Month: July 2014

Now the most credit you can get for trading in your old iPhone to Apple is $225, which is down from $250, or $270 in Canada. The change is currently shown on Canadian retail store pages and U.S. sites, but expect the change to be happening elsewhere in the world […] Read the original post…

Fry’s Electronics offers the refurbished Sony Pulse Elite Edition Wireless Stereo Headset, model no. 94779, for $49.99 with free shipping. That’s $30 under our March mention of a refurb and the lowest total price we’ve seen for this headset. (It’s also a current price low for a refurb by $10; […] Read the original post…

At the risk of giving away the secrets of musicians everywhere, there are bound volumes of (sometimes legal) musical scores called “fake books.” Rather than denoting every note and rest within a composition, they instead offer a “lead sheet” made up of a single melody line and chord headings. It’s […] Read the original post…

Reader James Haring would like to do something about videos that play unbidden in Safari. He writes: I read your column about blocking auto-play videos and I’ve installed ClickToPlugin per your recommendation. But it doesn’t seem to be working. What am I doing wrong? I use ClickToPlugin with Safari as well and […] Read the…

A Kickstarter campaign recently launched for a documentary titled simply App: The Human Story, which aims to illuminate the growth of app-consuming culture, specifically through the history of the iOS ecosystem. Here’s a bit from the campaign page that lays out what it’s all about. Just as apps have […] Read the original post by…

A Kickstarter campaign recently launched for a documentary titled simply App, which aims to illuminate the growth of app-consuming culture, specifically through the history of the iOS ecosystem. Here’s a bit from the campaign page that lays out what it’s all about. Just as apps have made their way […] Read the original post by…

Midnight Star, a long awaited sci-fi first person shooter for the iPad and iPhone, is getting a soft launch on the Ireland App Store before it is released to the rest of the world. Midnight Star is being developed by Industrial Toys, which is lead by Alex Seropian, a co-founder […] Read the original post…

Cameta Camera via Rakuten Shopping offers the factory-refurbished Nikon Coolpix AW100 16-Megapixel Waterproof Digital Camera in Orange for $129 with free shipping. That’s $11 under our mention of a refurb from last summer and the lowest total price we’ve seen for the Coolpix AW100. (It’s a current price low for […] Read the original post…

Apple has released a new tool to increase the security of your Mac Pro, a security lock adapter. This allows you to attach one of several Kensington computer locks to the Mac Pro, securing it to your desk. It also prevents the Mac Pro from being opened, blocking access to […] Read the original post…

B&H Photo-Video offers the Western Digital 3TB Elements USB 3.0 External Desktop Hard Drive, model no. WDBWLG0030HBK-NESN, for $93 with free shipping. That’s a buck under our mention from two weeks ago and the lowest total price we’ve seen for this hard drive. (It’s a current low by $23.) It […] Read the original post…

You may have heard that Apple is implementing two-factor authentication for some new iCloud services, and so today I wanted to show you how to set that up. Two-factor authentication—called two-step verification in the Apple ecosystem—is a security system whereby you have to supply two things—instead of just a single password—to […] Read the original…

Square Enix has today announced a content update for Hitman Go has been released on the app store, adding more levels and functionality to the highly-rated puzzle game. The update itself contains an array of gameplay mechanics, including moving walkways, civilian mode and skipping turns, not to mention new enemies […] Read the original post…

Best Buy offers the Westinghouse 24″ 1080p LED-Backlit LCD HD Television, model no. EWM24F1Y1, for $99.99 with free shipping. That’s $50 off and the lowest total price we’ve seen for a new 24″ 1080p HDTV. It features a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 (1080p), LED backlight, and one HDMI […] Read the original post…

What’s the point of having photos if nobody ever sees them? Read the original post by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal

Made from ceramic and American Walnut, Swich uses micro-suction caps to hold your phone in place while it charges While we’ve seen many notable wireless charging innovations of late, sometimes a little elegance can be all it takes to stand out from the crowd. Read the original post by Gizmag