Chinese manufacturer ZTE has unveiled its new flagship phone called the Nubia Z9 and, wouldn’t you know it, it looks just like the iPhone 5. We’re not trolling here, either. Look at the thing:
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Apple Watch orders will soon be available for in-store pickup
The Apple Watch purchasing process is markedly different than anything Apple has ever done in the past. With the Apple Watch, interested buyers are only able order the device online whereupon it’s then shipped to either their residence or place of business.
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Splatoon preview: The Wii U has its GoldenEye
It has been 11 months since I last played Splatoon. At the time, I couldn’t quite grasp its appeal. A first-person, action-packed shooter for the Wii U aimed at kids didn’t sounds like something I’d rush out to buy on launch day, but Nintendo clearly has a lot of faith in this new IP, so I decided to give it another shot at a big Splatoon event the developer held in NYC on Wednesday.
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Meet Barracuda, the smart luggage that’s taking Kickstarter by storm
The Barracuda is a piece of smart, collapsible luggage that’s taking Kickstarter by storm. With 22 days left in the campaign, the company has already raised over $610,000 in pledges, or more than 30 times its original goal of $20,000.
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Video: Consumer Reports says Apple Watch is the best smartwatch in the world
What’s the best smartwatch you can buy right now? Consumer Reports said in a new video that the Apple Watch is the best smartwatch in the world right now, at least when looking at certain features that are available across devices. According to Consumer Reports, the stainless steel Apple Watch took the No. 1 spot out of the 11 smartwatch models tested.
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Watch the very first Marvel movie: Captain America from 1944
Long before anyone could have dreamed of a Marvel Cinematic Universe dominating theaters the world over, one independent production studio decided to make Captain America the star of its next serial.
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Incredible: Hostage uses Pizza Hut app to silently ask for help
In an incredible story of MacGyver-esque ingenuity, a Tampa Bay woman named Cheryl Treadway used Pizza Hut’s mobile app to discreetly ask for help after her and her children were taken hostage by her husband, one Ethan Nickerson.
Armed with a knife, Nickerson took away Treadway’s cellphone, only to give it back to her temporarily after she slyly convinced him to let her order some food from Pizza Hut.
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R&D spending surge indicates Apple is working on something positively massive
Apple normally keeps is cards very close to its vest but we still can find some indications about when the company is working on something truly big. Neil Cybart at Above Avalon has written up some very strong analysis of Apple’s recent spending on research and development and has come to the conclusion that Apple is working on something positively massive whose significance could dwarf the iPhone, the Apple Watch or any other major product Apple has released so far.
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Let’s just hope the iPhone never gets this good
Apple is constantly figuring out ways to make the iPhone better and better, with each new generation introducing new features, some more important than others. But let’s just hope Apple never gets as good as making phones as the following video suggests.
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Is the iPhone 6 responsible for the decline in iPad sales?
Newly released data suggests that the popularity of Apple’s new larger screened iPhone models may be behind slumping iPad sales. Apple’s most recent earnings report is rather telling in this regard — iPhone sales were up over 40% year over year while iPad sales were down over 20%.
According to data recently compiled by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, the phablet market in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2015 nearly quadrupled, with phablets now accounting for nearly 25% of all smartphone sales. Within that subset, the iPhone 6 Plus accounted for 44% of sales.
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