If you were expecting to nurse your wallet back to health after the spending sprees of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, think again. Some of the biggest retailers are taking one final stab at your bank account with Green Monday deals, including Amazon, Best Buy and eBay.
Over the past year, we've repeatedly highlighted the work of Marques Brownlee, who has emerged as one of the best gadget reviewers on the planet. On Twitter Monday, Brownlee revealed his five favorite smartphones released this year, in no particular order: The Google Play Edition of the HTC One M8, the OnePlus One, the iPhone 6 Plus, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the Nexus 6.
As of today, popular office supply store Staples has begun accepting Apple's Apple Pay payments service in its retail stores across the United States, according to information shared with MacRumors.Staples now offers its customers access to Apple Pay, a new service that will transform mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay. In Staples over 1,400 stores in the United States, Apple Pay works with iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch, upon availability.
Apple today announced financial results for the third calendar quarter and fourth fiscal quarter of 2014. For the quarter, Apple posted revenue of $42.1 billion and net quarterly profit of $8.5 billion, or $1.42 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $37.5 billion and net quarterly profit of $7.5 billion, or $1.01 per diluted share in the year-ago quarter.
"Our fiscal 2014 was one for the record books, including the biggest iPhone launch ever with iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “With amazing innovations in our new iPhones, iPads and Macs, as well as iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, we are heading into the holidays with Apple’s strongest product lineup ever. We are also incredibly excited about Apple Watch and other great products and services in the pipeline for 2015.”
There’s a brand new luxury smartwatch in town, and it’s not coming from any of the usual players you’d expect to release such a device this year. The Meta M1 comes from Meta Watch and, just as previously revealed, it has been designed by former Vertu design guru Frank Nuovo. The device is available today for preorder, with prices starting at $249 and going all the way up to $449. The wearable gadget is slated ship at some point in September.
Apple's sapphire partner GT Advanced Technologies today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2014, acknowledging publicly that the companies' facility in Mesa, Arizona is "commencing the transition to volume production.""The build-out of our Arizona facility, which has involved taking a 1.4 million square foot facility from a shell to a functional structure as well as the installation of sapphire growth and fabrication equipment, is nearly complete and we are commencing the transition to volume production," Gutierrez continued. "We remain confident about the long-term potential of the sapphire materials business for GT.
The yearly ritual that is the release of a new Call of Duty has become more than a little stale, but with a new setting, a new story and a villain for the ages, Advanced Warfare might give the series the kick in the pants it needs to become as widely praised as it is widely purchased. In the latest trailer for Advanced Warfare, Sledgehammer Games takes us through the story of its first entry into the Call of Duty timeline.
Motorola's Moto X is definitely showing its age at this point, but for people on a budget looking for a capable mid-range smartphone with no service contract, the X is still a terrific option. And for the next five days, it's an even better option than it normally is.
Microsoft has been pitching its Surface Pro 3 as "the first tablet that can replace your laptop" and early reviews of the device have generally been very positive about how well the device works both as a laptop and a tablet. However, Business Insider's review of the Surface Pro 3 makes clear that Microsoft still has some work to do with the device's kickstand setup to truly make it as comfortable to hold in your lap as a MacBook Air or an Windows ultrabook.
There aren't many games that I've returned to after I've finished them. Borderlands 2 was one of those games. After storming through the campaign on my own when the game first released in 2012, I returned to the world of Pandora late last year to begin anew with a cooperative partner. Even with the plot still fresh in my mind, the limitless array of weaponry and the markedly different character classes give each play through new life.
The team at MacRumors has apparently grown tired of seeing all of these leaked iPhone 6 mockups without being able to try them out. That's why they've now 3D printed their own mockup of the device based on leaked schematics to get a feel for just how different the larger device will be when it releases later this year.
Sony has announced the April Instant Game Collection lineup for PlayStation Plus subscribers on the PlayStation Blog . As with every update since the launch of the PlayStation 4, only one game will be featured for the new generation console, but it's one that PS4 owners should be excited to get their hands on. Mercenary Kings is the latest 2D send-up from Tribute Games, the team that brought Scott Pilgrim vs. The World to the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2010. Mercenary Kings pays homage to the 2D shooters of old with challenging enemies and customizable weaponry.
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