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CNN Discovers Promotional Surface Pros Make Fantastic iPad Stands

Last night, CNN wasn’t just covering the mid-term elections. It was also pimping the Surface Pro 3, conspicuously placing a kickstand-ed unit in front of a bunch of its commentators. The catch? They were actually just being used as iPad stands. As GeekWire points out, a few eagle-eyed viewers pointed out that behind every Surface…

Swype for iOS 8 just got updated to understand 16 new languages and suggest emoji—but it’ll cost you $1.

Rumor: Stainless Steel Apple Watch Will Cost $500, Gold $4,000

While Apple announced that the base model of its forthcoming smartwatch would cost $350, it’s remained tight-lipped about the pricing of the rest of the range. Now,a new report suggests that the stainless steel version will start at $500, and the gold at somewhere between $4,000 and $5,000. The report comes from sources at Apple…

Apple Is Opening an Office in Seattle, a Town Full of Rivals

Apple is opening its first engineering office in the North West, and it’s chosen Seattle—which just happens to be home to Microsoft and Amazon, too. The Seattle Times reports—and and Apple spokesman confirms—that the company has recently opened an office which is working on network infrastructure. The report speculates that this “may be just what…

Who Should Play Steve Jobs Now That Christian Bale Quit?

After a solid week of coming to terms with the fact that Steve Jobs is Batman, we’ve found ourselves in a Job-less world once more. Now that Christian Bale’s thrown in the tiny circular glasses, we ask you, dear readers, who’s your Jobsian ideal? Is it Woody Harrelson you see telling you to stay both…

Report: Christian Bale Just Bailed on the Steve Jobs Movie

Christian Bale will not be playing Steve Jobs in the upcoming movie about the Apple co-founder, Hollywood Reporter reports. Sources say the actor decided he wasn’t right for the role, and withdrew. This is coming after the movie’s scriptwriter Aaron Sorkin confirmed that Bale would be playing the prickly tech icon, saying the actor didn’t…

How I Broke My Last Five Phones

I do not have an iPhone anymore. I don’t plan to buy another one. I adore Apple’s wonderful hunks of glass and aluminum, but I’m like Lennie with a bunny when I have one in my hands: I love it so much and so intensely that I kill it. I remember when I was about…

Rumor: Apple Watch Going on Sale in Spring 2015

While many are eager for Apple to start selling its new watch as soon as possible, a leaked internal message suggests that we might have to wait until spring of next year before we can put one on our wrists. According to Apple employees, reports 9to5mac, Apple Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores…

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

In contrast to last week’s gush of new apps from the Microsoft Garage project, things have slowed back to normal. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t some awesome apps to mention. Let’s also not forget that we achieved a major smartphone milestone this week: You can now order Taco Bell with just an app.…

Watch Apple’s Old Newton PDA Try To Keep Up With an iPhone

It’s been almost two decades since Apple shuttered its Newton platform, which included handwriting recognition support for personal digital assistants. But it’s surprising to see how well the long-forgotten product line has stood the test of time, if not the test of consumer demand. In this fun little video, we see a contemporary iPhone type…

A Poster-Sized Family Tree of Every Apple Product Ever Made

Step right up, fanboys and girls: the relentless data designers at Pop Chart Lab have updated their Insanely Great History of Apple print, and it is a doozy featuring over 500 items from the Cupertino fruit slinger. But wait! Didn’t they just announce a ton of new products, like, last month? And this month?? Yeah!…

Creepy App Uses Healthkit To Say How Long You Have To Live

Most Healthkit apps are single-mindedly practical, created with the sole aim of making you healthier or tracking your sleep. This app is the opposite. This app wants to creep you out big time. Deadline is an iOS app that uses a short quiz and the new Healthkit functionality in iOS 8 to create a timer…

iPad Air 2 Review: When Thin Actually Means Something

Gadgets get thinner every year. That’s a given. But the iPad Air 2 crosses a threshold where thin makes a difference. I bought my first iPad in the summer of 2012, under the pretense that it would be a really killer digital photo frame at my wedding. (Ahem.) In the two-plus years since, I’ve never…

iMac With Retina 5K Display Review: Do Those Extra Pixels Really Matter?

Resolution is often misunderstood. You instinctively know that you want more of it, even when its real utility doesn’t live up to the marketing hype. And Apple’s new $2500 iMac has a lot of hype to live up to. The new iMac’s Retina 5K Display seduces your glassy orbs with 14.7 million pixels of pure…

Tim Cook: I’m Proud To Be Gay

Tim Cook has written an editorial for Bloomberg Businessweek today which speaks frankly about his sexual orientation. “Let me be clear,” he explains. “I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.” In the editorial, Cook explains that he has “been open with many people” at…

Apple: Don’t Expect To See Our SIM In iPhones Any Time Soon

If you buy a new iPad from your friendly local Apple store, you might notice that you get an Apple SIM inside, rather than a regular ‘ole one from Verizon or T-Mobile or whatever. Sadly, for those of you thinking that heralded the demise of SIM cards as we know them, Apple’s VP for iPhone…

Apple Watch Accessories Are Already Out of Control

Whenever Apple announces something new, companies will use the most basic specs revealed onstage to take a stab at making What You Need to go with it. But the Apple Watch is even crazier; despite not even existing yet, more than a few companies are already accessorizing for it. The Apple Watch represents a challenge…

How the iPhone’s UI Would Look If It Acted Like the Apple Watch

One of the most intriguing things about Apple Watch is its non-orthogonal user interface, where app icons are organized in a circular, zoomable jumble. And it turns out the good old iPhone might be able to learn something about legible UI from its smaller, younger cousin. How do we know? Because a developer named Lucas…

The Worst iOS 8.1 Bugs and How to Fix Them

How’s that new iOS 8.1 update working out for you? We’ve scoured the forums and social media channels of the wider Web to identify some of the key issues that people are having, ready to provide you with some solutions. If your iOS 8.1 experience is less than stellar so far, try the fixes we’ve…

How to Get Handoff to Actually Work in OS X Yosemite

If you’re anything like me, you were really excited to try out the new Handoff feature in OS X Yosemite and iOS 8. And you were equally disappointed when you updated all of your software, and the damn thing didn’t work. Fear not, fellow computer user! With Apple’s help, I managed to get Handoff working,…