• Apple to once again offer 'Lucky Bags' in celebration of the new year in Japan

  Apple has just announced that its annual New Years retail store promotion in Japan has been scheduled for Jan. 2, 2015. Apple to once again offer 'Lucky Bags' in celebration of the new year in Japan is a story by AppAdvice.com AppAdvice - iPhone, iPad, iPod, App Reviews + News

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• 'Lucky Bag' sale hitting Japanese Apple Stores on January 2nd

  The annual "Luck Bag" sale is returning again to Japanese brick-and-mortar Apple retail stores on January 2nd to celebrate the new year. The sale, which sees customers forking over a specified chunk of cash in exchange for, well, a bag. In that bag they'd find a mystery assortment of…

• The Talk Show: 2014 Year in Review

  I was delighted to join John Gruber on The Talk Show this week to discuss everything that happened with Apple in 2014. Special guest Rene Ritchie returns to the show for a special Apple 2014 year-in-review episode. Just a few of the many topics covered: Apple's Beats acquisition; WWDC 2014…

• Will Butler: "Christmas 2014"

  Arcade Fire's Will Butler isn't much for sparse compositions. Even the "simple" stuff on AF records has epic flavor. So think of this delightful ditty he dropped yesterday as a stocking stuffer of a Will Butler song. It's not grandiose, but it's still mighty satisfying.…

• How to fix the 8 most annoying problems with iOS 8

  Apple has pushed out one major software update and several minor updates since it first released iOS 8 to the public this past September. The latest version of Apple's mobile platform, iOS 8.1.2, is far more stable and refined than Apple's early iOS 8 releases, one of which was so bad that it…

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