More people call for Tim Cook’s head to roll, but they’re laughably wrong
Have you heard the latest news about Apple? Turns out the company is sinking. And fast. Yeah, after a wild few years of negligible and yawn-inducing innovations, Apple can no longer skate by via sheer momentum. The Apple Watch is a flop, iPhone sales are collapsing, and Tim Cook needs to be shown the door.
In the wake of Apple’s earnings report last week, the nonsensical observations above seem to be gaining traction among analysts, pundits and talking heads. It’s almost funny how a company that manages to rake in $50 billion in revenue and more than $10 billion in profits in just three months can so quickly go from a tech innovator to a tech has-been. But so it goes in the tech world where an inability to look at the big picture is par for the course.
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You must watch the George R.R. Martin vs. J.R.R. Tolkien epic rap battle right now
As a longtime fantasy nerd, I have a soft spot in my heart for both George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series. While I think Martin creates more fully developed overall characters in his stories — he writes women way better than Tolkien ever could, for instance — there’s no denying that the original sagas of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were groundbreaking classics.
So which acclaimed fantasy author is really better? That’s the question that the Epic Rap Battles YouTube channel recently tried to answer when it pitted actors playing Martin and Tolkien against each other in a hilarious spoof.
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Amazon’s 11 best deals: $299 Nextbit Robin, jumping drone, discounted laptops and more
Today’s post on Amazon’s best daily deals is without question one of the best ones in a long time. And if you follow BGR Deals, you know that’s saying a lot since our daily deals posts always include tons of great bargains. What makes today so special? A Nextbit Robin cloud-first smartphone for just $299 unlocked, a laptop/tablet hybrid for $180, 20% off a Roomba and a crazy land-based drone that can jump are just the start…
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Xbox E3 2016 plans have been revealed – here’s everything you need to know
We’re still well over a month away from E3 2016, but Microsoft decided to announce its plans for the show even earlier this year. Neither Sony nor Nintendo have confirmed anything for E3 yet, but on Tuesday, Microsoft revealed that its Xbox E3 2016 Briefing would once again take place on Monday, June 13th at 9:30 a.m. PDT at the Galen Center in downtown Los Angeles.
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Apple Music is about to get the major overhaul it desperately needs
Raise your hand if you’ve ever found it difficult to navigate Apple’s iTunes and Apple Music apps. Now raise the other one if you’re dying to see Apple fix its music experience. The good news is that Apple has heard fans, and is going to do something about it real soon.
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Even Melissa McCarthy didn’t like the first ‘Ghostbusters’ trailer
The first trailer for the new Ghostbusters movie was not well received, and it wasn’t just because a bunch of nerdy 30-something man-children couldn’t stand the thought of women playing their childhood heroes. No, the trailer was poorly received because it just looked bad. So bad, in fact, that it’s become the most disliked video in the history of YouTube, with a whopping 684,000 “thumbs down” votes as of this writing.
The Guardian brings us word that Melissa McCarthy, one of the movie’s stars, recently explained why she thought the trailer didn’t work, although she insists the real movie is better than what we’ve seen so far.
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Samsung Chromebook 3 with 4GB of RAM drops to $210 on Amazon
If you need a bunch of custom software to do your job that only runs on Windows, a Microsoft-powered machine is obviously the way to go. But if you’re looking for a great portable computer that’s fast and light but can still handle web browsing, Netflix streaming and work, you can save money by moving away from Windows. Check out the Samsung Chromebook 3 XE500C13-K02US 4 GB RAM 11.6″ Laptop, which is currently on sale on Amazon for just $209 including express shipping.
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This is Google’s first self-driving minivan, but you can’t buy one yet
Google on Tuesday confirmed what a couple of recent reports revealed: it’s taking its self-driving cars project to the next level. Google isn’t manufacturing brand new vehicles on its own. Instead, the company partnered with Fiat Chrysler, which committed to making 100 2017 Pacifica minivans equipped with self-driving technology.
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Special 1965 and 2015 Ford Mustang Combined for Unique Museum Display
The specially built Ford combines a 1965 convertible to a 2015 convertible in a unique side-by-side display that features operating interiors.
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Longtime Microsoft blogger: Windows is facing a ‘potential extinction moment’
Windows 10 has been a welcome hit for Microsoft, especially after the massive debacle that was Windows 8. Despite this, it’s an open question of whether Microsoft is set up over the long haul to do well as a platform provider. Longtime Microsoft blogger Paul Thurrott writes that iOS and Android have been improving to such an extent as computing platforms that Windows may be a dead platform walking.
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