The tech gods giveth and the tech gods taketh.

The news this week around Apple revolved around money. Apple reported their quarterly earnings, and while they were right in track with what Apple had predicted, it was the first time that Apple saw a year-over-year drop thanks to a slip in iPhone sales. And Wall Street lost its collective mind despite Apple’s forecasting of a great-but-not-spectacular quarter three months prior.

Oh, happy day — Facebook and Facebook Messenger arrived for Windows 10! And Instagram is officially on windows 10 Mobile — and it matches the Instagram for iPhone app feature-for-feature! But wait, Windows Phone is dead, right? Far from it, says Windows chief Terry Myerson.

Comings and goings were the story on the Android front. Gmail picked up Exchange support, Marshmallow came to the BlackBerry Priv, and rumor has it the Google Play Store might be coming to Chrome OS. Meanwhile, the classic Nexus 9 tablet left the Google Store and a popular Twitter app …

The iMore show brings you everything you need to know about the week in iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple! On this episode we present a podcast in two parts: Serenity, Michael, and Rene on Apple earnings, and then Georgia, Mikah, Serenity, and Rene on Talkshow, Facebook Live, social fatigue, and Apple Watch one year later. Listen along!

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Apple earnings
Facebook Live
Talkshow is texting in public and more: We take a first look and interview the creator!
Apple Watch review: One year later
Twitter and Facebook want publishers and brands to stop promoting their Snapchat accounts
Hosts

Serenity Caldwell
Georgia Dow
Michael Gartenberg
Mikah Sargent
Rene Ritchie
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Start racking up the wins and the coins with some helpful tips for 8 Ball Pool!

8 Ball Pool let’s you shoot some stick with competitors around the world. It is wildly entertaining but can also gobble up a lot of time as you ride out a winning streak or try and redeem yourself after a crushing loss. All of this in the name of earning coins and cash to buy better cues and play at high-stakes tables.

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If you’re just starting out with 8 Ball Pool, we’ve rounded up some basic tips for beginners to help you play better and earn more coins and cash right off the bat…er, cue!

Choose your tables wisely
Open the app every day
Buy a better cue
Use a little English
Shoot faster
Extend your aim

1. Choose your tables wisely

When you’re just starting out, you don’t want to get hustled out of your meager coin collection by some shark! There are several tables initially available to play, but as you swipe sideways you’ll notice the tables have larger entry fees. At …

Time again for the Mobile Nations Community Update! That’s right, it’s time to roundup some of the best stuff happening around Android Central, Connectedly, CrackBerry, iMore, and Windows Central.
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Cable cord-cutters unite! This is how we take charge of our show-watching experience!

I have never paid for cable television. For years, I survived on broadcast networks and DVDs. With Netflix, Hulu, HBO Now, and YouTube on Apple TV, I am fully satisfied with my TV, movie, and entertainment choices. And, I get to choose when I watch, instead of having to follow a programmed schedule.

If you are a cable cord-cutter, or you just like having the extra streaming services around, Apple TV makes it easy for you to watch the movies and shows you want, when you want.

This post assumes that you already have a subscription to Netflix, Hulu, HBO Now, or a YouTube account.

How to watch Netflix on Apple TV
How to watch Hulu on Apple TV
How to watch HBO Now on Apple TV
How to watch YouTube on Apple TV

How to watch Netflix on Apple TV

Netflix offers a huge selection of blockbuster hit movies, as well as entire seasons of popular TV shows at least a year after they are first broadcast. You ma…

Apple online support for products like iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, and Mac has just gotten easier and better thanks to an all-new site redesign.

Announced via the Apple Support Twitter account, the new site provides optimized experiences for both desktop and mobile.

Our reimagined & redesigned site is live. See it for yourself today. https://t.co/6By6G4zBum pic.twitter.com/V9iSUm2Cqx— Apple Support (@AppleSupport) April 29, 2016

It starts with a search bar to help customers quickly find just what they’re looking for, as well as direct access to Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and iTunes support, with Apple ID, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iPod, iCloud, AirPort + Wi-Fi, Pro Apps (Logic, Final Cut, etc.), and Apple Care just a click away.

The site also includes a new section, Popular Topics, which attempts to offer fast access the support questions that are requested the most, such as what new iPhone customers need to know, managing your Apple ID, taking and managing pho…

A person has created the code so that Windows 95 can be installed and run on an Apple Watch, but it was not an easy task.

That person, Nick Lee, posted just how he accomplished this project on his Medium page. He points out that the hardware inside the Apple Watch (a 520 MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, and 8GB of internal storage) should be able to handle the 26 year old Windows 95 with ease. In practice, however, it took a lot of effort. We won’t go into the programming details but let’s just say it is definitely not as simple as just installing the OS on the smartwatch. He even set up a way to keep the smartwatch’s crown going, so it would not fall asleep during the process.

The final result can be seen in Lee’s video above. As he points out, Windows 95 still takes an hour to boot on the Apple Watch due to the fact that the OS is running on an emulator, but it does work, sort of.
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