And finally, we know Intel is pumping out Sandy Bridge processors for Apple’s MacBook Air competitors. Shouldn’t the original get a Sandy Bridge too? After Samsung and Dell, Asus tries luck with own MacBook-killer (9to5mac.com) Rumor: Apple has an A5-powered MacBook Air with Thunderbolt I/O in its labs? (9to5mac.com) iMac supplies tighten ahead of forthcoming refresh (9to5mac.com) New MacBooks needed as sales slow (9to5mac.com) Dell’s new ‘thinnest’ laptop isn’t even as thin as the 2....

Sidecar is a fantastic feature that lets you leverage a compatible iPad as an external display for your Mac. To get a little more out of the feature, read along for how to change the wallpaper on your Sidecar display. Your Sidecar display acts as an independent secondary desktop when it comes to wallpaper preferences. Even if you change the wallpaper on your Mac, whatever the existing wallpaper is on your iPad running Sidecar will remain (that goes for additional desktops as well)....

Apple appears to be further optimizing macOS Sierra for battery performance after controversy over MacBook Pro battery life issues. macOS 10.12.3 beta 4 includes a new Display Brightness item under the Battery status indicator on the menu bar when checking which apps and features are using significant energy. The new Display Brightness item only seems to appear when screen brightness is cranked up over about 80%, and clicking the new item automatically reduces the display brightness to under that threshold....

I noticed this being a problem back when I first got my Surface RT (first gen). While its display resolution isn’t high by today’s standards, and apps look great on it, using the desktop via touch was a painful experience. For more on that, you can read our article on making the Surface RT desktop more touch-friendly. If you have a laptop screen with a resolution of 1920×1080 or higher and having a hard time seeing the desktop programs follow these steps....

There are a couple of USB ports on the back of the Xbox One and one on the left side, near the front, next to the disc drive. You can use any of the ports to plug in a wired keyboard, and it will work right away. Or, you can even use an illuminated wireless keyboard like the Logitech K800 or K830 which makes it easy to type from the comfort of your couch....

Today’s best deals include a $300 discount on Apple’s latest 13-inch MacBook Air, Twelve South’s HiRise 10W Qi Charger at $57, and a Sony 7-inch CarPlay Receiver for $330. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Air is $300 off Twelve South’s HiRise 10W Qi Charger Sony 7-inch CarPlay Receiver is $330 Best Buy’s official eBay storefront offers the Sony XAV-AX3000 7-inch CarPlay + Android Auto Receiver for $330....

Who doesn’t admire Don Draper on Mad Men? He is the definition of cool and mysterious, effortlessly oozing charm and wit without even trying. Yet as suave as the ad-man makes himself out to be, if we dig a little deeper into his character, we discover that the man’s got some serious demons. Like, big time. He may seem like a total boss on the outside, but if we take a closer look at this James Bond-wannabe we start to realize how messed up he truly is....

Warning: SPOILERS below for The Man in the High Castle Seasons 1-3! Based on the novel from Philip K. Dick, the author behind several stories that were adapted into beloved sci-fi classics, like Blade Runner, Minority Report, and Total Recall, The Man in the High Castle centers around an alternate history in which the United States was defeated by both Japan and Germany during World War II. America has been split into three parts - the Greater Nazi Reich, the Japanese Pacific States, and the Neutral Zone - and a new war is stirring, not only pitting resistance fighters against the Axis powers, but the Axis powers against each other as well....

Apple Music introduced a helpful new feature in iOS 14 that keeps the music going even when an album or playlist ends. Now macOS Big Sur is slated to receive the same treatment in the next software update to the Music app. Autoplay kicks in at the end of a queue and plays similar artists and tracks to what just completed playback. The feature even includes music that isn’t in your Apple Music library to encourage discovering more from the catalog....

Magic: The Gathering’s War of the Spark trailer reveal at PAX East 2019 may have hinted at the fate of one of the most iconic planeswalkers in all of the game’s lore, Liliana Vess. War of the Spark is due out on May 3, 2019, and will mark the beginning of narrative closure for one of the longest-running storylines in the popular TCG’s history. The War of the Spark expansion will feature a number of historic firsts for Magic: The Gathering....

One of the new privacy features included in iCloud+ is what Apple calls Mail Privacy Protection. While that’s designed to protect Apple Mail users from overly intrusive marketeers, some are worried that it could badly hurt small publishers of email newsletters. That’s because it will deny them access to a key metric used to sell the advertising that makes many such newsletters viable … A quick primer on email newsletters A growing trend in the past few years has been individual writers leaving large publishers and instead offering content directly to readers in email newsletter form....

A consumer-insights survey shows that more than 80 percent of consumers shop across at least three different channels. Consumers interacting with brands through multiple platforms and multiple devices create countless touchpoints that can overwhelm marketers. These add to their endless list of tasks, including sending emails, launching ad-retargeting campaigns, managing social media accounts, and so on. This is where marketing platforms play a key role. Aside from unburdening marketers of routine tasks, marketing platforms streamline workflows and improve efficiency....

In the latest entry of our ongoing series, Screen Rant’s Ryan George reveals what (probably) happened in the pitch meeting for Disney’s Sleeping Beauty prequel/sidequel movie, Maleficent. Before Disney realized that it could simply churn out live-action remakes of its classic animated movies and still make an obscene amount of money, the studio was going to the effort of reinventing the old stories by putting a new spin on them. Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland traded in the surrealness and nonsense of the original book for some overstuffed mythology and a silly Johnny Depp dance and made a billion dollars at the box office, so for Maleficent Disney decided to play around with the idea that Sleeping Beauty’s villain was actually just horribly misunderstood....

Mama June from Mama June: From Not to Hot has pawned her diamond ring to be able to fund her bizarre road trip. The fame monster has completely taken over Mama June, causing her to make some questionable decisions. Since her family’s show stopped airing, Mama June has been struggling with her finances. She and her latest boyfriend had been kicked out of a Georgia motel as she had an unpaid bill for $2,000....

A beta version of maps just hit the ay Store. The process to check it out is super simple: just sign up to become a tester, then click the link to ay to install it. You’ll then soon see an update on your phone. It’s not entirely packed with new features right now, but there are a few new items found in version 9.27. The most notable additions are “show pending contributions notifications” “driving notifications....

I panicked when the MacBook Air did not turn on a few days ago. I followed a series of basic software-related MacBook troubleshooting. I approached the Apple service center for further investigation. Millions have faced problems with the MacBook Air machine and resolved the issues by applying official solutions. I learned a few things at the Apple service center, and I will show you how to rectify the MacBook Air issues....

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break includes deals on the latest MacBook Pro from Apple, Arlo HomeKit-enabled cameras, and truly wireless earbuds. Head below for all of the best offers and more… Apple’s 2018 MacBook Pro gets 1-day discount Today only, over at Woot you can grab Apple’s latest MacBook Pro starting at $1,330. These are certified refurbished models with a one-year warranty. As a comparison, that’s good for $470 off the original price and beats Apple’s own refurbished pricing by nearly $200....

Even if you set Windows Update to “Check for Updates but Let Me Choose Whether to Download and Install Them” it won’t pop up a notification. Windows (8) Update Notifier Download Windows (8) Update Notifier, unzip it and run WindowsUpdateNotifier.exe. The utility icon lives in the Notification Area on the Taskbar. It will check for updates and display a notification of what’s available. By default it searches for new updates every hour....

Within this context, a new sophisticated Android ransomware with novel techniques was identified by Microsoft: MalLocker. This is one of the latest pieces of ransomware observed in the wild and it is attacking Android users’ devices around the globe. How MalLocker is distributed in the wild As observed in other kinds of mobile malware families, MalLocker is being shared on random and compromised websites by crooks. It is also circulating on several online forums, using social engineering schemas to disseminate the threat — including masquerading as popular apps, cracked games and video players....

The Manifest season 1 finale ended with a bang when one of the show’s main characters was shot - but who was it? Manifest season 2, which will air in spring 2020, will reveal what really happened in that pivotal moment. Until then, the identity of the character who was shot will remain a mystery. NBC’s Manifest focuses on the lives of several airline passengers whose flight mysteriously landed five years after takeoff....