Google’s turn to make us cry!

Man, the tech companies did pretty good with their end of year stuff this year.

Here’s Google’s attempts at pulling at our collective heart strings. It makes us feel sad, it makes us feel happy, it makes us feel good to be humans!

Thanks Google!

Apple’s Christmas ad might be one of the best Christmas ads ever.

Apple wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas by making us feel the big feels and pulling on our sparkly light entwined Christmas heart strings whilst (kinda) subliminally advertising their products.

It totally works.

We’re not crying, it’s just been raining on our faces!

Apps for Black Friday deals

So by now you guys should have some idea about what your goals are for deals during the Black Friday sales!

Still, it might be a little bit overwhelming. To help you out, you should check out Blackfriday.com and Bfads.net. They have all the big ads and if you download their apps they’ll let you know price changes.

FOR ON THE DAY, you should be prepared and RIGHT NOW download Amazon’s Price Check App. With this you can scan bar code’s on products in store and the app will let you know if you can get a better deal. You might not want to be all showy about this though, understandable some retailers are not fans.

Images courtesy of CNN & Webtaj.

iPad air

We have a new iPad!

Good news: this one might not cause as much damage to our faces when we use them in bed and they fall on us. Because it’s realllllly light.

So we be like:

Other than the less facial damage stuff, let’s have a look at what the new iPad brings and why you might want to upgrade.

The iPad air is super slim, and super light. Yeah, we said that already but we’re gonna give you specs now. It’s 1 pound. Pretty nice spec, eh? That’s less than one of these babies:

Mmmm. Guinness.

The iPad Air is 20% thinner and 28% lighter than the 4th Gen iPad. It has a 9.7 inch Retina display screen, with thinner bezels ( side bits), similar to the iPad Mini, so the screen is supposed to be more immersive.

We haven’t had the chance to feel it for ourselves yet, but according to all the good guys out there it feels substantially lighter, thinner, and fits nicer in the hand, without resorting to feeling cheap in any way.

So that’s awesome.

The iPad Air has the new A7 processor, same as the iPhone 5S. This means everything is super quick. This is the kind of thing that you might not 100% notice when upgrading, but if you do upgrade, the second you use someone else’s 4th Gen iPad, you’ll notice how drastically slow it is in comparison. And then your friend will be like

The A7 chip is a big part of what helps with the size reduction – it allows the battery to be smaller whilst apparently still allowing it to uphold it’s previous 10 hour battery life.

The iPad Air comes equipped with the usual Apple incremental improvements, i.e. better camera capabilities , better Wi-Fi performance, and an improved FaceTime Camera.

Alongside all of this is and for free is iOS 7, the iLife suite of apps – iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, and the iWork suite of apps – Pages, Numbers and Keynote.

This is what Philip Schiller, the Worldwide Marketing guy for Apple had to say about the iPad Air.

( This guy)

“iPad created an entirely new mobile computing experience, and the new iPad Air is another big leap ahead. It is so thin, light and powerful, once you hold one in your hand you will understand what a tremendous advancement this is,

iPad Air with its 9.7-inch Retina display weighs just one pound and packs the incredible performance of iOS 7 running on a 64-bit desktop-class Apple A7 chip, and delivers all-day battery life in the lightest full-sized tablet in the world.”

You can get the iPad Air  in Silver or Space Grey. ( No Gold?! )

WHEN WHEN WHEN?!

Friday, November 1.

HOW MUCH?

iPad Air with Wi-Fi – $499 for the 16GB model, $599 for the 32GB model, $699 for the 64GB model and $799 for the 128GB model.

iPad Air with Wi-Fi + Cellular – $629 for the 16GB model, $729 for the 32GB model, $829 for the 64GB model and $929 for the 128GB model.

You will still be able to buy the iPad 2 for $399 for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and $529 for the 16GB Wi-Fi + 3G model.

Images courtesy of 9to5mac 

Who wins? texts from dog vs texts from cat

Everyone loves a bit of anthropomorphizing, are we right? Why? Cos it’s awesome! And for other more wordy less witty psychological reasons.

The forerunners for the ” we pretend our pets are using phones to text us” camp are Text from Dog and text from mittens the cat!

Read them, relate to them, imagine their little faces with their little human expressions and procrastinate away- go on, we’re giving you permission. We’re allowed to, and so are you! Wheee!

Our vote is for texts from dog, but we might actually we working on our own little texts from guinea pig…. but shh…

Check ’em out-

http://www.catster.com/molz/text-messages-from-mittens-the-cat-humor

http://textfromdog.tumblr.com/

So which one is your favourite?

Image courtesy of petswelcome.com 

Check for iPhone 5S in store availability right now!

YAY! You can now go in store to pick up your long awaited iPhone 5S and/or iPhone 5C if you order online! You can also see availability  for each model on the online purchase page!

The iPhone 5C has much better availability than the 5S as Apple sold out of a lot of the iPhone 5S models super fast and had to ramp up of the Gold option specifically by a third.  The Gold option still seems to be limited, with no current in store pickup  availability that we could find.

Here is an example of availability for the iPhone 5S for pickup in store:

To check availability for in-store pickup, choose your specification options first, then click the Check Availability link beneath the green Continue button. You’ll need to enter your Zip code to see the availability in your area.

Important info if you’re thinking of selling your stinky old iPhone!

GUYSGUYGUYS!

The iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C are both out in the world, right now! People are holding them and playing with them and loving them…

But some people might be cursing cos they didn’t get one, either because they sold out waaaaaay toooooo fast or because in your world it might just not be the time to buy, yo.

Whatever your situation, if you have the iPhone, will have the iPhone, need a bit more cash before you can even think about getting the iPhone, or want to sell your iPhone because you’ve decided Apple SUCKS and you’re going all Android on us, then we got you fools!

You see your old iPhone just sitting there? being old and stinky?

You know what would be cool? Selling it for extra cash. Everyone likes extra cash.

We especially like it when you say the word money after it cos it makes you sound like a rapper. Try it. Extra CASH MONEY. SON.

If you want to sell your stinky old iPhone so you can get CASH MONEY so you can buy the new iPhone 5S or 5C, or just to pay some bills or some strippers, you’re going to want to READ THIS.

We suggest selling your iPhone to us (D’uh, right?), because it’s the easiest thing to do, apart from watch the whole series of Orange Is The New Black in one go. But we’ll give you cash.

In case you’re not sure how it works, here’s the low down:

1, Go to our website and fill in your iPhone model details, your name, address, and if you would like to be paid via Paypal or by cheque. We only have a few condition categories- Brand new in box, Used, Broken or water damaged, and Cracked.

2, The quote you get is the amount of money you will get after you send in your phone. Weird, huh?

3, We will send you a fancy little black box with a shipping label.

4, Put the phone in the box.

5, Put the box in a post box.

6, Get cash.

7, Party.

Pretty gosh-diddly-darn easy! And cash! Lots of it! Best of all, (in our opinion)  we won’t change your quote based on just how beer soaked, smashed, scratched or old your phone is.

We’re also BBB rated, awesomely rated on Yelp and resellerratings.com, and just about the most trustworthy people out there. It’s us, guys!

Here’s where you start, and don’t forget you can contact us if you have ANY questions at all.

DON’T STOP READING HERE GUYS

Ok, now that you know who to sell you old stinky iPhone to, we have some more info that you might be interested in no matter who you sell your phone to or give it to. If it’s leaving it’s home with you forever, this stuff is handy.

You have all your music, apps, games, and selfies on your current iPhone, right? Ok, well follow this link to learn how to properly back up your iPhone.

We erase ALL data off ALL the iPhones we receive (that have not been already erased). A lot of people, especially right now, are feeling particularly vulnerable and hence hesitant to let go of anything that might have information on them. Understandable. If you want to make sure that all your data is erased off your phone, follow this link to a quick and easy How To.

If you guys have any other ideas about How To’s we can do that would help you transition from stupid old iPhone to brand-new-shiny-possibly-baller-champagne-colored- iPhone email us and let us know!

We are at your service.

Image courtesy of cultofmac.com

Very exciting iPhone day, but thought we could pause for a minute and remember…

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man who turned Nintendo into the video game powerhouse it’s known for, died yesterday aged 85.

Because we couldn’t write it any better, read all about the man himself in the NY Times here.

R.I.P. Hiroshi. Thanks for all the fun, thanks for all the memories, and especially, for us, thanks for Yoshi, he was our favorite.

Hiroshi Yamauchi, 11/7/1927 – 9/19/2013

Image courtesy of Imgur.

New Apple ad for iPhone 5C with iOS 7

Here’s Apple’s new ad, cementing how well they’ve designed the iPhone 5C specifically to work organically and flawlessly with iOS 7.

Today we’ve seen iOS 7 for ourselves, so all we need to is to countdown to the release of the 5C! (And the 5S…)

16 hours people.

Taking a flight soon on a carrier with no entertainment system? We got you.

Going for a flight? No entertainment system? Need something to focus on other than sir-breathe-a-lot dressed all in weird velvet next to you?

Dudes, got an iPhone? Yeah? Sweet. Go to Safeway/Trader Joe’s/Wholefoods, and buy a ziplock bag.

You’re welcome.

Image courtesy of Imgur.