The big Apple-Google fight isn’t about iOS vs. Android anymore

Posted on June 3, 2015June 3, 2015 by Authcom

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The biggest battle in the tech world for the past several years has been the battle for supremacy in the mobile platform world. iOS and Android have been the two main fighters and in a sense they’ve both won: Android has gotten the most total market share while iOS has taken in most of the actual profits. With iOS and Android firmly established as the two main players in the mobile world, Apple and Google have moved on to fight on new battlegrounds, as a new post by Neil Cybart smartly explains.

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I know you’re excited about Fallout 4, but you still shouldn’t preorder it

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Look, I know how you feel. Bethesda just announced Fallout 4, a game we’ve all been anxiously anticipating for the past 7 years, but no matter how excited you are, no matter how many times you’ve watched that awesome three-minute trailer — you still shouldn’t preorder Fallout 4.

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The most important thing you need to get started with Google’s unlimited free photo storage

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Google’s unveiled its new Google Photos service during its annual Google I/O keynote last week, and the web has been buzzing ever since. Why? Google’s new service offers unlimited cloud storage for all of your photos and videos for the low price of absolutely free. Unlimited. Free.

It sounds too good to be true, and in one way it is, but it’s still an unbelievable deal for the majority of users. If you’re just getting started with Google Photos though, there’s a key app you might not know about.

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Video: Meet Hound, the voice assistant app that wipes the floor with Siri, Cortana and Google Now

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There are times when a new product comes to market and you are flat-out amazed by how much better it is than the competition. That appears to be the case with Hound, a new voice assistant app produced by the makers of the music discovery app SoundHound. Re/code reports that Hound has been in development for a whopping nine years now and it really shows. Simply put, we’ve never seen a voice assistant app come even close to having the capabilities that Hound does.

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Deal of the day: Nine fantastic Mac apps on sale for 90% off for a limited time

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We love coming across an app that can help our computer run faster, better, or more efficiently. So of course we love coming across nine of them even more. This bundle is a collection of our favorite must-have apps for our Macs, from speed boosters to note-taking tools. And now’s your chance to get them all for just $19.99 at the BGR Store—at a savings of 90%, it’s not likely you’ll come across a deal this good again soon.

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Your Instagram feed is about to be invaded by even more ads

Posted on June 3, 2015June 3, 2015 by Authcom

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In an effort to begin monetizing Instagram more seriously, the popular photo-sharing service has plans to infuse a lot more ads into user photostreams. Additionally, the Facebook-owned company announced that it may leverage information gleaned from user Facebook accounts to serve up more targeted ads on corresponding Instagram accounts.

While advertising on Instagram, in a broad sense, is nothing new, previous advertising efforts have been limited to adverts from big time companies like Levis. Under Instagram’s new rules, advertising will now be open to all comers.

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Apple might finally start selling its Watch in stores next week

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Apple next week will unveil the next major iOS and OS X updates, but the company might have a special surprise in store for next Monday on top of iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 announcements.

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What Tim Cook and Apple don’t get about Google’s success: Consumers don’t value their privacy

Posted on June 3, 2015June 3, 2015 by Authcom

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Tim Cook earlier this week said that consumers will eventually grow weary of providing their personal information to companies like Google in exchange for free services.

“You might like these so-called free services, but we don’t think they’re worth having your email, your search history and now even your family photos data-mined and sold off for god knows what advertising purpose,” Cook said. “And we think some day, customers will see this for what it is.”

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4 essential apps for Mac users switching from iPhone to Android

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As amazing as it may seem, some people aren’t fiercely loyal to one platform or another and will use products from Apple, Google and Microsoft. One Android user who also happens to be a Mac user recently asked Reddit’s Apple community for some advice on how to get their Android phone to work with their Mac at least on a comparable level to the way an iPhone would. Below we’ve posted some of their best suggestions for apps that everyone who owns both a Mac and an Android phone should know about.

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Showtime launching its own standalone streaming service for $10.99/month in July

Posted on June 3, 2015June 3, 2015 by Authcom

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Showtime announced on Wednesday that it will be launching its own standalone Internet TV subscription service in July for $10.99 a month. The service, simply called Showtime, will give subscribers access to its back catalog of movies and original shows as well as live streams of its networks.

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