Find anything you want on eBay before anyone else with this new free iPhone app
For consumers looking to save as much money as possible while shopping, eBay can be your best friend and your worst enemy. On one hand, auctions and Buy It Now listings often afford deals that are unheard of, offering huge savings not even Amazon can match. On the other hand, auction listings can be a double-edged sword when people swoop in at the last moment and drive up the price of an item you want to buy.
There are plenty of tools designed to help make your eBay experience as smooth as possible though, and a new free iPhone app released on Tuesday should definitely be added to your arsenal.
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Apple’s Phil Schiller: All of your biggest complaints about Apple products are wrong
With WWDC in full swing, Apple executive Phil Schiller on Tuesday sat down for wide-ranging interview with noted blogger John Gruber of Daring Fireball.
Not one to beat around the bush, Gruber asked a number of pointed questions, one of which was why Apple continues to sell 16GB iPhones. Indeed, with storage being extremely cheap these days, not to mention how much space apps and other media files can take up, many people have voiced the opinion that it’s decidedly a cheap move for Apple to release a device with such paltry storage by today’s standards. Some have even argued that Apple in this regard is opting for profits over an enjoyable user experience.
You might recall that the iPhone storage issue eventually boiled over this past September when Apple released iOS 8, a gargantuan-sized update that many iPhone users simply couldn’t install because they didn’t have enough room. Incredibly, the entry level iPhone has sported 16GB of storage since way back in 2011 when Apple introduced the iPhone 4s.
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Google Now has just gotten insanely better, and very freaky
For many people, Google Search is the only way to search the web for relevant information about all sorts of topics, and the company has constantly improved it to offer more accurate and better tailored answers. In fact, the company just announced a terrific new feature that makes Google Now even more useful than before. And very freaky.
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WSJ: Apple Music is already the target of an antitrust investigation
One of the most important announcements coming out of this year WWDC conference concerns Apple’s music business. The company on Monday unveiled Apple Music on stage, thoroughly detailing its new music streaming business. Even though the service will be available in 100 countries only starting with June 30th, it looks like Apple Music is already under antitrust scrutiny.
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‘Card-carrying Apple fanboy’ rips Apple Music launch, compares it to Tidal
It looks like there’s an insult even worse than “Apple Maps bad,” and that’s “Tidal launch bad.” Mashable’s Chris Taylor is a self-described “card-carrying Apple fanboy” who found himself completely appalled by Apple’s big Apple Music reveal on Monday. In fact, he thought it was so bad that it warranted a dreaded comparison to the launch of Jay-Z’s Tidal.
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The funniest thing you’ll see today: Songify the News #8
One of my personal favorite YouTube channels over the past several years has been Schmoyoho, creators of the acclaimed Auto-Tune the News series and the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt theme song. Although that series ended in 2010, The Gregory Brothers rebooted the auto-tuned insanity in 2012 with the first episode of Songify the News.
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Hugely anticipated reboot to Mirror’s Edge will make an appearance at E3 2015
Two years after its unveiling, the next Mirror’s Edge finally has a name. On Tuesday, developer DICE announced that Mirror’s Edge Catalyst will be the name of the team’s next project, but also took the time to specify that Catalyst will not be a sequel to the original game.
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Leaked pics reveal a completely redesigned BlackBerry Passport
If you loved the design of last year’s BlackBerry Passport, it looks like BlackBerry has something even better in the works. N4BB has obtained some pictures of a device called the BlackBerry Oslo that appears to be a redesigned BlackBerry Passport that smooths out a lot of the original device’s rough edges. And we mean that literally — one of the most striking things about the Oslo is that it now features smoother, rounder corners and edges compared to the sharp and boxy Passport, as you’ll see in the picture below.
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Apple Music will allow users to download songs for offline listening
Following yesterday’s WWDC event, Apple confirmed to Re/Code that it’s upcoming Apple Music service will let users download songs and videos for offline listening and viewing.
Though not an entirely new or revolutionary feature, it does help Apple Music reach feature parity with Spotify as the company hopes to make an immediate and impactful dent in the music streaming market.
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You can now stream PS3 games on Samsung smart TVs with PlayStation Now
After launching on PS4 last year, the PlayStation Now game streaming service is slowly making its way to a wider range of platforms. Starting on Tuesday, owners of select Samsung smart TVs will be able to stream PS3 games without a video game console, although a DualShock 4 controller is required to play.
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