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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
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
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