Is your iPhone making you crazy? Normally it’s the people trying to talk to you through your iPhone that’ll make you nutso, but according to new research – you’re iPhone’s not helping out either.
A study carried out by Dr Michelle Drouin, from Indiana University-Purdue, found that 89% of university undergraduates had experienced ‘Phantom vibration syndrome’, which tricks the brain into thinking your phone has vibrated – indicating a notification – when no such thing has occured.
You know that feeling, that little nudge against your leg or pocket area, and then you think – ‘Ooh, I think that’s my personal telephone telling me that someone wants to talk to me or liked something I did.’ But then you take your phone out and it’s just there, looking ta you, like ‘what? Nothing to see here.’
Stupid iPhone.
The syndrome, whilst having a official and slightly scary name, is yet to actually harm a human (bar the ego).
The answer is yes, yes you do. How do we know? Because apparently everyone does. Thanks to Twitter account of the moment You Are Dog Now, now everyone can see just exactly what their doggy doppelganger looks like.
SWEEEET!
Tweet a pic of yourself to the account, and they’ll find your doggy twin. Just like this.
*Did you know a bunch of Walmarts are closing? Apparently you can get 25% off everything right now at closing Walmarts – check out the list here.
*Both Target and Amazon have The Martian DVD on sale now for $15. Select free store pickup where available at Target , otherwise Shipping is free on orders of $25 or more. Shipping is free from Amazon with Prime or on orders of $35 or more.
*Are you more in a sit on your butt and watch TV becasue you’re tired and TV is cool and it’s right there? We got you! Get a LG 65″ Class Ultra-Slim 4K Ultra HD LED Smart TV from P.C. Richard & Son for just $1498.97 down from $1799.97!
*Not in a TV mood? Well… are you in a stain finding mood? Because apparently Vansky UV flashlight is Perfect for Revealing Dry Dog, Cat and Rodent Stains and unfavorable Spots. You can also spot Scorpions, authenticate currency, driver licenses, official Identification cards, and passports. So there you go. $7.99 from Amazon, so why not?
*Last but not least, Adorama has the Canon PowerShot SX530 HS Digital Camera – Bundle with Camera Case, 16GB Class 10 SDHC Card, Cleaning Kit at 35% off. Get it for just $249, down from $379 with free shipping.
Those of you who bypassed the wonderful yet paid offerings of Apple Music and continued to use iTunes Radio for free – we have some bad news.
At the end of January iTunes Radio is being discontinued. Sad face.
Beats 1 radio will be the only free listening option available to those who do not subscribe to the Apple Music service. Customers who listen to radio stations sans ads with an iTunes Match subscription are also receiving the emails and will no longer be able to listen to radio stations as an iTunes Match perk.
US listeners, you have free listening until January 28th.
You still have to pay between $1100 and $1500, mind you, but starting this Friday, you can buy the Hermes Apple Watch online from the Apple Store and from Hermes online store!
Since it’s release in October you’ve only been able to get your hands on one at a select group of Apple Stores, Hermès boutiques, or high-end department stores.
The watch comes with three bands; the Single Tour, Double Tour, and Cuff.
Will you be getting a Hermes Apple Watch? Remember – Valentines day is jussssst around the corner!!
Today’s the 20th of January guys!! Do you know what that means? Well, it’s the birth date of both Buzz AldrinandJoey Badass, yes, but also, it’s the last day to use our coupon code for an extra $10 clams on your quote to sell us your iPhone!
Complete a quote before midnight Pacific time today, use coupon code ‘NEWYEARS10’ and you’ll get an extra $10! BAM!
How’s your 2016 panning out so far? I bet getting rid of your stinky old iPhone and getting awesome CASHMONEY plus an extra $10 will help make it great? Right? RIGHT!
In this future world, unless you’re someone who doesn’t use passwords at all (and if you are we’d love to meet you), then chances are you have one if not a few trusted go to words or phrases that you use as passwords.
In this day and age, passwords protect our online identity, our finances, our family, our everything, so they should be strong, memorable and ship shape! But are they?
SplashData, a Los Gatos, Calif.-based company that makes password-management applications just released the top 25 most common passwords from more than 2 million leaked passwords that were posted online by hackers. Most of the data came from people in North America and Western Europe.
From the Sauce, SplashData chief executive Morgan Slain:
“We have seen an effort by many people to be more secure by adding characters to passwords, but if these longer passwords are based on simple patterns they will put you in just as much risk of having your identity stolen by hackers.”
And, ladies and gents, here they are, in all their glory.
This past week, folks who own an iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus have been experiencing problems with the battery display on their iPhones. Apparently the display does not automatically update as the battery drains – so they have no real idea what’s going on with how charged their iPhones are. Not helpful!
Apple is now aware of the complaints, and it looks like it’s got to do with Time zone and/or time settings, and they’re looking at finding a solution. . From the Sauce:
“If you change the time on your iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus manually or change time zones when traveling, you might notice that the battery percentage doesn’t update.”
So – the advice is – if you notice the problem affecting your iPhone, restart it, and make sure the time is being automatically set in Settings.
Our future tech of the week is bought to you by the age old problem of, well, aging. Aesthetic aging in particular. Who wants healthy young looking skin? We do! Duh!
Mapo is the worlds first ‘connected beauty mask’. Designed specifically to fit your face, it analyses your skin and diagnoses any problem areas, sending the information to it’s app on your mobile device. It optimizes your skincare regime by applying heat to boost the efficiency of your applied skin care on strategic places.
You also have the added benefit of a community of users to compare results of different skin regimes with.
It’s all about the Internet Of Things these days, isn’t it? And why shouldn’t your face-mask or skincare regime be a part of that? Technology is there to help, folks!
Did you know that Skype free video calling is 10 years old? But… but how can the future be so old? Weren’t we just dreaming about video phone calls? Weren’t we just watching a Jetsons epsiode about that? Are we that old?
Yes. Yes we are. But there’s good news too! To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of said video calling, Skype has announced that they are bringing group video calling capabilities to mobile devices!! For free! WHAT.
Yump, coming soon to an iPhone near you – all your friends faces!! Who’s up for a group Skype to celebrate? Wherever you are, go to the fanciest place you know and let’s internet party! Long Distance Party Time! (LDPT for short, obviously).
We’ll have to pick a time and date in a little bit, because Skype is rolling out the feature over the next couple of weeks. If you want early access (you do) you can register here with your email address and Skype user name.
Apple, iPhone, New Releases | iPhone-Antidote | 
January 24, 2016 1:48 pm | 
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