Month: August 2014

Crate & Barrel takes 15% off select home office furniture during its Home Office Furniture Sale. Furniture delivery for larger pieces starts at $89. (Addresses within 50 miles are eligible for free delivery on orders of $1,500 or more. Free in-store pickup is available for certain items at select stores.) […] Read the original post…

Happy Monday from the Macworld news desk. It’s the dog-days, newswise, but here are a few Apple-related tidbits you may have missed. Apple’s “Dreams” Apple’s latest ad sticks with the heart-string-tugging approach, highlighting how iPhone apps help people around the globe achieve their dreams and passions: People fly […] Read the original post by Serenity…

Newegg offers the Toshiba Q Series Pro 256GB Serial ATA 6Gb/s 2.5″ Internal SSD, model no. HDTS325XZSTA, for $109.99 with free shipping via the directions below. That’s $20 under our June mention and the lowest total price we could find by $30. It features read speeds of up to 554MB/s […] Read the original post…

Ending today, TigerDirect offers the offers the SanDisk Extreme Plus 128GB UHS-I Class 10 Secure Digital Extended-Capacity Card, model no. SDSDXS-128G-A46, for $149.99. Coupon code “YTY136555″ cuts the price to $129.99. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $11. It features up to 60MB/s write […] Read the original post…

The United States Department of Transportation is getting closer to establishing formal rules on whether or not to allow in-flight communications, including receiving and placing phone calls while on a plane. Likely, according to reports, that decision would be no, meaning that passengers would continue to be barred from placing […] Read the original post…

In addition to today’s new beta builds of iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, Apple has released a new beta for Apple TV as well, bringing with it a new look for the icons that give it an iOS-like look. The beta build, which is only available officially for developers, […] Read the original post…

TigerDirect offers the HP 128GB X702 USB 3.0 Flash Drive, model no. P-FD128HP702-GE, for $42.99. Apply coupon code “VTX136285″ to cut the price to $39.99. With free shipping, that’s $1 under our mention from a month ago and the lowest total price we’ve seen. (It’s a current price low by […] Read the original post…

BuyDig offers the iOttie Easy Smart Tap Dash Mount Holder for iPhone with Stylus, model no. 03537, for $16.99. Coupon code “SMARTAP” cuts it to $11.99. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $4. Although it’s made for iPhone, it holds many devices up to […] Read the original post…

Apple seeded beta 5 of iOS 8 earlier today to registered developers of its iOS developer program. Apple unveiled iOS 8 last month with a number of new features like Handoff, custom keyboards, widgets, interactive notifications etc. Continue reading → Read the original post by Jason

Apple today released the fifth beta of iOS 8, which brings a number of improvements, tweaks, and bug fixes to the beta software that was first introduced on June 2. iOS 8 beta 5, like previous betas, includes several minor interface modifications designed to make iOS 8 feel […] Read the original post by Juli…

Apple has hired Musa Tariq, formerly of Nike and Burberry, apparently in an effort to help boost the company’s social marketing efforts which until now has taken a back seat in Apple’s promotion efforts. Tariq worked directly with Apple’s current retail and online stores leader Angela Ahrendts when both worked […] Read the original post…

Last week, Apple updated its Retina MacBook Pro line, and while the new models are identical on the outside to their 13- and 15-inch predecessors, released late last year, the “Mid 2014” models feature processors that are just a little bit faster. As modest as these internal improvements are, they […] Read the original post…

Last week, Apple updated its Retina MacBook Pro line, and while the new models are identical on the outside to their 13- and 15-inch predecessors, released late last year, the “Mid 2014” models feature processors that are just a little bit faster. As modest as these internal improvements are, they […] Read the original post…

Hewlett-Packard Co said it would sue former Autonomy Chief Financial Officer Sushovan Hussain as he seeks to block HP’s settlement of three shareholder lawsuits over its troubled purchase of the British software company. Read the original post by West Australian

Will Apple ever abandon Intel and use its own ARM processors to power the Mac instead? When the company first released its A7 chip for iOS devices, former Apple exec Jean Louis Gassee rejected such speculation. But now he’s having second thoughts. (mondaynote.com) To read this article in full or to leave […] Read the…