Pebble sells 1M smartwatches, CEO hints at new hardware, software

Pebble sells 1M smartwatches, CEO hints at new hardware, software - Pebble has managed to sell over 1 million smartwatches to customers since its Kickstarter launch in 2012, the head of the company has confirmed. More than doubling the 400,000-unit milestone revealed in March, possibly due to a price cut in September, CEO Eric Migicovsky has revealed in an interview that the smartwatch producer is not sitting still, with more releases expected to take place this year ...

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How to move your Mac's iTunes Library onto an external drive

How to move your Mac's iTunes Library onto an external drive - When trying to free up drive space on your Mac, one of the first things you can do is move the iTunes Library to a portable hard drive. Here's a detailed guide on how to back up your music, movies and more to reclaim your hard drive.

(Via AppleInsider.)

Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says

Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says -

A deal between Amazon and RadioShack seems unlikely, but it does reveal a bit about the way Amazon is evolving.

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Hands On: 1Password 5.2 (iOS)

Hands On: 1Password 5.2 (iOS) - Admit it: if you've already got 1Password, then you use it for creating superbly strong passwords for any site you use -- but the password you use to unlock the app itself is rubbish. That's partly because you've used this password since the dawn of time, and it's ingrained in you, but it's also because changing it across your Mac, iPhone and iPad is a pain. Not anymore. The new update is to the iOS version, but now if you change you password on your Mac, it will automatically change on your iOS devices ...

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A New Satellite Will Watch the Western Drought from Space

A New Satellite Will Watch the Western Drought from Space -

The launch of a small satellite won’t fix the the drought in the American West—now entering its fourth year—and it won’t change the fact that January was the driest month in recorded California history. But the Soil Moisture Active Passive mission might at least tell scientists and farmers something new about that drought, and maybe ...

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Hands On: Audio Hijack 3 (OS X)

Hands On: Audio Hijack 3 (OS X) - When Audio Hijack 3 was announced, one of us actually squealed in delight. It wouldn't be right of us to mock him, but you can. In fairness, many people who had heard of the software -- and certainly every one who had used it -- was pleased too. For this is one of those applications that isn't just a regular part of your toolbox, it's one that reminds you every time why it is just so much handier working on a Mac than a PC ...

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Pointers: Five quick and dirty iPhone battery tips

Pointers: Five quick and dirty iPhone battery tips - You've got to hand it to Apple. We were in an Apple Store, trying to decide between an iPhone 6 and a 6 Plus, as you do, and naturally a salesman came over. We mentioned that one thing that's really drawing us to the Plus is the battery life -- and you know what would have then happened in any other store selling any other phone. Of course the salesman would have immediately evangelized that feature. He'd somehow make it sound magical, how long you can go without charging the phone and yet, simultaneously, sold us some extra battery pack. Except this was Apple, and the guy didn't do ...

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