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iPad Mini may not be dead yet as rumor of 2019 model swirls

We haven’t seen a new iPad Mini since 2015, but a report suggests that one may arrive in the first half of 2019. Apple will launch two lower-priced iPad models in 2019 — one will be 7.9 inches and the other more than 10 inches — Apple Insider reported Friday, citing the China Business Times. The 3-year-old iPad …

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Don’t blow your New Year’s resolutions: Use these apps to help in 2019

People often look at the new year as a chance to improve themselves, make smarter choices and put their life on a better course. But most New Year’s resolutions fail fast — 80 percent are abandoned by the second week of February. While the jury is out on how long it truly takes to form a habit, New Year’s remains …

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Wonderscope’s Apple AR app unfurls new trick: ‘Spatial storytelling’ with bunnies

Wonderscope wants to take you down a new rabbit hole.  Wonderscope, an augmented reality app for Apple devices, has added a new story to its library of immersive, interactive digital miniplays. Called “Wonder’s Land Ringmaster Wanted,” the story makes the user a central character interacting with an exasperated white bunny known as Wonder. The app and the new story are free.  The …

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Apple Watch vs. Samsung Galaxy Watch: Which should you buy?

The Apple Watch Series 4 and Samsung Galaxy Watch are both excellent smartwatches that can do everything from fitness tracking to mirroring notifications on your phone. But which one should you buy? We tested the Apple Watch Series 4 and Galaxy Watch side-by-side to see which one best fit our needs. For this test, we wore the smaller versions of …

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Apple App Store rule change may soon let you gift in

Giving friends and family an iOS in-app subscription or some extra Pokeballs might soon get a lot easier. An Apple App Store rule change allows iOS developers to allow users to give others items that are eligible for in-app purchases, reports Mac Rumors. The App store would previously only allow gifting of paid apps to others while gifting of in-app …

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Apple saw more government requests for user data in the first half of 2018

Apple’s getting more government requests for data. The tech company is making it easier to see where and what kind of data is being demanded.  On Thursday, Apple released its biannual transparency report, which details how frequently governments and private parties request customer data. With more than 1.3 billion devices active around the world, governments are increasingly looking to Apple …

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Omron’s FDA

Smartwatches check heart rate, but they don’t do blood-pressure readings. This is why Omron’s blood pressure-taking watch HeartGuide got our attention at CES nearly a year ago. The HeartGuide uses an actual inflating wrist-cuff to take readings via oscillometry, the same way standard blood-pressure cuffs work, and can take period measurements throughout the day and night. The watch finally received FDA clearance …

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The 2018 iPad 32GB is now just $229 at Walmart and Amazon

Ever since Black Friday, the iPad 9.7 has been on sale at Target for $249. Today, Walmart beat that deal by $20. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Walmart has the 2018 iPad 9.7 (32GB) for $229 shipped (plus tax). It’s available in silver or space gray. That’s $100 off the regular price. Update: Amazon is now selling it …

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Lightroom photo editing gets more competition from Darkroom, Luminar

Two software tools, Bergen’s Darkroom and Skylum’s Luminar, just got a bit better at challenging Adobe’s dominant Lightroom software for editing and cataloging photos. Darkroom, an iOS app, now has a version just for iPads for a better look at the photos you’re editing, more room for catalog operations and support for external keyboards to speed things up. And Luminar, …

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Amazon has Apple’s newest MacBook Air for $999

As we close in on Christmas 2018, Amazon is offering up a real humdinger of a deal: the brand-new MacBook Air, which Apple introduced just this October, for $999. That’s a $200 discount off of Apple’s sticker price.  Of course, Apple will also sell you a MacBook for $999 — but it’ll be the older (though beloved) model from 2017 …

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