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The best movies to stream this New Year’s Eve weekend

Ring in the New Year with your favorite libation and these 14 party movies.

Apple in 2018: What we expect, what we want

Apple released some killer products in 2017, and made some really big software screw-ups. Will the company continue its rapid pace of new product releases? Can it keep up the pace without sacrificing quality and security? What’s it going to … Continue reading

Best Amazon Digital Day deals

Just when you thought the big sales days were over for 2017, Amazon pops up with another one. Today, Friday, December 29 is Amazon’s Digital Day: A time for you to find great deals on apps, movies, and games to … Continue reading

Why the $29 iPhone battery replacement is Apple’s best move of the year

After a roller-coaster year, it seemed like 2017 was going to end on a serious down note for Apple. As millions of people were unwrapping their fancy new iPhone Xes on Christmas morning, thousands of users with older phones were … Continue reading

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The 12 best Mac game deals in the Steam Winter Sale 2017

Dirt Rally ($12) Image by Codemasters Feral Interactive brought Codemasters’ acclaimed Dirt Rally to Mac in November, and it launched at the usual full price of $60—seemingly well worth it for this robust, ultra-polished rallying simulator. But if you held … Continue reading

Apple reduces battery replacement price for out-of-warranty iPhones to $29

Apple on Thursday announced a price reduction in its iPhone battery replacement plan for owners of the iPhone 6 and later. The company is slashing the cost from $79 to $29, starting in late January 2018, with the offer ending … Continue reading

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Apple in 2018: Cool tech to look out for

With 2017 pretty much in the books, it’s time to cast our eyes forward to the year ahead. Apple’s already laid a lot of groundwork for what we can expect to see next year, but there are a lot of … Continue reading

What the Mac needs in 2018

2017 was a pretty good year for the Mac, if you consider how 2016 went. We got new iMacs and an iMac Pro, timely revisions to the MacBook Pro and MacBook, and a promise of a new Mac Pro in … Continue reading

Year in review 2017: Apple’s triumphant, terrible year

It has become cliché to use the term “mixed bag” to describe anything with both good and bad qualities, but there is no better term for the kind of year Apple has had in 2017. It was a year marked … Continue reading

The 2017 cord-cutter awards

The best cord-cutting devices and services, which flourished in 2017 amid cable TV’s decline