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With WWDC out of the way, we can all turn our attention to the new hardware Apple is expected to release in the fall. With the iPhone 5S rumored to be pretty much the same as the iPhone 5, except of course a faster processor and hopefully some fancy new fingerprint technology, the lower-cost iPhone is getting most of our attention. As with all new devices before they launch, an Asian casemaker, MGM Corporation, has released a new case for what it expects the budget iPhone will look like. A nice little video shows all the different angles of the…

Last year, Orbotix unveiled the innovative iPhone/Android controlled robot ball. It was not only meant for children; it was meant for people of all ages. Anyone could have fun with it. The opaque ball, slightly larger than the average tennis ball, is made of a durable poly-carbonate shell. The Sphero itself is waterproof, and even has a feature for swimming. Underneath the poly-carbonate shell lives the robot, a motor built with a multi-axis gyro and an accelerometer. The Ball The Lithium polymer battery is able to be recharged by an inductive, wireless charger. This is one of my favorite features…

Fifty-Three, the team behind the hugely successful iPad app Paper, has managed to raise a whopping $15 million to expand its services. Today, Fifty-Three has revealed a group of investors that it hopes will bring about a new era for the Paper app, with plans to not only expand its software, but develop hardware as well. Fifty-Three is made up of a group of creators from an assortment of different companies, including Xbox, Courier, Sonos, Google and others. Last year the company released Paper, which went on to win numerous industry awards and was named App of the Year by…

Thanks to a new update, Siri will now offer a more helpful response when suicide references are made. Before now, Siri would provide users with the contact information for the suicide prevention hotline. Now Siri will actually offer to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the user just needs to hit yes to be connected. This change is seen in both iOS 6 and the upcoming iOS 7. Hopefully this will change will be able to prevent potential suicides in the future. Over one million people die by suicide every year worldwide with the global suicide rate at 16…

MacBooks generally get decent battery life, however, sometimes Apple accidentally produces laptops with a faulty batteries. While the “About This Mac” menu on your Mac can provide some information on your Mac’s battery, the Condition status can often be skewed, and the cycle count doesn’t do much good if you have nothing to compare your cycle count to. This is where MacBookBatteryDatabase comes in: a widget that tracks your MacBook’s battery life, and allows you to compare it to other MacBooks. Installing the widget is simple: just head over to the developer’s website, download the free widget, run it, and…