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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 23, 2020
Up until last month, an anti-tracking featured introduced to Apple's Safari browser in 2017 actually left users potentially more susceptible to being tracked by hackers due to multiple vulnerabilities discovered by Google's engineers...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jan 22, 2020
President Donald Trump has butted heads with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the past, but when it comes to use of encryption on iPhone handsets, he is squarely in the FBI's corner. Both he and the FBI want Apple to build...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Jan 21, 2020
Apple and the FBI have clashed over encryption policies on numerous occasions, with the latter pressuring the former to build a backdoor into iOS to make it easier for authorities to crack into locked iPhone handsets. To this point, Apple...
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Shane McGlaun - Sat, Jan 18, 2020
Apple has found itself in trouble more times than we could count over privacy issues with its iPhones and other products. Apple recently issued an iOS 13.3.1 beta that is aimed in part at patching a flaw in location tracking on the iPhone...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jan 17, 2020
Apple likes to do things on its own terms, and is not afraid to veer away from standards in the technology industry in favor of proprietary designs. Enter the Lightning connector found on every modern iPhone, and most iPad tablets. This is...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Jan 16, 2020
The new year has just begun, which means that rumors concerning the next-generation iPhone are already kicking into high gear. The latest news coming from Apple's supply chain revolves around the iPhone's Face ID software and the inclusion...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 16, 2020
Here we go again, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is exerting pressure on Apple to help unlock an older iPhone model as part of a crime investigation, and just like before, there's another layer to the story. On the...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Jan 15, 2020
iPhone users now have a new way to securely login to Google services thanks to a new update for the Google Smart Lock app. With the latest update, iPhone users are afforded the same capability that was enabled for Android users back in...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Jan 15, 2020
Apple may be ready to add a "free" performance boost to its MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops in a future software update according to references found in beta macOS Catalina code. The latest build of the macOS Catalina 10.15.3 beta makes reference to what Apple calls "Pro Mode", and it will...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Jan 13, 2020
Late in 2019, Apple released its [mostly] new flagship MacBook Pro laptop with a larger 16-inch display, 100 WHr battery, and most importantly a new scissor-style keyboard to replace the hated and trouble-prone butterfly keys. It's a given...
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Shane McGlaun - Thu, Jan 09, 2020
Apple had a huge month for iPhone sales in December 2019, with sales growth of more than 18%. That number comes from CNBC who used data published by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, which is a Chinese...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Jan 02, 2020
There's some exciting news coming out of Taiwan this morning, and it involves TSMC wafer production and two of its most high-profile customers: AMD and Apple. Both AMD and Apple rely heavily on TSMC's 7nm fabs to produce their processors...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 02, 2020
In a short statement posted to its website, Imagination Technologies on Thursday announced it has entered into a new multi-year license agreement with Apple, which at one time was the company's biggest customer before a high-profile...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Jan 01, 2020
Apple was one of the first mainstream smartphones to adopt a notch with the iPhone X, after which is was quickly copied by Android OEMs. However, it looks as though Apple is finally getting with the times, and is looking for ways to...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Dec 27, 2019
Apple's iPhone 11 Pro family ushered in the era of triple-camera iOS devices, and it looks as though the company is looking to extend that functionality to its workhorse iPad Pro family. Thanks to new renders by way of OnLeaks, we're...
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Shane McGlaun - Thu, Dec 26, 2019
Apple's iPhone XR is no longer a current-generation, near-flagship level, but it is still a very popular smartphone. Counterpoint Research's Market Pulse took a look at global sales figures for the smartphone industry, and the latest...
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Shane McGlaun - Mon, Dec 23, 2019
In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), popular messaging services that might be used in other parts of the world, like Skype and WhatsApp, are restricted. A homegrown alternative called ToTok was designed and released to the public. It was...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Dec 21, 2019
A company that develops digital forensics tools for businesses and law enforcement specialists has found a way to hack into locked Apple iPhone devices running the latest version of iOS. The method is said to work on most iPhone models...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Dec 20, 2019
Privacy in the internet era is a myth, folks. We learn this lesson all the time, though sometimes the lesson hits particulary hard. One example is when former NSA contractor Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the US government's extensive...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Dec 18, 2019
Over the past five years, the digital assistant, smart speaker and smart home market has exploded in popularity. However, as the market has expanded and more companies have entered the fray with competing ecosystems, interoperability has...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Dec 17, 2019
The folks over at iFixit were able to get their hands on Apple's all-new Mac Pro, which marks a substantial upgrade over its trash can-styled predecessor. While plenty of jokes have been made in reference to its cheese grater exterior...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Dec 17, 2019
You've heard the saying, 'All good things come to an end', just in this case the end feels rather abrupt and petty. You see, an app called Rewound was making some heavy traction by allowing iPhone users to turn their handsets into virtual...
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