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Joe Giudice fought hard against deportation to keep his relationship with daughter Gia. The Real Housewives of New Jersey episodes showed the toll that the situation had taken on Joe’s wife and the Giudice daughters, showing them barely holding it together. Joe Giudice, best known for trying to pull one over on the United States government, was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement one month ago on October 11, and then flown immediately back to his home country, Italy, after being in ICE custody since March....

Star Wars actor John Boyega is interested in starring in a sequel to Joe Cornish’s 2011 sci-fi comedy Attack the Block. The film was released prior to Boyega being cast in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and it has grown a cult following over the years, propelled further by Boyega’s recent mainstream success. In Attack the Block, Boyega stars as a teenager named Moses who leads a small gang in South London....

In 2019, Jony Ive departed Apple after more than 20 years to form his own independent design firm called LoveFrom. Since then, we have not heard much from Apple’s storied design executive, but he recently delivered a speech to the California College of the Arts as part of the university’s virtual commencement proceedings. During the speech, Ive, who was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree, shared a variety of pieces of motivation for the graduates....

With only 2 days left until the holiday shopping season kicks off with Black Friday, Target has pushed out an update for its iOS app. Version 6.3 brings a new design full of iOS 7-inspired fonts, colors and icons. Users can more easily navigate the app with the swipe-to-go-back feature just like the one that is prominently used in the stock Mail app. Of course, the app continues to offer power shopping tools like a Store Finder, TargetLists, access to the weekly ad, and more....

Roughly 336 hours away from Mac, I’m almost at the point of not looking back. While there are still a few minor annoyances with how iPad Pro operates, the pros far outweigh the cons. Here’s what it’s like to do real work — in my case, write — with iPad Pro on a daily basis for two weeks straight… As many tech influencers have expressed over the last few weeks, iPad Pro is seemingly becoming one of the best tools available for getting work done....

The SDK announcement yesterday included no reference to Google Apps working on the iPhone. While I’ve been using IMAP to check my Google Apps Email for awhile now (at push-like 1 minute intervals), it is a bit of a pain to connect to the Calendar and Addressbook through the EDGE web interface. I would much prefer to use the native apps like Exchange now can. I also know that I can sync my desktop Calendar and Addressbook....

Do you have some, or maybe even a lot of pictures you’ve shot with iPhone that you’d like to turn off the Live Photos effect? Follow along for how to turn off Live Photos for existing pictures. Live Photos is a neat feature that captures 1.5 seconds before and after you snap an image that can really bring a moment to life. But sometimes you might have had the feature turned on by accident when you really just wanted a standard still photo....

Ahead of Friday’s release of the iPhone 11 Pro, travel photographer Austin Mann has shared his early thoughts on the new camera hardware. Mann offers praise for the iPhone 11’s new Night mode and the super wide-angle lens, and outlines some features he still thinks are missing. Regarding Night mode, Mann believes that the the feature will “completely change how everyone shoots on their iPhone.” He says that he’s glad Apple didn’t simply try to make night shots look like day shots, but instead focused on artistic expression:...

The iPhone 12 lineup has hit a major milestone less than a year after its introduction: sales of over 100 million units. According to a new report from Counterpoint Research, iPhone 12 sales crossed the 100 million unit mark in April 2021, two months earlier than the iPhone 11 and nearly in line with the iPhone 6. As Apple fans know, the iPhone 6 represented a super cycle for iPhone sales, thanks to the larger form factor design and the iPhone 6 Plus....

We’re not going to beat around the bush — in our approximation, the iPhone 4 is the best smartphone on the market right now. The combination of gorgeous new hardware, that amazing display, upgraded cameras, and major improvements to the operating system make this an extremely formidable package. Yes, there are still pain points that we want to see Apple fix, and yes, there are some amazing alternatives to the iPhone 4 out there....

Six hours after originally taking its online store down, Apple has now made the iPhone 8, Apple TV 4K, and Apple Watch Series 3 available for preorder. All three devices can be purchased via the Apple Online Store with the earliest arrival date being September 22nd, but that varies by SKU… In addition to the Apple Online Store, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are available to preorder from carriers and other retailers, as well....

Is the physical Apple Card pure titanium, or does it use other materials? With Apple making much mention of the premium material in its marketing materials, I guess it was only a matter of time before someone had to find out… As Bloomberg notes, Apple mentions titanium no fewer than 13 times in its support document on the care and cleaning of the sliver of metal. And so on. The titanium Apple Card is laser-etched with the cardholder’s name and the Apple logo....

I’ve written about my eufyCam setup in the past when considering HomeKit Secure Video. I have multiple outdoor cameras, the wired Eufy doorbell, and I am testing various indoor eufy cameras for an upcoming review. As you can see, I am all in on Eufy as my camera manufacturer. They are low cost, reliable, and work well with HomeKit. For my smart home needs, that is all I am looking for in a camera....

To learn more about what organizations can do to account for these evolving challenges, we sat down with Cushing Anderson, IDC’s Program Vice President for IT Education and Skills for Digital Transformation. When Cushing started in the IT education space 22 years ago there were only two primary certification vendors — Novell and Cisco. Now there are hundreds of potential certification options and organizations are investing heavily in their employees’ skills sets....

Apple today released a new version of its iTunes Remote app for iOS, which has not been updated for more than a year. Version 4.5 of the app features Dark Mode and enhanced support for the new Music and TV apps included with macOS Catalina. The iTunes Remote app update follows the release of macOS Catalina 10.15.2 earlier this week, which also brought back support for controlling media playback remotely through an iPhone or iPad....

HTC was its closest competitor. So, I guess that is news. [via the Loop] DATE PUBLISHED: 09/06/2012 “As the capabilities of wireless phones and their applications continue to expand, allowing customers to more often use their device, handset manufacturers have an opportunity to shape the customer experience and impact satisfaction with better application integration and social networking options,” said Uma Jha, senior director of mobile devices at J.D. Power and Associates....

Jersey Shore: Family Vacation’s Jenni “JWoww” Farley revealed how challenging her divorce has been during a vulnerable moment on Thursday night’s episode of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. While filming this season, Farley was facing a difficult divorce from Roger Matthews, the father of children Meilani and Greyson. This week’s episode showed us the aftermath of that argument, wherein Farley’s boyfriend Zach Carpinello accused Pivarnick of trying to kiss him. Farley and Pivarnick feuded over dinner, pointing fingers and smashing glass bottles....

Wired’s new cover story featuring Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre includes interviews with the Beats co-founders turned Apple executives and also some quotes from others on the Apple Music team. The article has a lot of backstory on the duo pre Apple’s acquisition of Beats, much of which we’ve heard in the past, but mostly discusses the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, an undergraduate program the two Apple executives have started at the University of Southern California....

Joaquin Phoenix is happy that people don’t agree about Joker’s ending. The controversial origin story continues to bring in record profits at the box office, despite the highly divisive nature of the film and what it all means. Not only is Joker the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time, but it’s also one of the most profitable comic book movies every made. The film has been experiencing a whirlwind of reactions since kicking off its festival circuit run back in the summer....

She may be best known as the current Doctor Who, but here’s where else you may have seen actress Jodie Whittaker. Jodie Whittaker started her career acting in plays such as The Storm and made guest appearances on British dramas Doctors and Dalziel And Pascoe. Her first big role came with 2006’s Venus, where she co-starred with screen legend Peter O’Toole. She received great reviews for her work in Venus, and more roles in TV movie This Life +10 with Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead) and both St....