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Apple is now offering the iMac with Retina 5K display on its Refurbished Store. Currently, Apple is offering three configurations of the desktop, in addition to several non-Retina iMac models. All refurbished Retina models are powered by the 3.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, and are also using the AMD Radeon R9 M290X graphics chip. A refurbished iMac with 8GB of RAM and a 1TB Fusion drive will run you $2,119, $380 off the original price of $2,499. An iMac with 16GB of RAM and a 3TB Fusion drive costs $2,419, a savings of $430. Finally, you'll save $450 on the Retina iMac with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of flash storage, which costs $2,549 refurbished. You will rec…

iPhone selfie sticks used to appeal to me about as much as taking photos with an iPad. I didn't think it was possible for me to loathe an accessory more, and when I first saw it, I literally face-palmed. Yet the impossible has happened: I went on vacation and quickly found myself on a mad search across London for the one object I swore I'd never buy. Yes, you heard me right — I bought a selfie stick, and it was totally worth it. I'll start by saying that I consider myself a pretty prepared person. I have lists for lists — and then maybe even a list for that. So when I started packing items for an upcoming European vacation with my partner and two close friends…

FiftyThree, developer behind popular iPad drawing app Paper, will soon release a gold version of their Pencil stylus. Pencil is already available in Graphite and Walnut, with the latter also coming with a magnetic strip that will attach to your Smart Cover. The new gold color is similar to that found on the latest tablets, the iPad Air 2 and the iPad mini 3. The gold version will be available from Apple Stores and Amazon in February with a price of £49.99 in the U.K., the same price as the Walnut version. We are currently awaiting word on U.S. pricing. Source: Pocket-lint Continue reading...

Three months ago Apple senior vice-president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, stood up on the Town Hall stage and said OS X Yosemite would be available that very day. We posted our OS X Yosemite review as soon as it went live, based on almost four months of beta testing. And we've had an additional 90 days to live with the final version. So, what have we grown to love and what has gotten on our nerves? It's time to check in on Apple's latest version of the Macintosh operating system, three months later... Design Ren: I remember letting out an audible gasp when Apple revealed the new set of Yosemite icons on stage at WWDC last year. Not out of surpri…

Vector is a news and analysis show focusing on the biggest stories, hottest trends, and most important issues in technology and popular culture. On this week's show, Guy mutes us. Dave reads our reviews. Charlie Hebdo. Golden Globes. Tribalism. Comedy. David Cameron vs. Snapchat and WhatsApp. Selfie and belfie sticks. Georgia and Rene talk CES 2015. And then it gets weird. Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in RSS Download directly Follow on Twitter Show notes British Prime Minister suggests banning some online messaging apps Beyond NSA, FBI is assuming a larger surveillance role Charlie Hebdo shooting Golden Globes intro Tina Fey and Bill Cosby Belfie stick…

While the plug on Macworld was sadly pulled after last year's event, the fun is still set to continue with this year's MacIT conference, which just had its dates announced for July 14-16 of this year at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California. If you're unfamiliar with MacIT, here's a quick run-down of what you can expect from the event: MacIT® is the world's premiere event for "Deploying Apple in the Enterprise." Learn how Fortune 1000, Global 50, and Higher Education and Governmental organizations are addressing the emerging issues of putting iOS and OS X tools to work in their worlds. Get ahead of emerging "Consumerization of IT" trends, solve your o…

We're no strangers to smartphone-controlled flying machines around these parts, especially those of us who have wandered the halls of CES, but the folks at Zano are promising something wildly different form the current experience with their mini quadcopter. While most flying experiences with smartphones happen at a 1:1 ration, Zano wants to give smartphone owners the ability to control a swarm of autonomous drones just by waving the phone in your hand around. To accomplish this, the tiny drone is packing GPS, sonar, IR, and an HD camera to capture your adventures from above. The collision detection smarts in this little casing, combined with additional instructions from t…

It has been a bit since we last checked in on the folks at Revolve Robotics, and they have certainly been busy. The Kubi telepresence robot has been upgraded to version 2.0, and the upgrade is all about smoother software and a better connection experience. Since the experience is once again good enough to work during CES, it's clear there's a strong platform guiding this setup. As we learned from Marcus Rosenthal of Revolve Robotics, this new update is designed to make it possible for users to just drop a tablet into the dock and hand off control to the user on the other end. Long term, the hope is that this setup is simple enough that users would be able to have either m…

We've jokingly referred to the robotic toys made by Orbotix as the world's best cat toys, but the truth is there's a ton that can be done with these little rolling robots. Sphero has a huge third party following with dozens of apps that let you do everything from roll your ball in an augmented reality maze through the camera on your phone to picking the ball up and using it as a controller for games on your phone. Ollie, their brand new robot, is a little more focused on fun by offering more speed and some fun optimizations. If driving these robots around and chasing your cat aren't enough to get your attention, the Orbotix SPRK (that's Schools Parents Robots Kids) progra…

For years there's been this growing sentiment among smartphone users who have to drive on a regular basis, and that sentiment usually involved being able to just dock your phone in the car and use the larger screen in the dash to use the things your phone already does very well. As cool as it would be for the infotainment center in the car to just be the receptacle for our phones, many of these in-dash systems do a lot more than what we've seen from CarPlay so far. As a result, at CES this year, we saw several systems where the smartphone bits are treated like an app on a larger system. A perfect example of this is the new Pioneer systems, much like the one we have a h…

This week, we’ve got stories about technology that will help both retailers and customers with the information they need and want; new affordable Lumia smartphones with Windows Phone 8.1 on board; and an important date for developers to mark on their calendars to register for Build 2015. Hardee’s and other companies are harnessing the power of Windows to do everything from providing self-service kiosks where customers can order up their burgers (yes, with fries, please!) – and get them faster – to creating a smart shelf and a tablet-enabled shopping cart. Microsoft shared the announcements at the National Retail Federation annual convention in New York City. Also annou…

Apple's iBooks ebook store is getting more and more popular. On stage today at the Digital Book World Conference, Apple's iBooks Director Keith Moerer said that the ebooks platform is seeing an average of 1 million new users per week, which he attributes partially to Apple embedding iBooks into iOS 8, according to Digital Book World on Twitter: .@iBooks is seeing 1 million new users a week, thanks in no small part to #Apple's embedding the platform into iOS 8 #DBW15 Moerer also noted that more book sales are coming from iPhones, rather than iPads, where the platform first made its debut. He also talked about the growth of independent digital publishing, as well…

Everything wants to be smarter at CES this year, including sprinkler systems. If you have a sprinkler system connected to your home, you know that managing the included system takes a strangely significant chunk of time, unless you just leave everything on timers and let whatever happens next happen. Smarter sprinkler systems offer the ability to automate a lot of the scheduling and planning from maintaining a sprinkler system, and Blossom's system for accomplishing this goal is one of the better examples out there today. The hardware installs easily for most people, but it's the app that really makes this worth checking out. Blossom keeps an eye on weather patterns to ad…

Microsoft has updated the Office apps for the iPhone and iPad, specifically Word, Excel and PowerPoint, to version 1.5. This update will allow users to read and edit documents in all three apps using the VoiceOver feature in iOS. This should allow users that are visually impaired to have better access to Office apps, as VoiceOver should give them audio information on what's happening on their screen. In addition, users who sign up for a paid Office 365 subscription from inside any of the Office apps will now get one month free. Microsoft previously allowed iPhone and iPad Office users to edit and create new documents for free but a paid Office 365 subscription offers…

Be My Eyes is a new app for the iPhone and iPad that lets sighted people help blind people see. The app is both for those that need help and for those that want to help, connecting them with both audio and video through the Be My Eyes network. When you request help from Be My Eyes, which can be done easily with a two-finger double tap on your phone's screen, it will connect you to the first available volunteer. It may take time to find someone, given that Be My Eyes relies on real people. The audio-video connection will let you show your volunteer video from your phone's rear-facing iSight camera, letting them tell you what they see. Sighted users wishing to help …

iTunes Match is a great way to access all your music from all your devices. It can also free up precious storage space. While music purchases should automatically sync with your iTunes Match subscription, there may be a time or two when music is missing on one device or another. If this ever happens to you, a manual update to iTunes Match from your Mac or Windows PC should do the trick! How to manually trigger an iTunes Match update via iTunes for Mac or Windows Launch iTunes on your Mac or Windows PC. Click on Store in the top navigation menu. Click on Update iTunes Match. You should see a message in the progress section showing iTunes Match is updating. Yo…

Apple plans to open four more new retail stores in China in the next several weeks, according to the company's retail head Angela Ahrendts. Apple opened a new store location in the city of Zhengzhou last week. In an interview with the state-run news agency Xinhua, Ahrendts said that these new stores will open before the start of the Chinese New Year, which begins on February 19. One of them will open on January 24 in the Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, near Shanghai. Xinhua's report said: Ahrendts said Apple is hiring in China. The biggest challenge she sees is keeping up with demand while providing the same global customer service standards. She would not say whe…

Email app CloudMagic for iPhone and iPad has been updated, adding a new subscription option for users that want more power over their email. CloudMagic Pro lets you set up unlimited email accounts, sync them, and more for $4.99 per month, or $44.99 per year. In addition to an unlimited number of email accounts, your accounts will also sync across your devices, letting you set up your accounts once. Everything from nicknames, colors, and other preferences will sync to your smartphone or tablet. CloudMagic Pro also gives you the option to remotely wipe the data from the app on a particular device using the CloudMagic website. Pro customers will also enjoy priority supp…

The back of this case is made of a thin polycarbonate that's completely transparent, so it's almost as if you don't even have a case around your iPhone 6 Plus. The edges are made of a slim rubber, making it easy to install and remove when necessary. Get yours today for only $12.95! Continue reading...

Kickstarter's official app for iOS has hit version 2.0, bringing a few updates to the design. The app now also has full iPad support, letting you track your favorite projects and join new ones no matter what device you're using. While the project page design remains the same, Kickstarter has added a new way to view projects, presenting them as cards. Tapping the title in the top left of the screen in the overview will give you different sections to view, such as Staff Picks, Starred, and Everything. You can also choose a category. Projects can then be sorted by "Magic", popularity, most recent, those ending soon, and the most well-funded. After selecting the project …

Apple Pay has apparently been a big hit for Bank of America. The company announced today that nearly 800,000 of its customers have used Apple's payment service since it launched in October, and those users have added about 1.1 million cards. The numbers were released, without additional comment, as part of Bank of America's fourth quarter 2014 financial earnings. However, they would seem to indicate a growing acceptance of Apple Pay, which is currently available for use on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. In related news, more grocery stores in the US now support Apple Pay. Shoppers at 217 Lucky, Save Mart and FoodMaxx locations in Northern California and Nevada ca…

Microsoft has announced a new version of Skype for the iPhone, which will arrive later today. Version 5.9 will introduce a couple of new features. The company also revealed a new program that will allow iOS users to test pre-release versions of the VoIP client before they are released to the public. Here's what will be new when the update is released today: In Skype 5.9 for iPhone, when you start typing a phone number in the dial pad, Skype will suggest contacts with matching phone numbers, making it faster to find who you want to talk to. We've also updated the new chat picker to make starting conversations easier. Once you've chosen who you want to talk to…