Stop dreaming about Apple making cheap iPhones and Macs
Even though Apple has reduced the prices of its Macs over the years, the company isn’t willing to create cheap iPhones and Macs just for the sake of gaining more customers. At least that’s Apple’s Greg Joswiak said during an interview with Re/code at the Code/Mobile conference.
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Meet the slimmest, sexiest smartphone you’ll never own
When it comes to smartphones, thin is in. Apple’s iPhone 6 wowed consumers when it was unveiled last month and it measured just 6.9mm thick. The phone feels incredible in the hand thanks to its slender profile, but a new smartphone just announced on Wednesday makes Apple’s latest iPhone look positively plump.
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You can preorder Google’s incredible Nexus 6 right now
Attention Android fans who want to get Android 5.0 Lollipop before anyone else: This is your chance. Google has just started taking preorders for its new Nexus 6 smartphone, a massive new device that will act as a showcase for the latest Android software.
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BEWARE: Big security flaw lets hackers remotely wipe Samsung phones
Samsung Android phones have been discovered to have a security flaw that allows hackers to remotely control a phone over the Internet, and perform several tasks including locking and unlocking the device, finding its location on a map, displaying a customized message on the screen, and even wiping it without the owner being able to do anything about it. Furthermore, the security flaw could be used in more advanced hacks such as ransom attacks, The Register reports.
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Huge leak: This is the trailer for Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ coming in 2018 and 2019
The huge event held by Marvel on Tuesday gave us the release dates of 11 new movies coming out between now and the end of 2019. Then, on Tuesday night, Marvel gave fans even more of Avengers: Age of Ultron with a clip from the film that followed ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. But no one expected what Marvel was about to unleash on fans next, after having given them so much good news about future releases.
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This might be the reason MCX retailers won’t let you use Apple Pay, even if they want to
Apple’s Apple Pay is a successful new product for the company, with the payment solution having needed just a week to become more popular than all other mobile payment platforms combined, at least in the U.S. That said, not all retailers are eager to let customers pay with an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus in their stores, with the MCX group — which includes Walmart, Best Buy, Sears, Target, Gap, CVS, Rite Aid, and many others — not supporting Apple Pay at this time.
The New York Times has apparently learned the one thing that’s keeping many of these stores from supporting Apple Pay right now, though MCX is somewhat disputing it.
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WATCH THIS: Incredible GoPro video shows what it’s like to hunt from the perspective of a lion
If you own a GoPro Hero 4, you could probably strap it on to anything and make a video worth watching. Lion conservationist Kevin Richardson is known around the world for his friendship with lions and hyenas, so it was only natural for him to go on a lethal hunt with his lion pals Meg and Amy.
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Walmart’s ‘secure’ Apple Pay rival gets hacked, email addresses swiped
Oops! It didn’t take long after Walmart touted the CurrentC mobile payment platform as a “secure” alternative to Apple Pay for the platform to get hacked. Business Insider has obtained a copy of a message that’s being sent out to people using the CurrentC early trial program that informs them that a third party hacked into the system and swiped some of their email addresses.
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Awesome news, Android fans: This Lollipop trick can instantly improve your phone’s camera
As if Android fans didn’t already have enough reasons to eagerly anticipate Android 5.0 Lollipop coming to their phones, here’s another: It looks like the newest software will give your phone’s camera some significant improvements. Forbes contributor Paul Monckton notices that Lollipop adds built-in support for raw image files right at the OS level, which is something he says should help you produce higher quality images with your phone’s camera.
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Has Apple found the perfect weapon to fight both Walmart and Amazon?
Apple is edging closer to declaring an all-out war against mega retailers like Walmart, Best Buy and CVS with its payment system. The big shopping chains do not want Apple butting into their customer relationship and have already rejected the use of Apple Pay. Yet despite the stringent opposition from the leading bricks and mortar players, Apple Pay is already more popular than all other NFC solutions combined after only one week of availability.
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