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Meet the man who steals your Instagram photos and sells them for $90,000

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It’s well established that anything one posts online these days remains permanently etched on the Internet. The moment a tweet or a photo goes up, it’s practically impossible to scrub it from its new-found digital existence. For most people, this is no big deal as the benefits to be gleaned from sharing items like photos with friends far outweigh any concerns about privacy. But once someone starts profiting from your personal photos, the dynamics of the equation completely change.

Meet Richard Prince, an “artist” whose skill set consists of photographing other people’s photographs, adjusting them slightly, and then selling them for enormous profit. It admittedly sounds bizarre, but Prince has been making a living doing just that for decades now.

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Dozens of awesome smartphone cases are up to 92% off on Amazon right now

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If you’re in the market for a new smartphone case and you don’t want to spend money, then you owe it to yourself to check out a huge sale going on at Amazon right now. Case maker Rearth is selling several of its Ringke smartphone cases for up to 68% off if you buy them through Amazon and enter in its special coupon codes. Among other devices, Rearth is selling smartphone cases for the iPhone 6, the Galaxy S6, the Galaxy Note 4, the LG G4 and the Nexus 5.

UPDATE: We’re getting word that many of these coupon codes are no longer working, which means the sale may have ended or that supplies have run out.

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Microsoft finally gets it

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For a few years now, Microsoft has been an easy target for jokes and jabs. For starters, Steve Ballmer, likeable as he may be, was always adept at providing us with an endless stream of fascinating video clips. Second, because it took Microsoft far too long to realize that their Windows desktop monopoly had been surpassed in relevance by a burgeoning mobile market, we bore witness to the company making all sorts of strategic mistakes in an effort to play catch-up.

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Is this the ‘beginning of the end’ for Jony Ive at Apple?

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Jony Ive’s big promotion to chief design officer at Apple this week has set off some mild alarm bells from some Apple observers that Apple’s longtime design guru might actually be on the way out. Stratechery’s Ben Thompson, for one, parses some of the language used in Stephen Fry’s piece on Ive over the weekend to speculate that Ive already has one foot out the door.

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Deal of the day: Streaming videos, apps, and games from your phone to your Mac or PC doesn’t have to be a pain. Get the AirServer app for $9.99 at the BGR Store and take your favorite media to the big screen. AirServer turns your computer into a receiver for AirPlay, wirelessly mirroring videos, presentations, photos, music, games, and even social media activity from your phone or tablet to a computer, projector, or television. You can even connect multiple devices at the same time for easy collaboration—or password-protect your content for extra privacy. Recording your mirroring session is easy, too, whether you’re creating a tutorial for work or doing a game walk-through for fun. Get the AirServer app for $9.99 at the BGR Store. Want to ensure that your phone has enough room for your favorite videos, music, and apps? Check out the bonus deal below. PhoneClean iOS Cleaner Clear up unused space on your iPhone with the PhoneClean, now $9.99 at the BGR Store. The PhoneClean app makes room for what you actually want on your phone, removing space-hoggers like hidden temp, cookie, and cache files, discarded emails and attachments, app crash logs, system notifications, outdated Calendar events, and more. It’ll even keep your online activity private by deleting your Internet browsing history. Don’t worry about accidentally getting rid of important files—PhoneClean creates backups before removing anything. Save 74% and get the PhoneClean for $9.99 at the BGR Store.

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%name Deal of the day: Streaming videos, apps, and games from your phone to your Mac or PC doesn’t have to be a pain. Get the AirServer app for $9.99 at the BGR Store and take your favorite media to the big screen. AirServer turns your computer into a receiver for AirPlay, wirelessly mirroring videos, presentations, photos, music, games, and even social media activity from your phone or tablet to a computer, projector, or television. You can even connect multiple devices at the same time for easy collaboration—or password protect your content for extra privacy. Recording your mirroring session is easy, too, whether you’re creating a tutorial for work or doing a game walk through for fun. Get the AirServer app for $9.99 at the BGR Store. Want to ensure that your phone has enough room for your favorite videos, music, and apps? Check out the bonus deal below. PhoneClean iOS Cleaner Clear up unused space on your iPhone with the PhoneClean, now $9.99 at the BGR Store. The PhoneClean app makes room for what you actually want on your phone, removing space hoggers like hidden temp, cookie, and cache files, discarded emails and attachments, app crash logs, system notifications, outdated Calendar events, and more. It’ll even keep your online activity private by deleting your Internet browsing history. Don’t worry about accidentally getting rid of important files—PhoneClean creates backups before removing anything. Save 74% and get the PhoneClean for $9.99 at the BGR Store. by Authcom, Nova Scotia\s Internet and Computing Solutions Provider in Kentville, Annapolis Valley

Streaming videos, apps, and games from your phone to your Mac or PC doesn’t have to be a pain. Get the AirServer app for $9.99 at the BGR Store and take your favorite media to the big screen.

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I broke the sapphire screen on my Apple Watch

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“No,” I told my friend who joined me for a run the other day, “nothing will happen to it because it’s protected by sapphire glass.” But little did I know… the stainless steel Apple Watch (and gold model, for that matter) isn’t going to survive all accidental drops, and chances are one of them might be fatal.

But let me tell you the whole story of how the durable sapphire Apple Watch screen broke.

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