New predictions suggest Apple Watch sales will be even crazier than most people think
Apple will launch the Apple Watch next year, and the company is expected to sell anywhere from 30 million to 40 million smartwatches in its first 12 months of availability, according to a report citing orders Apple may have placed with suppliers. But 30 million Apple Watches in a year might be a “conservative” number, Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty said in a recent note to investors.
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Has Apple finally fixed major iOS 8 performance issues on older iPhones and iPads?
If you have an iPhone 4S or an iPad 2, you probably shouldn’t have upgraded to iOS 8. But in case you did and are stuck with subpar performance on your device, you should definitely install iOS 8.1.1 to at least get some marginal improvements on your older Apple devices. Ars Technica has done a thorough look at how iOS 8.1.1 performs on the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 and it says that while both devices do perform better with the newest update, some critical issues remain.
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Google is working on a mobile keyboard with an incredible real-time translation feature
With so many awesome third-party keyboard apps out there, it can be hard to distinguish yours from the crowd. It seems that Google has been working on a keyboard app that really delivers something we haven’t seen in any other keyboard app so far: The ability to have conversations with people in multiple languages that will automatically translate for you with the help of Google Translate.
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Google is working on a mobile keyboard with an incredible real-time translation feature
With so many awesome third-party keyboard apps out there, it can be hard to distinguish yours from the crowd. It seems that Google has been working on a keyboard app that really delivers something we haven’t seen in any other keyboard app so far: The ability to have conversations with people in multiple languages that will automatically translate for you with the help of Google Translate.
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Why the government keeps telling you iPhone encryption will eventually kill a child
The U.S. government doesn’t appreciate the increased personal data protection measures tech companies including Apple, Google and others offer their American and international customers following the many reports that detailed the advanced spying and mass data collection tools the NSA has at its disposal. As a result, the government keeps offering tragedy scenarios — that a child will die because law enforcement agencies will not be able to access crucial data on an encrypted phone belonging to a criminal — in its attempt to persuade tech companies to come up with some sort of encryption technology that would give law enforcement agencies access to protected phones and other devices with a warrant, while still protecting other users’ privacy.
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Microsoft announces even more killer Black Friday deals
Microsoft detailed its first round of Black Friday 2014 deals last week, and we shared them with you when they were announced. The company is hitting gamers hard this year with shockingly affordable Xbox One bundles that will start at just $329 for an Xbox One console and Assassin’s Creed: Unity. Microsoft has plenty of other killer deals planned for Black Friday, of course, and the company just announced some new ones on Thursday.
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The funniest thing you’ll see today: 3 grandmothers smoke pot for the first time
Now that marijuana is legal in the state of Washington, the team at YouTube channel Cut Video decided to find three grandmothers in the state who had never smoked pot before and get them high. The results are predictably hilarious, especially when the stoned grandmas subsequently try to play Jenga and Cards Against Humanity.
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Consumer Reports: Sprint is still America’s worst carrier and it’s not even close
Three things are certain in life: Death, taxes and unhappy Sprint customers. Consumer Reports has just come out with its latest survey of customer satisfaction in the wireless industry and has found that Sprint once again ranks dead last behind competitors AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile.
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More crazy deals revealed as Fry’s Electronics details new Black Friday sales
Another day, another batch of jaw-dropping Black Friday 2014 sales uncovered. We have already shared several new Black Friday deals with you on Thursday, and with just one week to go before the biggest shopping day of the year is upon us, you can expect plenty of new details to trickle out over the next few days.
One of the latest sales to be revealed comes from gadget retailer Fry’s Electronics, and the company is revealing crazy new Black Friday deals every day until Thanksgiving.
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Two Comcast customers nearly go insane fighting thousands in bogus fees
Although Comcast has been pledging for a while now to fix its legendarily awful customer service, little seems to have changed so far because nightmare stories of dealing with the company keep popping up on a regular basis. Two more such lurid tales have come to our attention this week that involve Comcast customers who have been doggedly trying to fight bogus fees that together total more than $3,000.
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