How to cheat at Words With Friends
Word With Friends, on the off chance you’re unfamiliar, is an extremely popular and addicting scrabble-eque mobile app for both iOS and Android. The game itself has …
Yoni Heisler has been writing about Apple and the tech industry at large with over 15 years of experience. A life long expert Mac user and Apple expert, his writing has appeared in Edible Apple, Network World, MacLife, Macworld UK, and TUAW.
When not analyzing the latest happenings with Apple, Yoni enjoys catching Improv shows in Chicago, playing soccer, and cultivating new TV show addictions.
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A recently released expansion pack for The Sims 4 shipped with a hilarious software bug which caused some male characters in the game to become pregnant.
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I’m all for taking comedic jabs at Apple, but if you’re gonna go down that route, please, for the love of god, make it funny! …
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I’m not sure if it should be a source of embarrassment or pride (or perhaps neither), but I was up and running on Facebook back …
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Thinking about buying the Apple Watch? Check out this outstanding review first
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Samsung’s profit continues to plummet as iPhone sales surge
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Recently, a Dutch food blogger named Sid Frisjes was vacationing in Paris and tried to take one of those forced perspective photos to make it seem as if …
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