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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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Smell-O-Vision for the iPhone?

It was bound to happen eventually. Believe it or not, crafty inventors have been trying to include more human senses to the media experience since 1906. Many attempts to provide audiences with this additional dimension in films resulted in many creative attempts, but has yet to provide a satisfactory experience. There has to be some parallels […]

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Apple and Bitcoin, oil and water?

One of my terrible regrets is that I didn’t hop on the Bitcoin train when I had the chance. I read about it, created an account, had one of my computers generate some coin (took forever), and decided it wasn’t worth my time to fart around with unrecognized virtual currency. If I had left that […]

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iBeacon rollout in Apple Stores

Last week Apple started rolling out iBeacon, Apple’s location based technology that offers a “better user experience”. What they mean is that when you are in a store with an iPhone, they can track your location to the foot, allowing iBeacon to send you notifications with info on the product you are standing in front […]

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Apple updates iPhoto with version 9.5.1

This one is a pretty minor update, but important if you print a lot of photos from the app. The update fixes an issue that the company says could cause print previews to render incorrectly. The release notes also offer stability and performance improvements. The download is about 55MB and a free update to all current […]