A man in Georgia on Sunday jumped on a moving SUV to save his 8-year-old son, after a teenager raced off with the car while the boy was still in the back seat.
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Former Apple employee reveals one of the worst things about working for Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was a visionary who literally helped shape the future of the world. He was a driving force in the personal computing revolution, and then he and his company reinvented the smartphone to move computing off of our desks and into our pockets. Like many other successful founders, Jobs was a genius. And like many other geniuses, Jobs was incredibly difficult to work with at times.
Now, a new account from a former Apple employee gives us a fresh perspective on the worst things about working with Apple’s iconic co-founder.
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The Best Credit Card Offers of 2015: Airlines
If you’re someone who likes to travel a lot, you’ll probably want a good credit card that gives perks to frequent fliers. There are a lot of these out there, however, which is why we’re glad to see that both The Points Guy and NerdWallet have gone through them all to give us the best airline-related credit card deals around. Below we’ve listed some of the best cards for frequent fliers along with descriptions of what each card offers. If you want a full list of the pluses and minuses of each card, be sure to check out NerdWallet’s full article by clicking here and be sure to check out The Points Guy’s page to learn about other great credit card deals.
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These GIFs Will Show You the Best New Features in iOS 9
Intended to be an update that’ll deliver increased stability and an improved user experience, iOS 9 has a bunch of interesting new features, including a variety of cool tricks that should improve the iOS experience. There are also some great new features that Apple didn’t properly introduce on stage at WWDC 2015. In what follows, you can see six upcoming iOS 9 features that are very nifty, and they’re all detailed in quick GIF animations.
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WARNING: Major iPhone Security Flaw Lets Hackers Steal All Your Passwords
A very serious security flaw in Apple’s iOS mobile platform and its OS X desktop operating system has been discovered by security researchers and seemingly acknowledged by Apple. Using the flaw, hackers can build an app that is capable of stealing any and all passwords saved in Apple’s Keychain. Additionally, the same flaw can reportedly be used to steal passwords directly from third-party apps as well as Apple’s own apps.
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10 Awesome Paid iPhone Apps Worth $40 On Sale for Free Today
Welcome to our biggest list of the week featuring paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free. Today’s post includes a total of 10 iOS apps that would normally cost you a combined total of $40 to download, but each and every one can be had for free if you hurry up and grab them before these sales end.
And if 10 isn’t enough for you, there are a few more freebies to be found in yesterday’s post.
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Worst Idea Ever: Deutsche Telekom in Talks to Sell T-Mobile to Comcast
Oh hell no. Reuters writes that German publication Manager Magazin is reporting that T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom has been having talks to unload the “Un-carrier” onto Comcast. Yes, that Comcast.
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Is Daniel Craig’s Run as James Bond Already Coming to an End?
The next chapter in the ongoing James Bond saga is easily one of the mostly hotly anticipated movies of 2015. Dubbed Spectre, the film stars Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Monica Bellucci and Lea Seydoux alongside Bond himself, Daniel Craig. We have seen a number of compelling arguments suggesting that Craig ranks among the best Bonds in 007 history, but new rumors suggest his role as the iconic British agent may soon be coming to an end.
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TWC is About to be Sued for Violating Net Neutrality Rules and Holding Traffic for Ransom
The Federal Communications Commission’s new consumer-friendly net neutrality rules just took effect last week, and it looks like our first big lawsuit is already on the verge of being filed. That’s not surprising at all. What is surprising, perhaps, is that the target of the lawsuit isn’t Comcast or Verizon.
According to a new report, Time Warner Cable is about to be slapped with a lawsuit alleging that the ISP charged a video content provider exorbitantly high rates to avoid being throttled.
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Next-Gen Nexus Phone Details Seemingly Confirmed by Huawei Employee
A Huawei employee in the U.K. familiar with the company’s plans has seemingly confirmed that Huawei is indeed working with Google on one of the two next-generation Nexus handsets expected to be released later this year alongside Android M.
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