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Spotify’s Awful Car Music Gizmo Is Now Available To The U.S. Public
Spotify’s Car Thing — a music-playing gizmo that mounts to a climate vent or CD slot and connects to older cars via Bluetooth or an aux jack — is now available to the pubic after a lengthy limited-release, invite-only phase. Initially, Spotify Premium subscribers could get them for free. “Free” happened to be the right…
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Apple-1 Mystery Is Finally Solved 45 Years Later
About 45 years ago, Apple sold 200 of its first-ever product: the Apple-1 computer. Of those, around 82 still exist and about 80 in the first batch of 100 are said to have a handwritten serial number on the mainboard (these appear as “01-00##”). Only a few dozen of those 80 are still around. For…
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I Can’t Even Look at This Laptop-Carrying Strap Without Getting Stressed Out
Forget the debate about whether you should put your smartphone in a case. The Laptop Strap wants to replace supposedly bulky laptop bags and backpacks with what is essentially a camera strap for naked, unprotected computers.
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Apple Is Reportedly Giving Its Retail Workers Raises to Make Sure They Don’t Leave
In the era of the Great Resignation and a tighter labour market, it’s common sense to have companies review and increase the benefits they offer their workers, especially when that company is the most valuable one in the world.