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New, updated, and discounted apps: Google, LinkedIn, and more!
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While you're all busy cracking open your new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, we're still reeling from the launch of iOS 8 earlier this week and the accompanying tidal wave of apps that have been updated to take advantage of new capabilities. Here are a few noteworthy stragglers, but we're constantly on the lookout for more. Sing out in the comments if you spot any new or updated apps in the comments! Updated iOS Apps Wraithborne: Great-looking action-RPG goes free-to-play. - Free, IAPs - Download now LinkedIn: See who's been checking out your profile in Notication Center. - Free - Download now Twitter: Adds interactive notifications for iOS 8 and easy access to saved…
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iPhone 6 Plus skinny — and not so skinny — jeans test. Will it pocket?!
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The iPhone 6 Plus is 5.5-inches of glass and aluminum and... that might be a little big to fit in some people's pockets. To find out for sure, Georgia and I each grabbed the iPhone 6 Plus and tried to put it in our jean pockets. She was wearing skinny hipster acid watch jeans (and she's tiny), and I was wearing relaxed fit, opposite-of-hipster jeans. So, what were the results? Continue reading...
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Carrot Fit is once again ready to put you through hell
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Carrot Fit, the sadistic 7-minute workout app, has made a triumphant return to the app store today. Just a few days ago after adding in support for iOS 8 and HealthKit, Carrot was removed from the app store due to broken HealthKit integration (on Apple's side). Today it's back in action and ready to help you go from flab to fab. Carrot Fit isn't your typical workout app, rather it gives you a "7 minutes in hell" workout. Give it all you can through exercises like Mt. Doom Climbs, Celebrity Face Punches, and Dragon Mating Dances. You'll be rewarded as you go with things like app upgrades and cat facts. WARNING: If you blimp up or slim down too much, CARROT will …
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iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus retail sales begin in the US
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It's after 8 am Eastern time in the United States, and that means that retail sales of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have now started on the eastern seaboard at Apple Stores and various other locations. That means the people sitting or standing in the long lines at some locations that began as early as 19 days ago are now finally getting served with Apple's latest smartphone. The sales will continue at 8 am in each US time zone so you folks on the west coast still have a couple of hours left to wait before you can get your iPhone 6. If you were in line this morning to get the iPhone 6, what was your experience like? Continue reading...
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iPhone 6 get the teardown treatment like its big brother
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On Thursday night, iFixit tore down the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus and now the same team has put the same treatment to its smaller brother, the 4.7-inch iPhone 6. The iPhone 6 Plus was discovered to have a huge 2915 mAh battery inside. The smaller iPhone 6 naturally has a smaller power storage unit, at 1810 mAh, but it's still much bigger than the 1560 mAh battery found on the 4-inch iPhone 5s. The battery also seems to be slightly confused about its energy rating. On one side it says 6.91 Wh but the other side says it had a 7.01 Wh rating. As iFixit itself says, "Perhaps the engineers were able to squeeze an extra 0.1 Wh in the battery after confirming the text on the f…
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How London did the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch
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In Europe – and anywhere further east – lucky iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus buyers are already walking away from the stores with shiny new devices in hand. I picked mine up from London's Covent Garden store this morning where it's fair to say things were pretty busy. Or another way to put it would be a serious case of organized chaos. Despite the pre-orders, despite the reservations for in-store pickup, the pictures up top and below depict the scenes outside the store this morning when I arrived an hour after opening. By contrast, the reservation pickup line was about 12 deep. There's a lot of people out there today and it's likely that scenes over at the UK flagship st…
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Yes, iWork apps are pre-installed on the 64GB and 128GB iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
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A report prior to the launch of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus claimed that the Apple iWork apps would be pre-installed on 64GB and 128GB devices. As retail launch hits today we're able to confirm the report as true, and that yes, these apps are pre-installed on your new iPhone, but worry not. If you don't want them you can delete them. It's not like Apple's 'other' pre-installed apps that you might not want on your phone, you do at least get a choice. The full list includes iMovie, Garageband, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and iTunes U. As you'll see in the image up top I've already removed Keynote. So they're there. But only if you want them. Which is good. …
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Grab Apple's set-top box through Amazon for just £49.99
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Apple TV is a handy little device that can prove to become a central component of any Apple household ecosystem. Usually, purchasers would be looking at anywhere up to £80 through official channels, but a third-party retailer is selling units through Amazon for just £49.99, which is an absolute steal for those who have yet to purchase one. Apple recently reduced the recommended retail price for the set-top box in the UK and across Europe, but this offer knocks a further £25 off. If you've recently purchased the Apple TV, we've got a comprehensive guide to get you started. Seen other neat deals while surfing online? Let us know in the comments. Source: Amazon …
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Yes, Stephen Colbert did get an iPhone 6 Plus before you did
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Long time Apple fan Stephen Colbert managed to get the iPhone 6 Plus before nearly anyone else in the US, and showed it off on Thursday's night episode of his talk show The Colbert Report. Colbert joked that his iPhone 6 was pre-loaded with nude photos of Bono, referencing both the free U2 album on iTunes controversy with the nude celebrity photo leaks scandal. Colbert also made some fun of how much time we all spend on our smartphones and brought up a recently launched app called Checky, which offers users a way to see the number of times they check their smartphones every day. It even lets them compare those numbers with their friends in a kind of leaderboard. …
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iMore show 421: iPhone 6 buyers guide
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The iMore show brings you everything you need to know about the week in iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple! On this episode we dive into our annual iPhone buyers guide! Because, let's face it, there are a lot of decisions involved when it comes to buying or upgrading to a new phone, even a new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus. 4.7- or 5.5-inch model? Silver, gold, or space gray finish? 16GB, 64GB, or 128GB storage capacity? There's never been more to choose from! So which new iPhone 6 is the best one for you? Rene, Peter, and Ally will help you decide! Support the iMore show: Go to VARIDESK.com and tell the iMore sent you! Go to lynda.com/imore and try lynda.com free for 7 days! Go…
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iPhone 6 lineups get long early! Are you there?
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The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus go on sale Friday, September 19 in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the U.K. starting 8am local time at Apple Retail Stores and many carrier stores. And yes, that means people in Asia and Australia are already getting down to business. And the lineups are already getting long! The early lines and long lines are probably a reflection of the demand for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. They've got new designs and new, larger screen sizes, along with other new technologies like Apple Pay, which debuts in October in the U.S. People always want new iPhones, but a lot of people want these new …
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iPhone 6 Plus gets torn down, monstrous 2915 mAh battery found inside
by Guest Rene Ritchie- 0 replies
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We all know the drill my now. Or rather the screwdriver. The moment a new iPhone hits retail — in this case the iPhone 6 Plus — it gets picked up and torn down. That means every screw removed. Every chip examined. Every part explored. So, any really big surprises in Apple's really big phone? According to iFixit: In line with rumors, the battery is rated at 3.82 V and 11.1 Wh of energy, for a total of 2915 mAh—nearly double the capacity of the 1560 mAh unit in the iPhone 5s, and slightly larger than the 2800 mAh burner in the Galaxy S5. Just like the iPhone 5s, the 6 Plus features an 8 MP (with 1.5µ pixels) ƒ/2.2 aperture rear-facing camera. The 6 Plus brings …
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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…