This incredibly useful app can help your old Mac run like new again
Does your MacBook start sounding like a rocket ship that’s about to take off if you have more than four browser tabs open at once? If so then you may want to do a cleanup of your Mac’s disk space and there’s no better way to do it than through a third-party app called Disk Inventory X.
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‘App thinning’ is the best iOS 9 feature you haven’t yet heard of
Checking in at over 2 hours, Apple’s WWDC keynote this past Monday was exceedingly long. Naturally, Apple had a lot of ground to cover, with no shortage of new features to introduce. While we’ve already covered some of the cooler new iOS 9 features, there’s one new feature in iOS 9 that will work its magic behind the scenes. You won’t know its there, per se, but you’ll definitely appreciate what it does.
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Apple’s last major vulnerability
Apple is on top of the world, just as it has been for years now. While many pundits and analysts have declared that the company is “doomed” for a multitude of reasons, Apple has continued to post record sales and profit numbers and is still far and away the most valuable tech company in the world. With this in mind, it’s difficult to find an area where Apple is really vulnerable, although BuzzFeed’s Charlie Warzel thinks he’s found one: Namely, Apple’s own apps and services that it pre-loads onto the iPhone still aren’t very good.
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Amazing deal: This $10 10,000 mAh iPhone 6 battery comes just in time for iOS 9 beta 1
iOS 9 beta 1 on the iPhone 6 isn’t exactly battery-friendly. To deal with this, you have to either uninstall it and get back to iOS 8.3 or just put up with having terrible battery life on your device. However, it looks like there’s a third option: It just so happens that you can purchase a 10,000 mAh portable power source on Amazon right now for less than $10, which should fix all your battery problems for the time being. And if that’s not cool enough, consider this external battery pack can recharge two devices at the same time.
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iOS 9 vs. Android M – The future of mobile in side-by-side pictures
Both Google and Apple have now released developer preview versions of their upcoming mobile operating systems. Coincidentally, both iOS 9 and Android M are focusing primarily on releasing a more stable OS this year, though each of them is also bringing some neat new features to the table. Since both mobile platforms can be already installed on supported devices, it’s time to take a look at what these betas look like side by side.
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Hidden iOS 9 code offers tantalizing hints about future iPhone camera specs
The first iOS 9 beta has only been out for a couple of days but developers have already been going over it with a fine-toothed comb to see whether it offers any hints about future iOS devices. 9to5Mac directs our attention to some code uncovered by developer Hazma Sood that shows a tantalizing glimpse at possible camera specs for future iPhones.
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Samsung’s new 55-inch OLED Mirror and Transparent displays are straight out of the future
Samsung yesterday introduced two new eye popping 55-inch OLED displays, one being a mirror and the other a transparent display (seen above).
Seemingly straight out of the future, the displays will initially be positioned for retail use, with Samsung boasting that the displays will help transform personalized shopping with a more visually engaging experience.
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Play this now: Blades of Brim is the best endless runner on the iPhone, and it’s free
I thought I was done with endless runners. After Temple Run stormed the App Store in 2011, endless runners became a staple of the mobile gaming scene, from brilliant and simple 2D entries like Canabalt and Alto’s Adventure to branded freeloaders like Sonic Dash and Spider-Man Unlimited.
Most have been pleasant distractions, but few have kept me glued to my iPhone screen for hours on end. Blades of Brim is one of those games.
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Giveaway: Enter for a chance to win a 5k Retina iMac
A million pixels isn’t cool… you know what’s cool? 14.7 million pixels—which is exactly what you’ll get if you win the 5k Retina iMac giveaway at the BGR Store.
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We may have just learned how the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will combat ‘Bendgate’
Apple is expected to launch two new iPhone models this year, a 4.7-inch iPhone 6s and a 5.5-inch iPhone 6s Plus. Multiple reports have already detailed some of the specs and features on the new smartphones, with one insider claiming that with the iPhone 6s family, Apple is trying to prevent future “Bendgate” issues. And it looks like that rumor is now getting more traction from Taiwan, where a known Apple iPhone supplier appears to have just confirmed one major iPhone 6s feature.
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