Sep 09
Apple Day is almost here, and it’s sure to come with a batch of tech presents. We’ve even got a pretty good idea of what they’ll be. New iPhones, new colors, iOS 7 updates; here’s everything you can expect to see tomorrow:
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Aug 29
Motorola’s new smartphone, the Moto X, has a bevy of customization options. This could make the devices more difficult to sell on the secondary market.
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Aug 27
In the market for a brand new iPhone? We’ve got an important piece of advice for you: WAIT! Now is the worst time to buy.
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Apr 24
Afghanistan Gets An Apple-ish Store
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China is known for its knockoffs, but I’m not talking about fake Rolex wristwatches or Ray Ban shades, I’m talking about fake Apple Stores. Obviously they’re not the real deal, but they come strikingly close to reality. Interesting news coming out of Afghanistan today, the war torn country has an Apple-ish store of its own. Its not nearly as suave as the one’s in China, but it is definitely something.
The small store is located in Kabul’s largest mall and is the only one of its kind in the country. The store may be fake, but the products are real. Mohammad Nasery, the manager of this store, says that he is able to sell a couple of iPhones and Macbooks every day. Prices are a bit higher as he brings in his stock from Dubai, but there’s a constant demand for Apple products in Afghanistan and he’s fulfilling it. He says its “very trendy” to own an iPhone or an iPad in the country, and that he has seen people blowing off their entire month’s salary just to get a bite of the famous Apple. We can’t expect a real Apple Store to open there any time soon, but Nasery’s entrepreneurial skills are definitely commendable.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Apple Patent Wants To Use Your iPhone To Help Find, Start Your Vehicle, 150 WWDC 2013 Student Scholarships Being Offered By Apple, 
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Mar 22
This Is How You Respond to Rumors
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Don’t hand your iPhone to Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. During an interview on Finnish TV show Hjalliksen kanssa, an interviewer made exactly that mistake and is short one functional iPhone for having made it because Elop threw that sucker on the floor. More »
Feb 04
Freedom! It’s been a long time coming, but following last week’s iOS 6.1 release, there’s finally a jailbreak that’ll work on your iPhone 5, and it extends to pretty much every other iOS 6.1 device out there too. More »
Feb 03
It’s a rumor that never dies: Apple is working on a cheaper, “budget” iPhone that will push for market-share in markets where the company’s typically premium are especially expensive. But in the absence of hard evidence, we have soft evidence. Like this patent for a plastic iPhone. Maybe this is that rumored budget iPhone? Maybe? Ehhhh probably not. More »
Jan 20
It Hurts To See These 127 iPhones Crushed By a Bulldozer, Even Though They’re Fakes
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Counterfeit goods that get found out often get destroyed. That should come as no surprise. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy to watch, especially if the fakes are convincing. Take this Russian crush-fest, for example, where a bulldozer demolished 127 iPhones found to be cheap imitations masquerading as the real thing. At least let’s hope they weren’t real. Either way, they look close enough that watching them be crushed into wreckage is still kind of rough, but at the same time you can’t look away. [Bit Rebels] More »
Jan 04
What do you do when your iPhone is stolen? Cry? Get a new one? Scream at the sky? How about tracking down the thief by luring him to a sexy date over OkCupid and then threatening him with a hammer so he gives it back? That last one worked out pretty well for Nadav Nirenberg. More »
Oct 20
When you get a flashy, fancy new phone, of course you’re going to want to use it, but you better be careful how and where; new reports show smartphone theft is getting super popular. You might say this is a good reason to keep it in your pants. More »
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