Get an extra $10 when you sell us your iPhone 6s!

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Guess what? We’re now officially buying iPhone 6s models! To celebrate, we’re offering an extra special deal -until the 18th of March 2016, we’ll give you an extra $10 on top of your quote!

If you have a iPhone 6S that’s cracked, shattered, water (or beer!) damaged, driven over, stinky and used or just plain broken, we’ll buy it from you for CASHMONEY! Use it toward your next iPhone, those dumb bills, or toward that dream vacation ( we’re thinking….Bali?!)

You can receive your money via Check, Paypal or Bitcoin (because we’re fancy like that).

Here’s the good stuff: The coupon code is “iphone6scash”

Get rid of that stinky old iPhone 6s! Sell us your iPhone for CASHMONEY!

Tech Tip of the week! Autocorrect edition

Do you HATE autocomplete? Do you want to know how to ducking disable it? BECAUSE YOU CAN!!

Over your WHOLE phone.

Go to Settings > General > Keyboard, and tap turn off Auto-Correction.

BAM!

Just be prepared for realizing how crap you actually are at typing. It’s kind of like when you sing along with the radio and then it cuts out….

While you’re there – check out http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com/. Just cos it’s Monday, and why not?

App of the week! Party edition

Hey! Guess what? It’s the weekend. How rad is that? And sometimes, we hear, people like to drink all kinds of liquid refreshments on the weekend, like fancy cocktails and fine wine’s and crafty beers.

That’s cool. But what if those things are, like, really really far away? Our App of the Week is here to help, yo!!

It’s called Minibar delivery and it is exactly as cool as it sounds. You shop for liquor, beer, wine etc online, you buy it (with no hidden fees) and some awesome little elf (probably) delivers it to you door within 30-60 minutes.

Whaaat. Is that or is that not hella cool? TRICK QUESTION IT’S HELLA COOL.

Currently, Minibar delivery is available in New York City, Chicago, Miami, Brooklyn, Hoboken, The Hamptons, San Francisco, Washington DC, Jersey City, Silicon Valley, Palm Beach, Austin, Minneapolis, San Diego, Denver, San Antonio, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Dallas.

The App is free, so check it out here, and have a good weekend!

NYC judge rules FBI can’t force Apple to unlock iPhone

Apple Vs The FBI update!

A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York ruled Monday that the Department of Justice cannot force Apple to unlock a phone for the FBI.

While the ruling is for a different case than the one regarding the iPhone used by one of the gunmen in the San Bernadino shootings, it may have bearing on it.

It was from a Brooklyn drug case, and it rejects the government’s argument that the All Writs Act, a law from 1789, can be used to force Apple to help access a suspect’s iPhone. The FBI are also using the All Writs Act to compel Apple to unlock the San Bernadino gunman’s phone in the upcoming case.
From the Sauce, U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein:

“I conclude that under the circumstances of this case, the government has failed to establish either that the AWA permits the relief it seeks or that, even if such an order is authorized, the discretionary factors I must consider weigh in favor of granting the motion.”

Apple will go to court on May 22nd.

See Tim Cook Discuss Apple’s dispute with the FBI

Airing tonight on World News Tonight at 6:30 ET is Tim Cook’s discussion with anchor David Muir regarding Apple’s ongoing dispute with the FBI.

Find out why Apple is objecting to the court order, which requires the company to create a ‘backdoor’ into the iPhone owned by Syed Farook, one of the shooters in the December attack in San Bernardino, California.

Find out why other Tech companies are joining Tim Cook in calling it a ‘dangerous precedent’ and why data encryption is so important.

If you can’t catch the show, it will be available straight afterwards on ABCNews.com.

New Apple Media Event news

The guys over at 9to5Mac have reported that the Apple Special Media Event will actually take place on March 15th, not the 14th as previously predicted.

The event will herald the big reveal of the iPad Air 3 and the new 4-inch iPhone 5se, and both devices are said to be offered to the public online and in-store the following Friday the 18th March.

Pre-orders are no anticipated, and supply is predicted not to be scarce.

The Special Media Event is also expected to reveal new Apple watch bands and possibly Apple Watch 2.

iPhone Tip of the Week!

Do you keep or have your iPhone on vibrate? Does it annoy you if you’re sitting in a meeting/movie/date/class/whatever and your iPhone vibrates – but it could be anyone or anything sending you vibes?

Did you know you can customize your vibrations? TA DA! Now you do.

Go to Settings >  Sounds.

Scroll down to where it says Sounds and Vibration Patterns

Select the alert you’d like to change (ringtone, text, voicemail, etc.).

Scroll up  until you see the word vibration and select it.

Scroll down until you see the word Custom.

Tap Create New Vibration.

CREATE NEW VIBRATION! BAM!

Hit Stop, play it to see what it feels like, then save that ish!

Now you can use it for whatever alert you want, or create a new one for every kind of alert!

You can also change the type of vibration for specific people by choosing their name in contacts, going to Edit, scrolling down to Vibration, and choosing your custom pattern. OR you can create a vibration specially for them right in the edit section.

BAM VIBRATIONS FOR EVERYONE!

Deals of the Week Thursday!

Hi Guys! It’s deals time! Just in time for Valentines day! Your one true love ( or that girl/guy you’re kinda dating?) would love some more pretty tech in their life, right? Right! If not, you do know V-day is the best day for self-love presents. We’re always being told how important it is to love yourself! Do it with deals!

Here’s what we got, lovebirds.

*Get a 8GB Amazon Fire 7″ Wi-Fi Tablet this week from, well, pretty much anywhere at cut price! You’re looking at $39.95 from Amazon, Staples or Best Buy.

*Do you or your loved one bring your work to bed with you sometimes? Or just, not make it out of bed and the work comes and piles on top of you like a giant less cute pile of puppies? This is for you! Multifunctional Laptop Table Stand with Built-In Cooling Fan and LED Light from Groupon, for $29.99.

*Best Buy has $100 in Microsoft Xbox Gift Cards on sale for $81 with free shipping or in-store pickup! Here’s what you do: Click here. Add 3-Pack $15 Xbox Gift Cards with a $5 Bonus gift card to cart, but then change the quantity to 2x in cart. A Buy One Get One 20% Off discount will be automatically applied in cart, and the final price for $100 total in Xbox Gift Cards will be $81. BAM.

*Amazon has Harry Potter: The Complete Collection (Kindle Edition) for $14.99. KABLOOMY GET IN MY KINDLE!

*Is learning romantic? Some say yes! Udemy is taking 75% off select courses with Coupon Code: “SPECIALOFFER75” You can also get up to 95% off over 30,000 Courses for only $15.00 each with Coupon Code: “GOALS015″Both of these expire soon, so get in quick smartypants!

*eBay is having a Presidents day sale! Get up to 70% off popular electronics, computer components and more WITH free Shipping. Get thee over there to check them out! They’re very good.

*Get a Straight Talk Apple iPhone 5S 16GB 4G LTE Prepaid Smartphone for just $199. Locked to Straight Talk, it’s a cell phone using minutes and data that are paid for in advance.

*Got some documents to shred before  V-Day, huh?  Check this out! Staples has the InfoGuard 10-Sheet Micro-Cut Document Shredder on sale for $17.50! This baby is normally $129.99! But, price is valid in-store at participating locations only… To check availability at your local store, use Brickseek Inventory Checker, and enter item # 1541822 along with your zip code.

*B&H Photo Video has 6″ Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Touch Wi-Fi E-Reader Tablet for $99.99 and free shipping. Get it here! 

*BuyDig has an Emson Star Wars Darth Vader Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier for $48.90 and free shipping with Coupon Code: “SW05”. Usually $60, so this is a pretty good deal, and it’s a Darth Vader Humidifier, so, yeah. Expires soon.

* Finally, for those looking for a deal on a romantic dinner – we got you! Sign up here for a coupon for one free Double Jack™ or Jumbo Jack® at participating Jack in the Box® locations!

But get in quick, because it all ends when 1,000,000 coupons have been distributed or by 2/15/2016 at 11:59 pm PST. Offer will not be valid for Jack in the Box, Inc employees. You’ll get your coupon within 48 hours of signing up.

Merry Valentines Day Shopping you guys! Don’t forget to love yourself!

iPhone 7 rumors

iPhone 7! Or, as we like to think it might be – iPhone 6se (iPhone sixy)! Due to be revealed and released around September this year, the new iPhone already has mouths and minds swirling about what new features we could be getting. New features are the best aren’t they? New technology for all!

Apparently, the iPhone 7 will be similar in look to the iPhone 6 and 6S models. The rear camera is said to be flush however, not protruding thanks to a thinner camera module, and the 7 Plus will apparently have a rear dual lens camera.

There will also purportedly be no Antenna bands across the rear of the new iPhone.

No line of sight teleportation rumors yet, though. Dammit.

Apple Media Event Alert!

So the guys in the crystal Apple are telling us that March 14th is when Apple will hold it’s next media event. They also say that during that event, Apple will reveal new Apple Watches, an iPad Air 3, and a new 4-inch iPhone named iPhone 5se, or as we like to think of it, iPhone Fivesy.

The event is expected to be held in San Francisco, feature CEO Tim Cook and a few other key Apple executives speak, as well as 1 or 2 very well made videos featuring the elusive Sir Jony Ive. iOS 9.3 with Night Shift for the iPhone Fivesy  WatchOS 2.2 would be revealed soon after.

Are you excited for another Apple event? Do you want a Fivesy? We think we want a Fivesy. We love the size of the 6, 6S and 6S Plus, but Fivesy just sounds so damn cute. OR WAIT. Maybe the next iPhone won’t be called iPhone 7, it’ll be called iPhone 6se, and then it’ll be… iPhone sixy. And that would be cute, but also, then New Zealanders would have iPhone sexys. The best. Please let that happen, Apple gods.