The three executives from Amazon Studios are heading to Apple to help direct the company’s original content plans.

As it ramps up original content efforts, Apple has brought over three executives, Tara Sorensen, Carina Walker, and Tara Pietri, from Amazon Studios. This is a major talent acquisition for the company, as Amazon has found a good deal of success with its original programming.

From Variety:

Tara Sorensen, the head of Amazon kids programming, will take on a similar role at Apple as the company pushes more into developing original content. She will report to Apple’s chief content officers Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht, themselves former Sony TV executives. Along with Sorensen, international development executive Carina Walker and business affairs chief Tara Pietri will also depart Amazon for Apple, with Pietri leading Apple’s legal affairs division. Walker will again be an international creative executive, reporting to fellow Amazon alum Morgan Wandell.

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Just get your hands on a new Mac? Here are ten apps that will make your machine work some magic.

I’ve owned a lot of Macs in my day, and I’ve gotten into a pretty comfortable rhythm when it comes to setting up new ones. When I got my new 21-inch Retina iMac, however, I decided to step outside my familiar box and ask my iMore and Mobile Nations colleagues what they consider must-have software on their computers.

Unsurprisingly, our lists overlapped quite a bit, but I also came away with a few exciting new apps to try. Here are our 10 favorite apps that every Mac user should own.

Dropbox

If you want to back up your files, share them with friends, collaborate with them, and access files across all your devices, Dropbox is an absolute no-brainer. Setting up a Dropbox account is simple: Once you install the app and sign up for the service, it creates a private Dropbox folder for you and your files. Anything you put in that folder gets automatically uploaded to Dropbox’s encrypted …

This holiday season, we’re gifting our readers with 12 essential tech tips for any household. Day 2: Got your mom, sister, or relative an iPhone, iPad, or Mac for Christmas? Help set up and get them started with an Apple ID.

Apple products and the holidays go hand in hand, whether we’re talking the company’s winter ads or a wrapped iPad next to your tree. I’ve received (and given) many an Apple product over the years, and part of the fun is the setup process — customizing that device exactly how you (or your recipient) like it.

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But perhaps the most important part of the setup process is hooking up your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to an Apple ID. This account gives you access to iCloud, iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and your major backup options. If you (or a relative) received an Apple product over the holidays, here’s how to get your family set up with an Apple ID.

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Ready to enable FileVault encryption on your Mac? Here’s how!

If you’ve heard about data encryption, you may have wondered if encryption is something that you’d want to implement for your own data and computers. You might be on the fence on whether you should or shouldn’t encrypt your data in this post-Snowden age. Or, you might be a health or business professional wanting to safely store client information. What ever your reason, Apple provides data encryption on macOS and Apple calls it FileVault. Here’s how to enable it!

Enable FileVault

Launch System Preferences.
Select Security & Privacy.
Click the Lock icon to enable changes.

Read the WARNING.
Click Turn On FileVault.

You must make a choice on whether you want to use your iCloud account as a key to unlock your encrypted disk or to create a recovery key. If you plan on having highly sensitive data that you want to ensure that no one but you can get access to, the select to create a recovery key. Otherwise choose to A…

Save big on the Feast of Saint Stephen with these great apps to help you battle through Boxing Day!

Boxing Day, December 26, started in the UK and it’s huge up here in Canada. It’s like our Black Friday. There are crazy sales, the stores are packed with people, traffic is horrendous, and my wife always brings home a good haul of half-off stuff that we didn’t really need to begin with.

If you’re going to be out there braving the trenches, then take these apps with you and consider them your ”gloves” this Boxing Day — you’re gonna need ’em!

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Best Buy

Some of the best deals you can find on Boxing Day go down at Best Buy. You’ll find HUGE savings on TVs, home theater equipment, laptops, and much more. The Best Buy app lets you check out Best Buy’s flyers, and you can even just shop right online for both in-store and online-exclusive deals. There’s even a location finder just in case one store is out of stock o…

Become a Twitter expert and learn how to use threaded Tweets!

Twitter recently released a new feature called Threaded Tweets, which allow users to connect multiple pre-written tweets or add additional thoughts to an existing tweet. Here’s how Twitter describes the feature:

We’ve made it easy to create a thread by adding a plus button in the composer, so you can connect your thoughts and publish your threaded Tweets all at the same time. You can continue adding more Tweets to your published thread at any time with the new ”Add another Tweet” button. Additionally, it’s now simpler to spot a thread – we’ve added an obvious ”Show this thread” label. (Twitter)

If you’re looking to learn how to use Twitter threads, then you’ve come to the right place. Here’s how to become a Twitter expert and use threaded tweets on your iPhone or iPad!

How to create a Threaded Tweet and post multiple tweets at once

Open the Twitter app for iPhone or iPad.
Tap on the Compose button in the upp…

You bought an iPad and your kids want to play with it; however, you know just how clumsy, accident-prone, and careless your kids can be and the thought of your iPad breaking gives you heart palpitations. Relax. You can ease some of the anxiety you may have about handing an expensive iPad over to your children with some accessories!

Protect your iPad with an amazing case—one tough enough to withstand life with your kids. Here are our favorite kid-friendly cases for iPad.

i-Blason Armorbox Kido
Griffin Survivor
Speck iGuy
LifeProof NÜÜD Series
Digital Kids adjustable activity table

i-Blason Armorbox Kido

If you have the new iPad Pro and know little hands might be getting ahold of it, then i-Blason’s Armorbox Kido might be perfect for you. It’s a thicker case that can withstand some drops and bumps and features a handle that’s built especially for little hands.

The handle folds back to create a kickstand so that you can keep the kids busy with cartoons and games …