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SquareTrade completes iPhone SE durability tests, finds device less durable than iPhone 6s, 6s plus

How durable is your new iPhone SE? The best answer might be “fair to middling”. Recently, extended warranty provider SquareTrade subjected the iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus to a series of excessive bend, drop, tumble, and water tests, and the results show that its compact design does not necessarily make it more […]

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Video tests show iPhone 6s, 6s Plus relatively water resistant, not waterproof

The good news is that the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus handsets are pretty water resistant. The bad news is that they’re not waterproof and it’s a bad idea to go swimming with them. A group of YouTube users have put together some videos showcasing the results of both the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s […]

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Pebble Time raises over $9 million on Kickstarter campaign

Most Kickstarter campaigns don’t work out this well. Pebble Time, the successor to the Pebble & Pebble Steel smartwatches, was able to hit its US$500,000 goal in 17 minutes and also hit the US$2M mark in less than an hour on its crowdsourced Kickstarter campaign. The new wearable is touting a color e-paper display and […]

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Leaked files outline NSA-sponsored hacker training, use of vulnerability within Safari web browser to gain access to devices

It’s interesting what the intelligence community gets up to in its day to day work. According to Spiegel Online International, the Politerain hiring process posted ads for candidates who wanted “to break things.” Politerain is not a project associated with a conventional company. It is run by a US government intelligence organization, the National Security […]

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SquareTrade report reveals where most iPhones meet their demise

Well, at least now you know where not to take your iPhone. Per a study published last October by third-party warranty company SquareTrade and The Mac Observer, most damage (51 percent) to an iPhone reportedly occurs in an owner’s home. Of the areas in the home, kitchens are the most likely location for an iPhone […]