$43 in Savings — 9 Awesome Paid iPhone Apps On Sale For Free For a Limited Time
Today’s post covering paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free is probably our best one of the week. It includes nine apps in total, and they would normally cost you a combined $43 to buy. For a limited time, however, they’re all completely free.
Thursday’s list also spans a huge range of genres, and it includes an awesome tennis game that lets you use AirPlay and the iPhone’s motion sensors to play Wii-style tennis on a TV using your phone as a motion controller. So cool!
Yesterday’s post still has a few great freebies as well, so be sure to check that one out, too.
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New York City Slams Verizon’s Spectacular Fiber Failure
In 2008, Verizon promised the city of New York that everyone who wanted fiber optic Internet and television service from FiOS would have it by 2014. We’re now almost halfway through 2015, and a new report reveals just how spectacular Verizon’s failure was when it came to delivering on that promise.
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Ad Blockers – Former Googler Will Sell Tech to Punch Through All of Them
The ad-blocking cat and mouse game Internet users and content publishers are playing online is about to get more interesting, as a former Googler apparently says his new company has a high-tech means of smashing through “all the ad blockers.”
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A Woman is Coming to the $10 Bill – Who’s Your Pick?
For the first time in American history, a woman will adorn our paper currency. The United States Treasury Department announced on Thursday that a woman will adorn the $10 bill starting in 2020 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment that gave women the right to vote. There’s still a question, however, about which woman will adorn the currency.
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Net Neutrality Racks Up Another Win as Sprint Stops Throttling Subscribers
Who knew when a former top cable industry lobbyist took the helm at the Federal Communications Commission that it would lead to this much positive change for consumers? The FCC’s much-lauded new net neutrality rules took effect this past Friday, and we’re already seeing the effects they’re having on the Internet. The new rules aim to prevent ISPs from implementing anti-consumer schemes like paid traffic prioritization, data blocking and bandwidth throttling, and there is already a major shift taking place in the industry.
On Wednesday, the FCC levied a massive $100 million fine against AT&T for throttling users’ unlimited wireless data. Now, news that Sprint has shelved its data-throttling policy marks yet another win for wireless customers in the United States.
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Watch the First Trailer From ‘Minions’ Creators’ New Movie
What do pets do when they’re left alone in the house all day long, after their owners go to work? That’s one question animation studio Illumination Entertainment is trying to answer in a hilarious new movie, and its first trailer has been released.
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Hilarious: Zookeepers Using Chris Pratt’s Raptor Crowd Control from Jurassic World
You don’t have to see Jurassic World, a movie that just set the record for opening weekend revenue, to be familiar with a specific scene from the new dinosaur flick: Chris Pratt’s character Owen Grady is sort of a velociraptor whisperer in the latest installment of the Jurassic Park universe and he’s able to sort of control raptors, as seen in the image above. That move has become the latest Internet meme, with zookeepers and pet owners everywhere showing their similar skills on Twitter and Instagram.
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VIDEOS: Meet The People Behind the 2015 All Ford Nationals
At the 2015 All Ford Nationals, we interviewed Mike Garland, Chuck Cantwell, and more. Watch the videos here!
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VIDEOS: It’s All Fords at Carlisle 2015
2015 turned out to be a multi-anniversary year: 10 for the Ford GT, 60 for Thunderbird, and 50 for Shelby Mustang G.T.350. Check out the rides at this year’s event!
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Revealed: The Smartphones that Deliver the Very Best Battery Life
Every smartphone user wants a device that offers terrific battery life, but which ones actually deliver? PhoneArena has taken a comprehensive look at battery performance rankings from several key benchmarks and has used them to create what might be the definitive list of flagship smartphones with the best battery lives.
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