A monstrous typhoon hit Taiwan and coastal China over the weekend, with winds blowing at speeds of up to 180 miles per hour over the ocean. Once it hit land, the storm turned into a tropical storm, but the wind was still strong enough to be able to lift a giant Boeing 747 off the ground.
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The BGR deals team already gave you a lightning deal for a large five-port power hub this morning, but we have hunted down another great lightning deal. This one ends at 5PM EST and is a limited deal, so get it while it is hot. You can grab a compact and ultra-portable 3,000mAh battery for 83% off. This is the perfect power bank to throw in your bag or carry around with you when you are on the go. In fact, it is about as tall as a lip balm stick.
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Samsung on Thursday will unveil its new flagship Galaxy handsets, including the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge Plus in New York City, with sales expected to start in the coming weeks. Now it seems the company listed the Galaxy S6 edge Plus (or Galaxy S6 Edge+) on its French website, Galaxyclub.nl reveals, including preorder and release date details.
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Yes, it’s true: We’re getting at least two new iPhones soon. Try to act surprised. Mobile marketing platform Fiksu this week did a search through its logs to see if it could find any new Apple devices… and lo and behold, it did. Specifically, Fiksu found that devices that were identified as “iPhone 8,1” and “iPhone 8,2” showed up in its logs repeatedly over the last month. In case you’re wondering, the iPhone 6 Plus shows up in Fiksu’s logs as “iPhone 7,1” and the iPhone 6 shows up as “iPhone 7,2,” so it’s not as though Apple is going to skip ahead all the way to the iPhone 8 this year.
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For reasons that defy comprehension, a purposefully misleading narrative about Tesla has been gaining traction in the press this week. In an article originally published on Reuters, Joseph White and Paul Lienert laughably claim that Tesla loses $4,000 on every car it sells. Even their chosen headline is an exercise in bombastic and deceptive journalism: “Insight: Tesla burns cash, loses more than $4,000 on every car sold.”
Insight. An ironic choice of words.
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As one of the chief laws of the universe, your Wi-Fi connection will inevitably act up during the following: the last few seconds of the game you’re watching on your computer, the series finale of your favorite show on Netflix, and about an hour before you need to submit something to your boss. Until now, that is. We’re making it easy to troubleshoot your Wi-Fi connection with NetSpot Pro, now $19.99 at the BGR Store.
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We’ve seen quite a few longtime Android fans talk about switching to the iPhone lately and now Apple has converted a longtime Android fan who previously tried the iPhone for two weeks before running back to Google’s platform. Joe Casabona decided to give the iPhone 6 another shot recently and this time he started using some key iOS features that he hadn’t really bothered with in his first time using the device. As a result, he will make the iPhone he primary mobile device going forward.
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Apple’s HomeKit might be a great foundation for smart homes… some day. Right now, there just aren’t enough compatible products to make Apple’s solution worthwhile. Meanwhile, Apple’s top rival Samsung recently acquired SmartThings, which is easily one of the best and most versatile smart home solutions out there. It works with more smart home devices than you would ever believe, and the SmartThings Hub — the brains of the operation — costs just $99. It’s also the #2 item on Amazon’s list of best-selling home automation controllers.
SmartThings Hub, $99.00 with free shipping
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This fall, HarperCollins will publish The Story of Kullervo, an unfinished manuscript from the beginning of J.R.R. Tolkien’s career. Although the tale was shared previously in Tolkien Stories: Volume 7, this will be the first time it has ever been released on its own for public consumption.
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Amazon Prime is wildly popular with shoppers but it’s not the only subscription based shopping service out there. Last month Jet.com launched with the hopes of unseating Jeff Bezos’s empire and it offered some great deals of its own that in many cases bested Amazon Prime’s prices. Rather Be Shopping has taken an extensive look at both Amazon Prime and Jet.com and has written up a terrific comparison to help shoppers determine which service is right for them.
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