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Five convincing reasons to buy AirPods Pro!

AirPods Pro

If you're thinking about picking up new earbuds to work with your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you'll probably thinking about the new AirPods Pro from Apple. But at $249, they're kind of a big deal to justify. Are AirPods Pro actually worth the price? Our Harris Craycraft definitely thinks so. And he's here to convince you with a new video.

Never mind the 16-inch MacBook Pro, how about a 14-inch MacBook Pro

16-inch MacBook Pro

Apple's recent introduction of a 16-inch MacBook Pro got me thinking about the future of the Mac line. The latest rumors suggest that the 13-inch MacBook Pro is getting a redesigned keyboard in early 2020. That's a good first step. But the increase in screen real estate on the 16-inch model makes me wonder if the 13-inch MacBook Pro might be not long for this world at all. Could a 14-inch be around the corner?

Apple rebrands WWDC app as Developer, features year-round content

Apple Developer app

Apple's WWDC app has been a mainstay for Apple developers attending or interested in the latest happenings at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, which happens every June near Apple headquarters. The company announced late Monday that the WWDC app has been rebranded Developer, and now features year-round content of interest to Apple developers instead. It's available for download from the App Store.

Path of Exile coming to iOS, Mac

Path of Exile Mobile

Grinding Gear Games has announced plan to bring the popular free-to-play action role playing game Path of Exile to iOS and Android. What's more, the company is making a Mac version of the game.

Editor’s desk: MacBook Pro devolution, Apple Watch and Research, Vaping nannying

16-inch MacBook Pro

This week's was dominated by a few headlines that caught my attention. The first, of course, was Apple's long-awaited introduction of the new 16-inch MacBook Pro. The next came when Apple announced the release of its Research app and announced three studies designed to work with it, all on the same day as Stanford researchers offered up the full results of their 2017 Apple Watch heart study. The final thing was Apple's controversial decision to nix the availability of vaping apps on the App Store - which isn't sitting right with medical marijuana advocates, especially. Let's dive right in.

Apple Watch Noise app helps autistic man with social issues

Noise app on Apple Watch

Apple introduced the Noise app with watchOS 6 this year. The feature – available on Apple Watch Series 4 and later - measures ambient noise, and is aimed at helping Apple Watch wearers to protect their hearing. Now People magazine has a story about how the Noise app is helping an autistic man to manage an issue that could cause social discomfort.

Cortana to be discontinued as iOS and Android app

Cortana

Microsoft will be discontinuing its Cortana app for iOS and Android in January, at least in select countries. The Verge reports that a new support article has appeared on Microsoft's UK, Canada, and Australia's web site instances notifying users of the pending change.

How to upgrade the RAM on your 13-inch MacBook Pro

13-inch MacBook Pro RAM

Rather than budget for a new computer, sometimes you can put together a deal that will keep you going with what you already have - or what you can get your hands on cheap - that turns out to be a better value. That's what I discovered recently with a 13-inch MacBook Pro (Mid 2012) that I got my hands on. Here's what I did.

Apple nixes all vaping apps from App Store

Pax Era app

Apple is removing all vaping apps from the App Store on Friday, according to Axios. Apple is taking the measure after dozens of people have died from lung illness tied to vaping, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).