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iPad Air 2 Review

I recently got my hands on Apple’s latest tablet, the iPad Air 2. The new 9.7-inch tablet is the successor to last year’s iPad Air. The current generation features a slimmer, lighter build whilst featuring newer hardware and the iSight camera from the iPhone 5S. Let’s dive into the review. The Display The Air 2 features a 9.7 inch Retina display, which has been improved from the last generation. Apple…

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IPhone 5C Vs the HTC One M8

ease date March 2014 September 2013 Form factor Touchscreen Touchscreen Dimensions (mm) 146.36 x 70.60 x 9.35 124.40 x 59.20 x 8.97 Weight (g) 160.00 132.00 Battery capacity (mAh) 2600 1507 Removable battery No No Bundled accessories Colours Gunmetal Grey, Amber Gold, Glacial Silver White, Pink, Yellow, Blue, Green SAR value NA NA Display Screen size (inches) 5.00 4.00 Touchscreen Yes Yes Touchscreen type Capacitive Capacitive Resolution 1080×1920 pixels 640×1136…

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The IPhone 5C in White

The IPhone 5C in White Thanks to vodafone for sending this out to me! (marketed with a stylized lowercase ‘c’ as iPhone 5c) is a touchscreen-based smartphone developed by Apple Inc. It is one of two successors to the iPhone 5, along with its higher-end counterpart, the iPhone 5S. Apple held an event to formally introduce the iPhone 5C and 5S on September 12, 2013, and they were released on…

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IOS 8 Announced

  Every photo you take. On all of your devices With iPhone, people are taking more photos and videos than ever. As photo collections grow, so does the desire to store them all safely and still access them whenever and wherever. that’s where the new Photos app and the new iCloud Photo Library come in.     iCloud Photo Library. You”re never without your camera. Now you’ll never be without…

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iOS 7.1 is out

Fellow iDevice users, you may be interested in knowing that Apple rolled out a software update earlier today to correct some bugs and enhance some visuals. Many people are expecting iOS 7.1 to fix minors issues they were experiencing with previous versions of iOS 7. Moreover, Apple changed a few visuals and added a new bouncing animation when the control center is being pulled up. They also added minor options…

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Oscar Mayer wants you to wake up to the smell of bacon!

Bacon lovers, your fantasy is reality. Oscar Meyer is releasing an app and a gadget to fill your bedroom with the smell of bacon. The gadget attaches to the headphone jack and works hand in hand with the app as an alarm clock. Unfortunately, the app is only for iOS. Android and Windows phone users are out of luck. Keep in mind that this little dongle is not for sale…

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Flappy Bird’s Goose is Cooked

This will be a rather short article, but the recently popular app, “Flappy Bird”, will be gone tomorrow (February 9th, 2014). The indie game developer Dong Nguyen who lives in Hanoi, Vietnam stated that 22 hours from now, he will take the game down. He went on to state that, “it’s not for legal reasons”, and, “I just can’t keep it anymore.” Multiple people have tried to get in touch with…

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GearPop Tech News Roundup: Apple looking to Make New Products

Gran Turismo Documentary Free on YouTube http://www.joystiq.com/2014/02/07/recline-your-seat-and-watch-gran-turismo-doc-kaz-on-youtube-vim/ Anyone that is a fan of gaming, racing, development, and technology should watch the Kaz documentary released yesterday from Sony.  It is amazing to see what it takes to create the number one selling racing game in the history of video games.  The creator talks about how every piece of a track is scanned, how he wanted you to feel a part of…

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GearPop Tech News Roundup: Sony Done with Computers

  Sony Selling off Computer Division http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/06/technology/sony-restructuring/ That is one less PC manufacturer, which in my eyes is a bad thing.  But more recently I have just noticed the decline in the design of the Vaio compared to when it first came out.  When the Vaio was first released I remember it being a high end laptop that had a lot of features that were ahead of its time.  More…

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