Review: Ultimate Ear’s Wonderboom packs a loud punch, in a tiny rugged body
Just in time for spring adventures, Logitech’s Ultimate Ears has launched the latest addition to their speaker line, the Wonderboom. Gaining a reputation in previous years for their compact and well-designed speakers, UE’s Wonderboom is gunning to become the new no-fuss choice for portable speaker shoppers. We got to go hands-on with the company’s new pint-sized speaker offering.
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After once calling for a boycott of Apple, President Trump is now using a ‘new iPhone’
Over a year ago, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump called for a boycott of all Apple products amid the company’s battle with the FBI over unlocking the San Bernardino iPhone. Fast forward to to present day, however, and President Trump has seemingly rescinded his call for boycott and switched to using an iPhone…
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Apple Pay now rolling out in Taiwan with support from 7 banks
After several months of speculation, it appears that Apple Pay is now rolling out to users in Taiwan. According to a report from The China Post, Apple’s mobile payment platform has started rolling out to users in the country…
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Apple no longer allows developers to advertise pricing info such as ‘Free’ in app titles
Apple is apparently ramping up its efforts to clean up the App Store. According to a report from VentureBeat, Apple has started rejecting applications which tout their price in the name, icons, screenshots, or previews…
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Hands-on with what’s new in iOS 10.3 [Video]
iOS 10.3 was released yesterday and it was a major release. Headlined by a brand new file system, the update brings major changes to the backbone of iOS. There are also a whole host of big and small user-facing features to be found as well. In this video walkthrough, we step through some of the changes you can expect to find in this latest release. more…
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Congress votes to overturn FCC privacy regulations, paving the way for ISPs to sell browsing data
Last week, the US Senate voted to overturn Internet privacy rules that were introduced by the FCC last year. As we noted last week, the next step for the issue was to pass through Congress and today it did just that…
This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission entitled “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services.”
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Apple again pulls drone strike tracking app after unexpected App Store approval
Over a year ago, Apple removed an app called Metadata+ from the App Store. The app sent iPhone users alerts when a United States drone strike led to death. Apple’s reasoning at the time was that the app contained “content that many users would find objectionable.”
Fast forward to this week and Metadata+ is again in the news for being approved and removed, all in the span of less than 12 hours…
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Should Apple offer more color/customization options for iPhone à la Apple Watch? [Poll]
There has been a lot of hype for the new (PRODUCT)RED iPhone that Apple introduced last week, despite the only new features of the iPhone 7 update being its red color and charitable cause. Apple might have impressed us with its new black and jet black finishes on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, but should it offer even more color and customization options in the future?
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iTunes U gains new annotation features, 1:1 video messaging and feedback, and media sharing between apps
Minecraft Apple TV Edition gains Xbox Live & Realms online gameplay support
In an update to the Minecraft Pocket apps today, the Apple TV version of the app is also gaining support for Xbox Live and the title’s online “Realms” gameplay features.
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