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Best Buy begins taking preorders for fourth-gen Apple TV, will have units available for November 4th

You can now order your fourth-gen Apple TV through Best Buy and have it available come Wednesday, November 4th. Users can now preorder both the 32-gigabyte and 64-gigabyte variants of the new Apple TV from Best Buy, priced at US$149.99 and US$199.99, respectively. The retailer lists the product’s release date as Nov. 4, and it […]

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Apple cites $11.1 billion profit, $51.5 billion in revenue in Q4 2015 earnings report

Once again, Apple just made a whole lotta moolah. The company was about to beat its expectations for its fourth quarter, chalking up an US$11.1 billion profit on US$51.5 billion in revenue. Apple cited the iPhone as its biggest moneymaker, reporting 48.05 million iPhones sold, up from 39.27 million in the same quarter a year […]

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Hound app currently in development, could provide rival to Siri, other voice-based assistants

The Hound is en route. Perhaps competing with Android’s Assistant, Cortana and Siri, SoundHound has begun working on Hound for iOS, an app that provides results to spoken inquiries like Siri on iOS.

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Chase announces Chase Pay payment system, will be modeled off MCX’s CurrentC method

There’s always money to be made in the payment service industry. A new report has announced that Chase Chase CEO of Consumer and Community Banking, Gordon Smith, who announced “Chase Pay” at the Money20/20 payments conference in Las Vegas. The Chase Pay service will work via QR code instead of over NFC, allowing customers to […]

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Some Apple Watch users complain of irregular heart rate readings after more intense workouts

It might be time for a firmware update/bug fix for the Apple Watch. A number of Apple Watch owners have reported inconsistent or inaccurate heart rate measurements while exercising, with some saying issues have continued even after receiving replacement watches from Apple, calling into question one of the wearable’s signature features. The issue, which Apple […]