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New iPads Go On Sale Tomorrow; Shipping Next Week

New iPads Go On Sale Tomorrow; Shipping Next Week

As predicted — and leaked by Apple — the company’s big announcement today was for the next generation of its iPad tablets. [More]

Playing Doctor: Consumerist Readers Explain How To Cure Anything With Just About Everything

Playing Doctor: Consumerist Readers Explain How To Cure Anything With Just About Everything

Earlier this week we turned to you, our wise and experienced Consumerist readers, to tell us which home remedies you’ve had success with in treating various bodily ailments. Or maybe the treatment wasn’t so successful but you learned an important life lesson on the process. We’ve combed through your highly entertaining and definitely useful comments and have compiled a few of the most common and well, interesting ones here (ahem, earwax?). [More]

McDonald's To Make Apple Slices Mandatory In Happy Meals

McDonald's To Make Apple Slices Mandatory In Happy Meals

With at least one lawsuit pending and some municipalities trying to ban Happy Meals and other fast food kids’ meals that offer some sort of prize or gift, McDonald’s has announced that it wants to healthy-up your kids’ food by making some menu tweaks, like automatically including apple slices in Happy Meals. [More]

If Only You'd Bought Apple Stock Instead Of An Apple Computer Back In '97

If Only You'd Bought Apple Stock Instead Of An Apple Computer Back In '97

Apple fans boast of the company’s hardware and software reliability, but product performance has got nothing on Apple’s ability to rock the stock market. According to KyleConroy, it would have been much smarter to have invested in Apple stock rather than computers. [More]