Justin Kahn

Most of our favorite iPhone X cases and accessories were released late last year, including options from Pad & Quill, Twelve South and more. However, we were still waiting on the entire lineup of new protective cases from LifeProof. The company’s highly protective covers have been keeping our expensive iPhones safe from the elements for years and now the new LifeProof FRĒ for Apple’s high-end handset is available for purchase.
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Last year was a big one for the folks at Nintendo. The massively successful launch of the Switch along with the SNES Classic Edition and some of the best first party titles in history helped propel the company to new heights after the somewhat disappointing Wii U era. Today, Nintendo announced that its latest hardware is now the fastest selling console in U.S. history.
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on Simple Notes, Remote Drive for Mac, Evoland, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is just around the corner now. We are already seeing some major announcements from some of the biggest players in the tech world including LG’s massive 88-inch OLED display, GE’s new Siri-enabled smart home gear, Mophie’s high-end powerstation and this year’s fleet of Honda robots. CES brings out the best and brightest in the world of tech with some of the most exciting announcements of the year and you’ll find everything right here on 9to5Toys.

Ahead of this year’s show, Netgear is looking to expand your Wi-Fi across your entire property with the latest addition to its Orbi home networking lineup…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on The 7th Guest, Simpler Pro, Weather Line, Earth 3D more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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Amazon now looks to have finalized its list for the best-sellers in gaming for 2017. Nintendo has a number of products in the top 20 alongside hardware from both Sony and Microsoft. On top of that it looks like extra controllers and and PS Plus membership extensions were popular gifts this season…
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New Super Mario Bros. was released back in 2006 for the Nintendo DS. While being somewhat criticized for its overall simplicity and similarities to previous titles, the game went on to sell nearly 31 million copies, firmly placing it on the best-selling games of all-time list. Like with most Mario titles, fans just couldn’t get enough of the original DS action and have taken it upon themselves to create a bunch of new levels and worlds for the game…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on Civilization VI, Starborn Anarkist, The Machines, 2Do more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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As of late, Korg has been known for its interesting iOS instruments/music-making software, as well as some of its hardware releases. The polyphonic Minilogue synthesizer, as well as the rest of its smaller and affordable Volca instruments have been very popular among home producers and synth enthusiasts over the past few years. We have also covered the company’s interesting Gadget synth platform for Mac and iOS for Logic Pros and have generally been impressed with what the company has to offer.

Well today, Korg is essentially breathing new life into its now aging Korg Legacy Collection. Originally released in 2004, the Mac and Windows compatible software instruments are getting an over haul along with some major new additions for 2018.
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we are continuing to see massive price drops for the holidays. Those include Demon’s Rise, Iron Marines, Kingdom Rush titles, Fantastical 2, Turnado and many more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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(Update): Best Buy is offering NBA 2K18 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PS4 for $39.99 or $31.99 for GCU members. That’s the current best price going.

In today’s best console game deals, Best Buy is offering Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite on PS4 and Xbox One for $29.99. But GCU members can grab it for $23.99. It goes for for over $36 on Amazon and this is lowest total we can find.

More game/console deals:

• Prey $20 (Reg. $40) | Amazon
• LEGO City Undercover Switch $20 (Reg. $40) | GameStop
  • Use code SAVER for free shipping over $25.
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy $20 (Reg. $30+) | GameStop
• Grand Theft Auto V $30 or $24 w/ GCU (Reg. $40) | Best Buy
• Call of Duty: WWII $40 or $32 w/ GCU (Reg. $60) | Best Buy
• Rocket League for Nintendo Switch $15 (Reg. $20) | Nintendo
• South Park: The Fractured but Whole $30 or $24 w/ GCU (Reg. $60) | Amazon
• South Park Remote Control Coon Mobile Bundle $78 (Reg. $190) | Amazon
• Star Wars Battlefront 2 $40 (Reg. $60) | Walmart
• Destiny 2 $30 (Reg. $40+) | Amazon
• Hey! PIKMIN Nintendo 3DS $25 (Reg. $40) | Amazon

We still have Xbox One X + PUBG and a $50 Best Buy Gift Card for $500 ($580 value) and you can play the Zelda-like Blossom Tales on Nintendo Switch today.

Down below you’ll find more console game deals and new products. Your daily iOS/Mac app sales are on the way!
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The Nintendo eShop is filled with amazing titles for your new Switch, not to mention the 3DS. On top digital versions of well-known titles and classic re-releases, Nintendo’s virtual marketplace is filled with indie hits and hidden gems to keep you busy in between major releases.

While not likely to remain under the radar for very long, a very interesting new RPG from developer Castle Pixel released today for Switch…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we are continuing to see massive price drops for the holidays. Those include Home Design 3D, Street Fighter IV CE, Bastion, Deus Ex: The Fall, Magellan and many more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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While many of us are focused on last-minute gifts and some well-deserved time off over the holidays, most tech company’s are doing nothing of the sort. With CES 2018 just around the corner now, we are already starting to see new gear from some major players. One of the first out of the gate this year is Samsung with its new sound bar.

While we are certainly expecting to hear a lot more from Samsung at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the impressively slim design and built-in technologies the new NW700 Sound+ sports has us intrigued.
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Well, it’s that time of year again and we are seeing huge deals across the App Stores. As per usual, just about all the best iOS and Mac apps/games have gone on sale for the holidays and this is the place to find them. We have curated only the best-of-the-best down below in each category and will be updating this post through the weekend. 
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, the App Store has no exploded with amazing deals for the holidays. We are seeing deep deals on loads of Final Fantasy games, Goat Simulator, Transistor, Oceanhorn, Infinity Blade, INKS and many more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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Keeping all of your streaming subscriptions and all the boxes that come along with them organized is still a bit of a chore. Despite recent efforts from most of the major players in the space, anyone invested in multiple services and set-top boxes still has to deal with a mess of cables and input switching. While Apple’s TV app is certainly headed in the right direction, it doesn’t really help much for those with multiple streaming boxes sitting atop the mantle.

Earlier this year we had a chance to take a quick look at what the 4K Caavo set-top box had to offer and now the company is ready for you to bring its all-in-one entertainment system home…
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Every year for the holidays, the folks at AppSanta offer up to 80% off some of the best apps for Mac and iOS. This year is no exception with a very strong list of rarely discounted offerings including Deliveries, Twitterific, Mini Metro, Screens VNC and many more. These deals are available from now through December 26th.
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we are seeing notable price drops on The Room Three, Deliveries, Screens VNC, Twitterrific 5 and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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IK Multimedia has released loads of new generation products for portable and mobile musicians over the last 12 months. From the iRig HD 2 condenser mic and the sub-$100 iRig Pre guitar interface, to the new Syntronik for Mac/iOS, IK has something for everyone this holiday season. Back in August, the company debuted its latest MIDI controller product known as iRig Keys I/O. As expected with IK, this appeared to come along with everything you could want in a sub $300 controller, but this time around IK decided to take it one step further with a more all-in-one approach.

The controller keyboard-meets-audio interface brings a lot to the table for the price tag, but is it all a little too good to be true? We decided to put the company’s latest flagship driver to the test over the last couple weeks in a typical home studio environment across a number of different projects. Head below to find out more…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we are seeing notable price drops on Shadowmatic, Heroes of Loot, Tengami, Cubasis 2, Affinity Designer for Mac and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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IK Multimedia is well-known for its affordable recording gear from audio/MIDI interfaces to microphones and much more. This past summer IK started to give out review copies of its brand software instrument known as Syntronik. The Mac plug-in features one of the widest collections of vintage synth emulations out there at that price point. We had a great time with it on Logic Pros for 9to5Mac in our hands-on review, but now the software suite is available on iOS…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we are seeing notable price drops on Blek, How to Cook Everything, Aces of the Luftwaffe, loads of Star Wars games for Mac and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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Fez was released on the Xbox Live Arcade back in April of 2012 to critical praise. After a notably long development time, the game went on to sell over a million copies in the first year before it was expected to hit other platforms.

After the year-long exclusivity deal with Microsoft lapsed, the game went on to release on PS4 and PC. While announcements were made regarding an iOS port around the same time, the colorful puzzle-platformer never hit Apple’s mobile operating system. But, after a very long wait, the Phil Fish designed Fez is now downloadable for iPhone and iPad.
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we are seeing notable price drops on Color Accent, CityMaps2Go Pro, Buddy & Me, Pocket Anatomy and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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We recently had a chance to go hands-on with WaterField’s Air Porter leather laptop bag. That option is particularly useful for traveling and as a carry-on, but today we are looking at the company’s new briefcase-meets-gym bag with the new Atlas Executive Athletic Holdall.
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we are seeing notable price drops on Sky Gamblers titles, Star Wars Pinball 5, djay Pro and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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When Deus Ex: Human Revolution dropped back in 2011 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, it marked the rebirth of a beloved classic franchise. After receiving critical praise and solid sales numbers, Human Revolution was followed up by the widely anticipated Mankind Divided in August of 2016. And now, just over a year later, Feral Interactive is ready to bring the cyberpunk-meets-tech-noir action game to the Mac.
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Much to our delight, we recently had a chance to go hands-on with the new Pad & Quill Bella Fino iPhone X Wallet Case. The company’s dedication to craftsmanship and quality textiles is certainly front and center with its latest generation of iPhone X covers. While we didn’t expect to see any additions to the lineup until early 2018, the folks at P&Q are finally ready to reveal the new highly-stylized Traveler Leather Bumper Case after 3-years of prototypes and development.
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we are seeing notable price drops on Fuelly, MarginNote Pro, Runtastic apps and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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As you know, we feature loads of the most interesting music production gear and apps here on 9to5Toys and with our Logic Pros series on 9to5Mac. Well, today we have spotted an interesting new Mac app known as AudioSwift. It essentially turns your Apple Trackpad into a fully functioning control surface for your favorite DAW…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we are seeing notable price drops on Streets of Rage Classic, Kenshō, Luminos and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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The wonderful world of LEGO covers everything from massive Expert building kits, to the BrickHeadz character models, collectible minifigures and even this year’s Star Wars Advent Calendar. The brand has dominated the brick building space for as long as we can remember and has products for just about any kind of builder or collector out there. Another thing we see a lot of is custom LEGO builds like this unofficial set from The Last of Us. And today we have another interesting custom design by way of master builder Jason Allemann’s fully functioning LEGO keyboard…
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Pad & Quill is running an interesting promotion right now that can net you as much as $100 in free credit to spend on its high quality accessories. By the sounds of it, users will receive the credit after the initial purchase, but you can use the promo code below to knock and extra 10% off your order as well…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals we are seeing notable price drops on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, AirDisk Pro, MyBrushes and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:

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The 2017 Game Awards kicked off in Los Angeles tonight with much anticipation. The 4th annual presentation has become known for unveiling brand new IPs and new trailers in between the awards themselves. Producer Geoff Keighley has once again brought together the industry’s best and a series of massive world premieres for the year’s biggest award show in gaming.

Along with the PlayStation and Xbox Video Game Award sales running right now, you’ll find all the highlights from the show below…
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Pad & Quill has always made fantastic cases and holders for Apple’s expensive handheld devices. So we couldn’t wait to get our hands on the latest generation of wallet cases for Apple’s new edge-to-edge iPhone X.
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals we are seeing notable price drops on PepeLine, Shoppylist Pro, Affinity Photo, Call of Duty 4 and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:

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Anyone who reads 9to5Toys on a regular basis is well aware of Apogee and its pedigree in the professional audio industry. Sennheiser is another one of those companies that has been creating high-quality and professional headphones, microphones and much more for many years. Well, the two brands are now coming together for the new Ambeo Smart Headset. Now available at Apple.com and in Apple Stores everywhere, the new smart headphones come with a number of interesting features as well as a solid listening experience for sans-headphone jack iPhone users.
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals we are seeing notable price drops on Infinity Dungeon Evolution, Brave Guardians TD, Trixibrix, Splashtop Personal and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:

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(Update): Amazon is now offering the Nintendo Switch Dock Set for just $73.99 shipped (Reg. $90). That’s a new Amazon all-time low.

Amazon is now offering a series of deals on Nintendo Switch Accessories. We are seeing everything from carrying cases and pouches to controllers and much more. Starting from just $7 or so, everything listed below ships free for Prime members or in orders over $25 and is an officially licensed product. 
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Investing in home music production gear can be a pricey proposition. Keyboards, microphones, guitars, computers, and interfaces are all inherently expensive items. And even a somewhat modest setup like mine can require hundreds or even thousands of dollars in cables alone. So when we first saw the new hybrid Trueno analog synthesizer and its sub $200 price tag, we were excited to say the least.
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals we are seeing notable price drops on Simpler Pro, Nighty Night Circus, Mystery of Blackthorn Castle, Dogfight Elite and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:

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(Update 5/29 2:40pm): Mega Man 11 is now available for pre-order at Amazon on Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch for $39.99. Amazon Prime members will only pay $23.99 shipped.

Mega Man is one of those game series that has been around forever and no one wants it to go away. But from some reason Capcom has, for the most part, failed to give gamers their fix of the iconic Blue Bomber over the years. We last saw a Mega Man proper was back in 2010 when Mega Man 10 launched. That game, as well as Mega Man 9 before it, was essentially an old school 8-bit throw back, basically along the same lines as all of the classic titles in the series. But this morning, Capcom shocked the gaming world with the announcement of Mega Man 11, the release of the debut trailer (loads of gameplay footage included) and a brand new visual treatment…
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