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Today in iLounge Deals you can grab a handy little portable Bluetooth speaker for a great price of only $19.99—80% off the regular price. The Icon Bluetooth Speaker is a small, mobile speaker that packs a sonic punch, and provides a 30ft wireless range and a rechargeable battery that provides […] Read the original post…

Magellan has introduced Echo Fit, an iOS-compatible sports smart watch. It comes in two models — the base Echo Fit ($150) and Echo Fit with Heart Rate Monitor ($200), which includes a Bluetooth Smart heart rate monitor. The ruggedized, water-resistant watch is an upgraded version of its Echo smart watch, […] Read the original post…

Foursquare Labs has updated its free Foursquare iOS app to version 8.0. As expected, the redesign has eliminated location check-ins — the feature which first brought Foursquare to prominence. Users looking to check in can now only do so through Foursquare’s separate Swarm app. The new Foursquare is focused on […] Read the original post…

ABC News claims that its viewers are watching 50 percent more live video on Apple TV than on desktop and mobile combined. The organization has released a new infographic highlighting the first 30 days of ABC News on Apple TV. It’s also noted that viewers spend 65 percent more time […] Read the original post…

Apple and Samsung have agreed to drop all patent suits against each other outside of the U.S., Bloomberg reports. A joint statement issued by the two companies confirms that ongoing claims in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, and the U.K. are all being abandoned. Although it […] Read the original post…

In today’s iLounge Deal we’re offering the PhoneSuit Elite Battery Case for only $59.99—33% off the regular price. Designed for the iPhone 5/5s, PhoneSuit Elite is an ultra-thin case with a 2100mAh battery that delivers up to at 125% recharge for your iPhone. PhoneSuit Elite is made from high-strength materials […] Read the original post…

China’s government has excluded iPads and MacBooks from a list of products that can be purchased with public money, Bloomberg reports. Citing security concerns as the reason for the omissions, government officials have left ten Apple products off the official procurement list, including both the iPad and iPad mini — […] Read the original post…

Sprint has decided to stop pursuing T-Mobile as a merger partner, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company also decided at a Tuesday board meeting to replace CEO Dan Hesse with Brightstar founder Marcelo Claure. It was first reported in December that Sprint was working toward a bid for T-Mobile. […] Read the original post…

Respected on the Mac for years before touchscreen iPads became viable artistic tools, Autodesk’s SketchBook series has been a great option for drawing and painting. Today, the company debuted SketchBook Pro 7, which will be offered in free, $3 monthly, or $25 annual […] Read the original post by Jeremy Horwitz

It’s not always easy to travel safely with self-created media content. Downloading from the cloud can be time-consuming, and traveling with stacks of external hard drives only expedites an inevitable disk failure. Enter the Drobo Mini SSD ($1,199-$2,999), an updated version of the […] Read the original post by Nate Benson

It’s not always easy to travel safely with self-created media content. Downloading from the cloud can be time-consuming, and traveling with stacks of external hard drives only expedites an inevitable disk failure. Enter the Drobo Mini SSD ($1,199-$2,999), an updated version of the […] Read the original post by Nate Benson

Although we’ve seen the same detachable battery idea in Tylt’s Energi Sliding Power Case, Dog & Bone’s Backbone and other cases, Pie’s key differentiators are in battery capacity, case design, and physical size. The 3000mAh battery is both larger and more capacious than almost any iPhone-specific cell we’ve seen, nearly […] Read the original post…

Thanks to our amazing developer community! Apple says July was record-setting month for app store revenue http://t.co/BI8wFTTG5V— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) August 5, 2014 Apple has told CNBC that its App Store set record revenue numbers this July. The App Store also reportedly had a record amount of customers making transactions […] Read the original post…

There may be one time when having the ability to charge your iPhone and jump start your car will come in handy — and when that day comes, the Juno Power Junojumpr ($100) may well be your only option. Developed by Juno Labs, Junojumpr’s 6000mAh battery can provide 12V of […] Read the original post…

The latest iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite betas have revealed what appears to be a new file format for transferring non-destructive photo adjustments between different apps and Apple devices. When using Yosemite’s built-in photo transfer app Image Capture, iOS 8 JPEG photos transferred to the Mac now include an […] Read the original post…