Keep up with the best gear and deals on the web by signing up for the 9to5Toys Newsletter. Also, be sure to check us out on: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ and Safari push notifications. TODAY’S CAN’T MISS DEALS: Last Call Updates: The iPhone 5c (16GB GSM Unlocked Refurb) makes a great first phone for the kids at only $100 shipped (Orig. $550) Score PowerBeats2 Wireless Headphones for $120 (40% off) and maybe you’ll become an NBA champion too Daily Deals: Seagate 4TB USB Portable Hard Drive $110, Duracell 8800mAh & 1850mAh Power Bank Set $23, more Get the best of both worlds w/ Sony’s AirPlay and Bluetooth Speaker for $290 shipped (Reg....

Nikkei has run a report suggesting that Apple has instructed its suppliers to reduce iPhone XR production, reflecting lower-than-expected demand. The report has seen the stock fall almost 2% in pre-market trading, adding to last week’s 6% fall on weaker-than-expected guidance and nervousness around the company no longer reporting iPhone sales numbers … Nikkei reports ‘disappointing demand’ for the latest iPhone to go on sale. The piece implies that more people than expected are opting to save money by buying the older iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus models instead of the XR....

The financial markets continue to be incredibly volatile as the effects of the coronavirus pandemic continue to spread around the world. Apple shares have plummeted more than 12% as the market opens, starting the week off at $243. Late on Friday, Apple announced that it would close all retail stores outside of Greater China until March 27. Apple is closing stores in all countries outside of the Greater China region, the latter of which has apparently recovered following the peak of the outbreak there in February....

Apple agreed to acquire Beats for several reasons: for the streaming music service, for the headphones, for the speakers, and to bring Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine into the Cupertino fold. But the New York Post believes that Apple is seeking help from the Beats team for another important area of the Apple business: advertising. It’s no secret in the technology and advertising world that Apple could not be anymore displeased with the services as of late from longtime ad partner TBWA, and unnamed ad agency executives are said to believe that the Beats team could improve Apple’s ads:...

DevOps is a culture that promotes collaboration between Development and Operations Team. This allows deploying code to production faster and in an automated way. It helps to increases an organization’s speed to deliver application and services. It can be defined as an alignment of development and IT operation. What is Agile? Agile Methodology involves continuous iteration of development and testing in the SDLC process. This software development method emphasizes on iterative, incremental, and evolutionary development....

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Apple is still the best-known source of podcasts, but Spotify has offered podcasts for a few years now and has really upped its game in the past 18 months – including a controversial $100M exclusive. Other ways to listen to podcasts include TuneIn, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and Radio.com. There shouldn’t be a need to invite selected shows to participate. If you claim to offer access to podcasts, listeners ought to be able to access all available ones....

It’s hard to believe that the popular FX horror anthology, American Horror Story, is on its ninth season. The series has already been renewed for a tenth. Before we were introduced to witches, the apocalypse, freak shows, and slasher summer camps, all we knew was the story of a haunted house and the Harmon family. Into which Hogwarts house should each Murder House character be sorted? Ben Harmon (Slytherin) Ben Harmon’s sense of self-preservation at the cost of all the most important relationships in his life could only make him a Slytherin....

Update: A silent update to the app now appears to have resolved the problem. Some users of the iOS version of the Facebook Messenger app are experiencing an annoying bug that only allows them to type a few words at a time … Closing and re-opening the app, restarting the phone and even deleting and reinstalling the app all reportedly make no difference. TechCrunch verified the issue, and contacted Facebook for comment....

Be sure to follow 9to5Toys to keep up with the best gear and deals on the web: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+. Today’s can’t miss deals: iPad Bluetooth Keyboards refurbished w/ free shipping: Logitech Ultrathin $30, ZAGGkeys Mini 7 $20 Anker 5-port Family iPad/tablet/iPhone USB Charger: $16 shipped Logitech rechargeable multi-touch trackpad for Mac $30 shipped (Reg. $60) Other great deals from today: Get a free $5 Starbucks card with their new “tweet-a-coffee” promo https://t....

Be sure to follow 9to5Toys to keep up with the best gear and deals on the web: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ and Safari push notifications. Today’s can’t miss deals: Last Call updates: Logitech speaker systems (refurb): Z506 $41 (orig. $100 new), Z323 $26 (orig. $70 new) Oral-B Precision Black electric toothbrush $106, SentrySafe fire chest/safe $16, more SNK Playmore Android 20th Anniversary $0.99 Sale: The King of Fighters ’97, Metal Slug 1-3, more Put a 6-inch MFi Lightning cable on your keychain for $13....

One feature that Apple didn’t spend time showing off on stage is a rumored one-handed mode for the new larger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus displays. Apple is calling it “Reachability” and with it allows users to double tap the Home button to shift the entire UI down to put UI elements at the top of the display in thumb’s reach (as pictured above). How Apple would address the problem of a larger iPhone causing usability issues was a big question leading up to today’s event and now we have our answer....

Set Display Brightness with Action Center To change the brightness level on your laptop, you can open Action Center and click the Brightness button, but it will adjust it in increments of 25 percent, which is clunky and doesn’t give you precision control. If you want precise control, you can right-click the Brightness button and select Go to Settings. There you have access to a slider for adjusting the brightness of your display....

Adobe has officially dropped support for its CS6 suite today and made the announcement at its MAX 2013 conference that it is moving to updates for Creative Cloud members only going forward. We have already detailed a ton of new features coming to Photoshop, video apps such as Premiere and After Effects, and its brand new CC design tools including updates to Illustrator, InDesign, and new Kuler, and Adobe Ideas iOS apps....

Aperture users worried about transitioning to Lightroom following Apple’s decision to cease support for its full-featured photo editing software will now find life a little easier. The latest version of Lightroom includes a built-in migration tool to import both photos and associated metadata from both Aperture and iPhoto. Star ratings, keywords, color labels, face tags, GPS data, stacks, hidden files and rejects are all transferred into Lightroom to make the transition as painless as possible....

. Apple’s Mac partner Intel is having trouble getting its chips into the booming tablet and smartphone space. That has lead to flat earnings and trouble for the once-dominant chipmaker. Today, Intel announced that CEO Paul Otellini would be replaced in May. [tweet https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/270528253150773248] Otellini is also on Google’s Board of Directors and is pictured above in three of his Apple Keynote event cameos. Release follows: Intel CEO Paul Otellini to Retire in May SANTA CLARA, Calif....

Google developed Android Auto in collaboration with different car manufacturers, which is mainly designed to help you focus on the road while you are driving, and it was revealed in 2014, and as of December 2021, Android auto is available in a total of 44 countries. With android auto, you can access google maps to get directions while you are driving or real-time traffic alerts. You can also make calls with just your voice, and it will also read your incoming messages or notifications....

From 9to5toys: Following the release of the last main console entry in the long running Hitman franchise, Square Enix took the franchise mobile with the stellar, board-game style Hitman GO. Now Square is back with another iOS game starring Agent 47: Unlike the console games and Hitman Go, you won’t be navigating various locations in order to take out your target quietly in the new Hitman: Sniper. This is a fixed shooter game, similar to the Sniper Challenge that was attached to Absolution....

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s new S.H.I.E.L.D. director, Mack, is finally rebuilding the spy organization after it crumbled following the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. When Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. launched back in 2013, Coulson and his team were part of a global organization with phenomenal resources. But it turned out Nick Fury’s S.H.I.E.L.D. had been compromised by Hydra, and it all fell apart with shocking speed. Phil Coulson’s time as director of S....

Airmail made its way from the Mac to the iPhone a couple of months ago, and today the popular email app is completing the suite and releasing the first version for iPad. Airmail for iPad supports keyboard shortcuts and iOS 9’s multitasking features like Split View and Slide Over, so you can triage email in Airmail and browse Safari or Twitter at the same time. And the free update includes loads of other new features for both the iPad and iPhone versions including Touch ID support, custom shortcuts, a new gesture for moving between messages, and tons of new integrations and improvements....