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How to Make the iPhone’s Touch ID Work With Gloves
It’s cold and with what feels like an eternity of wintery weather ahead of us, it’s most definitely glove-wearing season. The problem with wearing gloves, of course, is that it can make scrolling through your phone screen a total pain in the ass. Fortunately, capacitive touch friendly gloves exist for this very reason. With capacitive … Continued
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The Original iPhone Is Dead
The original iPhone has died. AT&T, the phone’s only carrier, decided to end its support for 2G cellular networks, thus rendering the original iPhone useless. This means that iPhone can no longer make calls or send text messages. He was just nine and a half years old. Even before its birth in June 2007, iPhone … Continued
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Your Smartphone Becomes the Grillmaster With This New Wi-fi BBQ
Some cooks pride themselves on their mastery of the grill and are happy to spend hours tending to meats. However, if you love barbecue but hate the idea of being stuck next to one all afternoon, Char-Broil’s new SmartChef gas grill connects to a smartphone app so you can monitor your dinner while doing anything … Continued
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A Bulky iPhone Case With a Built-in Charger and Cord Just Might Be Brilliant
Until Apple stops chasing thinner iPhone designs at the cost of battery life, trying to find a way to keep your device charged will just be a way of life. But if you don’t mind adding a little bulk to your smartphone, a new iPhone case will ensure you can always be charging whenever an … Continued
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If Apple’s Video Plan Is Really This Half-Assed, It Will Be a Disaster
Apple is preparing to film its own original scripted TV shows and potentially movies, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. Apple executives are reportedly already in discussion with industry veterans about how to create shows comparable to Netflix’s Stranger Things or HBO’s Westworld. If all goes according to plan, the company will begin … Continued
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Damn, Apple Is Losing a Lot of People [Updated]
A spate of top engineers have left Apple for Tesla and other companies over the last few months. What’s going on? On Tuesday, Tesla announced that it had hired Chris Lattner as its new Vice President of Autopilot Software. Lattner was at Apple for more than eleven years, most recently serving as its senior director … Continued
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New Apple Patent Shows How That Edge-to-Edge Display Could Work
On Tuesday, the US Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple a patent that gives credence to those rumors of an edge-to-edge OLED iPhone. For years, users have longed for a phone that’s totally made up of a screen—no bullshit bezel needed—and this looks like one way it could happen. The patent, which was … Continued
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‘Finder For AirPods’ App Mysteriously Disappears From App Store Without Much Explanation From Apple
Apple announced its AirPods in September just as the company officially made clear its plans to kill the headphone jack on the iPhone. The only real concern about the goofy-looking wireless earbuds was whether they’d be too easy to lose. iOS development team Deucks decided to fight this probability with an app that helps sad … Continued
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Where Were You During the Original iPhone Keynote?
Ten years ago today, Apple held a flashy press conference and revealed the details of one of the most hotly anticipated gadgets of all time: the iPhone. The event was held at Macworld (RIP), an annual Mac/Apple conference that went head-to-head with CES. From what I understand, plenty of members of the tech press had … Continued
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Turn Your Apple Watch Into a Tiny Macintosh Computer While it Charges
Turning the Apple Watch on its side while it’s charging overnight puts it in Nightstand Mode so you can always see the time. But with Elago’s amusing new W3 stand, instead of a tiny alarm clock, your Apple Watch becomes a miniature replica of the original Macintosh computer on your bedside table. Made of soft … Continued
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People Keep Finding Coins in Their MacBooks and Nobody Knows Why
Look, I love my Macbook, but Apple’s products are often (rightly) criticized for being too expensive. We finally have an explanation for the huge price gouge customers have come to expect: they’re made with literal money! Earlier this week, an Imgur user named Greatease uploaded some photos that explain the key difference between an Apple … Continued
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Is This Apple’s Click Wheel iPhone Prototype?
Sonny Dickson has images and video of what he claims is the iPod-based interface—including a gnarly-looking, on-screen click wheel—that almost beat out iOS for the iPhone. Whether it’s legitimate or not, let me just say this: thank Christ it didn’t see the light of day. Dickson says the system was known internally as AcornOS, and … Continued
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A New Accessory Makes the MacBook Pro Actually Suitable For Pros
One of the biggest professional gripes about the new MacBook Pro—dongle issues aside—is its lack of upgradability. Apple made the decision to solder the storage onto the logic board (just as it does with RAM), making it impossible for users to upgrade past the capacity they choose at the time of purchase. Fortunately, longtime Mac … Continued
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San Francisco Restaurant: What If iPad Was Plate?
A San Francisco restaurant with three Michelin stars has discovered an incredible new iPad hack—it can also be a plate. Quince, one of the tech empire’s most prestigious restaurants, serves a dish called “A Dog in Search of Gold” that includes white truffle croquettes placed atop of an iPad playing a video of dogs hunting … Continued
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A Single Text Can Disable iOS Messages Forever
One of the beauties of iOS versus other phone operating systems is its relative security and stability versus other phone operating systems. There just aren’t a lot of hacks that can harm an iPhone unless it has been jailbroken or hacked by Israeli cyber weapons dealers. But a new exploit will permanently disable the Messages … Continued
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iPhone Production Is Probably Never Coming to the United States
No matter what President-elect Donald Trump might say, bringing iPhone manufacturing to the US is probably never going to happen. We’ve covered the reasons why making an iPhone in the US doesn’t make sense before, but a new report from The New York Times highlights a new factor: Huge incentives and concessions made by the … Continued
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Robot Phone Device Transmits Kisses to Your Loved Ones When You’re Away
Holidays can be a rough time for those who are truly married to their jobs but also have a human that they love in their spare time. Enter the Kissenger, a new smartphone peripheral that allows anyone to send a smooch live via video chat. Named after former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger* who rained … Continued
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Apple’s MacBook Pro Battery Problems Are Getting Embarrassing
Apple’s long-awaited refresh of its MacBook Pro line is disappointing for many reasons, but it looks like we have something else to add to the list: awfully unpredictable battery life. The problem is significant enough that it might just topple Apple’s machine from its throne. Consumer Reports decided to pass on recommending Apple’s new line … Continued
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This Gingerbread Apple II Computer Is Perfectly Edible Inside and Out
If you’re looking for a quick hit of internet fame around the holidays, consider baking up some gingerbread and making anything but a house. So far we’ve seen crashed Enterprises and Death Stars, but a gingerbread Apple II computer, complete with edible circuitboards inside, easily wins Christmas this year. When it’s sitting next to an … Continued
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Apple Is Having a Mac Crisis
A lot of people, including some of the world’s best known commentators on Apple, are saying that the company is facing serious challenges in its Mac business—unsurprisingly, Apple is clapping back at those reports and says everything is just fine. It’s no secret that inside of Apple, the iPhone is the favored child. Almost ten … Continued