Month: April 2014

From the moment the App Store launched, The New York Times has been at the forefront of the digital newspaper revolution. There’s been a constant stream of apps and subscriptions, but for the most part, its initiatives have revolved around an unimaginative repackaging of the paper. With NYT Now, the Gray Lady seems to have…

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Sick of snow? Well, get out of the house and stop by our South Burlington location next Monday the 17th from 5:30pm – 7:30pm for some fun, food, drinks and giveaways and to help us kick off our March Mayhem Bracket Contest.* We’ll raffle off door prizes from Smugg’s, Beats, Hammerhead, Chill Pill and more…

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In an industry captivated by cheap commodity components, Apple’s ability to command healthy profit margins for "magical," premium priced products designed to delight users–rather than just solve basic problems in a cost effective way–has confounded analysts and pundits for the better part of 40 years. It appears Apple will continue to introduce upscale new products…

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 The new Microsoft loves everyone equally, and supports all platforms – to the extreme in some cases, as with embedded support for Apple’s Passbook passes in Windows Phone 8.1, something noted by The Verge’s Tom Warren and explained in greater detail by Rene Ritchie at iMore. The gist of it is that Microsoft has reverse-engineered…

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 There are a couple of things that differentiate Anki from any other robotics company. First, it’s the only one I know of to launch on an Apple keynote stage, with an introduction from Tim Cook. Second, it’s one of a select few that’s actually advancing the robotics industry by building toys — not industrial equipment….

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The use of cases to  protect your iOS device is becoming more an expression. The over protective and or clumsy go for the tough case, while the artsy and chic go for less protective but eye-catching case. 3rd payday loan If you’re the type who’d opt for artistic case then good news! Gadget accessory maker…

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 The Gillmor Gang — Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, Semil Shah, Danny Sullivan, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor — played the latest favorite game of the Mobility Addicted. It’s called Lock Screen, and some of us think it’s where the early adopters meet the great unvarnished Silent Majority. Forget clicks or swipes or doing anything; it’s…

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[This is an advertorial. Maclife gets a portion of each unit sold.] There’s never a convenient time to run out of batter. You always want a fully charged device, but with the amount we ask our portable tech to do for is, it’s unrealistic to expect them to last as long as we’d like. But…

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Apple’s FaceTime appears to be malfunctioning for iPhone and iPad users with devices running iOS 6, according to multiple tips received by MacRumors as well as a MacRumorsforum post and a thread on the Apple Support Communities. It appears that users who are running iOS 6 are unable to place or receive FaceTime calls, with…

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