In 2014, Beats and designer Alexander Wang joined forces for a whole line of special edition black and gold products, including the Studio headphones, urBeats, and a snakeskin Pill case. That announcement came around the time Apple announced their acquisition of Beats, but fortunately, it looks like Apple doesn’t have a problem with name brand […]
When Apple made their big iPhone 7 announcement in September, they managed to carve out the smallest sliver of time to introduce three new Beats products — the first set to directly benefit from the Apple’s acquisition of Beats. The Solo3 Wireless on-ears, Powerbeats3 in-ears, and the lighter BeatsX in-ears all have Apple’s new W1 chip, which enables […]
The original story about a man finding a working iPhone 4 at the bottom of a drained, often frozen lake was posted on BuzzFeed last week, so chances are you’ve already been made aware of it by at least two or three other sites. So, instead of just retelling the story, we’re just going to hop […]
In April, rumors started circulating that Apple was looking to add an OLED screen to next year’s iPhone for their big 10-year anniversary redesign. Trouble was, there’s only one company that can mass produce smartphone-sized OLED screens, and that company doesn’t have the friendliest of relationships with Apple. Reports from the Korean Herald and the Chinese Wall Street […]
Toms, the company best-known for its policy of donating a pair of shoes for every pair sold, is now bringing their charity model to the Apple Watch. This week, the company introduced seven Apple Watch bands on their website and pledged to donate a solar-powered light for each band sold. Of the seven bands, three fit […]
I guess every day is April 1. I guess that’s just life now. The world has embraced swirling madness, and everyone’s along for the ride. We’ve already seen BP lose it, and now none other than Apple is hopping on the crazy train with something that we want to believe is self-parody, except they’re actually […]
We’ve seen our fair share of toys making the jump to apps over the years, enough to make the idea the norm instead of the exception. But today, we’re talking Play-Doh, and the new app and playset they’ve made is so interesting that Apple has decided to sell it in their retail stores. I’m pretty […]
There was a time, not so long ago, when the Thunderbolt port was the hot thing to have for any laptop. Since then, Thunderbolt technology has moved away from that boxy proprietary connector and into the ubiquitous USB Type-C connector. Well, we didn’t know that was going to happen at the time, and now we’ve […]
Beats are back. It had been a while since we’d seen new products from Beats! Fortunately, there are a whole bunch of wireless headphones coming our way that were announced during the iPhone 7 launch. Now that Beats has been fully integrated into Apple, all of these newly announced headphones have Apple’s new W1 chip, […]
Apple introduced the redesigned MacBook Pro this morning at a press event, and if you want good news, here it is — the new 13″ and 15″ Pro laptops are so thin and light, they made a separate Air line of laptops unnecessary. Of course, the new MacBook Pros aren’t just thinner and lighter. They’re also […]
Beats has been much quieter since getting acquired by Apple in 2014, but that changed during the iPhone 7 announcement, when Apple announced three new Beats products — updated Solo on-ears and Powerbeats in-ears, plus the new lightweight Beats X in-ears. All three are wireless and use Apple’s new W1 chip, which helps sync the headphones […]
Yeah, it’s real. Twelve South, one of many Apple-friendly merch makers, has revolutionized the candle. If you buy new MacBooks just to become intoxicated by the smell that wafts up when you unbox the things, there’s now a much more wallet-friendly way to maintain your addiction. The New Mac Candle is said to have that […]
We’re of the opinion that the Apple Watch is way too expensive. Well, it might not be too expensive soon, but don’t look to Apple for a price cut — look to your insurance company. Aetna is the latest insurer to encourage the connected health movement by offering subsidies for the Apple Watch. Aetna’s new initiative […]
Apple’s sterling reputation on privacy has taken a small hit this week, with news getting out that the company keeps 30-day logs of phone numbers that users enter for use with iMessage. As reported by The Intercept, the logs show which phone numbers have been used with the messaging app, regardless of whether or not any messages […]
The iPhone 7 is nice and all, but the real yearly prize is the annual update to iOS. Every iPhone gets marginally better, but the iOS update can add sweet new features that really change the way we use our phones. Case in point — thanks to yesterday’s iOS 10 update, iMessage just got way more […]
Free iPhone 7 deals all over the place! T-Mobile is giving the things out, and now Sprint is doing the same. The only problem is the Sprint network, but that might be OK considering their monthly plans are now way better than what T-Mobile is offering. Like with the T-Mobile deal, Sprint is taking any […]
It’s new iPhone season, and as always, T-Mobile is bringing the heat. Their iPhone 7 trade-in promotion is promising a free iPhone 7, and if you meet the requirements, it sounds like there are no strings attached. Well, there’s one string — One. The requirements are pretty simple — have an iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, or […]
At Apple’s iPhone 7 event today, the company quickly dished out some Apple Watch news. In addition to a slight revamp (revamp might be too strong a word) in the upcoming Series 2, we got word that the Watch is about to make playing Pokémon Go even easier. Pokémon Go on the Apple Watch is a bit similar […]
After the usual months-long (well, does it ever really end?) rumor period, the latest iPhone is finally official. Apple is updating their smartphone line with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, and while they don’t represent the noticeable redesign we usually see when the number goes up, they’re a big departure in many other […]
It started with Miitomo, and it kinda continued with the Niantic-developed Pokémon Go, but now consider the tap wide open. Nintendo is going full steam ahead into smartphone apps with their leading man with Super Mario Run, an upcoming game for iOS announced by Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto at the Apple iPhone 7 press conference today. […]
New is a relative term in the world of tablets and smartphones. As the mobile market has matured, smartphones have settled down into regular, incremental yearly refresh cycles. According to a report from AppleInsider, that will hold true next year for the iPad, with three tablets that will look and feel familiar. But, that same report […]
