What started as a highly questionable, albeit interesting, rumor — Apple building some sort of car-related product, maybe even a car of its own — is slowly getting more and more traction. Separate reports from The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal both say that Apple is eyeing the car business and the Journal has learned a lot more details about Apple’s plans to build a car of its own. The bottom line: The project might be a lot more exciting than it may initially sound.

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There are many means at Apple’s disposal for convincing consumers to buy an iPhone, iPad or Mac. Some involve the company actively promoting its products, some use partners to indirectly promote its products (such as Apple Pay or HealthKit), and some use other clever tricks that might get the job done. One such case is Apple’s recent decision to open up its cloud-based productivity suite to anybody, not just customers who already own Apple devices.

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If you’re a fan of Saturday Night Live, you’ve probably been overwhelmed throughout the month of February. Not only has VH1’s SNL marathon dominated the airwaves, but the SNL 40th anniversary special is airing this Sunday on NBC. To celebrate, NBC has released a free SNL app featuring thousands of clips from the show dating back to the very first season.

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AT&T was late to the game with its own rollover data plan but the carrier isn’t done trying to come up with new ways to make it a more compelling offer. AT&T on Friday announced that for a limited time it will offer a new 7GB Mobile Share Value plan that has rollover data thrown in as well.

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Microsoft’s herculean efforts over the holidays were enough to temporarily push the Xbox One to the top of the charts, but now that the dust has settled, the equilibrium seems to be shifting back in Sony’s direction. Following the release of The NPD Group’s latest report, SCEA informed the press that the PlayStation 4 was the best-selling console in January.

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What started as a joke from a group of friends who wanted to raise awareness about a certain kind of social problem smartphone users might have to deal with — ignoring friends in favor of your smartphone — is becoming an actual business. It turns out that there are plenty of people who want to own a “NoPhone.”

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Gallery Doctor is the name of a new photo management app released by Israeli startup MyRoll. The app has a single purpose: to help you automate photo deletion. As a result, not only will it get you additional free storage space on your smartphone or tablet, but it will also save you precious time.

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Every week, a landslide of video game trailers hit the Internet, hyping up the games that have just been released, the games that are about to be released and even the games that don’t have release dates. It can be a bit overwhelming to keep up with all of them, which is why we’ve decided to collect our favorites into a single post.

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Microsoft made a conscious effort to separate its Surface Pro 3 tablet from the competition by decking it out with some of the most impressive specifications of any tablet on the market. On the other side of the fence, Apple has stuck to relatively minor revisions for its iPad, keeping it closer in functionality to a phone than a laptop.

What has that gotten them? Consecutively yearly declines in total sales. It might be time for Apple to rethink its tablet strategy.

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Instead of deciding that your old Mac is haunted and putting up for sale on eBay, you could always try breathing some new life into it. After recently looking at how to upgrade your old MacBook for just $170 and checking out various OS X tricks that let you make the most of your Mac, you should also check out Business Insider‘s list of nine tricks that should speed up your aging MacBook Pro or Air.

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