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Daily Headlines WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Everything you need to know about the huge Black Friday sales at BJ’s Wholesale BJs Wholesale is known far and wide for offering big discounts on everything from TVs and furniture to canned goods and cookies. Of course, this coming Black Friday, those discounts kick into high gear and some of the biggest sales of the year will become available for a very limited time. If you’re already a member at BJ’s Wholesale, we now have all the details on nearly everything the retailer will have on sale for Black Friday 2014. If you’re not already a member, it might be time to consider joining because any membership fees will probably pay for themselves 10 times over if you’ll be shopping for Black Friday this year.  MORE → Leak: Insider says next year’s iPhone may have a DSLR-quality camera For many years, Apple has decided not to engage in a megapixel war with rivals when it comes to its iPhone cameras, instead deciding to improving the iPhone’s camera performance without any significant increases to image sizes. Even though the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus still have 8-megapixel sensors, their cameras are even better than previous models, and have been highly praised in reviews from professional photographers who thoroughly tested their abilities when it comes to taking pictures and recording videos. However, Apple might be planning a major update for its iPhone 6s (or iPhone 7) models next year, according to what Apple insider John Gruber said during the latest episode of The Talk Show podcast.  MORE → Here is everything on sale at Tiger Direct for Black Friday Each day brings us closer to Black Friday 2014, the biggest shopping day of the year in the United States. Of course, we all dread Black Friday as much as we look forward to it, because battling the crowds to get your hands on a discounted microwave won’t exactly be your proudest moment. Of course, doing your research will help make Black Friday as frictionless as it can be, and we’re doing our best to prep you for the biggest sale day of 2014. Now, in addition to all the great sales we have detailed thus far, we finally know everything that will be on sale at Tiger Direct for Black Friday.  MORE → AT&T finally begins shipping Nexus 6 preorders Google’s new Nexus 6 smartphone was hotly anticipated this year, and Android fans were still blown away by the powerful new Nexus phone when it was finally unveiled. Unfortunately, getting your hands on the sleek new Motorola-built Nexus phablet isn’t as easy as it should be. Despite the fact that the phone launched some time ago, most Android enthusiasts eager to get their hands on Google’s latest available pure Android experience still don’t have their phones in hand — even if they were among the first to preorder the Nexus 6. Thankfully, however, we’re now getting word that people who preordered the phone from AT&T, the nation’s top smartphone carrier, are finally seeing their new Nexus 6 handsets start to ship.  MORE → Don’t buy an Apple Watch if you don’t already own an iPhone Apple is expected to launch the Apple Watch at some point in early 2015 — some reports point to a Valentine’s Day release date, while others say the wearable device will arrive later in spring — and the company might sell as many as 40 million units in the first year, according to a recent report from Asia. But those buyers looking forward to buy an Apple Watch should also be prepared to purchase an iPhone, or other supported iOS device, in case they don’t already own one, to fully take advantage of the smartwatch. MORE → Samsung wants to make smartphones with foldable screens next year In addition to cutting down the total number of smartphones it’ll launch next year, Samsung also plans to launch foldable smartphones at some point in 2015, ZDNet reports. The company has already launched a couple of handsets with curved displays, including the Galaxy Round and the Galaxy Note Edge, but it’s yet to mass produce a smartphone with a flexible display that can actually be folded in half.  MORE → Big update brings new features to the ‘Netflix for Pirates’ app for Android The developers behind Popcorn Time have come up with a new version for Android devices, available in beta starting today, and its main new feature is offline playback support. In other words, users who like streaming videos through “Netflix for Pirates” will be able to do so even when there’s no Internet connection available.  MORE → Virtual Reality will allow this man to live someone else’s life for a month Virtual reality is getting better and better, with companies such as Facebook, Samsung, Google and others growing more interested in offering such entertainment options to customers in the future. But one artist is already determined to push his limits and experiment virtual reality in a completely different way — and he’s looking for your help to make it possible. Mark Farid wants to wear a VR headset for 28 days and experience life events as lived by another person. To make it possible, he needs to raise £150,000 (around $234,557) on Kickstarter in the coming month.  MORE → Yes, someone has finally built Marty McFly’s auto-lacing shoes Back to the Future fans are surely familiar with Marty McFly’s special auto-lacing shoes from the future, and many of them may have been dreaming about wearing them one day. Interestingly, as we’re getting closer to 2015, the year when Marty arrives in the future, a company is getting ready to launch the first shoes with auto-lacing capabilities — and while the Powerlace P-One shoes look nothing like the sneakers in the movie, they certainly seem able to get the job done.  MORE → The iPhone 6 Plus camera has a huge problem for some users The camera on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus has both been highly praised in many reviews, including several in-depth hands-on experiences from pro photographers. Of course, the iPhone 6 Plus is always seen as being slightly better than its smaller sibling thanks to its camera’s optical image stabilization (OIS). But it looks like some iPhone 6 Plus units are behaving rather strangely for users when taking pictures and recording videos.  MORE →

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