The clever way Netflix determines subscription rates in each country
History has shown that any effort aimed at eradicating piracy via brute force is destined to fail. Arguably, the only way to truly stem piracy is …
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Why the Apple Watch might be Apple’s most profitable product ever
For a long time, Apple has made ungodly sums of money from the iPhone, which has traditionally been its most profitable product. However, the launch …
How to make sure your Apple Watch doesn’t give you a skin rash
In addition to worrying about when their preordered unit will ship in a reasonable time frame, some Apple Watch buyers might also be wondering whether the …
Gorgeous virtual Apple Watch teardown shows the insane amount of technology Apple packs into a tiny device
You might not be able to buy an Apple Watch in Apple retail stores until June and the device you preordered may not arrive for many more weeks to …
Watch a breathtaking time-lapse elevator ride from 1 World Trade Center
It’ll cost you $32 to visit the One World Observatory beginning in late May when it opens to the public atop the new 1 World Trade …
Why is Apple the only huge tech company that really cares about the environment?
Ahead of Earth Day, Apple on Monday published its annual Environmental Responsibility Report covering the company’s ongoing commitment to “leave the world better than we found …
Hilarious: McDonald’s starts testing its all-day breakfast program on 4/20
Give McDonald’s credit: It knows exactly what people are looking for on April 20th. Per Nasdaq, it seems McDonald’s has picked the infamous stoners’ holiday …
Did Google Maps publish your image or personal info? Here’s what you can do about it
It finally happened. You were decided to check out the Google Maps Street View of your home address or an area you frequent, and you …
Jon Stewart explains why he quit The Daily Show
It’s not easy to imagine Comedy Central’s The Daily Show without Jon Stewart at the helm. This is undoubtedly why responses have been so muted …
Which boots up faster? An Apple Watch or an iPhone?
With the Apple Watch launch slated to get rolling this Friday, it’s kind of funny to think that we’ll soon be living in a world …
Apple unveils new and exclusive Sports band color options for the Apple Watch Edition
During a recent event held at the Salone Del Mobile Design fair in Milan, Italy, Apple unveiled a number of new Sports band colors for …
Ben & Jerry’s brilliantly parodies Apple’s ‘1984’ ad in promotion for its new BRRR-ito
Apple’s “1984” ad is justifiably one of the most famous in the history of tech and it’s also wonderfully easy to parody. Ben & Jerry’s …
What the first Apple.com homepage looked like
Many of the earliest website designs to populate the web are nothing more than distant and irretrievable memories. While sites like the The Internet Archive …
French government really doesn’t want you comparing its new surveillance bill to the Patriot Act
France insists it’s not working on a French version of the U.S. Patriot Act that would give the government massive additional surveillance powers, The Verge …
Watch: A genius animator has already recreated the new Star Wars trailer with Legos
We love the Internet for many reasons but chief among them is how it gives so many talented people a creative platform that they otherwise …
How Hollywood is waging war against VPNs
Virtual private networks (VPNs) aren’t some wild-and-crazy piece of hacker technology — in fact, anyone who’s ever worked remotely has likely connected to corporate email …
Esteemed Apple blogger: Third-party Apple Watch apps ‘suck’ and are ‘really slow’
During this week’s episode of John Gruber’s podcast, The Talk Show, Gruber sat down with Joanna Stern of the Wall Street Journal to talk all …
Bloomberg: Antitrust regulators are gearing up to kill the Comcast-TWC merger
It’s hard to believe, but it sounds like American antitrust regulators have concluded that a merger between America’s two most hated companies is not in …
Ex-iOS boss Scott Forstall resurfaces in a place you wouldn’t expect
In late 2012, Apple’s iOS chief Scott Forstall was unceremoniously let go from the company he helped bring back to greatness. A longtime Steve Jobs lieutenant, …
8 awesome paid iPhone apps that are free to download right now
It’s Friday and what better way to kick off your weekend than by installing some paid iPhone apps that you can get for free right now …
Don’t panic, Apple will teach you how to use the Watch
Yes, the Apple Watch is coming soon, and yes, it features a more complex user interface that will require some getting used to. But you …
The impossible has happened: Bing has become relevant
For a long time, it looked like Bing would just go down in history as a failed attempt by Microsoft to compete with Google. But …
Why Apple just bought 36,000 acres of forest land
Together with The Conservation Fund, Apple on Thursday announced its plan to acquire upwards of 36,000 acres of forest land in the eastern United States, in Maine …
Watch: Conan ruthlessly trashes the Apple Watch
As opposed to JJ Abrams or, say, Pharrell, Conan O’Brien sidekick Andy Richter wasn’t bestowed with a pre-release Apple Watch. Still, that didn’t stop the …
Want cheaper Netflix? Then pirate more movies
Here’s something we get the feeling that Netflix CFO David Wells will regret admitting publicly. TorrentFreak notices that during Netflix’s earnings call this week, Wells …
Watch: Guided video walk-through of the Apple Watch’s most useful features
With the Apple Watch launch just about a week away, consumers will undoubtedly become increasingly curious about some of the device’s more unique features and …
World’s best Apple analyst says he knows how many Watches were preordered
Earlier this week, some preliminary sales figures extrapolated by the research firm Slice Intelligence indicated that initial pre-order volume for the Apple Watch may have come …
Apple just publicly acknowledged the mess it made with its Watch release date
Much has already been said on the fact that Apple’s Watch launch is basically a mess from a simple perspective: the company’s most important new …
GameStop will start buying and selling classic games and consoles later this year
You might finally be able to find that Sega Dreamcast you’ve been searching for at GameStop in the coming months. On Tuesday, IGN revealed that GameStop is …
Watch SpaceX’s reusable rocket come agonizingly close to safely landing on an ocean platform
SpaceX on Tuesday once again tried to safely land one of its game-changing reusable rockets onto an ocean platform and it came agonizingly close to …
