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Walmart is selling the iPhone 5c for $27 this Friday!

Walmart is cashing in on the holiday spirit and people’s desire for colorful tech. The iPhone 5C has not been a big seller for Apple, but retailers are doing what they can to bring customers onboard. The LA Times reports that Walmart is making some deals to move the 5C; “The iPhone 5c has struggled […]

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Apple includes US in 12 Days app giveaway

This is nothing new to European and Canadian iThing customers, but Apple has released the 12 Days app which offers 12 days of free downloads, including music, apps, books, movies, and more. The free items are only valid for 24 hours and some content may not be available in all areas. The promotion starts on Dec. […]

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Apple giving away some musical Holiday cheer

I ran across this little item over at TUAW, who gave me the heads up that Apple is giving away an album of Christmas songs to download from the iTunes Store. You may not have spied this yourself because Apple is only making it available through the Apple Store app on the iPhone and iPad. […]

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PPUG November 9, 2013 — Wrap-up, links and presentation

Last weekend’s PPUG meeting was a resounding success! In case you missed it, here are links to the products that Jason talked about: MacBook Pro Retina 13-inch – The mother of all notebooks iPhone 5s – Gold is best. RAVPower Luster battery – Smallest 3,000 mAh battery, $19.99. Gold, gold, gold. Jackery Air battery – Ultra-thin 5,000 mAh battery, $59.99. InCase […]

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iOS updates address FaceTime issues

Early yesterday morning Apple released a couple of updates for iOS. Usually you would expect that all we would see is an update to iOS 7. In this case, apparently Apple found something that affected iOS 7 and iOS 6 regarding FaceTime calls. All the release notes say is that it fixes an issue where […]