eBay has begun rolling out major UI and overall app improvements to its mobile applications today. Most notable will be both iOS and Android apps seeing a redesign of the main navigation menu. Previous versions of both mobile apps utilized a custom navigation menu: a mix between a top navigation bar and hamburger menu. The app update rolling out from today utilizes standard UI navigation elements for both iOS and Android. Android will be seeing the update released today, and the iOS update will be available in the coming days.

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TODAY’S CAN’T MISS DEALS:

Best Buy’s latest Apple sale takes $100 off iPad mini 4, up to $100 off Apple Watch & $25 off Apple TV

Apple 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro (Newest Version) 2.2GHz/16GB/256GB: $1,600 shipped (Reg. $1,999)

Save up to $150 on Huawei Watch for iOS/Android, prices start at $250 shipped: Mesh Band $300 (Reg. $400), more

Amazon Gold Box – Anker SoundCore Bluetooth 4.0 Speaker: $30 Prime shipped (Reg. $40)

Anker’s new 60W USB-C/A 5-port charger can quickly refuel your MacBook, more

App Store Free App of the Week: Dragon Hills goes free for the very first time ($2 value)

Mos Speedrun 2 for iOS goes free for the first time (Reg. $2)

Star Wars Pinball for iOS goes free for the first time in nearly a year (Reg. $2)

Star Wars KOTOR for iOS now matching its lowest price ever: $3 (Reg. $10)

Air Display 3 for iOS gets its first price drop to $10 (Reg. $15)

MORE NEW GEAR FROM TODAY:

Amazon’s already insanely low-priced 7-inch Fire tablet gets a fresh 20% discount, now just $40 Prime shipped

• This 32-inch Sony 720p HDTV is perfect for your bedroom or office at $148 (Reg. $170+)
• Smartphone Accessories: GOOLOO Jump Starter Power Bank $30, more
• Daily Deals: Insignia Soundbar w/ Bluetooth $50, more
• Games/Apps: Tom Clancy’s The Division $50, Yoshi’s World $40, iOS freebies, more
• Here’s our first official look at the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare trailer [Video]
• Crayola products 40% off: Adult coloring books w/ colored pencils $15 (Reg. $25), more
• Add this highly-rated LED Headlamp w/ Motion Sensor to your tool box for $10 (Reg. $15)

MORE DEALS STILL ALIVE:

iOttie’s latest Easy One Touch Mini Car Mounts for iPhone/Android: $13 Prime shipped (Reg. $20)

• Super-inexpensive 1080P HDTVs at Walmart: Vizio 24″ Smart (refurb): $90, more
• Samsung 55-inch 4K 3D 240CMR Smart LED UHDTV: $998 (Reg. $1,500+), more
• Games/Apps: Disney Infinity 3.0 Starter Pack from $30, iOS freebies, more
• LG Google Nexus 5X 16GB 5.2-Inch LTE Unlocked Smartphone: $240 shipped
• Super-inexpensive 1080P HDTVs at Walmart: Vizio 24″ Smart (refurb): $90, more
• Samsung 55-inch 4K 3D 240CMR Smart LED UHDTV: $998 (Reg. $1,500+), more
• Games/Apps: Disney Infinity 3.0 Starter Pack from $30, iOS freebies, more
• LG Google Nexus 5X 16GB 5.2-Inch LTE Unlocked Smartphone: $240 shipped
• Take $5 off your next $100 purchase at ebay with this email giftcard from Paypal
• Green Deals: KMASHI 8000mAh/400A Car Jump Starter/Power Bank $33 (Reg. $40), more
• Samsung Galaxy S7 32GB (unlocked) for $560 shipped (Reg. $695)
• Scoring a solid smartphone w/year plan phone starts at $60 from Freedompop
• OXO Good Grips Deals: Complete Grate & Slice Set $22 (Reg. $30), more
• Home: Gorilla Garden Dump Cart $99 (Reg. $130), more
• Treat your Apple Watch with Nomad accessories: Nomad Pod battery pack $34 (Orig. $60)
• Networking: D-Link 802.11ac Wireless Router $25 (Reg. $30+), more
• Transcend storage upgrades: 512GB Thunderbolt SSD $284, 256GB Expansion Card $170, more
• iHome SmartPlug with HomeKit, Alexa and Nest support: $25 w/ in-store pickup (Reg. $40)
• Spring Cleaning: storage solutions you need for a perfectly organized garage
• Grab Kaskade’s Automatic as a free MP3 download + $1 albums from Ed Sheeran, more
• Keysmart provides multi-tool-style storage for your keys: $16 (Orig. $22)
• Add five remote control outlets to your setup w/ Etekcity’s best-selling kit: $21 (Reg. $30)
• Green Deals: Ryobi Cordless String Trimmer + Blower $80 (Reg. $130), more
• Motorola Arris SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem (Refurb) $30 (Orig. up to $100)
• VRS Cases in a variety of styles for Galaxy S7/LG G5/Nexus 6P & more: $5 Prime shipped

NEW PRODUCTS & MORE:

Leica’s latest $6,000 digital camera drops the built-in display for a throwback look

New MagicMount battery attaches magnetically to your iPhone or Android smartphone

• Triby is the first non-Amazon portable Bluetooth speaker with built-in support for Alexa
• The SteelSeries Apex M500 is a lean mechanical gaming keyboard w/ Cherry MX Red switches
• Dyson’s new Supersonic hair dryer will leave your hair healthy and wallet empty
• This LEGO Imperial Star Destroyer custom build is nearly 5-feet long
• The Hover drone uses a unique foldable carbon fiber design to keep its wings safe
• The new LEGO Technic Porsche 911 GT3 RS is everything we could’ve hoped for
• PICTAR’s vintage-inspired SLR camera accessory for iPhone
• Ilumi extends its line of Bluetooth-connected smart lightbulbs to outdoor spaces
• SanDisk’s new iXpand Flash Drive for iPhone & iPad sports a fresh design and speed boost
• Bang & Olufsen’s new A1 Bluetooth speaker brings 24-hour playback and USB-C charging
• Edelkrone wants to replace your tripod with its slick new camera stand

Filed under: Tips and Tricks Tagged: 9to5Toys, Amazon, app deals, Best Buy, Daily Deals, free apps, Gold Box, video games

Last fall we learned that Apple would sponsor this year’s Met Gala with Jony Ive serving as a co-chair for the event. Today the Chief Design Officer at Apple is in New York City speaking before an audience ahead of the annual fundraising event tonight.

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Filed under: AAPL Company Tagged: Jony Ive, met Gala

A Weibo report has surfaced that indicates the iPhone 7 may have a slightly larger battery than the current generation iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. According to the poster, the iPhone 7 will include a battery with a 1735 mAH capacity and iPhone 7 Plus will feature a 2810 mAH battery. On both models, this is (slightly) more than the current-generation iPhones. The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus have batteries with 1715 mAH and 2750 mAH respectively.

The iPhone 7 is rumored to look very similar to the current iPhone, with a thinner body and redesigned antennas. A major chassis design change is currently expected for the ‘iPhone 8’ in 2017.

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Filed under: AAPL Company, iOS, iOS Devices, Tech Industry Tagged: battery, battery capacity, battery life, capacity, iOS, iPad, iPhone 6s, iPhone 7

If there was one thing I would have sworn you could never interest me in trying, it was yet another Bluetooth earpiece. There are about a zillion of these available (well, 45,322 according to Amazon), and for the most part my view has always been that if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ’em all. Stick them in your ear and get tinny, one-eared sound that is hopeless for music but does the job for hands-free phone calls when you don’t have access to an installed setup in your car.

But I had to admit that the Schatzii Bullet is rather smaller and more stylish than most, with a cute charging system that goes some way toward making up for the somewhat limited battery-life that inevitably accompanies such a small device. It seemed worth a try …

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Filed under: Reviews Tagged: bluetooth earphones, Bluetooth earpiece, Bluetooth earpiece review, Schatzii Bullet, Schatzii Bullet Bluetooth earpiece, Schatzii Bullet review

In the latest drone flyover video of Apple’s under-construction Campus 2, this one sent in by Matthew Roberts, we get a close-up look at progress made in recent weeks on the new Apple headquarters set to open early next year.

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Filed under: AAPL Company Tagged: Apple, Cupertino, drone, flyover, Glass, May, R&D, Solar panels, spaceship, tunnels

I’m not much of a gamer, but I think Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell may have put his finger on what is often missing from mobile games – a lesson he last week told the Guardian many have yet to learn from the early arcade games.

“When you look at mobile and arcade gaming, they’re identical,” Bushnell says. “Mobile has some of the same game constraints for the player, and that ‘easy to learn, and difficult to master’ metric.” This common phrase is, as it happens, known as ‘Bushnell’s law’ – he first uttered it in 1971 while making his preliminary steps into the arcade business with seminal coin-op Computer Space.com

That lesson – dating back to the days when Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Breakout for Atari – was something arcade games designers had to learn if they wanted to get people first to try a game and then to keep feeding in the coins …

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Filed under: Apps

For the first time in a federal case, a suspect has been ordered to use her fingerprint to unlock her iPhone using Touch ID. The LA Times reports that a federal judge signed a warrant allowing the FBI to compel a suspect in an identity theft case to to unlock the phone just 45 minutes after her arrest.

Authorities obtained a search warrant compelling the girlfriend of an alleged Armenian gang member to press her finger against an iPhone that had been seized from a Glendale home […]

In the Glendale case, the FBI wanted the fingerprint of Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan, a 29-year-old woman from L.A. with a string of criminal convictions who pleaded no contest to a felony count of identity theft.

The warrant is consistent with a 2014 case where a Virginia District Court ruled that while passcodes are protected by the 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination, fingerprints are not. Legal experts, however, have differing views …

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Filed under: iOS Devices Tagged: FBI, fingerprint, iPhone, Law, Touch ID, Touch ID 5th Amendment, Touch ID court case

Apple today uploaded its latest ad to YouTube. The ad returns to the company’s popular “Shot on iPhone” campaign and focuses on Mother’s Day, which is one week away from today. The touching video comes in at 30-seconds long and follows two new iPhone 6s ads from last week, one that highlighted the device’s 4K camera and one that showed off Touch ID.

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Filed under: iOS Devices