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Sprint is offering to reimburse all fees for customers to ditch current carriers
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Sprint is now offering anyone who switches from their current wireless carrier to its service full reimbursement of both their termination fees and any remaining phone payments. This is just the latest effort from Sprint to get new customers. The company says that it will pay off any remaining fees and costs from former carriers "no matter what is owed." Here's how it will work: Bring your number from any other carrier with an early termination fee or phone installment plan balance. Activate a device on Sprint Easy Pay, iPhone for Life Plan, Sprint Lease or pay full retail price with a new line of service. Complete an online registration at www.sprint.com/joinspr…
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Command & Conquer: Generals Deluxe Edition arrives on the Mac App Store
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Aspyr Games, the publisher behind many Mac game ports, will be bringing Command & Conquer: Generals back to the Mac with the release of the Deluxe edition. Generals, originally launched for Mac in 2004, is a real-time strategy game featuring both single and multiplayer modes. The solo campaign features 21 missions, putting you in the role of generals from the United States, China, and the fictional Global Liberation Army. You'll need to build bases, troops, and vehicles in your efforts to claim victory against your opponents, both online and off. Available exclusively through the Mac App Store, Generals arrives with support for a number of modern features.…
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Microsoft is reportedly working on bringing Cortana to iPhone and iPad
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Microsoft is looking to bring its personal assistant to the iPhone and iPad as a standalone app. Part of project "Einstein", which Microsoft Research managing director Eric Horvitz is involved with, the company is working on advancing Cortana to improve on its personal assistant offering, prior to rolling out on other platforms. According to Reuters: "Later, Cortana will be available as a standalone app, usable on phones and tablets powered by Apple Inc's iOS and Google Inc's Android, people familiar with the project said." Currently, Microsoft has rolled out Cortana on compatible Windows Phones and in early builds of Windows 10. According to an intervie…
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Save over 50% today on these tough hard cases for iPhone 6 Plus
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This iPhone 6 Plus hard case can absorb some serious impacts thanks to its dual-layer design that combines a shock absorbing silicone bumper and a strong transparent, textured exterior plastic shell. Get yours with a black or lime bumper today for only $16.95! Continue reading...
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Disney releases Cinderella Free Fall matching game for iPhone and iPad
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Disney has released Cinderella Free Fall for iOS, Android and Windows Phone. The title takes the iconic princess on a puzzle matchmaking adventure in the enchanted world of. Prepare yourself to connect and match luminous butterfly jewels in 100 levels. The game is much like other titles in the jewel-matching genre, tasking the player to create the longest lines possible in a single swipe to unleash some powerful magical effects. Moves not only include straight lines, but circular connections too. Cinderella's animal friends are also around to lend a helping hand. In anticipation for the upcoming Cinderella movie, now is a perfect time to pick up the game and r…
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Comic: The Spring Forward event, in pixels
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Ed: Welcome to this week's edition of The Pixel Project: a weekly comic from Diesel Sweeties' Rich Stevens on Apple, technology, and everything in-between. Today: A recap of Monday's Spring Forward event — in pixels. Read more comics from the Pixel Project on iMore.com. [/url] Continue reading...
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Transformers: Battle Tactics sees its first in-game event to take down the evil Stunticons
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DeNA has announced the first in-game event to hit Transformers: Battle Tactics, launching Menasor's Might on both Android and iOS. This special event will take place from March 12 through March 18. During the Menasor's Might event, Transformers: Battle Tactics players will be tasked with taking on the evil Stunticons who have linked to form the ruthless Combiner, Menasor. Players will be able to battle elite new enemies for a limited time only, alongside collecting Stunticons. New characters are on offer with PvP combat, making Menasor's Might a solid event for fans of the game to enjoy. If you haven't already checked out the turn-based title, and are a fan of…
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This thread will always contain download details of the latest Java version. Always make sure that your Java Runtime Environment is up to date Older versions have vulnerabilities that malware can use to infect your system. For Vista, Win7/ Win8/ Win10 systems Download the latest version of Java Runtime Environment SE 8 Update 291 and save it to your desktop. Click the " Java Download" button. Accept the license agreement and follow the screen prompts. Save the file to your desktop. Close any programs you may have running - especially your web browser. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel, double-click on Add/Remove Programs and remove all older ve…
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Heard on the news just now winds of 340 KLMS Per Hour. Grass huts are no match for this Cyclone. See images at end of story. OMG. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-13/flooding-destructive-winds-as-cyclone-pam-bears-down-on-vanuatu/6316590
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Earlier today we shared some leaked screenshots from build 10036 of the Windows 10 Technical Preview but now the folks over at WinBeta have published a 6 1/2 minute video showing off many of the changes in this build. If you are like me then seeing actual use and action makes it much easier to understand. Some of those changes that are detailed in the video include: - Updated Task View interface and new features including the numbering of the virtual desktops, the ability to drag open programs from one desktop to another and only open apps for each desktop are shown on the corresponding taskbar as open unlike in build 9926 however, this can be set back to the 9926 b…
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Microsoft cheers on girls who like science and the women they grow up to be – Weekend...
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Welcome to Weekend Reading, with stories about Microsoft encouraging girls – and women – in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), an exciting first partnership event with Real Madrid, and four creative folks who are helping design the future of Microsoft. In “Girls Do Science,” a video from Microsoft released for International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we hear from young girls who like science – a lot. But in some cases, they already feel discouraged from pursuing it because of the stereotype that science is more for boys than girls. Seven out of 10 girls are interested in science but only 2 in 10 will pursue it as a career. “I built a garage d…
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How the Apple Watch is (probably) made
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During the Spring forward event, Apple showed three videos narrated by Jony Ive that highlighted the material and manufacturing processes behind the aluminum, stainless steel, and gold Apple Watch. Greg Koenig, co-founder of Luma Labs, studied the videos and, based on his industry experience, tried to describe just what exactly it is Apple's doing to make their new watch in a highly detailed, step by step way. From Atomic Delights: Jonny Ive often speaks of care. It is an odd word to use as it doesn't imply the traditional notion of "craftsmanship" in the classic, handmade sense. Nor does it imply quality or precision in the way a Japanese car manufacturer or German…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Mad Money: Apple Pay, ResearchKit, and a touch of Apple Watch
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Following up on the announcements of the new MacBook and launch details for the Apple Watch, Apple CEO Tim Cook called in to Jim Cramer's Mad Money show on CNBC. Following huge announcements earlier in the week, and a skyrocketing stock price, but it doesn't change the love fest that was Tim Cook's call into Mad Money. Marking it's 10th year on CNBC, host Jim Cramer was "surprised" by the call from "Tim from California" (the show regularly takes calls from viewers asking about stocks) which led to a 7-minute conversation between the two. The discussion bounded from point-to-point, from Apple Pay hitting 700,000 retailers (including a ribbing about Cramer's own Bar…
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Free Catch the Throne mixtapes gather metal, hip hop stars
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Anthrax, Big Boi, Snoop Dog, Mastodon and many others for free from Apple There's free music on iTunes for you to grab and it features some of the biggest names in hip hop and heavy metal. What's more, it's a pair of mixtapes featuring audio clips from HBO's hugely popular fantasy series Game of Thrones. It's called Catch the Throne, and there are two free volumes to download: 25 free tracks in all. Other artists include Method Man, MNDR, Killswitch Engage, Mushroomhead, Daddy Yankee, Common and more. Most of the songs clock in at 4 minutes or less, so it's a quick listen with some hard-hitting tunes. Don't worry about this album turning up unbidden in your mus…
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'Becoming Steve Jobs' excerpts reveal Tim Cook offered Jobs his liver, more
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Amazon's store listing for upcoming book Becoming Steve Jobs briefly revealed some previously unknown tidbits about the late Apple CEO earlier today. Included in the excerpts were details about Jobs' desire to acquire Yahoo and his views on an Apple TV, along with the revelation that Tim Cook once offered to donate part of his liver to Jobs during his battle with cancer. One of the major tidbits to come from the excerpts, which were first spotted by Cult of Mac, was that Tim Cook offered to donate a portion of his liver to Jobs after he found out that the two shared the same bloodtype. Fast Company, whose executive editor, Rick Tetzeli, is one of the book's author…
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Cards Against Humanity on your iPhone is a lot like ____________.
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Cards Against Humanity has come to the web! Cards Against Originality incorporates all of our favorite awful cards, but without having to lug around the bigger blacker box. Taking the free-to-download print-your-own version of Cards Against Humanity, Cards Against Originality puts the over-the-top adult version of Mad Libs or Apples to Apples onto the web. If you're not familiar with the game, a judge (usually rotating), reads aloud a black card with a prompt (either answer the question or fill in the blank), the other players offer a white card that completes it. Except that the goal is to make a combination that's as awful as possible, and the one judged to be wo…
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Although we do not know when the next build of the Windows 10 Technical Preview is due to be delivered for Windows Insiders the usual leaks of later builds continue thanks to Windows screenshot leaker Wzor. In this set of screenshots you can see what is happening in build 10036 of Windows 10. The speculation by many is that this could be the next build to make it onto the machines of Windows Insiders through the Fast ring but there is no way to be 100% positive that will be the case. All is quiet on the Microsoft front so far this morning. Of note in these screenshots: - transparent Start Menu in both small and full screen versions and some small UI tweaks on t…
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There’s a reason advertisers love Google so much. The company is better than any other when it comes to collecting information about you, its users, and then using that information to serve targeted advertisements on the websites you visit. In Google’s case, the trade-off is that you get to use all of its amazing software and all of its great services for free — how evil! Of course, Google isn’t the only company that uses your browsing history and other private data to sell ads. We now spend a tremendous amount of time on our smartphones, and this makes mobile the new frontier for data collection. After all, the things we do on our phones often paint a much better p…
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iOS 8.3 beta now on Apple Seed, appears to be invitation only
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Apple has started sending out email invitations to some members of the Apple Seed program, inviting them to beta test iOS 8.3. Based on the contents of the email — some of us here received it — it looks like Apple is not doing a full-on public beta like they did for OS X Yosemite, but are instead inviting a subset of Apple Seed members to participate in the iOS 8.3 beta. In other words, not every Apple Seed member appears to be getting invited, so you shouldn't join Apple Seed expecting to get an iOS 8.3 invitation. There's no way to know how many invitations Apple sent out, or whether the company is choosing people at random or has set criteria based on prior f…
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Enough with this USB-C brouhaha
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Controversy surrounds Apple's decision to use USB-C in the new MacBook. Is it one interface to rule them all, or is it just another port we'll see on future Macs? Apple's glitzy new MacBook is a pretty amazing piece of engineering and design that polarizes Mac users more than anything I can remember since the last colored MacBook, the black one that came out in 2008. The new MacBook does away with all expansion and power ports we've become familiar with — no MagSafe 2, no USB 3, no Thunderbolt 2 — in their place instead is a USB-C connector. It's a triggering event for some iPhone and iPad users who are still bitter about having to throw out or adapt their 30-p…
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A sneak peek at the MixRadio beta for iPhone
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MixRadio, a popular music-streaming service on Windows Phone is heading over to iOS and Android very soon. We got our hands-on the Android version earlier this week, but now we have early access to the iOS app, too. It's not finished yet and it's currently in private beta, but we like what we see so far. Want to see it action? Check out our hands-on video. Windows Phone fans who use MixRadio might get jealous. The new design looks really good on iOS and Android. We wouldn't worry though. We heard this new look would make it to Windows Phone later on. The MixRadio app has 4 sections that you can quickly access at the bottom of the screen: My Mix, Mixes, Create, and…
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Third beta for OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite now available for developers
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Apple has released the third beta of OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite to registered developers. This update includes developer APIs for the new Force Touch trackpad that is a part of the new 13-inch MacBook Pro and the upcoming new version of the MacBook. The third beta build has the version number 14D98g. Registered Mac developer can download it now via the Software Update feature in the Mac App Store or from the Mac Dev Center. The final public version of OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite later this spring and will also include the new Photos app for Mac along with other improvements and fixes. Source: MacRumors [/url] Continue reading...
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Apple releases third developer betas of iOS 8.3, Xcode 6.3
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Apple has released the third beta for iOS 8.3 for developers. Registered developers can grab the beta from Apple's Developer Center, or as an over-the-air update to any device with the previous beta installed. In addition to iOS 8.3 beta 3, Apple has also released the lastest beta of Xcode 6.3 for Mac. Xcode 6.3 comes with an updated version of Apple's Swift programming language. Apple released the first beta of iOS 8.3 in early February, with the second beta arriving a little over two weeks ago. Source: Apple Developer Center [/url] Continue reading...
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QuestRun brings Japanese RPG-inspired action to iPhone and iPad
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QuestRun is a new, roguelike roleplaying game for iPhone and iPad. The game takes inspiration from Japanese RPGs, while putting its own spin on familiar elements. QuestRun gives you 15 characters to choose for your adventures. The game pits you against over 60 types of monster as you battle your way through forests, deserts, dungeons, and more. Along the way, you'll level up your characters and find new gear in a semi-randomized game world. Battle takes place in three-on-three matches, and you'll need to utilize all of your powers and gear to best your enemies. As a roguelike, QuestRun will have you progress your heroes up as much as you can before they die. Once …
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Wunderlist receives substantial update with folder support
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The Wunderlist team today announced a new update rolling out across multiple platforms. Users on iOS, Android and Windows Phone will be able to fully utilize folders. There's no longer an excuse to get mixed up between lists for work and lists for home and personal stuff. Separate said content into folders and you're good to go. It's easy to create folders too, just drag-and-drop lists onto one another. As well as implementing the above new functionality, the Wunderlist team has also launched a brand new design for the iPhone, Mac and Android. The redesign introduces colorful pictograms and making it easier to navigate around the apps themselves. But there's m…