Download $130 worth of awesome paid Android apps for free ahead of Black Friday
Amazon isn’t only offering its customers countless special Black Friday 2014 online deals on physical goods right now, as the giant retailer has also put together a collection of 39 paid Android apps and games, a combined value of over $130, and is offering them all free of charge to Android users during Black Friday.
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A huge iPhone 6 Plus bug might end up being fixed by Samsung
Samsung will reportedly increase the number of components it supplies to Apple, as the South Korean giant will apparently provide additional iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch parts, according to Business Korea.
Specifically, Apple has apparently discussed NAND flash memory supply with Samsung, looking to do away with the triple-level cell (TLC) NAND flash used in 128GB iPhone 6 versions and SK Hynix, Toshiba and SanDisk TLC NAND modules in 64GB iPhone 6. These modules are believed to be causing certain performance issues for some users.
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Here are 10 hottest Best Buy Black Friday deals that you can get right now
While in-store Black Friday 2014 sales will start on Thanksgiving evening, many of them will begin selling products at Black Friday prices throughout Thanksgiving Day. Such is the case with Best Buy, which has already started taking Black Friday orders on its online store and is even selling out online stock for some items already.
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Here’s a crazy Black Friday sale very few people know about
Black Friday sales have completely spilled over into Thanksgiving Day, and the chaos is already underway across America. But while your friends and family are out battling crowds of crazy shoppers, you’re warm and comfy at home or at a relative’s house. And you’re not worried about missing all of those brick and mortar doorbuster sales today at Best Buy, Walmart, Target and more, because you know that the Internet is home to Black Friday 2014 deals that are as good or even better than what you’ll find out in stores.
We have already told you everything you need to know about awesome online Black Friday sales from Amazon, eBay, Samsung and others, and now we’re back with another big Black Friday sale — and compared to sales from giant retailers like Best Buy, very few people know about it.
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What one recent iPhone convert still misses about Android
Although many online forums are dominated by hardcore iOS or Android fanboys, there are some levelheaded people out there who can see the plusses and minuses of each platform. Business Insider’s Jillian D’Onfro recent picked up a new iPhone and, while she thinks it’s a fantastic device overall, she still misses some things about her old Android device.
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5 iPhone apps to help you pass the time over the Thanksgiving holiday
Thanksgiving is a double-edged sword. It’s one of the few opportunities we have during the year to gather around a table with our family members and eat an enormous meal, but the enraging political discussions, pointless disagreements and awkward interactions are all but inevitable.
When you need a few minutes to compose yourself, there’s nothing better than a distracting app on your iPhone, so be sure to load up these five apps before you head out to eat turkey on Thursday.
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Steam’s Black Friday game sale includes ‘thousands’ of deals available right now
Steam on Wednesday kicked off its Black Friday 2014 game sales, offering gamers significant discounts on various titles. Steam’s “Exploration Sale” is available to users from November 26th through December 2nd (the sale ends at 10 a.m. PST on that day).
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Video: Apple is not done releasing funny iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus ads
After showing off the gaming and Continuity features of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in a couple of new ads featuring voice overs from Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon earlier this week, Apple on Wednesday released one more similar commercial, the seventh in the series, which highlights a different feature, voice texting, which is available on iOS 8-compatible devices.
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Android Pay mobile payments solution coming soon, but not from Google
Apple’s Apple Pay mobile payment app available on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus saw huge popularity after launch, injecting new life into the NFC-based payments business. Google, and others, have included such features in Android devices for years, but they never really took off. In fact, only recently, Apple’s competitors confirmed they witnessed an increase in Android smartphone-generated transactions after Apple Pay became available on this year’s iPhones.
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Why next year’s GoPro videos could be the craziest you’ve ever seen
2014 has been an amazing year for wild-and-crazy GoPro videos and it looks like 2015 could be even crazier. The Wall Street Journal reports that GoPro is working on a line of consumer drones that have GoPro cameras equipped and that would let GoPro fans take amazing aerial videos.
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