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Jimmy Iovine reportedly leaving Apple Music in August

Jimmy Iovine’s tenure at Apple may come to an end this summer. The music mogul, who joined Apple as part of its acquisition of Beats Electronics, could be leaving the company in August, according to a Hits Daily Double report Thursday. Iovine’s expected departure is likely timed to his Apple shares fully vesting, the report …

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Your phone really does make you feel good, study says

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image It’s good for you. Really. Jason Cipriani/CNET You clutch it. And when you’re not clutching it, you can feel where it is. And when you can’t actually feel it, you know precisely where you put it and it’ll take only a small stretch …

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Turbo Tax hilariously insists doing your taxes isn’t scary

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Is this how the thought of doing your taxes makes you feel? Intuit/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Plenty can fill you with dread.  Visits to the dentist. Visits with family. Filing your taxes. In a newly released ad, Intuit’s TurboTax businesses insists there’s nothing frightening …

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Google search glitch says LaVar Ball founded NBA

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. What would a LaVar Ball NBA have looked like?  Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images The machine has replaced the customer in being always right. Except, that is, when it’s flamingly wrong. For a short time on Tuesday, a search for “NBA founder” offered the answer “LaVar Ball” …

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A Steve Jobs Android phone? Oh please don’t

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives     The world needs this? Vincenzo Barbato/Facebook screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET If there’s one thing everyone remembers about Steve Jobs, it’s his sartorial elegance. The black turtlenecks, the slightly baggy Levi’s jeans and the New Balance sneakers were the required look for everyone who was …

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Selling iPhone X. T

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Not loved by carrier store salespeople? Óscar Gutiérrez/CNET It’s been a pulsating few weeks. I’ve wandered around various carrier stores and Best Buy, learning about phones and failing to find a single salesperson to tell me that iPhone X is the best phone …

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Apple insists iPad Pro is the modern definition of a computer

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. It’s a postcomputer that needs a pen. Oh, I mean a pencil. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Are you still using the word “computer”?  I fear you might be passe. I fear Apple might think so too. Lately, the company hasn’t talked too much about …

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Firefox sells itself by criticizing old Firefox

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. That’s how I used to look. Well, not the blonde hair. Mozilla/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I’ve never wanted to put all my eggs into Google’s basket. I don’t know what Google wants to use that basket for — and I have suspicions that it’s …

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iPhone X goes on sale, bringing out the true Apple superfans

Production problems? Forget it. The iPhone 8? A distant memory. Throwing down more than a grand for the latest and greatest iPhone? That’s what they’re here for. The iPhone X went on sale around the world on Friday, drawing crowds and long lines as Apple fans patiently waited to get their hands on the very best iPhone money can buy. …

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Apple MacBook Pro Touch Bar problems drive me bonkers

A year ago, Apple overhauled its high-end MacBook Pro laptops with something the computing industry had never seen before: a touch-sensitive strip with a programmable display called the Touch Bar. Its flexibility shows the function keys it replaces to be relics from computing’s dark ages — specifically 1971, when IBM added them to mainframe terminals, Apple said. “This is crazy, …

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