We’ve been hearing a few unlikely-sounding whispers about Apple bundling AirPods with the new iPhone X. The arguments against it are obvious. AirPods would represent a significant cost element, so the idea of including them as standard doesn’t seem likely. AirPods are already selling themselves. And it would annoy those who already bought them and now plan to buy the iPhone X … Plus there’s the fact that AirPods have been in short supply, so would Apple really bundle a hard-to-buy iPhone with hard-to-buy earphones to create a package with availability indistinguishable from zero?...

Today’s update brings several other exciting features as well, including several new themes and hundreds of emoji, some of these features had been available for a while in the beta, and it’s nice to know that they have been ironed out for the final product. As for the existing users who paid for the app, the company is providing them with $5 worth theme pack for free. “We’re focused not only on reaching more users with our powerful technology, but on building great content and features to engage them,” said the company’s CEO Jon Reynolds in an official statement....

I am a sucker for daily email newsletters, but my favorite is Morning Brew. It’s a quick morning email that sums up the previous days business and technology news. It’s much faster to read it over my morning coffee than it is it try to wade through dozens of articles about business news from the previous day. Now, they’ve launched the Business Casual podcast. It’s a new weekly podcast that goes in depth about a single specific top in the world of technology and business....

Apple Irvine Spectrum Center (left, via Instagram) and Apple Orland Square Mall (right) Apple revealed two completely reimagined retail stores today as part of its continued effort to update or expand every “classic” location. The new stores in Irvine, California and Orland Park, Illinois join the growing list of well over 100 locations featuring Apple’s most recent store design. Apple Irvine Spectrum Center’s dramatic transformation marks the first physical move for the store since opening in February 2006....

You’ve seen that old yellow Toyota coasting through nearly every Pixar film in the canon. You know the sign of that red and white rocketship. They’ve been delivering to a galaxy near you since 1993, it’s the Pizza Planet truck. In almost every Pixar film, a Pizza Planet Truck can be found somewhere amongst the scenery. It should be noted that we will not be counting the Toy Story films save for one honorable mention, those are too easy to spot....

Pixar debuts Purl, the first short film released as part of the company’s SparkShorts venture meant to promote up-and-coming storytellers. Pixar shorts have become as beloved among fans of animated fare as the studio’s full-length features themselves. Arguably, Pixar introduced generations of moviegoers to the short film medium, making them accessible to viewers of all ages. Similarly, Pixar has used their short films to foster talent within its own ranks. In recent years, Pixar has shown a focused effort in spotlighting different voices and stories with their short films, as evidenced by 2015’s Sanjay’s Super Team and 2018’s Bao....

Apple is going to start accepting pre-orders for its AirTag item tracker starting this Friday at 5 a.m. PDT. On April 30, the product will be available in Apple Stores around the world. With this brand-new accessory being launched, are you planning to order one? And if so, how many? The AirTag item tracker takes advantage of the U1 chip that uses Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radio to provide precise location and spatial awareness....

Now that we’ve officially hit 2017, much of the attention towards Apple has turned to the iPhone and what the company has in store for this new year. 2016 was more of an evolutionary year for the iPhone rather than revolutionary, but that’s not to say changes like the dual-camera design on the iPhone 7 Plus and Portrait Mode aren’t notable in their own right. Last week, Jordan broke down every rumor we’ve heard concerning the iPhone 8....

Pop! OS has the same release cycle as Ubuntu, with a new version every six months. With each release, the corporation makes minor adjustments to the system to improve it, such as upgrading the system core to the most recent version of Ubuntu, the desktop environment, and so on. What’s new In Pop!_OS 22.04 Pop! _OS 22.04 is now ready for download, with some minor updates that improve the distribution....

Despite the rising popularity of services like Cash and even some social networks like Facebook and Snapchat, PayPal is still the leading peer-to-peer money service on the market. Nearly every shopping site on the web offers a PayPal option during checkout, with the company handling over $7 million in transfers every hour. Now, the company aims to make it quicker and easier to transfer funds to bank accounts. While PayPal offers a debit card for business customers to be able to access their funds directly, most users transfer the funds directly to their bank account, which can typically take two or three business days....

Creating Photoshop Photo-in-Photo Effect The example image I will be using in this tutorial is courtesy of muha on flickr. You can download it by clicking the image below: Step 1 Begin by opening the image in Photoshop. A quick Ctrl+O can help you with that, or of course, you can just drag the file into Photoshop to begin editing. Step 2 Pick up the Marquee Tool from the tools menu or by pressing “M” on your keyboard....

The Armorite Ore helps the trainer teach some unique moves to their Pokémon. Apart from this, you can also trade it in for thousands of Watts. In this guide, we will show you how you can find Armorite Ore in Pokémon Sword and Shield. The new Isle of Armor DLC in Nintendo’s Pokémon Sword and Shield has introduced a plethora of exciting new events and items for players to enjoy amid the ongoing pandemic....

Why are Pokémon fans concerned for the fate of Ash Ketchum? For many, Ash is the eternally-youthful face of the entire Pokémon franchise. Since first bursting onto TV screens in 1997 as the kid who was late for, quite literally, the biggest day of his life, Ash has continued to lead the Pokémon anime series for over two decades, with his trusty sidekick Pikachu always close by. Though the series titles, companions, regions and Pokémon have changed continuously, Ash and Pikachu have been mainstays, but a big victory on the grandest stage has continued to elude the world’s most famous cap-swooshing trainer....

As creepy and effective as the character Zelda might be in the latest Pet Sematary adaptation, the original was better. The original interpretation managed to capture the severity of Zelda’s illness, while also supporting Rachel’s unbridled fear of her sister. Both adaptations of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary include flashbacks of the character Zelda, Rachel Creed’s sister. Played by Andrew Hubatsek in Mary Lambert’s 1989 adaptation and Alyssa Levine in the latest 2019 version, Zelda is one of the more disturbing elements in Pet Sematary - even in a story where the plot pivots around a zombie toddler on a killing spree (among other things)....

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Although Skype is turning into a bit of a multimessenger lately, you still might want to use more services in one app. Set Up Pidgin Installation is easy following the wizard, and during the install you’ll want to select the chat service components to install. You can also select the localization you need for the part of the world you’re at. After it’s installed, you’ll get a nice welcome screen, that allows adding messaging accounts....

The popularity of LEGO is unmatched by almost any other collectible out there and it appeals to kids and adults alike. My kids have been into LEGO products as long as I can remember, and if you are as well, you’ll want to check out Back 2 Brick: The Unofficial LEGO Podcast. The show is a lot of fun, and you can sense Garrett’s passion for the product. If you are new to LEGO, it’s a fun way to learn more about the history as well....

MacWorld has an interesting piece entitled ‘How subscriptions, Siri, and Shortcuts in iOS 12 will forever change Apple’s App Store.’ Michael Simon’s suggestion is that Siri Shortcuts will enable us to use voice to do things which currently require us to get hands-on with apps, and that this will change the way in which we interact with our phones … If you’re not already familiar with the feature, Siri Shortcuts will allow app developers to offer functionality that can be accessed by voice – and you’ll be able to chain together commonly used functions to access them via a single command....

But what are they, actually? Back when (cast your mind back to ye olde 2007) social media was just a whisper on the marketing streets and hashtags merely lurked in the shadows. No one was particularly sure what they were, or how to use them. They knew the hashtag sign (#) as a pound key (not this kind – £). Sounds incredibly alien, right? People soon caught on that hashtags help to filter topics of conversations into streams on social media....

A major study of app usage has found that TikTok is almost as popular with kids as YouTube. The analysis of 60,000 families across the US, UK, and Spain found that kids age 4-15 spend 80 minutes a day watching TikTok videos, just five minutes less than they spend watching YouTube. It also found that YouTube’s theoretical age restriction is not enforced … The data was gathered by Qustodio through its parental control app....