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Imagining Life With the iWatch

Apple’s making a smartwatch. By now that’s a foregone conclusion. What we don’t know, though, is what an iWatch will be. Although thepeople who are making it might offer us some clues. Stay in shape It’s Monday morning. Time to get up for work. But there are no ear-splitting klaxons in your room to usher…

According to 9to5Mac, new Apple TV hardware is showing up in some iOS 7 builds, and as it’s been rumored, a new box should be on its way in the not-so-distant future.

Sunday Deals On The iPad Mini Retina, Kindle Paperwhite, 2DS, And More

Today in the rarely discounted/most desired items we cover category, we’ve got great deals on both the iPad Mini Retina and the Kindle Paperwhite. Best Buy is the proprietor of both discounts, knocking $50 off all iPad Mini with Retina Display models, and 20 bucks off the Paperwhite. These are the Commerce Team’s choices for…

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

It’s the end of a long week and the beginning of Winter Olympic madness. Don’t let your smartphone or tablet get left behind—turn it into a gold-medal productivity star, or the olympic village of time-wasting games, with our favorite new apps. Android Beats Music Beats Music is a promising new take on streaming music—it’s curated…

Did Samsung Try to Ban Apple Logos From the Olympics Opening Ceremony?

Lucky Olympic athletes taking part in the Sochi Winter Olympics found a Samsung Galaxy Note III in their arrival goodie bags, so even if they don’t take home a medal they’ve still got something of a fairly high value to sell on the internet when they get home. But did Samsung demand they avoid being…

Good Luck Writing a Letter With This 30th Anniversary Mac Font

It might not look it, but the images above actually make up a font designed especially to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Mac. Spotted on this 30 Years of Mactribute page by iOS developer Greg Barbosa, the font is built up of line drawings of Apple’s computers over the ages. It uses special private…

From Tablets to TVs: What’s Next For Display Tech in 2014

Starting in 2010 when Apple made the retina display and display quality a central theme for their product marketing, displays have moved up from the doldrums into an unprecedented renaissance of new display technologies for smartphones, tablets, TVs, and entirely new classes of products like wearable displays. That approach impressed consumers and moved the entire…

Definitive Proof That App Store Search Is the Absolute Worst

One of the most exciting new apps in months has hit Apple’s App Store today: Paper, an app that provides a refreshing new Facebook experience. This is an app that, conservatively, hundreds of thousands of people want to download today. Good luck finding it. It’s well-known that Apple’s app-discovery chops are lacking. The company itself…

It Took More Than Just iPhones to Shoot Apple’s New Ad

With Macintosh turning 30 this year, you’d think Apple would go big. Maybe they’d spring for another Super Bowl commercial like the 1984 ad that changed the way the world thinks about computers. Nah… they just made an Apple promo reel that was shot entirely on iPhones—with a little help, of course. Don’t get me…

NYT: Apple’s Smartwatch Could Use Wireless Charging and Solar Power

The New York Times reports that Apple is researching new technologies to charge its products—and it could see its smartwatch come equipped with solar charging capabilities. Some day. In a feature about the future of power portable electronics, the Times mentions that “two people who work at the company” have told them that Apple is…

Apple Is Probably Going to Run a Sequel to its “1984” Ad Today

30 years ago. The Los Angeles Raiders are slaughtering the Washington Redskins at halftime. You decide it’s time for a refill on your Crystal Light. You’re headed to the kitchen when something stops you in your tracks—a chick with a Brigitte Nielsen haircut and a hammer, running towards you. Yes, indeed: The “1984” commercial that…

Pranking people into thinking you’re an Apple Store employee is funny

When you walk inside an Apple store and start swiping one of their iPads, a clingy, colorful shirt wearing person usually attaches themselves to you and gives you the verbal rubdown of the features. It’s part of the Apple Store experience! But what if that Apple Store employee was a fake? What if they scared…

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

It’s Friday night. Time to cut loose, get fancied up, and go hit the town. Here’s some brand new apps to dress up your phone for the weekend. Multi-Platform Apps GE Brillion Smart home appliances seem like a wanton luxury—until you start using them. If you’ve got a GE Brillion oven, this app will let…

This GPS Lightning Adapter Makes Cheap iPads Location-Aware

If you decided to save a few bucks and opt for an iPad without cellular hardware, it also means you bought yourself a tablet without GPS. Wi-Fi hotspot locations help it guesstimate your locations, but if you want better results, you’ll have to spring $130 for Bad Elf’s tiny GPS module. Ironically, $130 is the…

Apple Patent Reaffirms Rumors of Pressure-Sensitive Touchscreens

Last year, Bloomberg reported that Apple was working on enhanced sensors capable of detecting different levels of pressure. Then, a patent popped up adding weight to the rumor. Now, a second patent lends the idea of pressure-sensitive touchscreens yet more credence. https://gizmodo.com/report-apple-working-on-two-big-iphones-for-whatever-1461762060 The new patent, published by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday,…

Apple’s Touch-Friendly, Solar-Powered Laptop Would Be Insane

Hey you, Apple user. Have you been waiting—and waiting and waiting—for Apple to make some face-melting upgrades to the MacBook instead of just bumping the specs every few months? Well, this is it. Maybe. With a capital “M.” Those crazy Cupertino kids were just granted a patent for a touch-friendly, solar-powered laptop from the future.…

Intel Coined the Term iPad Back in 1994

Apple is notoriously protective of their intellectual property. Even going so far as suing Samsung in a high-profile fight over the iPhone and iPad designs. But what if Apple didn’t coin the name for one of their most celebrated products? Namely, the iPad. Predictions for iPad-like gadgets predate Apple’s device by decades. Stanley Kubrick’s 1968…

Discounts On iPads, iPhones, MacBooks Pros, And Nexus 5s [Deals]

Today on eBay, you can take advantage of one of the first deals we’ve seen on the Retina iPad Mini, or scoop up some leftover iPad 4 inventory at deep discounts. Gizmodo loved the new Mini, and the iPad 4 deals are tempting if you need a ton of storage space or LTE. https://gizmodo.com/retina-ipad-mini-review-a-sight-for-sore-eyes-1465237647 Retina…

A Crazy-Making Day in the Life of an Apple Store Creative

I didn’t know this until I went to work for Apple Retail, but their credo is “Enriching Lives.” I never had a job with a philosophy attached to it. I know the Marines have one. It’s Semper Fi. If you see that on a bumper sticker, it’s Latin for, “Mess with this car, and you’re…

A Touch-Sensitive iPhone Case That Lets You Answer Calls While Closed

A flip-style case will protect all the parts of your expensive smartphone—from the housing to the display—but at the cost of making you a little slower on the draw when it comes to answering a call. So to solve this ‘problem’ Moshi has created the SenseCover case which features a touch-sensitive strip on the outside…