9to5Toys Lunch Break: Assassin’s Creed Identity $3, VIZIO Soundbar $138, Logitech Harmony Ultimate Remote $170, more
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TODAY’S CAN’T MISS DEALS:
Games/Apps: Assassin’s Creed Identity $3, pre-owned Nintendo 3DS games from $2.50, iOS freebies, more
VIZIO’s 38-inch 2.1-ch. Soundbar w/ Wireless Subwoofer is an Amazon best seller, on sale for $138 shipped
Logitech’s Harmony Ultimate Touchscreen Remote has it all, including smartphone control: $170 shipped (Reg. $300)
These highly-rated Monowear Bands for Apple Watch in a variety of styles/colors are only $10 shipped
Give your Apple Watch a genuine leather band (42 or 38mm) for just $14 Prime shipped (Reg. $20)
Best Buy is taking $100 off all 9.7-inch iPad Pro Wi-Fi models, prices start at $500 shipped
Save up to 23% on iPad mini 4 and iPad Air 2 at Target: Wi-Fi 32GB configurations from $309 shipped
App Store Free App of the Week: Sonic CD goes free for the first time ever (Reg. up to $5)
Turn your iPad into a second display for your Mac w/ Duet Display at 50% off: $10 (Reg. $20) + new Apple Pencil features
The Room Three for iOS is now matching its lowest price ever: $2 (Reg. $5)
Popular iOS puzzler Shadowmatic drops down to $1 (Reg. $3)
Jaybird’s new $130 X3 Bluetooth Sport Headphones are now official & we’re giving them away, enter now!
Spigen unveils affordable in-ear Lightning headphones w/ remote + mic, pick up a pair today at 50% off: $24 shipped (Reg. $47)
MORE NEW GEAR FROM TODAY:
Smartphone Accessories: Jackery Aluminum Quick Charge 3.0 Power Banks 10050mAh $22 or 20100mAh $30, more
- LG 29-Inch UltraWide 1080p Curved Monitor $260, Ruggard Backpack $60, more
- Today’s Gold Box is loaded with stylish fashion from Tommy Hilfiger, and many more
- Office Supplies: 72-Pack Prismacolor Colored Pencils $33, 170-Pack Pens $13, more
- Kryptolok Bicycle U-Lock w/ 4-Foot Flex Cable is back down to $29 (Reg. $35+)
- Omron’s 7 Series Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor for $42 Prime shipped (Reg. $60)
MORE DEALS STILL LIVE:
The 2nd Gen. Nest Protect Smoke Alarm also detects carbon monoxide, connects via your smartphone: $81 (Reg. $99)
Refresh all of your tech accessories w/ exclusive savings on Anker power banks, cables, chargers: deals from $8 Prime shipped
Filed under: Apple
New MacBook Pro Touch Bar details: UI interactions, screen specs, Control Strip, and how third party apps can use it
The flagship feature of the new MacBook Pro is the Touch Bar, an OLED display strip that replaces the physical row of function keys. This adds a dynamic zone to top of the keyboard where apps can display custom buttons, sliders, switches and scrubbers to enhance the MacBook experience while adding a new way to interact with Mac applications beyond text input and mouse pointers.
How does the Touch Bar interface work? What is the resolution of the Touch Bar? What is the Control Strip? What can third-party developers do with the Touch Bar? Read on for all the answers and more …
Filed under: Apple
Comment: Apple’s Touch Bar is their foray into touchscreen MacBooks, without having to go all in
Two days ago Microsoft announced their Microsoft Surface Studio, and I wrote a piece on how it was their answer to Apple’s own desktop solutions. It was hard to compare the products’ philosophies, especially when I don’t think macOS is ready for a complete touchscreen experience. Then Apple announced their new MacBook Pro lineup yesterday and it dawned on me: the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro is Apple’s first distinct step into creating a touchscreen display experience in their MacBook line.
Filed under: Apple
Skype for Business now available for Mac alongside updated iOS app
Skype has publicly released a new Skype for Business Mac app, bringing a client specifically designed for Mac users with an edge-to-edge experience for video calls and more.
The app offers a few advantages over the regular Skype client including one-click to join functionality, full screen sharing and other Skype for Business-specific features:
Filed under: Apple
How-To: Maximize the resale value of your existing Mac
With the new MacBook Pro models not exactly cheap (especially for Brits), we all need as much help as we can get in paying for them. A decent chunk of the purchase cost for many of us will be raised by selling our old Macs, either ahead of time or once we have our shiny new Macs all set up and behaving themselves.
If you just want a quick sale with no hassle, then our trade-in service is the simplest option. But if you are selling privately, the amount of money you can get for the exact same Mac in identical condition can vary quite dramatically. I’ve consistently managed to sell my old Macs for well above average prices by adopting a few simple tactics …
Filed under: Apple
If you thought new MacBook Pros were too expensive, Authorized retailers already slashing prices, starting at $1,140 ($360 off)
From 9to5Toys:
The Apple store isn’t the only place selling the just-announced MacBook Pro. Authorized retailers including Amazon, B&H, MacMall and Best Buy are all taking pre-orders with varying delivery estimates. It’s not surprising that Apple’s retail partners are selling the new MacBook Pro, but it is noteworthy in case you have some gift cards, rewards or coupons to burn, not to mention MacMall and B&H only charge tax at the time of purchase for a very limited number of states.
But the biggest discount news? Amazon has a pair of models available right now and they’re the only retailer to be dishing up some big savings: The entry-level 13-inch 256GB configuration without Touch Bar and Touch ID is on sale for $1,139.92 in Space Gray and $1,299 in Silver (Reg. $1,499). The high-end 13-inch 512GB configuration with Touch Bar and Touch ID is down to $1,799 (Reg. $1,999).
MacMall is taking up to $35 off the new lineup with most models dipping by only $15.
For those of you going all out with the 15-inch model, you can save $50 on AppleCare by going through B&H or Amazon, rather than Apple.
Filed under: Apple
Hacker behind iCloud celebrity nudes incident sentenced to 18 month in prison
The hacker who gained access to numerous celebrity iCloud accounts in order to obtain nude photos has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in a plea bargain deal.
Filed under: Apple
MacBook Pro Diary: Why the new model doesn’t wow me, but I’m buying the most expensive one anyway
So, the wait is over and the new MacBook Pro is official. I said yesterday that what we knew then didn’t seem quite enough to justify the ‘hello again’ hype, and I hoped there might be a ‘one more thing’ feature we hadn’t heard about. Alas, there wasn’t.
I also held out just a tiny hope that perhaps the leaked image was a placeholder, and the bezels would be thinner in the real thing. That too wasn’t to be.
However, my late-2011 17-inch MacBook Pro was looking a little long in the tooth despite all its upgrades. The lack of Bluetooth LE, for example, meant no AirDrop and no Apple Watch unlock. Nothing major, and if I didn’t write about Apple stuff for a living I might have held out another year, but I decided I really ought to have the latest and greatest machine even if if didn’t wow me.
And, to be honest, the new MacBook Pro doesn’t …
Filed under: Apple
The MacBook Pro accessory deluge begins: Lacie announces ‘the world’s fastest desktop drives’
With the launch of the new MacBook Pro models with their USB-C-only ports, we can expect a flood of new accessories aimed at the new machines. LacCe is quickly out of the gate with some new Thunderbolt 3 drives, with sizes ranging from 2TB all the way up to 120TB!
Described as ‘the world’s fastest desktop storage solutions,’ the new products are firmly geared toward professional users, with prices that reflect this …
Filed under: Apple
Making sense of the MacBook Pro GPU options: here’s how the performance compares
If you haven’t yet ordered your new MacBook Pro, AMD has provided a little help by showing what kind of performance differences you can expect if you opt for any of the upgrades on offer.
If you’re buying the 13-inch model, then you don’t get much in the way of GPU options. All the machines have Intel Iris integrated graphics, and the only difference between them is a 540 chip in the base model versus 550 in the other two – with no configuration options beyond that.
But things get more interesting with the 15-inch MacBook Pro …
Filed under: Apple