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Shane McGlaun - Sun, Mar 31, 2019
Apple has lost one of its key engineers that was instrumental in the development of the A-series chips that are used in the iPhone and iPad going back to the A7. The engineer is Gerard Williams III, and he was a senior director in platform...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Mar 29, 2019
It’s not often that we’re witness to vaporware products from Apple, but AirPower definitely fit that category. The wireless accessory – which was supposed to charge an iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch simultaneously -- was first announced...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Mar 29, 2019
I have never purchased a set of in-ear earphones with the expectation that if something inside those tiny earbuds fail, I'll be able to rip them open and fix the problem. They are just too small for that sort of thing. Nevertheless, in...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Mar 29, 2019
Smartphone makers have received the memo that camera performance is important, and as such, it is now fairly common to find phone models with multiple camera sensors. This allows for greater flexibility when taking photographs—everything...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Mar 27, 2019
Keyboards aren’t an unknown quantity in the PC realm; we’ve been using them to input data into our computers for decades, and Apple seemingly was at the top of its game with keyboard design for its notebooks – that is until the 2015...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Mar 27, 2019
Apple is both a winner and a loser in its legal tiff with Qualcomm, one that primarily involves patents and whether or not the iPhone maker infringed on IP owned by the latter. A United States judge has ruled that Apple did indeed infringe...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Mar 25, 2019
Apple is looking to take on Netflix in the original programming arena with Apple TV+, the company. Apple TV+ has the backing of some of the biggest directors in the business including Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, JJ Abrams and Sofia...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Mar 25, 2019
Apple has partnered with Goldman Sachs to launch a new digital credit card called simply, Apple Card. Apple is touting the security and privacy benefit of this new payment option along with its ease of use.
Apple Card primarily resides...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Mar 25, 2019
Over the past few years, Apple’s services arm has been growing in strength, adding greatly to the company’s bottom line as iPhone sales have been faltering a bit. Today, Apple Is flexing its services muscle quite a bit with the...
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Brandon Hill - Sat, Mar 23, 2019
Apple’s next generation iPhones likely won’t be unveiled until sometime in September, but details on the smartphones are already starting to slowly leak out. The latest report from Macotakara has a few insights into what is on the schedule...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Mar 22, 2019
Although malware for macOS isn’t nearly as prevalent as it is on Windows devices, the platform is not immune to attacks. Apple has some limited built-in malware detection in macOS, but there are plenty of more robust options available for users who wanted added protection. Microsoft is the...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Mar 20, 2019
Had things gone they way there were supposed to, Apple would have launched its own wireless charging mat called AirPower in 2018. However, here we are getting ready to close out the first quarter of 2019, and Apple still has not released...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Mar 20, 2019
Security firm Kaspersky Lab has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple in Russia over recent restrictions placed on the company's Kaspersky Safe Kids app for iOS. According to Kaspersky, Apple only decided to place additional...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Mar 20, 2019
Although the second-generation AirPods have been talked about in leaks for the past few months, we’re now getting our first official look at the wireless earbuds. The AirPods and the case that they come in look largely the same as the...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Mar 19, 2019
Yesterday, Apple refreshed its iPad mini family and introduced an all-new 10.5-inch iPad Air model. Today, it’s time for Apple turn to its attention to its oft-neglected iMac family, which hasn’t seen an update in nearly 700 days.
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Mar 19, 2019
Activision announced it is bringing its popular Call of Duty franchise over to smartphones and tablets with a new free-to-player version appropriately called Call of Duty: Mobile. It appears as though Tencent Games is in charge of the...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Mar 18, 2019
We’ve been hearing rumors of new iPad models incoming from Apple, and today with little fanfare the company has unveiled two new product updates. The first is a [internal] hardware refresh of the long-in-the-tooth iPad mini, while the...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Mar 16, 2019
Following an antitrust complaint filed by Spotify with the European Commission, Apple has issued a lengthy statement defending its App Store policies, and refuting Spotify's claims that it is being treated unfairly. The statement also...
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Brandon Hill - Sat, Mar 16, 2019
Qualcomm and Apple have been duking it out in courts around the globe with respect to patents and licensing agreements. Today, however, Qualcomm was the big winner as a U.S. jury handed the chip company a $31 million judgement in its...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Mar 13, 2019
Streaming giant Spotify is delivering a strong message to Apple, which is both a partner of sorts and a rival, through a new antitrust suit and related marketing campaign. That message is to play fair, for the benefit of consumers and...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Mar 11, 2019
We've been hearing for quite some time that Apple is working on a streaming TV service that will serve as a counter to existing hit offerings like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video. Today, Apple confirmed that impending arrival of the...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Mar 11, 2019
If you ever pay full price for App Store/iTunes credit, you are doing it wrong. The time to pounce is when gift cards and credit purchases go on sale, as typically occurs around various holidays and random times of the year. Such is the...
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