Last month was a “record breaker” for Apple. The tech giant’s App Store saw its highest monthly sales ever in November, tweeted Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, on Wednesday. While Schiller didn’t give specifics, data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows Apple’s iOS software gaining ground in the smartphone market, …

Marvel‘s Spider-Man cinematic reboot will get the full trailer treatment later this week when new footage debuts during the Jimmy Kimmel Live late-night talk show on ABC. But Marvel’s Twitter account just posted a teaser of that trailer, making this one of the first opportunities to see any footage from the latest MCU film. In the 17-second clip, we see …

Deep in the heart of Williamsburg, one of America’s premier hipster haunts, Apple was preparing to open its very first Brooklyn retail store. Housed in a rebuilt two-story brick warehouse echoing the industrial vibe of the neighborhood, this new location brought displays full of gleaming iPhones and MacBooks to the 2.6 million residents of New York’s most populous borough. It …

Update: This post has been updated with new deals on desktops. Origin PC makes high-end desktops and laptops for gamers, including some of our favorite VR-ready rigs. Holiday shopping deals on a handful of laptops are available right now, which include discounts and extras. Early Black Friday deals EON 9-Series 15-X original price: $2,020 — Black Friday Price: $1,499 EON …

Velocity Micro builds powerful but understated gaming PCs, which deliver great performance without too many of the big flashing logos and sci-fi designs that may clash with your aesthetic sensibilities. Case in point, the plain black box design of the Raptor Z55, which was one of our favorite VR-ready desktops, and is now one of the company’s already available Black …

PC gaming company Razer makes high-design laptops such as the Razer Blade Stealth, as well as accessories, from gaming mice to colorful keyboards. The company is offering discounts on many of its peripherals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday through online stores, including Amazon and Newegg. (The deals will appear at these links on the days in question.) Black Friday …

The biggest new feature in Apple‘s updated MacBook Pro laptops is the Touch Bar, a slim touch-enabled second screen that lives above the keyboard. In our initial review of the Touch Bar version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro, we said it was potentially very useful, but for the moment, it was locked to Apple-created apps such as Safari, Photos and …

Now that invites for the October 27 Apple event have seen sent out, there’s much speculation about what we will, and won’t, see from a purported new generation of MacBook Pro laptops. Thus far, the generally agreed-upon predictions — as rounded up by Macrumors — are: New MacBook Pros with a thinner, lighter design and a secondary touchscreen at the …

Many election watchers have bemoaned the absence of key figures in the political commentariat, namely Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert (the former retired, the latter having shifted to a nonpolitical talk show format). There have been calls for a return to form, but instead, we’re getting something potentially better — a resurrected version of Spy, the classic culture and satire …

Now playing: Watch this: Tick, tock, Apple Watch: Google’s new watches may land… 1:17 One of the cooler variations on the new Apple Watch S2 shown off in September was the Apple Watch Nike+ edition. That model has a unique strap and some built-in software features for runners, but had no firm release date beyond sometime in October. A check …