In early 2013 when “iTV” rumors were swirling at full force, analysts were tripping over themselves trying to add fuel to the fire. Research notes covered things like panel size, release timeframe, pricing and features, and the media covered them all fairly widely. Of course, Apple’s much rumored iTV never materialized, and it doesn’t look like the company has plans to launch an HDTV anytime soon.

Amid those analyst reports was one in particular that was by far the most ridiculous, absurd, outlandish Apple rumor we have ever seen… and as it turns out, it was probably accurate.

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Do you go camping? Hiking? Then this is the travel battery for you. The Nifun 10400mAh USB External Travel Battery IP66 Rugged is water-, dirt- and shock-proof! So go ahead and bring it to the mountains, state park or on vacation. And the best thing is the price — only $19.99 with free shipping for orders of more than $35 on Amazon.

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We’ve all been there: It’s nearly 2 in the morning and your cruising around the Internet looking for new domain names to purchase. I mean, talk about a cliched night, right?

Now imagine that during the course of your domain browsing, you unexpectedly discover that the holy grail of domain names — Google.com — is (gasp!) available for purchase for the low, low price of just $12. Testing fate, you attempt to initiate a transaction. Dare I say, you’re feeling a little bit lucky. And just like that, in the blink of an eye, the transaction goes through and the vaunted and highly valuable Google domain is in your possession.

While this might read like a ridiculous plot summary from some horrible piece of nerd fiction, this series of events above, believe it or not, actually happened to former Googler Sanmay Ved earlier this week.

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Google does a tremendous job updating its maps and navigation software for smartphones, frequently releasing new versions of Google Maps that bring over several interesting tricks meant to make traveling an enjoyable experience. The company quietly released a new Google Maps update for Android, bringing the app to version 9.15, which can be downloaded right away.

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Apple on Wednesday released a minor update for iOS 9 meant to fix additional issues found in its latest version, including a screen unlock vulnerability. On top of rolling out iOS 9.0.2 to supported devices, the company also stopped signing older version of iOS, including iOS 8.4.1 and iOS 9, which means that a downgrade to a previous operating system version isn’t possible any longer.

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One particularly funny episode of the sitcom Community imagined the dire consequences of what would happen if a smartphone app gave you the power to rate everyone you know from one star to five. Amazingly, one company took a look at the show’s predicted dystopian future of ruined friendships and thought it was a great idea. As The Washington Post reports, a new app called Peeple is set to go live in November that will let you rate all of your fellow humans from one star to five stars. This is no way this won’t end in tears.

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Are you ready to rove? A number of companies are selling a new breed of personal transportation devices. Dubbed ‘hoverboards’ by some, these devices, such as the MonoRover R2, are actually self-balancing scooters.

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One of the humanity’s problems, whether we like to acknowledge it or not, is that we’re still heavily dependent on fossil fuel. Not only that, but Earth’s climate also has to suffer because of it. However, there are many projects aimed at replacing fossil fuels with clean energy, and one of the most daring ones involves beaming down solar energy from space. Researchers have conceived a way to get that energy from space-based solar panels, which means the supply would be virtually unlimited.

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It amazingly won’t be long before you have to start thinking about holiday shopping and this year’s big shopping season promises to be more competitive than ever thanks to a recent move by Target. Per The Associated Press, Target will start matching Amazon and Walmart online prices on its own online store this Thursday, marking the first time it’s done online price matching. Previously Target had only matched rivals’ online prices in its brick-and-mortar stores but now it seems ready to take the next step to battle rivals online as well. In all, Target is matching the prices of 29 different online shopping websites.

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Amidst a slew of announcements yesterday, Google took some time to introduce a new product called Chromecast Audio. As the name suggests, Chromecast Audio is a dongle that can plug into any speaker via a traditional 3.5mm headphone jack and stream audio over a Wi-Fi connection.

Right off the bat, Google boasted that Chromecast Audio supports a multitude of streaming services, including Spotify, Google Play Music (obviously), iHeartRadio, Pandora and TuneIn Radio.

Conspicuously missing from the lineup?Apple Music. of course.

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