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Apple offers popular apps at deep discounts, for free as App Store nears fifth anniversary on July 10th

With the fifth anniversary of the iOS App Store approaching, a number of high-ranking apps will become free for a period of time. According to The Verge, an unknown number of iOS apps are now free to download for both the iPhone and iPad, with titles spanning across genres and price ranges. Games like Badland, […]

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Apple sets up web site, offers refunds and credits for claimants in iTunes Store class action lawsuit

It’s hard to argue with the results of a class action lawsuit. Still, it might be a refund coming your way thanks to your children purchasing items via the iTunes Store. Per AppleInsider, Apple appears to have finalized the details of its settlement agreement for a class action suit over in-app purchases on iPhones and […]

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Intel announces Thunderbolt 2 protocol, looks toward 2013 launch

This could be really, really sexy. Per AppleInsider, Intel on Tuesday finally put a name to its next-generation Thunderbolt protocol as “Thunderbolt 2,” with the newly dubbed standard doubling the throughput of its predecessor while remaining backward compatible. Previously referred to by its codename “Falcon Ridge,” Thunderbolt 2 will boast a bandwidth of 20Gbps, which […]

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Rumor: iOS 7 to include long-awaited AirDrop file sharing feature

Granted, no one has ANY REAL IDEA as to what iOS 7’s interface will look like, but there’s some cool new and improved features rumored to be coming down the pipe. Per 9to5Mac, Apple is currently testing versions of iOS 7 internally that include the AirDrop WiFi-direct file sharing tool from the Mac, according to […]

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Microsoft releases Office 2011 14.3.4, incorporates Office 365 functionality into newest version

This one’s been something of a long time coming. Per AppleInsider, Microsoft on Tuesday released version 14.3.4 of its Microsoft Office 2011 suite for the Mac. The update, a 113 megabyte download, includes a variety of feature additions that brings the application suite somewhat up to spec with its Windows counterpart, and includes bug fixes […]