iOS App Store search forever changed with this awesome new tool
Let’s face it: The App Store’s app discovery functionality is terrible, mostly because it rewards apps that are already popular and doesn’t give you a lot of options for finding unheralded apps that might be better than what’s in the top downloads chart. One awesome new website is looking for change all that, however.
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The most expensive Apple Watch is going to make Apple all the money
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple’s Watch production for the first quarter of this year is on track for 5 million units. Of that 5 million, half are expected to be the less expensive Apple Watch Sport which starts at $350, and one third are the stainless steel watch, which could sell for $500-$750, most likely. That leaves about 850,000 Apple Watch Edition pieces, the more expensive gold model. I believe the watch will sell for around $3,000 or less, though let’s assume it sells for $4,000 as The Wall Street Journal is hearing, for the purpose of this exercise. Let’s also assume a 35% margin on each Apple Watch model on average (conservative), and including extra bands, an average selling price of $400, $650, and $4200 for the Apple Watch Sport, stainless, and Edition models respectively, and also conservative.
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Comcast thinks it’s Jony Ive, starts branding “Designed in Philadelphia” on its remotes
It’s hardly a surprise to see a company like Samsung copy Apple. But Comcast? Well, that’s certainly a new one for the record books.
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Tomb Raider, Hitman and Thief featured in the latest Humble Bundle
It’s tough to stay up to date on all of the best new games. You’ve only got so much time in the day, and you probably don’t have an unlimited budget to work with. That’s why Humble Bundle has become one of the most valuable tools on the Internet for frugal gamers who want to get caught up.
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These 100 people could be the first humans to fly to Mars… where they’ll very quickly die
While the idea of permanently leaving the Earth behind to take a one-way trip to Mars doesn’t appeal to a lot of us, thousands of people have nonetheless applied to be on Mars One’s first-ever mission to the red planet. Mars One, a Dutch nonprofit group that plans on sending people to Mars starting in 2024, has announced its 100 finalists for its pilot program. Eventually, the group will select 24 people who will travel in groups of six on four separate trips to Mars in the hopes of starting a colony there.
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Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 get top exposure in brilliant sitcom episode
The iPhone and iPad have awesome photo-taking and video-recording capabilities and directors have used them to record not only a couple of Apple commercials, but also an entire surprise hit indie movie. Further proving that Apple’s iOS devices are dependable tools for movie-making is Modern Family‘s latest gimmick: An entire episode was shot using almost only the iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2, The New York Times reports. That’s the sort of free publicity that Samsung’s billions can’t always get.
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Mesmerizing video shows a 3D map of a home’s Wi-Fi signal
When’s the last time you had to plug-in an Ethernet cable into your computer to connect to the Internet? Many people will likely struggle to answer that question, considering that most home computing is currently done on devices that are mobile and that connect wirelessly to networks.
But Wi-Fi networks aren’t always reliable, and can be very annoying at times, as can be seen in an amazing new illustration.
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This may be the best celebrity endorsement BlackBerry has ever received
Forget about Kim Kardashian and definitely, definitely forget about Alicia Keys. BlackBerry has received a ringing endorsement from author E.L. James, who wrote a good chunk of her smash hit 50 Shades of Grey on a BlackBerry phone.
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Galaxy S6’s killer features teased in new Samsung video
Samsung can’t wait to introduce to the world the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge, or at least that seems to be the conclusion when looking at all the different teasers the company is sending out ahead of its March 1st announcement. In recent days, the company published a special post on its blog hinting at the Galaxy S6’s amazing camera, and releasing a matching video on Twitter teasing the same component.
Furthering its Galaxy S6 marketing march, Samsung on Tuesday detailed its wireless charging advancements in a blog post, suggesting the Galaxy S6 and other Galaxies will get the feature this year. The company has now published a second video teaser on Twitter that’s all about the phone’s power, but also about battery life.
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Apple Watch expectations climbing to unprecedented heights
You’ll be hard-pressed to find an analyst in the technology industry that doesn’t believe the Apple Watch is going to put wearables on the map. For years now, predictions and projections have shown the wearable market exploding following the launch of a device from Apple, and now we’re just months away from seeing if the analysts were right.
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