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Apple busts out new betas for OS X, tvOS and Apple Watch

Apple has dished out a brand new batch of beta software updates today for developers, bringing new software to OS X, Apple TV and Apple Watch. The new software updates come exactly two weeks after Apple served up the first beta versions of iOS 9.3, watchOS 2.2, tvOS 9.2, and OS X 10.11.4, all of […]

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iOS 9.3 beta 2 brings new goodies

Apple just seeded the latest build of iOS 9.3 to developers, with beta 2 now available to download via an over-the-air update on devices with either a current iOS 9.3 beta build installed or Apple’s developer profile configured. The download, the third beta release of iOS 9.3 following beta 1 and the subsequent beta 1.1, […]

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Best manual camera apps for iPhone

Manual camera apps for iPhone offer better control over settings like exposure, focus, ISO and shutter speed. If you’ve ever shot photos in an environment where the light wasn’t ideal or had a rough time balancing shadows and light, you would benefit from a manual camera app. While these kinds of apps aren’t always necessary, […]

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Apple TV adds podcasts with tvOS 9.1.1 update

Owners of the new fourth-gen Apple TV can finally play podcasts on the big screen thanks to a new software update that was seeded to users this morning. Apple released tvOS 9.1.1 to the public today and while it’s a minor update containing mostly bug fixes and performance, Apple has added one major new feature […]

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‘Leaked’ schematic reveals changes coming to iPad Air 3

The upcoming iPad Air 3 might look a lot like the new iPad Pro, only a bit smaller, according to a purported new leak. The update to the Air line could be coming down the pipeline as soon as March, and it appears that the refreshed tablet could come with four-speaker audio. Based on a […]

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Sprint ad hits Verizon right in the balls

The war between mobile carriers in the U.S. continues to heat up and with the latest battle, it’s personal. Sprint came out with a new ad that directly targets Verizon’s from just a few weeks ago. Using big, colorful balls to symbolize network quality and performance, Sprint claims Verizon’s ad is rubbish and outdated while […]

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Why Apple’s earnings call might be a shocker

Apple is set to reveal how much money it made over the 2015 holiday shopping season, and per usual, it’s expected to be a record-breaker. Tim Cook and Luca Maestri will dive into all the details of Apple’s Q1 2016 earnings report tomorrow at 2 p.m. Pacific but there’s really only one number Wall Street […]

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Why Intel should be scared of the iPad Pro’s A9X chip

Although we’ve been skeptical of the idea of ARM-based Macs in the past, rumors have been heating up that Apple will switch to ARM processors for all its Macs this year, due to massive performance gains.But as great as Apple’s A-series chips are, are they really ready to power Macs? The answer isn’t entirely clear […]

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Exploding Kittens, ZCast, and other awesome apps of the week

Somehow the weekend’s already half way over, but to help you make the most of what’s left we’ve combed through the week’s best apps to help you sort the wheat from the chaff. Whether it’s a card game built around detonating felines (seriously, it’s better than it sounds!) or an amazing live podcasting app, we’re […]

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Get ‘the world’s most advanced VPN’ [Deals]

When going online, especially while using public Wi-Fi, it’s well worth keeping your guard up. Keeping your data secure and your browsing private is what NordVPN was built to do, applying double SSL-based 2048-bit encryption to every bit that passes through it, on as many as 6 devices and with unlimited bandwidth. And right now, […]

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