CharityBuzz to Auction Off Unique ‘Celebration’ Apple-1, Could Fetch Up to $1M
During the summer of 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created and sold 175 Apple-1 computers, marking the launch of what is now one of the most valuable, influential companies in the world. Only 60 or so of those original machines are still in existence, fetching hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction.
This Monday, auction site CharityBuzz is set to auction off one of the rarest Apple-1 computers, which could fetch up to a million dollars.
Dubbed the “Celebration” Apple-1 by computer historian Corey Cohen, the machine CharityBuzz will sell features a blank “green” PCB board that was never sold to the public and was not part of a known production run. CharityBuzz describes it as an original Apple-1 ACI cassette board, pre-NTI, with Robinson Nugent sockets, a period correct power supply, and an early Apple-1 BASIC cassette labeled and authenticated by original Apple employee Daniel Kottke.
It also comes with original Apple-1 manuals, original marketing materials, and Apple-1 and Apple-1 ACI Cassette Board schematics, described as the “most complete documentation set” of all known Apple-1 boards.
According to Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple, “Only a few Apple I’s, on blank (not green) PC boards, may have been manually soldered, although I’m not sure of it. We arranged the wave soldering with the company that made the PC boards. But we may not have wanted to wave solder a run (of maybe 10 or more board) until we manually soldered one or two to debug them.”
The Apple-1 is not in working condition but could be restored to full functionality with minor tweaks, something Cohen recommends against in order to preserve the board’s uniqueness. “The Apple-1 board is a not just a piece of history, but a piece of art,” he says.
CharityBuzz’s auction will kick off this Monday, July 25, and will last through August 25. Interested bidders or those who want to follow the auction can check out the auction landing page, which features a countdown to kickoff and full details on the Celebration Apple-1.
The Celebration Apple-1 will be on display at the Vintage Computer Festival West, set to take place on August 6 and 7 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. CharityBuzz believes the Apple-1 could fetch up to $1 million, which would be one of the highest prices an Apple-1 has sold for at auction. Ten percent of proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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Twitter adds Canada’s first custom emoji to celebrate TD Bank’s LGBT commitment
Twitter is helping TD Bank in Canada to launch the country’s first custom emoji. The #ForeverProud circle was created to show TD’s support for the LGBT community.
Show your pride with a new emoji from TD! Tweet #ForeverProud to get your #ForeverProud emoji. Show your Pride!https://t.co/LbRqHePhjS
— TD (Canada) (@TD_Canada) July 20, 2016
In a blog post, Twitter stated:
“We applaud TD for nurturing the inclusion and diversity conversations that run through Twitter every day,” says Rory Capern, Managing Director, Twitter Canada. “It’s important that as an organization, we share in the deep rooted values of key partners like TD. I speak for our entire team in saying that #ForeverProud is a perfect choice as our first ever custom emoji in Canada.”
Twitter says that over 100 billion emojis have been Tweeted on its service since 2014.
BBC launches its iPlayer Radio app in the U.S.
The BBC has launched its official iPlayer Radio app in the United States. The app allows you to tune in to news, sports, music, and more on your iPhone and iPad.
From BBC reporter Richard Preston on Twitter:
Great news, Americans! The BBC’s iPlayer Radio app is now available in the US! All of the BBC’s radio, all of the time. Links below…
— Rich Preston (@RichPreston) July 21, 2016
BBC iPlayer Radio allows you to:
- Listen live to BBC Radio stations from the World Service and across the UK
- Catch up or listen again to your favourite BBC Radio programmes
- Download podcasts to enjoy anywhere, even when offline
- Browse and listen to carefully curated BBC Radio highlights and collections
- View daily schedules and categories quickly and easily
- Discover audio and video clips, including many live performances
- See what tracks are playing on air as well as track lists for on demand programmes
- Wake up to and doze off to BBC Radio with a built-in alarm clock and night mode
BBC iPlayer Radio is available in the Google Play Store for U.S. customers now.
Grab a 32GB Nexus 5X for $290 at Groupon right now!
If you are in the market for a Nexus 5X but don’t want to pay the full price for one, you’ll want to check this deal out. Groupon is offering the unlocked 32GB version for just $290, a savings of more than 30%. We’ve seen a number of deals on the Nexus 5X lately, and while this may not be the lowest price it has been, it is still a great deal.
Groupon is also offering an additional $10 off the purchase with coupon code WELCOME if it is your first purchase. This is for a brand new unit, not refurbished, and you can pick between the black and white options. The deal is only good for a limited time, so if you are interested in it don’t wait too long or you may miss out.
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Check out our video review of the Moto Z and Moto Z Force!
For those who aren’t down with the written word, we’ve got 6-plus minutes of Moto Z in moving pictures for you. From the streets to New York to … streets that are in other places … we’ll take you inside Moto’s latest flagship (and its Verizon-exclusive counterpart), plus its Moto Mods, and get to the most important question of all:
Is this something you should spend your hard-earned money on?
Win the Ultimate Pokémon Go Survival Pack!
We know you wanna catch them all, so enter this contest and you could win an essential bundle of goodies that will not only help you play for as long as you like, but help you do it safely too! We’ve teamed up with FosPower and GreatShield to bring you guys a huge giveaway, and TWENTY people are going to be taking home a cool prize!
Pokemon Go can be draining on your battery, especially if you’re out searching for new gyms to conquer and opponents to battle. And any mobile game can be dangerous if you’re distracted or playing in unfamiliar locations. So, we’re joining forces with FosPower and GreatShield to give you some products to keep you charged and help you stay safe. We’re going to have 20 winners, with assorted prize packages, so let’s take a look at the breakdown!
Pokémon Backpacker Bundle (5 Winners)
- GreatShield GLO LED Belt
- GreatShield Clip-Grip Bike Mount for Smartphones
- FosPower PowerActive 10200mAh Rugged Power Bank
- FosPower BlackOnyx BX10i Noise-Cancelling Headphones
Pokémon Jogger Bundle (5 winners)
- GreatShield GLO LED Vest
- FosPower PowerActive 10200mAh Rugged Power Bank
- FosPower BlackOnyx BX10i Noise-Cancelling Headphones
Pokémon Trainer Essentials (10 winners)
- FosPower PowerActive 10200mAh Rugged Power Bank
THE GIVEAWAY Head down to the widget at the bottom of this page (or the big blue button if you’re using the AC app). There are multiple ways to enter, each with varying point values. Complete all of the tasks for maximum entries and your best shot at winning! Keep in mind that all winning entries are verified and if the task was not completed or cannot be verified, a new winner will be chosen. The giveaway is open until August 4th, and winners will be announced right here shortly after the close date. Good luck!
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Borderlands 2 is now available for a wacky playthrough on NVIDIA Shield
Those of you who have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Borderlands 2 on NVIDIA’s Shield platform will be able to load the title as of today and enter into a world of crazy amounts of loot and insane gameplay. Borderlands 2 is now available on both Shield Android TV and Shield tablet, allowing you to play the game how you so desire.
For those unfamiliar with Borderlands 2:
“Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight alongside them in four player co-op on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption across the undiscovered and unpredictable living planet.”
Essentially, you’re tasked with progressing through the exciting story while picking up literally thousands of different weapons and upgrades that compliment any approach to massacring all enemies on-screen.
You’ll be able to purchase Borderlands 2 for Shield hardware today for $14.99.
Don’t miss the special Mr. Robot VR experience before it disappears for a week
Mr. Robot fans, prepare to immerse yourselves in the world of virtual reality. Within, an app that offers a number of VR experiences, has teamed up with the Mr. Robot creative team to make an exclusive, one time-only VR presentation. The 12-minute experience debuts today, July 21, at 1:45 p.m. ET.
The film will disappear right after its initial showing in the Within app, though according to The Verge, it will be back up again, permanently, next week.
It should be noted that while you can view the Mr. Robot VR experience through a PC-connected headset like the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, it’s also available for those that own a Gear VR or Google Cardboard headset. Additionally, the experience can be viewed in the Within app as a 360-degree video, without the need for a VR headset.
You can grab the Within app from the Google Play Store now, and download the Mr. Robot experience in the app ahead of its broadcast.
Google Play Books ‘Bubble Zoom’ makes it easier to read comics
Google Play Books become more comic-friendly last year with addition of vertical scrolling. At this year’s Comic-Con, Google is announcing another handy feature that will be reading the illustrated panels even easier. The tool is called Bubble Zoom and as you might expect, it zooms in on those speech bubbles as you read. Before now, you had to use two fingers to zoom like you would in other apps. When reading graphics-heavy comic panels, that isn’t an ideal solution. Thanks to the new tool, you can enlarge the text with a tap while still gazing at a full-screen view of the page.
What’s more, when you’re reading one-handed on your phone, you can use the volume buttons to navigate back and forth. Bubble Zoom is part of the most recent version of Google Play Books, and yes, only Android users are privy to the feature right now. If you’re using Google’s software, you can employ a technical preview of the reading tool while browsing DC and Marvel volumes that support it. Google will be collecting feedback on the update and plans to make it available on all digital comics and manga. The company says it has to teach its machine learning algorithms how to read more styles before expanding its supported library.
Source: Google
Soon you can have your student loans serviced through Amazon
Amazon is the best place to shop for Star Trek: The Original Series on Blu-ray at 3 AM as well as a pallet of Surge to down while watching at the same time (not that I’ve done this.) But soon enough it will also be the same place you can apply for student loans.
Through a partnership with Wells Fargo, Amazon is making its debut in the private student loan business by offering a 0.5 percent interest rate discount to all members of Prime Student. The special discount program for students is offered to college attendees at a lower rate than regular Prime. If you’re currently going through Wells Fargo for your own student loans, you can take advantage of the upcoming deal for new loans and loan refinancing as well.
This isn’t the company’s first foray into the world of loans, but it will be the first when it comes to the educational realm. If this is something that interests you and college is in your future, you can go ahead and sign up for Prime Student, which will run you $49 a year in contrast to the regular program’s $99 price tag.
Via: Mashable
Source: Wells Fargo
