Apple begins selling refurbished iPhones through its online store for the first time
Up until now, Apple has never sold refurbished iPhones on its online store. You could get a refurbished Mac, iPad, or even a niche device like an AirPort Extreme, but never an iPhone. That has seemingly changed today, as Apple is offering the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus in its refurb store.

November 8, 2016 at 03:22PM
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Sad Samsung Apologizes for Exploding Phones in Full Page Newspaper Ads
“At Samsung, we innovate to deliver breakthrough technologies that enrich people’s lives. An important tenet of our mission is to offer best-in-class safety and quality. Recently, we fell short on this promise. For this we are truly sorry.”

November 8, 2016 at 02:15PM
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Fake iPhone Apps Are Another Sign of Apple’s Slipping Standards
Once celebrated for its heavy vetting, the App Store is now home to fraudulent apps.

November 8, 2016 at 01:16PM
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Turn Your Fitness Tracker Into a Cash Cow
What if your Fitbit, or Apple Watch, or whatever other doodad you use to obsessively track how many steps you take each day didn’t just keep tabs on your body, but actually made you money in the process?

November 8, 2016 at 11:16AM
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Turn Your Fitness Tracker Into a Cash Cow
What if your Fitbit, or Apple Watch, or whatever other doodad you use to obsessively track how many steps you take each day didn’t just keep tabs on your body, but actually made you money in the process?

November 8, 2016 at 11:16AM
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3D-printed satellite launcher heads to ISS with blessing of Chris Hadfield and Grant Imahara
Andy Filo’s design for a “femto satellite” launcher impressed the right geeks: Grant Imahara and Colonel Chris Hadfield. Of course, in this case “going to space” means being uploaded and printed on the ISS.

November 8, 2016 at 06:36AM
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Ovulation Prediction Is Messy and Difficult. It Shouldn’t Be
The market is wide open for anything that will bring the technology of this tedious, anxious process a little farther into the 21st century.

November 8, 2016 at 03:18AM
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Inside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA’s Crazy, Kooky, Legendary Research Facility
Everyone’s talking about private industry getting humans on Mars. Mars trips! Mars houses! Mars colonies! But no one’s going anywhere without the help of one brilliant, peculiar, fantastical space center.

November 7, 2016 at 08:27PM
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WTF is VK? “Russian Facebook” on Its Tenth Birthday Still Vital
With its Facebook-grade social networking functionality, 394 million users, 1 billion likes generated daily and 5 billion messages sent each day, why doesn’t more of the English-speaking world know about VKontakte?

November 7, 2016 at 07:26PM
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‘Pass The Butter’ Robot From ‘Rick And Morty’ Now Exists IRL, Still Lives In State Of Existential Despair
Get over it, little dude. Go watch “Garden State” and learn to live with the gaping hole in your heart like everybody else.

November 7, 2016 at 06:34PM
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