staying relevant in your skill set, Virtual Training Company’s courses have you covered. And right now you […]

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