Apple has always been seen as a hardware company – from the original Apple Computer through to the Apple Watch. Ask anyone to describe what the company does and they’ll all talk about those sleek, stylish, easy-to-use gadgets. Some people will even jump straight to calling Apple the iPhone-maker, other products seen as also-rans. Which, in financial terms, is not unreasonable: the iPhone accounts for 65% of the company’s revenues. So it’s no surprise that the market is unsure how to respond at a time when the company’s main product is experiencing declining sales....

As our friend Steve Hackett at MacGasm points out, Apple’s Clearance and Refurbished pages are running right out of the low priced iPad 1’s. At this writing, there are no more new Wifis in Clearance and only 32GB and 64GB Wifis in Refurbished. There is a more selection for those who want the 3Gs, but those are bound to run down at some point as Apple makes its way through its channel inventory....

That makes your shopping experience way more complicated than it needs to be, though. Instead of spending hours researching your perfect fit, here’s an easy way to find what you need. Tap or click here for a one-minute quiz that matches you to your ideal laptop. All you have to do is answer a few questions, and we’ll point you towards the computer that best fits your needs. Aside from that, here’s another good starting point in your laptop journey....

OWC is out today with an update to its ThunderBlade SSD for Mac. The second generation of the fast, high-capacity ThunderBlade includes two Thunderbolt 3 ports, speeds up to 3800 MB/s, daisy-chaining for up to 48TB or SSD storage, stack-ability, and a $400-$1500 price drop depending on the capacity. OWC announced the ThunderBlade SSD Gen2 news in a press release today stating that it offers a lower price point as well as improved performance....

Pacific Rim star Charlie Hunnam explains the scheduling conflicts that led to his absence from the sequel, Pacific Rim: Uprising. Hunnam, of course, was enjoying the success of his hit FX series Sons of Anarchy when he played the lead role of a pilot co-commandeering a giant robotic vehicle (known as a jaeger) battling immense sea monsters (the kaiju) in writer-director Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 action thriller Pacific Rim. And while Pacific Rim earned a respectable $101....

April Ludgate (also known as Janet Snakehole) is the dry and mysterious woman who works for Pawnee’s Parks and Recreation Department before moving on to the American Service Foundation in the last season. While we’ve really seen April grow as a person throughout Parks and Rec’s seven seasons, she still had her jerk moments with everyone in the office (including her BFF Ron Swanson). Most of April’s attacks were directed towards Ann Perkins and Jerry, but she still had some pretty awful moments with people she respected....

The new patent, issued just last year on Feb. 7, 2012, is quite broad and describes a “System for Disseminating Media Content Representing Episodes in a Serialized Sequence.” Personal Audio is also suing the popular Howstuffworks.com series, which like Ace Broadcasting, is a large podcasting presence on iTunes and across the web… On Personal Audio’s website, the company said its patents “pioneered techniques now commonly used today in portable players, smartphones, tablets and other products” and lists several patents for music playlists, podcasting, personalized recommendations, and audio messaging....

Social network platform Path, which was once reported to be in acquisition talks with Apple, has announced that it will be closing down next month. Path pioneered a number of features later borrowed by Facebook, including one of the biggest shake-ups seen on the service … It was Path which came up with the idea of reactions, rather than just likes, a feature later introduced by Facebook with much fanfare. Social media users could for the first time express other emotions, such as love, shock and sadness....

The latest update to the Pinterest app effectively turns it into a dedicated chatroom for collaborative projects … Plenty of people use Pinterest as a planning tool, especially with group boards, which have been used for everything from planning vacations to organising weddings. But there were a couple of drawbacks. First, nobody was notified when something was added to the board. Second, you couldn’t just add a general comment – it had to be attached to a specific pin....

Planetside 2’s large Escalation update was supposed to launch yesterday but has been delayed for another week. Planetside 2 is an MMO shooter that released all the way back in 2012 for the PC, and the title is known for its massive battles. The game even set the Guinness World Record for ‘Most Players Online in A Single FPS Battle.’ In December, Daybreak Games stated that a large update was coming to Planetside 2 soon....

Free Ad-Supported Movies and TV Shows on Plex In addition to using Plex to view your local media collection, this partnership increases the amount of free digital content that Plex delivers. You can use Plex to subscribe to your favorite podcasts, and the service includes Plex Web shows that feature free and on-demand streaming videos on topics including sports, news, music, cooking, and more. “Our mission is to tame the growing chaos in the media landscape,” said Keith Valory, CEO of Plex....

The free Pocket Informer app for iPhone and iPad has been updated today with a host of new features, including improved location support, iBeacon compatibility, a revamped month view, and much more. The new update allows users to accomplish new types location-based tasks, such as automatically activating specific calendar filters based on location. iBeacon support allows more precise location-based reminders and alerts. The app can also edit Apple’s native location-based Reminders....

Walt Disney Studios have been hitting a lot of home runs in recent years, especially in their Animated division. However, this wasn’t always the case. If one were to take a look at Disney’s history during the late 2000’s, they would see that they hit a creative rut. A lot of changes were happening internally and eventually, the studio came out on top. During that time period though, they decided to revisit a classic storytelling method which helped to define the company....

PROJECT: PLAYTIME is a Free-to-Play multiplayer horror game where six players attempt to create one giant toy while surviving a terrifying monster that roams the toy factory. After installing the game, Project Playtime has received positive reviews; like other video games, the Project Playtime title also has issues, such as the game Won’t Launch issue in its initial days. Also Read Fix: Project Playtime Keep Crashing on Startup on PC...

Quentin Tarantino’s sophomore directorial effort Pulp Fiction burst onto screens in 1994. It defied genre classification. If you had to put a label on it, it’d be a darkly comic rock ‘n roll spaghetti western shot and edited in the style of French New Wave cinema, but that’s quite a mouthful. Tonally, the movie’s a pitch-black comedy, although Tarantino has insisted that all of his movies are dramas, not comedies. Pulp Fiction flits masterfully between making its audience laugh and making its audience wince in disgust and terror....

I should start by making it absolutely clear that I am of course not suggesting in this piece that the coronavirus outbreak was a good thing. It was a terrible thing. Many have died, many more have suffered extremely unpleasant illnesses, many have lost loved ones. If I could wave a magic wand and erase it from history, I’d do that in a heartbeat. Nor am I suggesting that there is any equivalence between the terrible harm done and the possible good that may emerge....

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install the firmware flash file on Oppo A12 CPH2077. The device came out of the box with Android 9.0 Pie and was powered by MediaTek MT6765. If you are someone who is looking to fix your device’s common issues like boot loop, remove pattern lock, bypass FRP lock, repair IMEI, or extract DA (download agent) file, then this guide is for you....

Oppo recently has launched their latest smartphone with the name Oppo Reno in April 2019. The device is a mid-range smartphone with a price tag of INR 30,990. With such a price tag, customers often tend to look for the waterproof capabilities of the device. So customers want to know whether the new Oppo Reno is a waterproof smartphone or not. Today in this article, we will tell you all about the new Oppo Reno smartphone and about its waterproof ratings....

Orange UK and Apple have teamed up to deliver a free iTunes movie rental every Thursday to certain Orange UK subscribers. The offer is available to Orange Home Broadband customers in addition to users on the mobile network with pay monthly, pay as you go, mobile broadband, and business accounts. Every Thursday, supported subscribers can access their iTunes redemption code via the Orange Film To Go mobile application, via the promotion’s official website, or by sending a text message to 85060 with the phrase FILMTOGO....

After Rob Zombie finished up on his most recent movie, 3 From Hell, the director has yet to attach himself to another project; horror remakes seem to be the current trend for the genre, and there are some that could use Zombie’s unique aesthetic vision to reach their true potential. Though Zombie tends to leave a little bit of a time gap between one project and another, there’s never a wrong time to start thinking of what opportunities could be ahead....