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Magisto: An iOS app that makes home videos cool
Looking at someone else’s home videos is usually notoriously boring. As much as you might adore Aunt Susie, watching the iPhone video of her trip to Yosemite is probably not high on your list of fun things to do.A big reason for that is editing — or, really, a lack thereof. Video can ...
Video Shows Spoiled Kids Crying On Twitter Because They Didn't Get an iPhone For Christmas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwwWqRV2RsI (Warning: video is NSFW) All I wanted for Christmas was an iPhone. That’s it. But my parents went off and bought me a stupid Kindle Fire…those dumb bastards. Actually I’d be pretty happy with receiving a new Kindle Fire, and I already have an ...
Here's Amazon's Final Damage Report for the 2011 Holiday Season [Amazon]
Chances are the holidays have driven you mostly insane by now, so Amazon's gone ahead and packaged its Christmas shopping postmortem (it sold lots of Kindles!) with some goofy facts that will appeal to the infantile mush that used to be your brain. Here are some of the more charming/pertinent bit...
We've Bought $41 Billion in Unused Gift Cards Since 2005 [Factoid]
Gift cards are the laziest, lousiest, most convenient, popular and widely given present. And this is your yearly reminder of just how much they stink. Since 2005, we've tossed out more value in gift cards than the entire GNP of Ghana.More »
Apple Gives Employees Free Hoodies As A Thank You For A Great 2011
Apple has begun issuing its employees with Apple-branded hoodies as a thank you for all their hard work during a terrific year for the Cupertino company. In addition to a free hoody, employees also got extra vacation time over Thanksgiving, and some departments were given personalized noted from...
Stolen iPad Helps Save Christmas For Two Families
Happy Children with Recovered Gifts (photo: L.A. County Sheriff Department) A potentially sad story of a holiday gone wrong has a happy ending – two actually – thanks to a stolen iPad and some efficient police work. A homeowner in southern California heard some noises in his home at ...
New phishing email scam asks you to update Apple ID billing information
The Mac Security Blog warns that a new phishing scam in circulation that tries to trick users into updating their Apple ID billing information, in hopes of stealing it for nefarious purposes. A vast phishing attack has broken out, beginning on or around Christmas day, with e-mails being sent wi...
Apple's iOS looks to have out-activated Android by nearly one million units this Christmas
6.8 million iOS and Android devices got activated around the world on Christmas Day...
Apple had a really good Christmas
The numbers are starting to roll in, and it’s becoming clear that Apple had a pretty good holiday weekend. Waiting for the iOS maker under the Christmas tree on Sunday was a gigantic pile of new customers, who promptly starting buying apps, playing games and shopping, according to a bunch o...
iPhone activations see huge spike on Christmas day, significant increase in App Store downloads
Apple’s iOS device activation numbers spiked 353% on Christmas Day. In addition, app sales jumped 252% after millions of people opened their new iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and iPod touch and headed straight for the App Store. Estimates from Flurry Analytics peg iOS and Android device activations av...
