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HURRY! 8 awesome paid iPhone apps you can download free right now (save $33!)

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The week is almost over but the savings are still going strong. Yesterday we showed you seven nifty paid iPhone and iPad apps that were all on sale for free for a limited time — and some are still free if you hurry — and today we’re back with another eight apps. Downloading all of these apps would normally cost you $33, but it won’t cost you a penny if you grab them all right now.

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Watch material design come to life in these amazing live wallpapers for Android

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Android 5.0 Lollipop is a hotly anticipated update for a number of reasons, not the least of which are the great new features and performance improvements it introduces. At the top of most lists, though, is the beautiful new look of “material design,” which is a set of visual guidelines Google put together to bring Android into the modern era.

Google’s own work with material design is outstanding, of course, and apps update with the flat look and bright colors that characterize Android 5.0 are fantastic. Now, however, a new app available now in the Google Play store brings material design to life on your Android phone’s screen.

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Video: 13 somewhat hidden iPhone 6 tricks you need to know

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Apple has already sold a boatload of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus phones to a variety of users, from diehard iPhone fans and Android users deciding to switch platforms, to first-time smartphone users. While most iPhone buyers have already mastered most the features iOS 8 has to offer, even the hidden ones, there might be plenty of users who aren’t aware of everything iOS can do on the new, and old, iPhones and iPads. So, Business Insider has put together a quick video showing “13 hidden tricks you didn’t know your iPhone 6 can do.”

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Have you tried the gorgeous email app that Google hopes will someday replace Gmail?

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Google first launched Gmail nearly 11 years ago, and there is no question that it changed email as we know it. Practically limitless storage, enhanced spam filtering, a new means of email organization… and all for free! Gmail remains one of the most popular email services in the world to this day, but we all know nothing lasts forever.

What does the future of email look like? According to three engineers at Google, the future of email is already in our hands.

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Have you tried the gorgeous email app that Google hopes will someday replace Gmail?

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Google first launched Gmail nearly 11 years ago, and there is no question that it changed email as we know it. Practically limitless storage, enhanced spam filtering, a new means of email organization… and all for free! Gmail remains one of the most popular email services in the world to this day, but we all know nothing lasts forever.

What does the future of email look like? According to three engineers at Google, the future of email is already in our hands.

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After 7 years, Apple admits to forcefully removing music from iPods without users’ knowledge

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Apple is on trial this month, having to defend against allegations that it broke antitrust laws and stifled competition in the music players and downloads businesses with its iPod and iTunes practices. The Wall Street Journal reports that attorneys for the plaintiffs on Wednesday told jurors that between 2007 and 2009 Apple regularly deleted music from iPods that stored downloads from other services, without telling users what was going on.

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Sony is convinced North Korea was behind massive hack, but DPRK denies

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Sony Pictures has been the victim of a massive cyber attack a few days ago, with hackers having stolen as much as 100 terabytes of data including various unreleased Sony movies, and plenty of business and personnel data. After investigating the matter, Sony appears to be convinced that North Korea was behind the attack, but the country has denied any involvement after previously refusing to flat-out deny such allegations.

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Watch Stephen Colbert’s hilarious take on Star Wars’ controversial new light saber

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It’s been less than a week since the exciting new Star Wars trailer came out but fans who still feel understandably burned by Jar-Jar Binks have already found something to whine about: The major redesign of the films’ iconic light sabers. You see, instead of being a straight-up light saber as in the old movies, the new films show a contraption that looks more like a light bastard sword with two extra little light sabers that stick out from the sword’s main hilt, as you can see in the photo above.

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