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Weeks after it was first reported that Home Depot’s in-store payment systems had been breached for many months, the world’s largest home improvement retailer has finally given some idea about the number of accounts that may have been compromised. The bad news is that, according to Home Depot, between April and September of this year, thieves stole info on approximately 56 million accounts. The not-disastrous news is that this number is much smaller than had been predicted, given the volume of customers who shopped at Home Depot during that 5-month period. The Target breach in 2013 only lasted for a few weeks, but resulted in the theft of information of more than 100…
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Windows 7 must not become another Windows XP. According to Gartner, 2013 was the worst year in the history of the PC business as sales plummeted by 35 million units year-on-year. Rather than giving PCs a shot in the arm, Windows 8 appeared to have put them to sleep: in February 2014, Netmarketshare reported that Windows 7 had 48% of the PC market compared to just 11% for Windows 8. Windows XP, a 12-year-old OS, had 29%. The good news is that things are looking better this year and PC sales are on the rise. The bad news is that that the reason doesn't appear to be Windows 8.1. According to August's figures from Net Applications, Windows 8.x is suffering fro…
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Microsoft acquires ‘Minecraft’ maker Mojang and Microsoft Dynamics 2015 is due out in fourth...
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This week, Microsoft announced it is buying Mojang, developer of block-building game sensation “Minecraft,” and that Microsoft Dynamics 2015 is coming soon. “Minecraft’s” Mojang team will join Microsoft Studios, which is behind the blockbuster franchises “Halo,” “Forza,” “Fable” and more. Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, talked about “Minecraft’s” widespread appeal to gamers of all ages and abilities, on all kinds of devices. “This is a game that has bound its audience on touch devices, on phones, on iPads, on console,” he said in a video. “Whether you’re playing on an Xbox, whether you’re playing on a PlayStation, an Android (or) an iOS device – our goal is to continue t…
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The choice in iOS 8 makes it the best one yet
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There's an old saying; "you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone." Personally speaking that's how picking up an iPhone or iPad after using other mobile platforms – predominantly Android – has felt until iOS 8 came along. But no more. iOS 8 truly is Apple's latest and very greatest, and finally some of the features many of us have either experienced elsewhere or looked longingly at from afar are here. And we should thank Apple for that. Whatever the reasons for it taking so long to get better share intents, or custom keyboards, or widgets of any variety, isn't important right now. Apple will traditionally wait it out, doing things right rather than doing things f…
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New and updated apps: Flipboard, Modern Combat 5, Spotify and more!
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Every day dozens and dozens of new and updated apps and games hit the iOS and Mac App Stores. It's impossible to keep up with them all, but it's not impossible to pick out the very best. Here they are! Today we've got updates to some great apps, a new one that gives you access to all your favorites and more! New and updated iOS apps Age of Zombies: Brothers In Arms 1.2.5: Battle zombies as Barry Steakfries. Adds local co-op mode. $0.99 - Download now Flipboard 2.3.8: A magazine-style newsreader for the iPad. Free - Download now Launcher: Puts your favorites at your fingertips. A new iOS 8 Today Widget is included. Free - Download now Modern C…
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Phones4u iPhone 6 pre-orders on EE's network can still get their phones
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The shutdown of UK retailer Phones 4U a few days ago has caused people who have pre-ordered the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to wonder if they might miss out on getting them on Friday. Now EE has revealed that Phones 4u customers who have pre-ordered the iPhone 6 devices for use on EE's network might still be able to get their phone tomorrow. EE's website has an FAQ page for Phones 4u customers and one of the questions deals with the iPhone 6 pre-orders. EE says: We understand that if you pre-ordered an iPhone 6 through Phones 4u, your order should be cancelled and that you should be getting a refund of any upfront payment. Don't worry – we've got extra stock of …
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Storehouse brings gorgeous, easy visual storytelling to iPhone
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Storehouse, the acclaimed multimedia creation app for the iPad, has now been updated to not only support iOS 8 but allows access to iPhone owners for the first time. The Storehouse app itself allows its users to combine images, videos and text to create multimedia "stories" that can be shared with friends on embedded on a website or blog. Here's the change log for the new version: Now available for iPhone and iPad Support for photo extensions in iOS 8 Add #hashtags to your stories and search for #hashtags from the community Find friends from Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook New Explore section featuring top categories and trending #hashtags Republish your fa…
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iOS 8 kills iPhoto and forces a messy transition to Photos
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One consequence of upgrading to iOS 8: You're no longer going to be able to use the iOS version of iPhoto. From here on out you're supposed to use Photos. What's worse, it may be a very painful transition if you invested in some of iPhoto's features. Read on for details. It's an ex-parrot Apple's made no secret of its intent to move away from iPhoto. The company announced at WWDC this past June that iPhoto and Aperture are being discontinued on the Mac in favor of a Mac version of it Photos app, which is due in early 2015. Still, iPhoto on the Mac will still work when OS X Yosemite is released — Apple has pledged to keep it running at least through OS X 10.10. …
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In less than two weeks, Microsoft will begin revealing information about the Windows Technical Preview, the first pre-release look at the next version of Windows. The actual Preview won't be out until October, I'm told. But there's no reason to wait: Here's what you're going to see. Obviously, a lot of information about the Windows Technical Preview has leaked already. But information I believe to be truly new is bolded below so you can find it more easily. The current build is 9841. I'm not sure if this is the exact build of the public Technical Preview. Start menu Microsoft is bringing back the Start menu in the new Windows. But this isn't the old Windows 7…
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Deal of the Day: TYLT POWERPLANT 5200mAh Lightning Battery Pack
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You won't always be around a charger, whether you're camping, hiking, traveling or just out and about without a means to power up your depleting device. The 5200mAh POWERPLANT Battery Pack plugs into your lightning device and provides life when you need it most, even for a 2nd device! Yours today for just $49.95! Continue reading...
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17 thousand iMore readers have voted! Find out who's getting an iPhone 6... and who's getting...
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The iPhone 6 is the next generation iPhone from Apple. The iPhone 6 Plus is the next generation iPhone from Apple with a bigger screen, longer battery life, optical image stabilization, and iPad-style apps in landscape. But, big. As much tiny iPad as it is huge iPhone. And that's led to a lot of questions and concerns over which one to get. We posted our iPhone buyers guide to try and help you choose, and then we asked you what choice you made. Almost 17K of you responded. So what was the answer? Which iPhone — iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus — will you be getting? No surprisingly, you were split right down the middle. With 16,899 votes counted as of publication time,…
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Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4-based Epic Zen Garden demo for iOS 8
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Epic Games has released its Epic Zen Garden demo for iOS 8 users, a few months after the game developer showed off the Unreal Engine 4-based graphics demonstration at WWDC 2014 in June. The free demo is set in a Japanese zen garden which has a number of interactive elements but isn't really a game. Epic Games states: We created Epic Zen Garden to showcase Unreal Engine 4 using Apple's new Metal API. Metal enables developers to create very detailed scenes with very low CPU overhead. Now you can easily throw thousands of individual objects into your world while maintaining high framerate. Even better, low CPU overhead means less battery usage compared to OpenGL E…
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Local Australian celebrities to help launch iPhone 6 in a few hours
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Australia will be the first place in the world to begin selling the iPhone 6 and a number of local celebrities will help out to launch Apple's latest smartphones which will happen in just a few more hours. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that people in line at three Telstra stores in Australia (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane) will be treated to musical performances by Australia's Got Talent winners Justice Crew, and the X Factor's Dami Im and Jai Waetford just a few minutes before the doors open and sales begin at 8 am local time Friday. Fremantle player Aaron Sandilands will also appear at Telstra's Perth location. Everyone in line at those stores will also get ac…
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T-Mobile's Personal CellSpot, Wi-Fi Calling, and 4G LTE Booster explained
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T-Mobile has done a lot to improve their US wireless network in the past year and a half. Unfortunately, T-Mobile coverage indoors still stinks in many homes. T-Mo has come up with a few creative ways to help: Wi-Fi Calling, T-Mobile's 4G LTE Signal Booster and their newest device, the Personal CellSpot. If you're confused about the differences between these or which is the best solution for you, read on. Wi-Fi Calling With Wi-Fi Calling, your cell phone sends voice data over your Wi-Fi network to T-Mobile via the Internet, which treats that data like voice packets coming over a cell tower antenna. So wherever you get Wi-Fi on your phone, you can also talk — even …
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Google Glass update synchronizes photos to your iPhone as you take them
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In the midst of launching iOS 8 to all current iOS devices, Google had just updated its MyGlass app for Google Glass. With the new app, now in version 0.8.0, users can automatically synchronize their photos to their phones as they take them. With the latest version of MyGlass, Google Glass owners can shoot with Glass, synchronize their photos over to the iPhone instantly, edit and add filters if they choose, and can share with friends or social media with little down time. Are you a Glass wearer? What do you think of this latest update. Free - Download now Continue reading...
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HealthKit falls ill to bugs on iOS 8 launch day
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As consumers are updating their current iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch units to run the latest iOS 8 software that is being made available today to customers for the first time, there are questions surrounding the new HealthKit software. After reports that Apple had pulled HealthKit-compatible apps from the App Store, Apple has finally gone on record to say that the launch of HealthKit apps has been delayed after bugs were discovered. "We discovered a bug that prevents us from making HealthKit apps available on iOS 8 today," Apple said in a statement. "We're working quickly to have the bug fixed in a software update and have HealthKit apps available by the end of the m…
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Instapaper for iPhone and iPad updated for iOS 8 with share support and more
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The content saving and sharing app Instapaper got a big update for the iPhone and iPad today that includes new support for iOS 8, including saving content from any app that supports the iOS system share sheet. In a blog post, Instapaper stated, "No more copying links & opening Instapaper, emailing yourself articles, or installing bookmarklets. Just tap the system share icon, choose Instapaper, and voila! Saved." It has also added a Today extension, with the blog saying, "The Today extension shows you all the stuff you've saved that day and lets you open articles with one tap." The new version also adds text-to-speech support, and users with an Instapaper Premi…
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All the iOS 8 Touch ID apps you can put on your iPhone right now!
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It's hard to keep track of what's coming from where with all of these apps getting updated for iOS 8, but we're starting to sort out which ones are getting which features. Here's a batch of the ones in the App Store that are using Touch ID. Be sure to read our deep dive into Touch ID in iOS 8 to see how the feature came to be. After that, start digging into the apps below, and drop us a line in the comments if you're spotting anything freshly updated with Touch ID features in the comments. Mint - Use Touch ID to access your personal finances. Simple - Get access to your banking information through Touch ID. Day One - Today widget offers flashback to previous entries…
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Facebook iPhone and iPad app will get improved content sharing features for iOS 8
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Facebook released a new, but small, update for its iPhone and iPad app today, but in a new blog post it outlined some features it plans to add to the app "in the coming weeks" that will support iOS 8. One of the changes has to to do with sharing content from other apps to Facebook. The blog post stated: By simply tapping the share icon and selecting Facebook, you can choose to share a link to a website from your browser, photos or videos from your camera roll, and content from other apps. Facebook for iOS 8 will have an updated share screen similar to what you already see in the Facebook app. From there, you can select the audience you want to share with, add a…
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BitTorrent Bleep is a P2P messenger that provides end-to-end encryption for Mac users
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BitTorrent is looking to make communications more secure with the launch of a new P2P service called Bleep. The service launched earlier this year in pre-alpha form for Windows users, and now BitTorrent is expanding the alpha program to Mac users. Using Bleep, you can make calls and send texts to any online contacts, with the service providing end-to-end encryption. All data sent or received using the service is locally stored on your device, giving you full control over your communications. You can easily import your Google contacts, and invite others to the service via email, SMS, QR code, or a public key. The nature of the service means that you cannot send messag…
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Verizon Wireless: We won't support Wi-Fi calling until mid-2015
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A Verizon Wireless executive stated this week that the company won't be adding support for Wi-Fi calling for its smartphones until sometime in mid-2015, stating that it will take "some technological work in our network to make it available." That means Verizon subscribers who get the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on Friday won't be able to use its native Wi-Fi calling features on the network for several more months at least. FierceWireless reports that Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo made those comments as part of an address for the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications and Entertainment Conference. Shammo added that adding Wi-Fi calling support…
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Android favorite keyboard SwiftKey rolling out for iPhone
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Popular Android keyboard SwiftKey is now available for iPhone. Swiftkey lets you trace your finger between each letter of the word you're typing making for a much faster typing experience than you're used to on iOS. In addition to its trace keyboard, SwiftKey also utilizes a fast and powerful autocorrect for accurate typing. It also supports multiple languages, including English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese. SwiftKey also supports multiple layouts, as well as a light and dark theme. Be sure to check out our review of SwiftKey, which is available for free on the App Store right now. Free - Download Now Continue reading.…
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How to use smart photo composition tools in iOS 8
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iOS 8 brings lots of welcome changes to the Photos app that can help you make your pictures even better. One of those new features is the introduction of smart composition tools. Ever take a photo that isn't quite as straight as you wished it was? Or maybe it doesn't have the right crop you need. Whatever the issue, smart composition tools make it easier than ever to tweak your photos to perfection! How to straighten photos using smart composition tools in iOS 8 Launch the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad. Find and tap on the photo you'd like to edit. Tap on Edit in the upper right hand corner. Tap on the crop icon in the bottom navigation. iOS will smartly ad…
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How to enable grayscale for visual accessibility on your iPhone or iPad
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Grayscale mode is a new accessibility feature available in iOS 8 that allows folks with a visual impairment, such as color blindness, disable colors that make the display even harder for them to see. Since some colors are harder to pick out than others for people that are color blind, grayscale mode may make reading menus and viewing images more detailed. How to enable grayscale mode in iOS 8 Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. Tap on General. Tap on Accessibility. Turn On the option for Grayscale. You should now notice that everything on the screen is altered to show only shades of gray instead of varied colors. This should work through iOS…
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Tim Cook opens up about privacy and diversity at Apple in latest interview with Charlie Rose
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With all the fuss about the recent iCloud hack, Apple CEO Tim Cook used his second interview with PBS host Charlie Rose to address issues around privacy. In addition to telling Rose and consumers how Apple is protecting your information, Cook also discussed Apple's policies on employment diversity and its philosophy to instill change. The Rose interview, which is the second part of a two-part mini-series, airs tonight on PBS. Talking about privacy, Cook emphasizes that Apple is not in the business to collect information about its users. The Mac, the iPhone, and the Apple Watch are the products that Apple makes and sells, not the collection of personal and priva…