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TODAY’S CAN’T MISS DEALS:
Apple 21-inch Retina 4K iMac 3.1GHz/8GB/1TB (newest version): $1,300 shipped (Reg. $1,499)
Smart 120Hz LED HDTVs: Samsung 50-inch 4K $639 (Reg. $950+), Sony 55-inch 1080p $700 (Reg. $800), more
Smart 4K 60Hz LED UHDTVs: Samsung 60-inch $949 (Reg. $1,200), LG 49-inch $499 (Reg. $600), more
Samsung 50-inch 4K 3D 120Hz Smart LED UHDTV w/ 4 HDMI inputs: $749 shipped (Reg. $1,400)
Anker Bluetooth Keyboards for iPad Air/2, mini 3/2/1, more: $26 Prime shipped (Reg. up to $36)
MacID for iOS: Unlock your Mac with your iPhone/Apple Watch for $1 (Reg. $4)
Apple offers Day One 2 iOS journal app for free ($10 value)
App Store Free App of the Week: Motorsport Manager goes free for the first time ($2 value)
Buy a refurbished Apple AirPort Express Wi-Fi router w/ 1-yr warranty for $49 shipped (Orig. $99)
MORE NEW GEAR FROM TODAY:
Games/Apps: Hundreds $1, Bayonetta 2 $24, Sony Metal Gear PSN sale w/ titles from $5, freebies, more
- Smartphone Accessories: Anker 18W USB Wall Charger w/ Quick Charge 3.0 $17, more
- T-Mobile offers buy one, get one half off for the new iPhone SE (& 6s/Plus, more)
- Daily Deals: Canon EOS Rebel T5 DSLR w/ 18-55mm Lens $299, more
- Green Deals: Stanley 10W Rechargeable LED Flashlight $37 (Reg. $54), more
- Unboxing the awesome, pricey C-3PO and Stormtrooper Bluetooth speakers [Video]
- BLU Life One X Android phone with 5.2-inch full HD screen $99 shipped (Reg. $149)
- No joke: Krispy Kreme is going to give out free glazed doughnuts on April 1st
- ON & BSN supplements/protein products: Gold Standard Pre-Workout from $15, more
mophie Juice Pack Ultra 3950mAh iPhone 6 Battery Case: $80 shipped (Reg. $130+) wp.me/p1xTlR-Pw9 https://t.co/M2WVmK9jq7
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MORE DEALS STILL ALIVE:
Apple Watch 42mm Space Gray Milanese Loop Band + Aluminum Dock: $27 Prime shipped (Reg. $35)
Samsung 850 EVO 1TB 2.5-inch Internal Solid-State Drive $260 shipped (Orig. $470)
- Smartphone Accessories: Bluetooth Earbuds $15, Aukey USB Car Charger $6, more
- Bluetooth Speakers: Sony w/ AirPlay $350 (Reg. $500+), LG P7 Portable $50 (Reg. $80)
- Snacks and Candy 15% off: Frito-Lay Variety Pack (50 Count) $9, more
- iDevices’ iGrill Mini Bluetooth Thermometer for $24 Prime shipped (Reg. $35+)
- Vantrue 2K LCD Dashboard Cam + 32GB microSD $100 (Orig. $160), more
- Best Buy: $50 gift card w/ iPhone SE purchase & up to $350 off iPad Pro 9.7 on Verizon
- Apple iPhone 6 16GB (certified pre-owned, unlocked): $385 (Orig. $649), more
- Media: Hats Off to Dr. Seuss Collector’s Edition from $15 Prime shipped, more
- SNES30 Bluetooth Controller brings old-school buttons to touchscreen games: $35 (Orig. $45)
- Fashion: Nautica Men’s Cozy Fleece Crew Top $6, more
- Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine 3-year subscription for $20 ($150+ value)
- Samsung SmartThings home automation devices: 2nd gen. Hub $79 (Reg. $99), more
- Philips Friends of hue LightStrip Luminaire Starter Kit: $100 shipped (Reg. $130+)
- Klipsch X4i In-Ear Headphones for iPhone $60 shipped (Orig. $150)
- Just $7 Prime shipped: USB to SATA 3 portable SSD/HDD enclosure
- DJI Phantom 3 Quadcopter w/ built-in 4K Ultra HD Camera: $779 shipped (Reg. $999)
- Smartphone Accessories: Aukey Bluetooth Stereo Headset $20 (Reg. $28), more
- Nike Clearance Extra 25% off: Legend Dri-Fit Shirt $13, more
- Grab a free MP3 download of Duran Duran’s Paper Gods album (Reg. $12)
- Netflix April Preview – Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, more
- TiVo Bolt 500GB 4K DVR + Streaming Media Player w/ 1-yr. of Service: $255 (Reg. $300)
- Save 75% on any movie rental including new releases: The Big Short, Sisters, Revenant, more
NEW PRODUCTS & MORE:
QWERKYWRITER is a mechanical Bluetooth keyboard that takes us back to simpler times
Build an Alexa-enabled device using a Raspberry Pi
- Review: Fitbit Alta pairs smart fitness tracking with a small and beautiful design
- The Kuvée smart wine bottle brings the Internet of Things to grapes near you
- This Kickstarter project allows up to 10 people wirelessly listen to nearly any source
- TCL’s new 4K Roku-enabled UHDTVs hit every price point
- The Tovala iOS-connected oven scans and automatically prepares your dinner
- VIZIO’s new $999 P-Series 4K Ultra HDTV w/ Google Cast and HDR may be this year’s top release
- SpotCam’s latest IP surveillance camera offers records 24-hours of footage in the cloud for free
- You can now mow your lawn via Apple Watch w/ Husqvarna’s new Automower app
- Nike’s self-lacing prophecy finally comes true with the HyperAdapt 1.0
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Square launches Register API to allow for customized point of sale iOS apps
Square is today launching a new set of APIs under the “Build with Square” banner that will allow sellers to use Square payment services and hardware (including Apple Pay), while maintaining a customized point of sale experience that might be crucial to their business.
Filed under: Apps Tagged: Build with Square, custom, e-commerce API, iOS, payments, Point of sale, Register API, Square
Apple claims reversal of $120M jury verdict in Samsung patent case violated the U.S. Constitution
The endless patent battles between Apple and Samsung took an interesting turn this week when Apple claimed that the most recent court ruling violated the Seventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: the right to trial by jury.
Back in 2014, Apple was awarded $119.6M when Samsung was found to have violated three of the five patents in dispute. That award was overturned last month when an appeals court ruled that Samsung didn’t infringe one of the three patents, and declared the other two invalid.
The problem, explains Reuters, is that the appellate court didn’t just refer to the trial court record in reaching its conclusions, it also considered new evidence …
Filed under: AAPL Company Tagged: Apple, court, Patent, Patent trial, patents, Samsung, trial
Fantastical 2.2 for Mac adds native Exchange support, printable calendars, & more
Fantastical has long been my go-to calendar on Mac, iPad, and iPhone, and today the Fantastical 2.2 update is hitting the Mac App Store. The intelligent calendar and reminders app started out as a menu bar utility with really, really good natural language detection for creating appointments and entries, plus a streamlined list view of upcoming items. Then a year ago Fantastical 2 debuted on the Mac, which graduated the menu bar app to a full-fledged calendar that easily competes with the built-in calendar app. The latest 2.2 update builds on that release by adding a handful of useful features including native Exchange support.
Filed under: Apps Tagged: Fantastical, Fantastical 2, Fantastical for Mac
T-Mobile offers buy one, get one half off for the new iPhone SE (& 6s/Plus, 6/Plus, 5s, and 5c)
T-Mobile today announced a new buy one, get one half off iPhone deal that will accompany the launch of the iPhone SE tomorrow.
Filed under: iOS Devices Tagged: Apple, buy one get one, Deals, discount, half off, iPhone SE, March 31, Pre-order, promo code, T-Mobile
Launch data shows iPhone SE hits the spot in India & China, not so much elsewhere
The iPhone SE may be Apple’s most muted iPhone launch in recent memory due to the fact that it’s not considered a flagship model for the company, but new data shows the 4-inch iPhone is attracting a large number of users in two of Apple’s most promising emerging markets: China and India.
Filed under: iOS Devices Tagged: Apple Store, china, Data, India, iPhone SE, launch, sales, SimilarWeb
Boston Children’s Hospital wants your help with a ResearchKit project to measure body temps
While most people know that normal body temperature is 98.6F/37C, your actual temperature can vary quite a bit during the course of a day, and that can make diagnosing fevers trickier than it might seem. To help get more accurate baseline data, the Boston Children’s Hospital wants your help in logging temperature data across a day.
Fever is one of the most common signs of illness and causes anxiety to many. Doctors still struggle with determining the cause of a fever. In addition, “normal” and “febrile” temperatures vary between individuals.
Better understandings of how body temperature varies between individuals and identification of disease fever patterns (“feverprints”) could allow doctors to make faster, more accurate diagnoses.
The Feverprints app uses the ResearchKit framework to collect the data. The app of course has no way to measure your temperature, so you’ll need to do that manually, though there are inexpensive Bluetooth thermometers available to make the job a little easier.
Apple recently launched a new CareKit framework, which provides patients with health data they can share with their physicians and carers.
Via Gizmodo
Filed under: ResearchKit Tagged: Boston Children’s Hospital, Fever, Feverprints, HealthKit, researchkit
Here’s what the new MacBook Pro could look like if Apple scaled up the 12-inch design [Poll]
With Apple rumored to working on sleeker versions of its 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro models in time for a possible reveal at WWDC, designer Martin Hajek has provided one possible take on how the new machines might look. His mockups essentially scale up the 12-inch MacBook design, the above image contrasting with the existing design.
The renders also incorporate a rather lovely OS X concept created by Andrew Ambrosino, the UX designer behind the standalone Apple Music app concept we showed you last year. The same duo also teamed up for a beautiful Apple TV concept.
You can see more renders below …
Filed under: iOS Devices Tagged: 12-inch MacBook, 13-inch MacBook Pro, 15-inch MacBook Pro, 2016 MacBook Pro, Apple Inc, MacBook, MacBook Pro
OS X 10.11.4 framework resource found with ‘macOS’ naming, fueling more speculation about an OS X rebranding
Is OS X destined to be rebranded as macOS? Such a change wouldn’t at all be surprising, with iOS, watchOS, and tvOS already donning similar naming conventions. At this point, OS X is the odd man out, but a recent finding indicates that a change might be in the works.
more…
Filed under: Mac Tagged: Mac, MacOs, OS X, OS X 10.11.4
If DOJ pursues NY case, Apple could find out how the FBI accessed San Bernardino iPhone
While the FBI has so far refused to say whether or not it will let Apple know how the San Bernardino iPhone was unlocked, a second case in New York could provide the Cupertino company with a legal right to the information.
When the FBI first said that it might be able to access the San Bernardino iPhone without Apple’s help, halting its court case against Apple, that also brought a temporary halt to a second case in New York. There the DOJ was using the same All Writs Act argument in a Brooklyn court (above) to demand Apple help it unlock another iPhone in an unrelated drugs case.
That case was deferred in order to await the outcome of the FBI’s unlock attempt, and things could get interesting if the DOJ opts to return to the NY court …
Filed under: iOS Devices