BIGGEST LIST OF THE WEEK: 10 awesome paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited time only
We put lists of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free together every day, but today’s list is special for a few reasons. First, it includes a number of high-profile apps that rarely go free — including one that leaps off your iPhone 6 into the physical world and lets you take hands-free 360-degree panoramic photos and videos. And with 10 paid iOS apps on sale for free, this is also our biggest list of the week, so you have plenty of great apps to choose from.
Looking for even more paid apps on sale for free? You’ll find a few more terrific options that are still free in yesterday’s post.
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Russian politician fears Apple’s free U2 album will make you gay
Can mediocre dad rock alter your sexual orientation? That’s the belief of one Russian politician who thinks that Apple is secretly trying to corrupt the youth of the Motherland by giving away a free U2 album that purportedly promotes homosexuality. The Guardian reports that LDPR party member Alexander Starovoitov is objecting to the album because it features “the band’s drummer, Larry Mullen Jr, embracing his 18-year-old son, Elvis, shirtless,” which U2 has said is “a visual metaphor for the album and its theme of ‘how holding on to your own innocence is a lot harder than holding on to someone else’s.'”
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You can try the new Windows 10 Start Menu right now for free
Windows 8 was an absolute disaster. Microsoft’s attempt to bridge the gap between desktop computers and tablets was a failure, and it ended up driving customers crazy. In fact, it was such a disaster that several top Microsoft executives are no longer with the company. Now, with Windows 10, Microsoft will try to undo much of the damage it has done over the past few years.
And from the looks of things, the company is off to a good start.
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FINALLY: The first smart card that can replace every card in your wallet starts shipping today
Coin was the first smart card that aimed to replace all of the credit cards in your wallet, but the company ran into manufacturing issues and despite its unveiling in November 2013, the device still hasn’t begun shipping. Plastc is likely the most exciting solution of the bunch, but we still have no idea when it will be released.
Stratos is yet another smart card that looks to offer a catch-all solution for the cards in your wallet, but there’s one key difference: It’s actually shipping right now.
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Your Apple Watch might be defective, no matter what Apple says
A Wall Street Journal report yesterday said that Apple’s Watch launch problems are related to a specific internal component of the device, one that’s essential for the device’s functionality and overall user experience: the taptic engine that produces vibrations on the wrist for various purposes. Since the story first appeared, Re/code said that no faulty Apple Watch units have been shipped to buyers, citing sources familiar with the matter, prompting Apple enthusiast John Gruber to wonder whether that’s really the case.
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Upcoming Galaxy S6 and S6 edge Android 5.1 update to bring missing Android feature
Samsung will update some of its devices to Android 5.1 Lollipop in the near future, starting with the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge flagships. According to SamMobile, the update will bring a major Android feature that’s currently unavailable on the phones, even though other Lollipop devices from the competition have it.
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Google’s exciting Project Fi carrier app is now available in the Play Store… with a catch
Google last week officially announced everything there is to know about its wireless carrier initiative. The company even started taking registrations for Project Fi, with invites supposed to soon roll out to interested users in the U.S. Meanwhile, users looking to check out how the Project Fi wireless service will look like can already download the official application on their smartphone, Android Police reports, but there’s a huge catch: you have to own a Nexus 6 smartphone.
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How to Rebuild the Autolite 4300 Carburetor
Most of us agree the 4300/4350 carburetor can be a real toilet bowl, especially when you consider how terrific its predecessor, the Autolite 4100 “shoebox,” was and still is.
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Tag Heuer’s upcoming Android watch will cost you $1,400
Tag Heuer has scrambled to make a smartwatch of its own in response to the obvious elephant in the room, announcing plans to release a device that’ll compete against the Apple Watch. However, the company didn’t really reveal any details about those plans, and we have no idea how it might look like.
Now, however, Bloomberg has seemingly learned new information about the upcoming smartwatch from Tag.
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Watch what happens when you pour molten aluminum into a watermelon
The beauty of YouTube is it lets you watch people do very stupid and dangerous things from the comfort of your own home without any personal risk to yourself. We found one such video on Wednesday that was posted this week by TheBackyardScientist, who decided it would be interesting to see what happened if your poured a can of molten aluminum into a watermelon. The results of this experiment were thankfully non-lethal but that still doesn’t mean you should try it at home and you especially shouldn’t try it in the way TheBackyardScientist did.
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