Popular macOS and iOS email client Spark got a significant update. adding a unique feature to make it even more powerful for teams.

Remember Manga Studio? That app for illustrators, comic artists and creators around the world now has a new name — Clip Studio Paint Pro — and improved features. If you’re a digital artist (or want to be), you can get a heck of a deal today on Graphixly’s Clip Studio Paint Pro at 50% off of the regular $59.99 price — just $29.99!

Clip Studio Paint Pro is used by more than four million creators around the world, and has been voted the #1 over-all best comic software by TopTenReviews. In the Apple World Today Deals Shop, Clip Studio Paint Pro has a 5-star rating with over 450 reviews.

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Spotify has filed an anti-competition complaint about Apple with the European Commission, claiming the Cupertino, California-based company limited innovation and constraining user choice by refusing to allow Spotify and other firms access to technology and information via the App Store.

"Apple is both the owner of the iOS platform and the App Store —and a competitor to services like Spotify,” Daniel Ek, founder of Spotify, announced the complaint on the company's blog. “In theory, this is fine. But in Apple's case, they continue to give themselves an unfair advantage at every turn," Ek said. "After trying unsuccessfully to resolve the issues directly with Apple, we're now requesting that the EC take action to ensure fair competition."

He adds that if Spotify paid Apple's 30% “tax” cut of purchases made on the App Store as a tax, it would force his company to...

IBM secretly used millions of Flickr photos to test its facial recognition system. IBM claimed it was to help reduce bias in facial recognition.

Despite IBM’s assurances that Flickr users can opt out of the database, NBC News discovered that it’s almost impossible to get photos removed. IBM requires photographers to email links to photos they want removed, but the company has not publicly shared the list of Flickr users and photos included in the dataset, so there is no easy way of finding out whose photos are included.

NBC News got a copy of the data set, and created a tool to help you find out if IBM used your photos without your permission.

Judge Lucy Koh has dismissed a lawsuit against Apple over allegations it abused the visa system to save money, by reportedly bringing Indian contractors to the United States under the wrong visa program.

Poor sales in China were almost entirely responsible for Apple badly missing its original holiday quarter guidance, and news from the country doesn’t appear to be getting any better. Smartphone shipments in China during February are today reported to be down 19.9% year-on-year to hit a six-year low.

The official data comes from the government-run China Academy of Information and Communications Technology …

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For those of you who are looking to be more organized and maintain a high level of good time management, then this epic Mac bundle featuring some of the best office tools out there is too good of a deal for you to miss out on. This Mac bundle has a retail value of $478,

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Apple has already invited members of the press to an event on March 25, where it's believed the company will reveal its TV streaming service and Apple News subscription service. Today, Bloomberg has shared a few new details about the upcoming event, suggesting that Apple may preview new Apple Pay features and that most of Apple's original TV shows will miss the streaming service's launch window.

Additionally, Apple is said to be "racing" to secure movies and TV shows from partner companies ahead of the event. According to people familiar with the matter, Apple is offering concessions to partners in order to get deals done by a Friday deadline....

lt looks like the Apple News subscription service will launch on macOS as well as iOS. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith shared some screenshots of a the new service as they appear in the latest beta of macOS 10.14.4. MacRumors reported that they showed notifications for subscribers when the latest edition of a magazine is released. We are expecting to hear about Apple’s News subscription service at its March 25th “It’s Showtime” event.

The screenshots show notifications from the Apple News subscription service, which will alert subscribers when new issues of their favorite magazines are available. Similar subscription information has also already been seen in iOS 12.2, with the subscription service called “Apple News Magazines.” Apple’s magazine subscription service is based on Texture, the digital magazine app that it...

Apple has filed for a patent (number 10,230,722) for “trusted status transfer between associated devices.” It involves secure methods for transferring data between your various Apple gadgets.

In the patent filing, Apple, notes that users are often required to sign in or otherwise register when they desire to access various services by way of their electronic devices. Such services can include, for example, cloud storage, downloadable media or content, subscription programming, e-mail, and the like.

Because it can be important to identify or confirm an actual user when providing these and other device based services, a sign in, registration, or other authentication of a user attempting to access such services can be required or preferable. Apple says that there’s a need for systems and techniques that authenticate added user devices in a more convenient manner than current methods. 

Here’s Apple’s summary of the invention: “The embodiments set forth systems and...

Apple's expected video service is still missing a few hold-outs, but the company is petitioning hard for big names to come on board sooner rather than later.

Spotify today filed a complaint with EU antitrust regulators against Apple, saying the iPhone maker unfairly limits rivals to its own Apple Music streaming service. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek writes in a blog post: In recent years, Apple has introduced rules to the App Store that purposely limit choice and stifle innovation at the expense of the user experience -- essentially acting as both a player and referee to deliberately disadvantage other app developers. After trying unsuccessfully to resolve the issues directly with Apple, we're now requesting that the EC take action to ensure fair competition. Apple operates a platform that, for over a billion people around the world, is the gateway to the internet. Apple is both the owner of the iOS platform and the App Store -- and a competitor to services like Spotify. In theory, this is fine. But in Apple's case, they continue to give themselves an unfair advantage at every turn.

To illustrate what I mean, let me share a few...

Once again, it’s the beta code that provides some of the best hints as to what’s on the horizon.

As such, hints of an Apple News subscription service that would provide access to magazines and paywalled news content have been spotted in the macOS 10.14.4 beta builds.

Developer Steve Troughton-Smith shared a number of screenshots from the beta, complete with notifications from the Apple News subscription service, which will alert subscribers when new issues of their favorite magazines are available. Similar subscription information has also already been seen in iOS 12.2, with the subscription service called “Apple News Magazines.” 

The magazine subscription service is based on Texture, the digital magazine app the company purchased in 2018. The Texture app, which can still be found on the App Store, offers access to more than 200 magazines, all for a $9.99/month subscription fee.

It’s likely Apple’s built-in Apple News magazine subscription service will...

WhatsApp is the desktop client for WhatsApp Messenger, a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone, and Nokia and yes, those phones can all message each other! Because WhatsApp Messenger uses the same internet data plan that you use for email and web browsing, there is no cost to message and stay in touch with your friends. In addition to basic messaging WhatsApp users can create groups, send each other unlimited images, video and audio media messages.

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You won’t need a smart home hub to control this smart outlet, but it will work with smart speakers running Alexa, Google Assistant, or Cortana.

Google Chrome is a Web browser by Google, created to be a modern platform for Web pages and applications. It utilizes very fast loading of Web pages and has a V8 engine, which is a custom built JavaScript engine. Because Google has used parts from Apple's Safari and Mozilla's Firefox browsers, they made the project open source.

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Office 365 is a subscription service that ensures you always have the most up-to-date modern productivity tools from Microsoft. There are Office 365 plans for home and...

Default Folder X attaches a toolbar to the right side of the Open and Save dialogs in any OS X-native application. The toolbar gives you fast access to various folders and commands. You just click on the buttons to go to your favorite and recently used folders, manage the folders and files shown in the list, and make changes to your settings. It also fixes a number of problems in Open and Save dialogs, "rebounding" to the last selected file, putting the path listing back in the top menu, and correcting bugs in scrolling column views.

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• Directory assistant: You can access the contents of your recent, favorite, and open folders right from Default Folder X's toolbar.
• Real time saving: If you're constantly saving things inside the same folder, Default Folder X can remember that folder for you.
• Finder management: Default Folder X lets you open up or save to any Finder window...

Posterino offers enhanced customization and flexibility including a variety of new, stylish templates featuring grids of identical or odd-sized image boxes. You can customize the size and shape of these boxes at any time. And with a single click, the application will automatically fill those boxes with random images drawn from the photos you uploaded. If you prefer to manually select images, you can simply drag and drop images into the template.

Sharing your photos is quick and simple as well. You can directly upload your completed collages to your Facebook, Twitter or Flickr account from inside the app, and export photos to iPhoto and your email. Posterino also lets you create and send custom e-cards with your very own stamps and postmarks.

The new features of Posterino 3 are:

• Improved workflow throughout: Adding, removing or creating image objects now results in an instant re-layout of your document.
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Merlin Project is the leading professional project management software for OS X.

If you plan complex projects on your Mac, you won’t get far with a simple list of tasks. Good planning raises questions about the dependencies of activities on each other, the impact of delays on the project completion date, and budget planning.

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• After changing the timescale zoom level, the Gantt chart could sometimes shake horizontally
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• Individual style settings could be lost during export...

CorelDRAW - professional graphic design software for vector illustration, layout, and so much more.

Get started quickly and easily with a wealth of intuitive tools, built-in learning materials, sample files and project templates.

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• Typography: Arrange type beautifully with a complete set of typography tools. Adjust font, size, leading and kerning, and add effects to text like block shadows and contours.
• Color & Transparency: Easily apply color to both fills and outlines. Change the transparency of an object, and fill objects with patterns, gradients, and mesh fills, and more.
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iMazing (was DiskAid) is the ultimate iOS device manager with capabilities far beyond what iTunes offers. With iMazing and your iOS device (iPhone, iPad, or iPod), you can:

• Copy music to and from any iOS device (even from one iOS device to another!), regardless of what Mac or PC the device is already synced to. Music transfer done right, without limitations or restrictions.
• Backup & restore individual iOS apps along with your custom saved data, perfect for freeing up space on your iOS device without losing your files, great for installing apps including your data on another iOS device you own.
• Transfer files to and from an iOS device, and browse the iOS file system.
• Use your iOS device like a USB key.
• Browse and save messages (SMS, MMS, iMessage), voicemails, and call logs, none of which iTunes can do.
• Browse, save, and add contacts to your iPhone, without automatically adding them to your iCloud...

Overflow is an application designed to quickly launch applications, open documents, or access folders while reducing the number of items needed in your Dock. Anything you want can be added to the Overflow interface, making it accessible through a few simple mouse clicks or keystrokes. The interface is resizable, and fully customizable. Create separate categories for your applications, work files, games, or anything else you want to be able to access quickly. After using Overflow, we think you'll find it just as indispensable as we do.

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Photoshop CC 2019 is available as part of Adobe Creative Cloud for as little as $19.99/month (or $9.99/month if you're a previous Photoshop customer).

Adobe Photoshop CC 2019, the industry standard for digital image processing and editing, delivers a comprehensive package of professional retouching tools, and is packed with powerful editing features designed to inspire.

Version 20.0.4:

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• Program error when pasting over a selection in the Timeline panel
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Yesterday, former Apple engineer Arjuna Siva testified in the company’s ongoing court battle with Qualcomm. The testimony centered on whether Qualcomm purposefully didn’t name Siva as a co-inventor on a  patent. In new filings today, Apple says it has “good reason” to believe someone attempted to sway Siva’s testimony.

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Apple in a court filing on Tuesday said there are grounds for allegations of witness tampering in a patent infringement trial involving Qualcomm, claims plaintiff Qualcomm has called "ridiculous."

An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Google today launched Chrome 73 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The release includes support for hardware media keys, PWAs and dark mode on Mac, and the usual slew of developer features. You can update to the latest version now using Chrome's built-in updater or download it directly from google.com/chrome. Chrome 73 supports Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) on macOS. These apps install and behave like native apps (they don't show the address bar or tabs). Google killed off Chrome apps last year and has been focusing on PWAs ever since. Adding Mac support means Chrome now supports PWAs on all desktop and mobile platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, Android, and iOS. Chrome now also supports dark mode on Apple's macOS; dark mode for Windows is on the way, the team promises. The VentureBeat report includes a long list of developer features included in this release, as well as all the security fixes found by external researchers....

If you were an early user of the iPhone App Store, you likely remember Rolando. It was a puzzle-adventure game released in December of 2008, and one of the first iOS games to achieve widespread popularity.

Now, Rolando is being remastered for 2019 as “Rolando: Royal Edition,” and you can pre-order it now.

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Picture this: you're holding two glossy all-glass concept phones for a photo, then one slips off and shatters another unit on the table. The room goes quiet. Everyone looks on in awe. You are left red-faced not because you broke a phone, but because...

Senator Elizabeth Warren made headlines recently by suggesting that the tech giants have too much power and need to be broken up. While her premise isn’t entirely wrong, Ben Thompson of Stratechery explains why the proposed solutions are misguided.

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It might seem like there's no winning against Facebook and Google, tech companies whose reach and influence are now practically inescapable. Facebook's inability to police its own platform led to widespread misinformation ahead of the 2016 election....

Apple just revealed that its holding an event on 25th of March. The tagline reads “It’s show time.” which has been linked to the company releasing its video streaming service. But the company could also release its news subscription service which has turned into a controversial topic even before its release. Few weeks ago it

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Prosecutors charged Bill McGlashan, a founder and managing partner at TPG Growth — which has made landmark investments in companies like Uber and Airbnb — on fraud allegations for trying to engineer the admission of his son to the University of Southern California.

What is particularly damaging for TPG is that McGlashan has positioned himself as a leading voice in Silicon Valley for social responsibility. In addition to overseeing TPG’s late-stage growth investing arm, McGlashan has partnered with other conscious leaders like Bono and Laurene Powell Jobs at The Rise Fund, a TPG investing arm that tries to make the world a better place through investments in things like dairy farms in India.

I’m taking a wild stab in the dark here in saying that his partners are not too thrilled about these revelations, especially since he is “one of the tech sector’s leading proponents of how to invest ethically and for social impact.”

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Apple officially announced its March event yesterday, inviting press to Steve Jobs Theater on March 25th. At the event, the company is likely to announce a premium subscription service for Apple News. As expected, the latest betas of iOS 12.2 and macOS 10.14.4 lay the groundwork for the service.

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Future Motion's Onewheel electric boards have added power and range over the years, but accessibility? Not so much. They've still been expensive and intimidating, not to mention clunky to carry around. That's where the just-unveiled Onewheel Pint...

In an average year, Apple holds three to four events. There's usually a spring event in March, the Worldwide Developers Conference in June, a September event that's focused on iPhone and Apple Watch, and sometimes an October event if there are iPads or Macs expected in the fall.

In this guide, we're keeping track of all of the Apple events that are on the horizon and what we're expecting to see at each one, so make sure to check back in regularly.

March 25 Event

Apple's first event of the year will take place on Monday, March 25. According to rumors, Apple plans to focus on services at this event, introducing both a new Apple News service and a TV service. Here's what we're expecting to see:

Apple News Service

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The latest release of Google Chrome is rolling out today for Mac, Windows, and Linux. On desktops, Chrome 73 introduces a handful of changes related to syncing and account sign-in, as well as developer support for hardware media keys and Auto Picture-in-Picture. However, the most significant user-facing addition is a Dark Mode for macOS.

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If you bought RED's Hydrogen One hoping that its module system would improve its frankly lackluster camera technology, you might not want to hold your breath for an imminent upgrade. RED has pulled references to the conventional camera module from th...

Quicksilver is a light, fast and free Mac application that gives you the power to control your Mac with keystrokes alone.

Quicksilver allows you to find what you need quickly and easily, then act upon these objets as you see fit. All with your fingers on the keyboard. As an example, if you want to find an application hidden in the depths of your file system, simply activate Quicksilver with a keystroke, type a few letters of the application's name, then hit Return or Enter to launch it, or tab and type to find an action such as Quit, Trash, Email To..., Run at Login, Move To..., Get Info, Reveal, the list goes on.

Quicksilver indexes and parses only selected parts of the contents of your hard drive in the Catalog, which means it locates and displays the items matching your search quickly. Quicksilver has a modular structure which means features for interaction with a whole host of of other applications (iTunes, 1Password, Safari, Microsoft Office) can...

New evidence Apple is preparing to launch its Apple News magazine service has appeared, with notifications in macOS seemingly indicating the subscription-based service will be available on Mac as well as on the iOS version of the app.

You know what’s involved but seeing the work that goes into creating one of these things gives a better appreciation of the effort.

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Apple is rumored to be working on an Apple News subscription service that would provide access to magazines and paywalled news content for a monthly fee, and hints of that new subscription service have been spotted in macOS Mojave 10.14.4.

Developer Steve Troughton-Smith this morning shared some screenshots of the new subscription service pulled from the latest macOS 10.14.4 beta.

The screenshots show notifications from the Apple News subscription service, which will alert subscribers when new issues of their favorite magazines are available. Similar subscription information has also already been seen in iOS 12.2, with the subscription service called "Apple News Magazines."

Amazon has officially acquired Eero, the three-year old mesh WiFi startup based in San Francisco. Like other mesh WiFi systems, Eero's routers can be placed throughout the home, allowing users to avoid the "dead zones" that can occur when relying on...

General Motors is ramping up its autonomous vehicle business. According to Reuters, the company is planning to hire 1,000 people over the next nine months to work on Cruise, a GM subsidiary that develops self-driving car technology. The hiring spree...

This is an incredible performance. You don’t always need to go to a concert to see great musicians.

The important takeaway for this Article, though, is the degree to which Senator Warren missed the point: there is significant consumer benefit both to having preinstalled apps and also to Apple controlling the installation of apps. There is a big benefit to suppliers (app developers) as well: the app market on PCs died in large part due to security concerns, which Apple obviated with the App Store to the tremendous benefit of every participant in the ecosystem. Senator Warren’s proposal would make the App Store worse for everyone.

There is just so much goodness in Ben’s article, you really have to read it all to get a sense of how wrong Warren is in her proposal.

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In a note to clients — as noted by AppleInsider — Webush analyst Daniel Ives predicts that Apple’s upcoming video streaming service has a good chance to reach 100 million subscribers somewhere between 2022 and 2024. That would bring in $7 billion to $10 billion in annual revenue.

For comparison, Netflix currently has about 140 million paying subscribers, and Hulu has about 25 million.

It’s a big harder to estimate the audience for Amazon's video programming, which includes its library of licensed shows and originals, totaled about 26 million customers in early 2017, according to a Reuters review of internal company documents.

Amazon Prime is a broad subscription that offers many perks to its members, while Hulu and Netflix offer only video streaming. All told, Amazon has an estimated 90...

Microsoft's computer vision app for the blind and poor-sighted, Seeing AI, just became more useful for those moments when you're less interested in navigating the world than learning about what's on your phone. The company has updated the iOS app wi...

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When it comes to smart home lighting, Philips Hue has become synonymous with the gold standard. Color Accuracy? Check. Reliability? You got it. HomeKit support? Done. All of that comes with a higher barrier to entry; the Hue Hub, a dependency that drives many away from the ecosystem. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Enter the new Eve HomeKit Light Strip.

As one of the latest HomeKit-enabled smart home device from Eve, the Light Strip touts an improved color profile and more all in a Wi-Fi-centric package. Head below for our full hands-on review and to see how it stacks up to the competition. 

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Sony is bringing PlayStation Now to more countries across Europe. As of today, players in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway have full access to the game streaming service. A public beta opened in those nations last month.

According to Longbow Research (via Bloomberg), Apple is still facing challenges in the China market as far as iPhone sales are concerned. They track search volumes on the Chinese search engine Baidu and note that iPhone searches are almost half what they were a year ago.

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The growth of the wearable devices market could lead Apple to earn more than simply Apple Watch sales, suggests Loup Ventures, with the opportunity for data collected by it and potential future AirPod models to be offered to members of the healthcare industry for a monthly fee.

CorelDRAW - professional graphic design software for vector illustration, layout, and so much more.

Get started quickly and easily with a wealth of intuitive tools, built-in learning materials, sample files and project templates.

Features:

• Vector Illustration: Use powerful vector illustration tools turn basic lines and shapes into complex works of art.
• Page Layout: Find all the tools you need to create layouts for brochures, newsletters, multi-page documents and more.
• Typography: Arrange type beautifully with a complete set of typography tools. Adjust font, size, leading and kerning, and add effects to text like block shadows and contours.
• Color & Transparency: Easily apply color to both fills and outlines. Change the transparency of an object, and fill objects with patterns, gradients, and mesh fills, and more.
• Styles: Manage styles and style sets to apply consistent formatting...

Apple's streaming video service is poised to be a massive moneymaker for the company if it plays its cards right, hitting 100 million subscribers somewhere between 2022 and 2024, an analyst claimed on Tuesday.

Seeing AI has to count as one of the most transformational apps ever created, narrating the world to blind and low-vision users, and it just got more powerful still in the latest update.

Microsoft says the latest version gets three new features …

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Spend a lot of time using your MacBook in a public place? If you leave the computer for just a minute — perhaps to get a drink of water in a library or to order another latte at your favorite coffee shop — the chances of it “walking away” in someone else’s hands multiply exponentially. Beepify is an app that plays a really loud and annoying alarm if someone tries to steal your Mac, and we have a lifetime subscription to the app for $39.99 (or get a one-year subscription for $19.99). 

Just activate Beepify with two simple clicks when you leave your computer, and it’s protected. If anyone closes the laptop screen, disconnects the charger, or does both, then Beepify beeps very loudly! 

This simple,...

If a recent update is wreaking havoc on your computer, Windows 10 may automatically uninstall it, according to Microsoft support. A support note states some updates might be incompatible with your system or have other major bugs. If Windows can't rep...

Fresh off its acquisition by Amazon, mesh router maker eero on Tuesday promised to be "upfront and transparent" about analytics data it's collecting from Wi-Fi networks.

Canadian software company Corel today announced that CorelDRAW has returned to the Mac for the first time since 2001.

The all-new 2019 version of the graphic design software suite is compatible with not only Windows but also Mac, complete with support for Dark Mode on macOS Mojave and the Touch Bar on the latest MacBook Pro models, providing quick access to layout settings, text controls, and more.

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019 for Mac adheres to Apple's Human Interface Guidelines, meaning that menus, buttons, labels, and other user interface elements are consistent with Apple's first-party Mac apps.

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Verizon appears to be experiencing a text message outage for some of its customers this morning. The problem is popping up for users mainly on the East Coast, and Verizon is working on a fix.

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The latest model of the Apple MacBook Pro with a 13″ retina display, Touch Bar with Touch ID, 2.3GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD is now on sale on Amazon with a discount price $1,549. If you were to buy this model of the MacBook Pro at the Apple store, it would

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A new Survey published yesterday presented a fascinating chart showing Apple's dominance in the mobile operating battle over Google's Android. Apple's iOS dominated in 36 our of 50 U.S. states and the more populous states at that.

Corel on Tuesday released CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019 for the Mac, marking the first time the suite has been updated for macOS in years.

Alphabet offshoot Jigsaw is launching a Chrome extension designed to help moderate toxic comments on social media. The new open-source tool, dubbed "Tune," builds on the machine learning smarts introduced in Jigsaw's "Perpesctive" tech to help sites...

Perhaps manning the ramparts ahead of Apple's video service launch, Spotify on Tuesday began offering Hulu's "Limited Commercials" plan free to more -- though not all -- U.S. Premium subscribers.

This isn't the internet that Tim Berners-Lee envisioned when he laid the groundwork for the World Wide Web 30 years ago today. Rather than the free and open online utopia he envisioned, "the web has evolved into an engine of inequity and division," h...

Corel today has launched a brand new CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019 for Mac users (Mac App Store Link, Free, w/ in app purchases). The suite is built specifically for macOS and designed from the ground up, which means you get a native experience on the Mac with Dark Mode, Mojave support, Touch Bar integration, and more.

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Apple has applied for a patent (number 10,231,044) for a “portable listening device system” that hints at future AirPods with mini-displays and buttons. We’re not talking big displays, obviously, but ones that can indicate battery life, for example. Any buttons on future AirPods would allow you to do things such as easily terminate phone calls.

Though these are interesting details, mini-displays and buttons aren’t the main focus of the invention. Per the patent filing notes, Apple wants to add these features to earbuds that remain light, small, and comfortable while offering great audio quality — and that can be mass produced in an affordable fashion. 

Here’s Apple’s summary of the invention: “An in-ear hearing device having an ear interfacing portion integrally formed with an elongated stem portion, wherein the ear interfacing portion extends away from the elongated stem portion; a first acoustic port formed in the ear interfacing portion; a speaker disposed in the...

Spurred by the success of Black Mirror spinoff Bandersnatch, Netflix is going all-in on interactive shows. Over the next two years, the streamer is "doubling down" on the format, which lets you pick what happens next by choosing from multiple storyli...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 41 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report we cover a number of design patents issued to Apple today covering iPhone X, the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, a woven Apple Watch band and then the utility patent that reveals how Apple makes their woven bands. We wrap up this week's granted patent report with

Capitalizing on the National Association for Music Education's "Celebrate Music in Our Schools Month," Apple on Tuesday launched a special promo campaign for its Everyone Can Create guides for teachers and students.

Autonomous cars may be closer…but fins are gone for good…

It's been a while since the last episode of the Tangible Tech podcast, and we have a good one for you. A lot of us are fascinated by the idea of self-driving cars, and in this episode your host Steve Sande looks into the present and future of this technology. Steve's crystal ball is pointing towards the late 2020s before we see a lot of self-driving cars on the roads around the world, but in this podcast we look at the 5 levels of automation and what they entail...and what it's going to take to get to Level 5.

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Apple's iPhone suppliers have earned marginally less revenue in the first two months of the year compared to the same period in 2018, according to JP Morgan, with prospects to resurrect its fortunes in China continuing to look dismal with no turnaround anticipated anytime soon.

Do you spend a good deal of time in front of your computer screen or mobile devices? I do. And it’s taken a slight toll on my eyes. As a result, I have a pair of prescription reading glasses.

While working, I have the occasional snack or beverage, which cause my fingers to become a bit greasy. That transfers to the lenses of my glasses each time I put them on or remove them.

I used to clean them with whatever was at hand: my shirt, a tissue, etc. What a bother. But I love it when I come across something that’s inexpensive and fills my needs precisely. In this case, my go to for this situation is Peeps. 

This carbon eyeglass cleaner leaves the inside and outside of your lenses smudge- and oil-free every time. Remove dust with the included brush, then let the facing carbon pads wipe off oils and smudges—even in the most difficult corners.

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 41 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report we cover smartglasses for augmented reality.

After a fair amount of rumor and speculation, Apple has confirmed a March 25th press event to take place at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park.

The invitation arrived with the tag lin “It’s show time,” and will begin at 10 AM PST, 1 PM EST, on that day.

This event marks be the first non-iPhone event at Apple Park, and is expected to contain a fair number of software and services announcements, like an Apple News subscription, Apple’s streaming video platform, as well as updates on iOS 12.2.

The invitation graphic shows a film reel countdown, which heavily suggests the Apple video service.

Apple has also announced that it will livestream the event via https://www.apple.com/apple-events/livestream/

Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

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This easy-to-use security camera includes advanced motion detection, full HD video and smart home integration, all for less than $100.

Skype allows you to talk to friends, family and co-workers across the Internet without the inconvenience of long distance telephone charges. Using peer-to-peer data transmission technology, Skype eliminates the central server as a middle manager.

Today, millions of individuals and businesses are taking advantage of Skype's diverse communication features:

• Free Skype-to-Skype
• Landline and cellphone calling
• SMS and instant messaging
• Voicemail
• Free video calls
• Call forwarding to your phone when you're offline

Skype-to-Skype calls, video calls, and instant messaging are free, 24 hours a day, anywhere in the world. Users can make phone calls and send SMS messages at great value Pay-As-You-Go rates, or make unlimited calls to certain countries with a subscription.

Version 8.41.0.54:

• Merge calls: Instead of having to put a call on hold when you someone calls you...

At one point in time not too long ago it looked like Samsung was going to be runaway leader in foldable smartphones with Apple a few years behind. Then out of nowhere Huawei introduced their Mate X on February 24th with news that many others were working on a future foldable phone like Motorola or Xiaomi. Now patents from Google and ZTE have come to light

Merlin Project is the leading professional project management software for OS X.

If you plan complex projects on your Mac, you won’t get far with a simple list of tasks. Good planning raises questions about the dependencies of activities on each other, the impact of delays on the project completion date, and budget planning.

These are precisely the answers Merlin Project provides for your projects - with just a few mouse clicks. Download now our free demo version and test Merlin Project on OS X for full 30 days.

Version 5.0.12:
New Features:

• Now supporting more timescale formats for Japanese locales

Fixed issues:

• Improved general stability
• After changing the timescale zoom level, the Gantt chart could sometimes shake horizontally
• When importing vCard files, only the first contact contained was imported
• Individual style settings could be lost during export...

Photoshop CC 2019 is available as part of Adobe Creative Cloud for as little as $19.99/month (or $9.99/month if you're a previous Photoshop customer).

Adobe Photoshop CC 2019, the industry standard for digital image processing and editing, delivers a comprehensive package of professional retouching tools, and is packed with powerful editing features designed to inspire.

Version 20.0.4:

• Photoshop crashes when trying to use Perspective Warp
• Select and Mask workspace freezes while making a selection or painting on an image while zoomed in
• Program error when pasting over a selection in the Timeline panel
• When working on a layer with the mask disabled, using Undo enables the mask
• Photoshop crashing frequently

• macOS 10.12 or later
• 2 GB RAM (8 GB recommended...

Adobe Flash Player is a cross-platform, browser-based application runtime that provides uncompromised viewing of expressive applications, content, and videos across browsers and operating systems. Pepper Flash plugin is built for Chromium-based browsers, i.e. Chrome, Opera, Chromium etc.

Version 32.0.0.156:

• Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

• OS X 10.10 or later
• Latest versions of Safari or Firefox recommended

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Need to save an image in another format? Follow along for how to convert images like PNG and TIFF files to JPG on Mac.

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Apple MacBook EFI Firmware Update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on MacBook (Mid 2010) models.

For more information about Lion Recovery, please visit this website: http://www.apple.com/macosx/recovery/

The MacBook EFI Firmware Update will update the EFI firmware on your notebook computer. Your computer's power cord must be connected and plugged into a working power source. When your MacBook restarts, a gray screen will appear with a status bar to indicate the progress of the update. It will take several minutes for the update to complete. Do not disturb or shut off the power on your MacBook during this update.

Boot ROM or SMC Version Information: MB71.0039.B0E

Version 2.1:

• Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

• OS X 10.7.2 or later

iMazing (was DiskAid) is the ultimate iOS device manager with capabilities far beyond what iTunes offers. With iMazing and your iOS device (iPhone, iPad, or iPod), you can:

• Copy music to and from any iOS device (even from one iOS device to another!), regardless of what Mac or PC the device is already synced to. Music transfer done right, without limitations or restrictions.
• Backup & restore individual iOS apps along with your custom saved data, perfect for freeing up space on your iOS device without losing your files, great for installing apps including your data on another iOS device you own.
• Transfer files to and from an iOS device, and browse the iOS file system.
• Use your iOS device like a USB key.
• Browse and save messages (SMS, MMS, iMessage), voicemails, and call logs, none of which iTunes can do.
• Browse, save, and add contacts to your iPhone, without automatically adding them to your iCloud...

djay Pro provides a complete toolkit for performing DJs. Its unique modern interface is built around a sophisticated integration with iTunes and Spotify, giving you instant access to millions of tracks. Pristine sound quality and a powerful set of features including high-definition waveforms, four decks, audio effects, and hardware integration give you endless creative flexibility to take your sets to new heights.

Note: This application contains in-app purchases.

Version 2.0.11:

Improved:

• Jog wheel behavior with Pioneer CDJ-2000NXS2
• Stability improvements

Fixed:

• Issue where microphone was not working with some configurations
• Issue where BPM and other metadata from Spotify songs was not retained when added to My Library or Queue
• Drag & drop from Finder to Queue not working
• Possible error when logging in to Spotify
• ...

Sprint in an open letter to consumers derides AT&T for its "5G Evolution" advertising push, saying accompanying "5G E" connectivity branding -- soon to land on iPhone with iOS 12.2 -- is a gambit designed to mislead consumers.

It was a surprise to hear about AMD partnering with Google for Project Stream an online game streaming service. AMD's CEO showed a clip from the game Assassin's Creed Odyssey at 1080p at 60fps. It was as good as when I played on my PS4. The service is really gearing up for 5G over time when higher resolutions may be available. Today's report covers Google's Gaming Control patent with a Google Assistant button

Twitter today launched its new prototype beta app “Twttr” to select users. The purpose of the app, according to Twitter, is to test upcoming Twitter features, especially those that aim to make it “easier to read, understand, and join conversations.”

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Sprint on Sunday took out a full-page ad in The New York Times to call out AT&T for its "5GE" network labeling, which actually offers 4G speeds rather than 5G speeds.

In the letter [PDF], Sprint calls AT&T's 5G Evolution "fake 5G" and clarifies that AT&T is not, in fact, offering faster speeds than other carriers who deliver the same 4G LTE advancements that AT&T has enabled such as three-way carrier aggregation, 256 QAM, and 4x4 MIMO.

While Sprint is working hard to deliver mobile 5G and the first 5G smartphone in the U.S., AT&T is hard at work trying to convince you that they already won the race to 5G with something they call "5G Evolution." That is simply untrue.

Don't be fooled. 5G Evolution isn't new or true 5G. It is...

Whether you're an avid podcaster or simply want to produce high-quality voiceovers on occasion, Apogee's MiC Plus provides professional studio quality sound at an entry-level price. At only $199 after a $60 cash discount, this USB microphone also ships for free, with no tax collected outside NY and NJ.

Apple Music hasn’t changed much at all since Apple introduced it back in 2015, but Adam Engst has a few suggestions—some extremely easy—that could make listening to music through the service more enjoyable.

The BBEdit 12.6 update includes 88 discrete additions, changes and fixes addressing all manner of ‘quality of life’ issues from improved performance to UI refinement. In addition, BBEdit 12.6 introduces architectural changes for compatibility with macOS App Sandboxing, a set of security policies and practices put forth by Apple. The App Sandboxing model endeavors to ensure privacy and data security for macOS users, and serves as a requirement for BBEdit’s participation in the Mac App Store.

Bare Bones recently released BBEdit 12.6, which included sandboxing, allowing it to be sold in the Mac App Store. This is one of the apps I’ve used the longest as a Mac user and love it.

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Former Apple engineer Arjuna Siva testified on Monday in the ongoing Qualcomm v. Apple patent trial, saying he came up with the idea for a Qualcomm patent-in-suit.

Apple’s court battle with Qualcomm continued this week with a testimony from Arjuna Siva. As reported last week, Siva is a former Apple engineer who now works at Google. Apple says that Siva helped invent technology during his time at Apple that Qualcomm patented without credit. Siva’s testimony today, however, paints a slightly different picture.

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