Apple Loop: Apple Kills iPhone Successor, MacBook Pro Decimates Competition, Secret iPhone Discounts
Snapchat Spectacles vending machine page starts 24-hour countdown to next location
Snapchat’s going to be selling Spectacles at another location in just under 24 hours as of Saturday morning, as the company’s Snapbot locator page started a 24 hour countdown timer as of 7 AM PT (10 AM ET). The sleeping bot on Snap’s Spectacles locator page will presumably be replaced by an updated map when the countdown runs out, showing you were the adorable vending machine will next appear to sell the video capturing sunglasses. Spectacles went on sale last year with no real advance notice,..>> view originalKaspersky accuses Microsoft of anticompetitive bundling of antivirus software
reader comments 58 Billionaire Russian anti-virus developer Eugene Kaspersky has penned an angry blog post titled "That's It. I've Had Enough!" to complain about Microsoft and Windows 10. Specifically, Kaspersky argues that the way Microsoft bundled Defender with Windows 10 is anti-competitive: he says that Microsoft has created obstacles to third-party products and is acting against the interests of the developers of third-party security software. Accordingly, Kaspersky says that he has fil..>> view originalAT&T to limit video quality by default—even on unlimited data plans
Enlarge / AT&T's pitch for Stream Saver. reader comments 66 AT&T today said it will begin limiting the quality of mobile video for cellular data customers in early 2017. A new feature called "Stream Saver" will throttle video to DVD resolution of about 480p. Customers will be able to opt out of Stream Saver, but it will be enabled by default—even for customers with unlimited data, AT&T told Ars. AT&T will notify customers once Stream Saver has been activated and provide instructions for t..>> view originaliPhone 8 vs. iPhone 7: What New Features Will Apple Include?
The tenth anniversary of the iPhone range comes next year, and Apple is expected to launch something outstanding in order to mark the occasion. Thus, the iPhone 8 could be the revolutionary smartphone that Apple fans have desired for some time. Recent iPhone releases have been somewhat conservative, and followers of the iconic smartphone series are hoping for something more ambitious when the iPhone 8 launches. Image Credit: Veniamin Geskin / TwitterWhile the iPhone 7 has sold pretty well for A..>> view originalApple's iBooks StoryTime app for Apple TV will read to your kids
Apple on Thursday released a new Apple TV application called iBooks StoryTime that brings children’s books to the TV’s big screen. Kids can flip through the pages of the books on their own, or switch on Read-Aloud narration which will sync the audio to the on-screen text and flip the pages for you. The app, which works on 4th generation Apple TV devices that have access to tvOS App Store, is a free download, but the books themselves are not. There’s one free giveaway at launch so you can test ..>> view originaliOS update - Apple set to introduce even MORE emojis soon
Emoji fans could be set for a whole new way to chat to their friends.A number of new images are set to come to a smartphone near you soon, including much-needed additions such as a giraffe, pretzel and zebra.In total, 51 new emoji will be released later this year, giving you more ways to liven up your text messages, with 33 existing images also set to be updated to include a version for both genders.The new emojis are among those approved by Unicode, the governing body which oversees the rollout..>> view originalWhy did Facebook just buy a popular social analytics tool used by media companies?
Facebook has repeatedly denied it is a media company. So why did it just go and buy a startup best known for its social analytics platform for media publishers? Arriving on the scene in 2011, CrowdTangle has become an indispensable tracking tool for media outlets. Its real-time dashboards, custom notifications, and personalized visualizations help publishers compare their social leverage with their competitors’ and discover trending content. In its own words: “Hundreds of newsrooms and thousand..>> view original11 paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited time
Never has the world needed a weekend more badly than it does today. Thankfully, Friday has arrived, and so has our fifth and final collection of paid apps on sale of the week. If you want to spend your whole weekend laying in bed, downloading free apps, you are more than welcome to do so. Just read on and start downloading. MUST SEE: Leak suggests the iPhone 8 will finally get the redesign it deserves These are paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for a limited tim..>> view originalZuckerberg: Fake news on Facebook affected election? That's 'crazy'
After Donald Trump won the US presidential election on Tuesday, some commentators argued that fake news circulating on Facebook helped the real estate mogul turned reality TV personality win.There was, for example, this story from the nonexistent Denver Guardian about an FBI agent associated with Hillary Clinton's email leaks being found dead in a murder suicide. Or this one about the Pope endorsing Trump.Even President Barack Obama called out Facebook by name the day before Tuesday's election...>> view original
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