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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, Bill Cosby and Uber revive our discussion about whether or not you can still view art (or use apps) when the artist (or company) says or does something you find absolutely unsupportable. Also, the EU is considering splitting up Google, but how and into what, and would anyone really benefit? Get is the new Free on the App Store, but does it create as many problems as it solves? And the App Store goes (RED) to help fund AIDS research. Listen and subscribe! Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in RSS Download dir…

One of our favorite virtual networking apps, Screens, is going half off just in time for Black Friday. It's normally $19.99, and is available now for $9.99. The Mac app, normally $29.99, is also half off and available for $14.99. Here's a quick rundown of all the wonderful things you can do with Screens. Connect from Everywhere: Install Screens Connect on your Mac and make it easily reachable from anywhere in the world. Stay Synchronized: Your saved Screens follow you on every iOS device you own through iCloud. Quickly Connect to Nearby Computers: Initiate a single-shot connection to a nearby Mac or Linux PC without having to create a new Screen. Connect Safel…

Olloclip is now available for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. And not only has the 4-in-1 lens system been completely redesigned for the new form-factors, but for the first time ever, Olloclip has been redesigned to work with the front FaceTime camera as well. So, how does it work? What's in the box When you unpack the Olloclip for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus you'll notice that you have a few more pieces than before. The colored pendants that you get serve two purposes, the most obvious is to protect the inside of the lenses. The second is to make it more convenient than ever to tote your Olloclip with you wherever you go. Just clip it on the included lanyard or to yo…

President Obama has signed the E-Label Act into law on Wednesday, which will allow electronics manufacturers to add labels for products using software rather than having to print the labels on hardware. Essentially, with the law, phones and tablets can be made with cleaner designs as labels and stickers will no longer be needed and the information could instead be found within the phone's software. iPhones and iPads today ship with a number of identifying information, including the serial number printed onto the shell, along with recycling information, the FCC logo, the CE logo, and the model number. According to a report on The Hill: The change should give com…

It appears that fans of Star Wars won't have to make the trek to local theaters to see the trailer for the newest franchise installment. On a post on Twitter, the Disney-owned Lucasfilm production announced that the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will also be available on Black Friday, November 28, on Apple's iTunes. The Force is with you on #BlackFriday when #TheForceAwakens teaser hits @iTunesTrailers. — Star Wars (@starwars) November 26, 2014 Disney did not specify at what time the trailer will go live on iTunes. Source: Star Wars Continue reading...

While the arrival date of the Apple Watch is still very much a mystery, it looks like Apple is at least willing to give us a few more peeks at the device. The company quietly updated the Apple Watch landing page today, and it now goes more in-depth on the various features of the device. Under the "Learn About Apple Watch" section, there are now links to pages detailing the various different features and technology at work in Apple's highly anticipated wearable. The additions break down the previous, more general "Features" list into three separate categories that include: "Timekeeping," "New Ways to Connect," and "Health & Fitness." Each of the sections includ…

Apple has announced that its iOS 8 operating system for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad now is installed on 60 percent of devices as of November 24. With the latest numbers, iOS 7 is installed on 35 percent of devices while prior iOS versions are on 5 percent of devices. At its October event, Apple compared its adoption rate of its latest mobile OS to Android's, noting that iOS 8 was installed on 48 percent of devices in just 26 days compared to Android's adoption rate of KitKat, which was present on about a quarter of devices; the difference was that it took Android nearly a whole year to get to the 25 percent mark. Source: Apple Continue re…

In an effort to build a more personalized experience, Twitter has announced it will be collecting a list of user-installed applications on iOS and Android smartphone as part of its app graph program. Though Twitter says it will not be collecting data inside those apps, users who do not wish to participate can opt out. Twitter wrote: We are only collecting the list of applications you have installed. We are not collecting any data within the applications. The social network claims that the collection of a list of installed apps on your device will help it curate content for your Twitter timeline: Improved "who to follow" suggestions that share similar i…

You're in the market for a new tablet and you're not tied down to a particular platform. In this regularly updated guide, we round up six of the hottest tablets available for purchase today and teach you what factors are important in buying a tablet, so you can choose the one that best fits for your needs. The main thing to keep in mind when buying a tablet is being aware of how you'll use it. Though that sounds simple, it can be difficult if you've never used a tablet regularly and much of your early experience with one will be discovering new uses for it. Seasoned tablet users will have internalized a lot of these sensibilities already, but even for them, it's import…

Apple-owned Beats by Dre has released a new commercial featuring the new Beats Solo2 headphones. The campaign, titled #SoloSelfie, is filmed in the style of a the iPhones-powered "donut selfie" The description of the ad doesn't give away which iPhone models were utilized to create the #SoloSelfie campaign so we aren't sure if the camera on the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus was used. According to Beats' official #SoloSelfie tutorial featuring Kenan Thompson, you can create your own Beats-inspired commercial using the rear camera and add slow motion effects and music to your video, as seen below: The video imitates the donut selfie style that was popularized by Kar…

There are sure to be tons of apps on sale as we approach black friday, but Flexibits is doing one better and slashing the prices of its apps through the new year. Starting today, you can pick up Fantastical for iPhone, iPad, and Mac for much cheaper than its normal going rate. Also in tow is a deep price cut for Flexibits' message searching app, Chatology. If you aren't familiar with the Fantastical, it is a convenient calendar organizing app that allows you to create events on your calendar of choice using natural language input. For example, you can type "dinner with Mary Tuesday at 8" and Fantastical will do all of the hard work of creating the event for you. In a…

Civilization: Beyond Earth is now available for OS X. The latest installment in the Civilization series takes humanity to a new world in an effort to survive. Published by 2K, the game was ported to OS X by Aspyr, who took charge over the previous entries in the series. Beyond Earth is built on the same engine as Civilization V, utilizing the same hexagonal grid for turn-based strategy. The game features many familiar features, while addign new ones where necessary. For instance, players no longer choose world leaders for a nation, but rather what country or power backed their extraterrestrial expedition. The old tech trees are gone in favor of a new, more organic te…

Screeny is a new app that lets you easily delete screenshots from your photo library. It automatically detects screenshots, and lets you mark them for deletion with just a tap. Note that Screeny does require iOS 8.1 or later. You'll be presented with a very simple Start Scanning button. Screeny will scan for screenshots, and will give you the approximate amount of space those images are taking up. From there, move on to see all of the screenshots on your device. You can select individual shots for deletion by tapping them, or tap the drop-down menu in the top right corner. You'll be given the option to group-select screenshots under certain criteria, Tap the trash ic…

You cannot beat this one as I used one of its predecessors for 9 years to print 2000 pages a month and bought 3 cartridges for it and a drum in that time for $44 the cartridges and $69.99 the drum in 9 years. I finally threw my old one out still running because it began jamming every other print job but probably could have been remedied, I was tired of looking at it. Compact design and fast printing speeds Experience high-quality laser printing at up to 30 pages per minute. First page prints in less than 8.5 seconds. Features a print resolution of up to 2400 x 600 dpi for sharp images. Automatic 2-sided (duplex) laser printing saves you time and money. Versa…

This is a decent inexpensive printer I have resold a few of at $99 to clients as it is wireless and Usb and the quality is surprising at this price for Copy, Print and Scan and no one else is breaking price on it as I have known this was coming and picked up 6 today myself so they won't last. Prior to this I could not crack $69.99 to buy it. Affordable printing for computers, smartphones and tablets Convenient wireless networking lets you print cable-free. Features Wireless-N (802.11b/g/n) connectivity. Mobile support lets you print from smartphones and tablets. HP ePrint, Apple AirPrint™ and other supported technologies let you print wirelessly from most smartphon…

Lenovo G50 AMD Quad-Core A8-6410 6GB Memory 1TB HDD DVDRW 15.6" HD AMD Radeon R5 HD Graphics Notebook Windows 8.1 64-bit - 80E3005NUS Lenovo G50 Notebook PC Get your hold on the best of PC experience with the 1" slim Lenovo G50 Notebook PC! The 15.6" HD (1366 x 768) display delivers more than you anticipate. It boasts of the powerful AMD A8-6410 processor making it capable of running for long periods. A 6GB DDR3 memory makes your rapid programs and files access possible. The 1TB HDD ensures that you never encounter the issue of low storage space for all your multimedia files and programs installations. Its Integrated AMD Radeon R5 HD graphics assures you that all your f…

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Join Serenity, Ally, Peter, and Rene a day early — American's get their turkey on tomorrow, after all — for iMore's annual gift guide show. We'll go over all the great gifts, and all of our favorite things! Join us! Want to be part of the show? Join us live right here at 11am PT, 2pm ET, 7pm GMT Email us at podcast@imore.com Tweet us @imore with hashtag #askimore Continue reading...

We've gathered together some great discounts on iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps, accessories, and devices for you today. We'll be updating this post with new deals from Black Friday right through Cyber Monday. If you're in the market, we've got a bunch of great Black Friday deals here. We'll keep showing sales that are ongoing after double-checking that they're still active and the price is the same, as well as updating the list with anything new that we find. Of course, if you spot any great deals, don't be shy - drop a tip in the comments! Today's top iOS app deals Gist - $1.99 $0.99 Mega Man X - $4.99 $0.99 Thomas Was Alone - $5.99 $2.99 Oxford Dictionary of …

Debug is a casual, conversational interview show featuring the best developers in the business about the amazing apps they make and why and how they make them. On this episode James Thomson of PCalc, Ashley Nelson-Hornstein of Dropbox, Bryan Irace of Tumblr, and Brad Ellis Pacific Helm join Guy and Rene to talk about Extensibility, its benefits and limitations, and the just-announced WatchKit. Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in RSS Download directly Follow on Twitter Show notes App Extensions Making Dropbox for iOS more accessible Building Quality Code That Lasts: A Dropbox Story What we learned building the Tumblr iOS share extension Calculator widgets wi…

Gameloft has released a new puzzle game for Windows Phone, iOS and Android. Titled Pastry Paradise, the game tasks players with matching three (or more) tasty items on a board to clear them and earn points. However, there are a few differences between Pastry Paradise and other titles in the genre. The use of diagonal swipes, cakes and other lovely treats, as well as boosters and bake-offs help keep players entertained. Pastry Paradise takes young finger bakers across "delectable" maps, including the Gingerbread Gardens, Wafer Woods, and Mt. Mudcake. Freezing time itself, whisking the board and other powers are at hand just in case one gets stuck with difficult moves.…

Even if you automatically back up your iPhone or iPad using iCloud there may come times when you need to manually create an iTunes backup as well. For instance, if you want to make sure you have both local and offsite backups, or if you need to restore and your internet connection is slow or spotty, or if you just want to make sure all your data and purchases, including game saves and ringtones, are absolutely safe, an manual iTunes backup can be not only the fastest way, but the best way, to do it. And as long as you have a Mac or Windows PC and a Lightning cable, it's also easy! Note: If you buy ringtones or text tones, it's a good idea to always back them up to iT…

Before you get too comfy in your chair on Thanksgiving, you’ll want to check out all the great Black Friday deals for Xbox One, PCs, tablets and more, as well as meet a passionate trio from Carnegie Mellon University who are using technology to reduce energy consumption in buildings. It’s the early edition of Weekend Reading; let’s go! If you’ve been waiting to get an Xbox One, there’s no better time than now. Xbox One consoles, including special edition bundles Xbox One Assassin’s Creed Unity Bundle and Xbox One Limited Edition Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Bundle, will be available starting at $329 in the U.S., while supplies last, Nov. 27-29, and on Cyber Monday, o…

As unions in Silicon Valley are pushing for better conditions for contract employees, including security guards, Apple finds itself caught in a labor debate. The Service Employees International Union and civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson are pushing for better working conditions for contracted security guards, and the two are hoping that they can convince Apple to lend its leadership to the cause. The San Jose Mercury News reported: Though it hopes to unionize security guards across the valley, United Service Workers West has sharpened its focus on Apple, whose actions the group believes could set a standard for other tech companies to follow. Althou…