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Daily Headlines WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2015

The iPhone 6 is succeeding wildly where the iPhone 5c failed Remember back in 2013 when Apple launched a device called the iPhone 5c that was supposed to be a lower cost device that could claw back some market share from Android, especially in emerging markets such as China? Well sales of the 5c were disappointing for Apple and the device did nothing to slow Android’s march toward dominance. However, Apple now knows that it didn’t need a cheaper iPhone — it just needed a bigger one.  MORE → LG has found another way to bring webOS back from the dead Despite HP’s very best efforts to kill it, it seems webOS will never die. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that LG is going to use Palm’s little-platform-that-couldn’t-quite to run a new smartwatch that it plans to release in early 2016.  MORE → Why you (probably) shouldn’t worry about the new MacBook Air ditching ports When news of Apple’s radically redesigned 2015 MacBook Air broke on Tuesday, one of the most jarring revelations revolved around how many ports it would have. 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman has reported that the new MacBook Air will dump full-sized USB ports, MagSafe connectors and SD card slots. Instead it seems the new ultra-thin MacBook will have one USB Type-C port and a headphone jack… and that’s it.  MORE → Use this tiny storage dongle to make sure your iPhone has enough space to handle iOS 9 One of Apple’s problems with iOS devices, which became even more apparent after the launch of iOS 8, is limited storage available to the user for the most basic iPhone and iPad models, especially considering the increased amount of digital content users store on them.   MORE → Hackers’ worst nightmare continues as ‘The Interview’ hits more records online The Interview is far from being a must-see movie, but that didn’t stop plenty of viewers from renting or purchasing the controversial comedy online, after hackers forced Sony’s hand last month. Instead of enjoying a wide release on Christmas Day, the movie was only shown in select cinemas, though Sony also released it online with help of Microsoft, Google, Apple, and other digital content providers. After hitting 15 million in sales in the first days after launch, The Interview passed a second impressive milestone, raking in $31 million, according to CNN.  MORE → Watch the first full(-size) trailer for Ant-Man Marvel pulled our leg last week with a teaser for Ant-Man that was just barely big enough for an actual ant to see, but following the premiere of Agent Carter on Tuesday night, the full-length (and full-size) trailer has made its way online.   MORE → Watch the first full(-size) trailer for Ant-Man Marvel pulled our leg last week with a teaser for Ant-Man that was just barely big enough for an actual ant to see, but following the premiere of Agent Carter on Tuesday night, the full-length (and full-size) trailer has made its way online.   MORE → New patent shows how bending iPhones could one day be a feature, not a bug Apple appears to be very much interested in iPhones with flexible displays that could be folded into smaller devices without breaking. The company on Tuesday was awarded a patent for “Flexible electronic devices,” AppleInsider reports, which was filed all the way back in late September 2011.  MORE → Something amazing is happening at HTC: Its sales have stopped tanking HTC released another quarterly earnings report this week and once again the beleaguered Taiwanese company posted dismal resul… actually, wait. It didn’t! Bloomberg reports that HTC not only reported a better-than-expected profit of NT$470 million in Q4 2014 but it also posted year-over-year sales growth for the first time in more than three years.  MORE → The first Assassin’s Creed movie will hit theaters this December 21st There has been a long tradition of movies based on video games in Hollywood, but the vast majority of them have been critical flops. Video game stories just don’t transition especially well to the big screen, which explains why Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, and perhaps most infamously of all, Super Mario Bros. are so hard to watch.  MORE →

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