Apple’s Earnings Top Estimates, but iPhone Sales Trail Expectations
The company sold 35.2 million iPhones and 13.3 million iPads in the quarter, both below analyst’s forecast.

July 22, 2014 at 4:09PM
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Turns Out It’s Pretty Easy to Shoot Down a Passenger Jet
How easy is it to bring down a passenger jet with a weapon that’s meant to be used by trained soldiers?

July 22, 2014 at 1:52PM
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The Fasinatng … Frustrating … Fascinating History of Autocorrect
Invoke the word autocorrect and most people will think immediately of its hiccups. But despite the inadvertent hilarity, the real marvel of our mobile text-correction systems is how astoundingly good they are.

July 22, 2014 at 12:46PM
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The Only Acceptable Time To Use Vertical Video
When you shoot vertically on an iPhone, you’re a jerk. When you shoot three videos vertically and splice them into an astounding triptych of Sunnyside, Queens, you’re a genius.

July 22, 2014 at 12:36PM
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Why Your Phone Freaks Out When You Get Off a Plane
Every time you step off of an airplane, there’s a fight going on inside your mobile phone. It’s a war for dominance, and it plays out in airports across the world. The casualties are dropped calls, and Paula Doublin is one of the generals.

July 22, 2014 at 11:46AM
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iOS 8 beta 4 includes new Tips app with quick feature tutorials (Gallery)
The latest iOS 8 beta brings a new app to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch called Tips. The application, as the name implies, provides quick tips and tutorials about iOS features.

July 22, 2014 at 9:49AM
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Seriously, Fuck You, “Kindle Unlimited”
Last week, Amazon informed us that for ten dollars per month, Kindle users can have unlimited access to over six hundred thousand books in its library. But it shouldn’t cost a thing to borrow a book, Amazon, you foul, horrible, profiteering enemies of civilization.

July 22, 2014 at 8:43AM
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