Walmart Dropping Price of iPhone 5c to $0.97, iPhone 5s to $79 for 90-Day Period [iOS Blog]
Walmart will begin offering the 16 GB iPhone 5c for $0.97 with a two-year contract during the next 90 days, reports Engadget.
The move by the retailer follows a permanent discount of the 16GB iPhone 5c to $29 in June, as Walmart will offer the special pricing to customers on AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and US Cellular. The company is also dropping the on-contract price of the 16GB iPhone 5s to $79, down from $99.
It is likely that these new price drops are being done to get rid of existing inventory before the introduction of the iPhone 6, which will be unveiled on September 9 and likely go on sale about a week later. The 4.7-inch iPhone 6 is expected to be launched first, as the release of the 5.5-inch version may be delayed due to production issues. Both versions are likely to incorporate a faster A8 chip, a new camera system, an improved Touch ID fingerprint sensor, and iOS 8.
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Google Glass Getting New Design? Flappy Bird Successor is Here! – ManDroid Daily
The ManDroid Daily is here, even though Android news was fairly slow today. Google Glass might see a new design since Google got a new patent on a design that looks more glasses like. Flappy Bird creator releases a new game that might make you throw your phone out the window, but have restraint. Let us know if you have tried out the new game. Enjoy the video.
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McDonald’s plans to release global mobile ordering app, digital music program
McDonald’s is taking on a new strategy to get us to eat more of its artery cloggers — one that involves ramping up its digital efforts. Golden Arches has just hired its first ever U.S. vice president of digital (former Ticketmaster exec Julia Vander Ploeg) and, at the same time, posted a bunch of relevant job opportunities. By the looks of it, the company wants to form a team of professionals under Vander Ploeg to be able to reach its goals, including offering “a variety of digital music and entertainment experiences” (as stated in its posting for a product director for music and entertainment) to its patrons. McDonald’s is also looking for people to improve its mobile website, develop games and, more importantly, release a global mobile ordering app that customers can use anywhere they are. Sadly, the company hasn’t elaborated on what its plans are at this point in time. And since you’re not the only one wondering if McDonald’s aims to release games and downloadable music in the future, we’ll keep an eye out for more details.
Filed under: Misc
Source: CNBC
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Walmart is now selling the iPhone 5C for less than a dollar
While Apple hasn’t formally announced the iPhone 6 yet, there’s few surer signs of an impending new model than a fire-sale to clear out existing stock. How’s $0.97 sound for an iPhone 5c in that case? For the next 90 days then, Walmart has your ticket and is discounting the colorful 16GB handset by just over $28. Cupertino’s same-size current flagship is dipping in price for the next three months too, but the end result doesn’t sound anywhere near as dramatic. The iPhone 5s is now $20 less expensive, going from $99 to $79. All of these prices are with a two year contract through AT&T, Sprint, US Cellular and Verizon. If you’d rather hold out for something new and likely much more expensive, well, September 9th is only a few weeks away.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Apple
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Manipulating moths in the name of search, rescue and science
In case you needed any more proof that we live in the future, just know that we’re slowly inching toward the advent of remote-controlled, sensor-laden moths. (Moths, for the record, are constantly being tinkered with.) As it turns out, the rationale for creating a widespread network of connected, flying insects is more nuanced than just “Because we can.” North Carolina State University’s Dr. Alper Bozkurt says his team wants to know if they can steer moths through the air to help with search and rescue and post-disaster operations, and the first step toward getting there is sticking electrodes into moth pupae before they fully metamorphose. Alas, the team’s still a ways off from achieving their dream – at this point, those electrodes are used to wireless collect information about how moths uses their muscles to flutter through the air. Still, Bozkurt is hopeful that by gaining a better understand of how moths fly, the team will eventually be able to learn how to manipulate those muscles and convert a moth into a tiny living drone.
Via: ScienceDaily
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New Google Patent Shows Us a Better Design for Google Glass
For those out there that didn’t quite jump onto the Google Glass bandwagon due to them looking pretty stupid, a new patent was granted to Google for the very image you see above, showing us what the new design of Google Glass could look like. Certainly is a improvement from the first design, and as you can see from the image, the prism that users look at for their information, is now behind the right lens. It certainly adds to the “nerd glasses” look a lot of us wear, and once Google Glass finally hits the market, this design will probably do a lot better than the original design. Let us know what you think about this new design. Does this suit you? Or do you like the old design better?
Source: Droid-Life
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Robin Williams tribute characters found in World of Warcraft data
The passing of actor Robin Williams affected fans from all walks of life, but gamers made a special claim to his legacy. Williams was a game enthusiast and a known fan of games like Portal, The Legend of Zelda and World of Warcraft. Now, the creators of the latter title seem to be working on an in-game memorial for the actor: a NPC named “Robin <The Entertainer>.” Wowhead, a site that scours the game code for new additions, picked up three instances of the tribute in a recent update for the Warlords of Draenor beta build — a male human, a female human and, of course, a blue genie.
Blizzard hasn’t said anything about the new character data yet, but it’s a strong sign that an announcement is coming. When asked on Twitter if company had seen the online petition to memorialize Williams last week, one employee said “Yes. We’re taking care of it.” This, apparently is it, but don’t rush to log in — the character model might be in the game data, but that doesn’t mean this tribute NPC is actually in the game. Our colleagues at WoW Insider told us they haven’t located the character on live servers yet, and aren’t sure if the three character models represent three different tribute NPCs, or one that changes form. Still, it’s nice to see Blizzard (working on) tipping its hat to one of its most famous players.
Source: Twitter, Wowhead (1), (2), (3)
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Facebook is doling out bounties to folks who find Oculus bugs
Facebook has a storied history of shelling out bounties to whomever manages to unearth bugs in its systems, and according to The Verge now it’s willing to pay out cash to folks to find who do the same for Oculus VR’s code. Interested? You’ll stand to make a minimum of $500 for your efforts, and just how high that reward goes depends on the complexity and severity of the issue you dig up. This sort of bug hunting has the potential to become an awfully lucrative hobby – after all, Facebook didn’t shell out billions of dollars to invest in the future of communication only to skimp when it comes to patching potentially critical problems. Here’s the thing, though: you probably won’t be ferreting out bugs in the Oculus hardware just yet. Facebook product security engineer Neal Poole told The Verge that most of the issues facing Oculus aren’t found in the face-mounted VR goggles; instead, they lay dormant on Oculus’ website and in the messaging system developers use to keep tabs on each other. Yeah, we know, sort of bummer – just know that Poole didn’t completely close the door on more involved bug hunts down the road.
Via: The Verge
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Twitter shows how its bots keep your timeline spam-free
Have you noticed that you’re getting a lot less spam on Twitter these days? You may have to thank a bot for that. Twitter has just shed light on BotMaker, a recently developed system that (as the name suggests) lets the social network create anti-spam bot code with very little effort. Within a few seconds, engineers can set up rules that automatically take down and track spammers, in some cases before they’ve even managed to post anything. Besides barring known spam links, the bots can flag suspicious behavior — if a lot of people block an account after it sends a tweet, it’s going to be watched very closely. BotMaker will also look at long-term behavior, so spammers that slip through the cracks aren’t necessarily safe.
Importantly, you shouldn’t notice that BotMaker is working; it’s designed to only fight certain forms of spam as they arrive, and saves more time-consuming tasks for later. Whatever its impact on performance, it’s proving to be effective. Twitter is reporting a 40 percent drop in spam since its new tool kicked in, and it can improve any less-than-perfect rules within seconds instead of hours. It’s doubtful the technology will ever completely rid the world of pitches for fake followers and cheap drugs, but it should help staff police a rapidly growing user base without hurting your day-to-day experience.
Filed under: Internet
Source: Twitter Engineering Blog
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UPS says malware attack compromised customer info at 51 of its stores
Have you done any business with UPS recently? You’d better check out the company’s website: some of its stores may have leaked your personal data. After receiving a security advisory from the US Government, the company discovered that 51 UPS Stores were infected with malware, potentially compromising customer data for more than 105,000 transactions. UPS has already removed the offending software, of course, but the damage may have already been done. Now the company is trying to make good.
Customers affected by the data breach are eligible for free identity protection and credit monitoring services — unfortunately, UPS isn’t offering the services to customers directly. Instead, its posting a list of impacted locations on its website and asking customers to check themselves. The free proaction services are a nice gesture, but it’s not the best outreach for customers that don’t keep up with UPS news. Worried you’re affected? Check out the list at the source link below.
Filed under: Misc
Via: Wall Street Journal
Source: UPS
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