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New data from Canalys today shares details on Apple Watch shipments, and 2017 was a big win for Apple’s wearable. The reports says that Apple beat expectations with sales of 18 million units. Apple doesn’t share details for its smartwatch sales, but it did mention that it was the “best quarter ever for Apple Watch, 50 percent unit growth for 4th quarter in a row.” Canalys’ data says that 2017 Apple Watch sales grew 54% compared to 2016....

According to a report out of Bloomberg, Apple has opened a secret production laboratory in northern Tawain to focus on developing new display technologies. The report claims that the lab, located in Longtan, has at least 50 engineers and various other employees working to develop iPhone and iPad displays. Apple has reportedly recruited its employees for the lab from competing display makers AU Optronics and Qualcomm. Apple allegedly opened the lab earlier this year, hoping to make displays that are thinner, lighter, brighter, and more energy-efficient than other options currently on the market....

Standing desks are rapidly gaining in popularity as concern grows about the health impacts of spending long periods sitting down. Apple CEO Tim Cook has even described sitting as ‘the new cancer,’ with all Apple Park employees getting height-adjustable sit-stand desks. We’ve reviewed a few different products, from full-on sit-stand desks to a simple conversion option for laptop users. Flexispot has gone one step further with a couple of its products, however, combining a desk with an exercise cycle …...

Twelve years have passed since Griffin released its first iTrip, a breakthrough FM transmitter that enabled iPods to send music wirelessly to car and home stereos. The original model, a glossy white housing that sat atop early iPods like a tube of Chapstick, effectively defined iPod accessories for an entire generation of early adopters. And it was fun, too: using an radio antenna and brilliant software, iTrip could flood an empty FM radio channel with iPod music, acting like a pocket-sized pirate radio station....

Romantic Comedy films have seen many characters come and go. Some of these characters are extremely hopeful and giddy when it comes to the idea of true love. Other characters are driven to believe that the concept of “true love” is as mystical and fictional as the loch ness monster. Let’s take a look at the ranking of rom coms’ biggest hopeless romantics to the biggest cynics from some of the biggest old school classics of all time to more recent modern hits....

Ron Howard has been a prominent mainstream director throughout the years. Having a strong start as a child actor and becoming a household name with Happy Days, Howard made his transition to the director’s chair with Grand Theft Auto in 1977. Ever since he has turned his focus towards directing films and producing projects with Brian Grazer for his production arm Imagine Entertainment. And through that, Howard has released box-office winners and award-winning films (and a share of bombs)....

Apple’s Spring Forward event on March 9 was packed with news, including everything from expected Apple Watch announcements to the debut of the Retina 12″ MacBook, a price drop for Apple TV, the announcement of ResearchKit, and the release of iOS 8.2. Here’s everything you need to know. First, the Apple TV dropped in price from $99 to $69, and got a three-month exclusive window to launch HBO Now, a standalone $15/month to HBO TV content and on-demand library....

Apple is widely expected to transition the iPad Pro lineup to mini LED displays starting in the first quarter of 2021. A new report today from the Korean supply chain outlet The Elec, however, says that Apple is also planning to adopt OLED screens in the iPad Pro lineup. As a refresher, mini LED is a new form of backlighting that is used for LCD screens. It offers many of the same benefits as OLED, but oftentimes can offer increased brightness, improved power efficiency, and a lower risk of burn-in....

Apple today confirmed its next special event for November 10 that will likely be focused on Mac announcements. And now, a new rumor from The Verifier suggests that the company is planning to officially bring the TestFlight platform to the Mac next week. If you’re unfamiliar with TestFlight, it is a platform for testing beta apps where developers can offer early access to their apps for iOS users before they reach the App Store....

Details Quetzalcoatl is featured as the Apple iTunes Editor Choice and once you play it you’ll quickly understand why! – Quetzalcoatl is your new puzzle challenge, all 180 levels! Be forewarned, this game goes way beyond those addictive puzzle games out there that feature colored blocks and lights i.e. Tetris. Quetzalcoatl will push the limits of the Cerbral parts of your brain with its Dozens of carefully designed groovy puzzles!...

Lisa Vanderpump wants to rebuild her relationship with Real Housewives’ Denise Richards. Even though the two women have not seen one another in a long time, fans remembered the connection they had when Denise brought her daughter to meet Lisa’s miniature ponies. She hopes a friendship can be salvaged. Vanderpump helped make The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills a household name and had shined on the hit franchise since its launch in 2010....

ASP, like many other server-side scripting languages, has the ability to help you implement code that can redirect a user to another web page. The most common technique for redirecting users is using the Reponse.Redirect method. However, you should be aware of the implications of using the Response.Redirect method vs other methods which may be more appropriate for situations that deal with sending users to different pages. <% Response.Redirect(“default.asp”) %>...

Update: Bloomberg now reports that Adobe will also preview Illustrator for iPad at its Max conference in November. The app is scheduled to launch in 2020, the report says. Photoshop for iPad is nearing its launch, though concerns have grown that key features will be missing at launch. A report from John Gruber at Daring Fireball today explains that Adobe remains committed to the project, even though it might not be as far along as people had hoped....

Do you remember last month’s report about select Apple retail stores in Georgia allegedly discriminating against Farsi-speaking customers due to a United States sanction export to Iran? Well, the story is still abuzz. The policy director at the National Iranian American Council, Jamal Abdi, even got some space in The New York Times today to speak his mind on the matter: Abdi reviewed the cases from last month, and he even cited similar situations in California:...

What should you do if you work from home, your wife is a nurse and busy at the hospital, and your kids are learning remotely while school is out due to a health pandemic? Taking on the role of “arts and crafts dad” is one option, especially if you can technically do it for work. Okay, maybe that’s a rare set of circumstances. Either way, the new iPhone-controlled Cricut Joy is an awesome entry into the world of smart cutting machines....

The new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar has been out for a few weeks so you’ve probably seen the early reviews and know all the initial takes. The USB ports changed, the Touch Bar may be gimmicky, and some pros are feeling left out. My own machine (base 15-inch with upgraded 1TB SSD) arrived three weeks ago as my new work computer, giving me plenty of real-world use with it. My main observation from time spent using the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is that early impressions don’t necessarily last....

One of the most popular games in the world has been Psyonix’s Rocket League, and under the umbrella of Epic Games, the game is expanding to new platforms. Later this year, “Rocket League Sideswipe” will arrive on Android and iOS devices. Announced in a blog post today, Psyonix confirmed that “Rocket League Sideswipe” is currently in development for mobile devices with a “reimagined” version of its iconic competitive gameplay. In “Sideswipe,” players are in 1v1 and 2v2 matches that are fast-paced and only last around two minutes, less than half that of a normal Rocket League match....

Today, in conjunction with Twitter, we’re pleased to announce that we’ve expanded Customer Feedback functionality to include a second feedback format: Customer Satisfaction, or CSAT, which leverages a five point emoji-based scale. Gather Customer Feedback In the Moment In a world where survey fatigue is a real obstacle in the overall customer experience, a response rate of greater than 50% when using Customer Feedback is quite impressive. According to Forrester research, response rates for traditional surveys used to measure customer experience can be as low as 2% and rarely go over 20%....

Lab overview A race condition occurs when two threads access a shared variable at the same time. The first thread reads the variable, and the second thread reads the same value from the variable. Then the first thread and second thread perform their operations on the value, and they race to see which thread can write the value last to the shared variable. The value of the thread that writes its value last is preserved, because the thread is writing over the value that the previous thread wrote....

New information about the future of Rainbow Six’s eSports leagues was revealed today at the Six Invitational 2020, as Ubisoft announced they will begin the process of regionalizing their eSports programs later this year. The Six Invitational, currently taking place in Montreal, Quebec, wraps up the fourth year of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, and also acts as the beginning of the game’s first season of year 5, Operation Void Edge....