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Apple falls to third place behind Google, Roku in U.S. streaming device market

As much as you may love and adore your Apple TV, it’s fallen to third place in sales next to its competitors. Per Gigaom, Google sold 3.8 of its Chromecast streaming devices in 2013, making the device about as popular as Roku’s streaming devices. Roku and Chromecast were the two most successful streaming devices sold […]

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Walmart now offering iPhone 5s for $49, iPhone 5c for $29 with two-year contract

You may not love Walmart, but you can get a cheap iPhone 5s and 5c there if you sign a two-year contract… Per Engadget, in an announcement on Thursday, Walmart announced it will be slashing prices on Apple’s latest iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c models on Friday ahead of an impending refresh cycle expected this […]

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iPod Touch retail

Apple releases updated 16GB iPod touch, includes rear camera, lowers price

The new iPod touch has arrived. And it’s available at a pretty decent price. Per TechHive, Apple on Thursday announced a new version of its 16GB iPod touch, available for just US$199, as well as dropping prices on the 32GB and 64GB models by US$50 and US$100, respectively.

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PayPal is eager to integrate Touch ID

Little was said about Touch ID in the WWDC keynote except that the API would be opened to third-party developers for use in iOS 8. Craig Federighi did show a nice pie chart claiming that since the introduction of Touch ID on the iPhone 5s, 83% of users now use passcodes, up from the 49% that […]

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Does Clinkle have a shot at competing in the mobile payments game?

So, you may be asking, “What is Clinkle?”. It would be a good question too since there hasn’t been a lot said about it given Clinkle’s “cloak of secrecy” about its development. In fact, during its beta period (still ongoing), employees were allowed to offer the service to friends and family with the specification that none […]