Month: February 2021

A superstar opens up in Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry [Apple TV+ review]

February 26, 2021 admin

With Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry, the young pop star gets a showcase and a bio-doc, which means she’s gotten so hugely popular that people demanded to know more about her. The good news is, Eilish is a humble and interesting subject. The bad news: Being a depressed teenager with high-tension demands placed…

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Apple Begins Selling Refurbished M1 Mac Mini

February 26, 2021 admin

Apple today began selling certified refurbished Mac mini models with the M1 chip for the first time in the United States and Canada, with prices discounted by approximately 15 percent compared to brand new models as usual. For example, a refurbished Mac mini with the M1 chip, 256GB of SSD storage, and 16GB of unified…

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Apple Stores now offer free sign language interpreters, Virginia location to close

February 26, 2021 admin

Apple is expanding availability of sign language interpreters in its stores around the world, enabling deaf and hard of hearing customers access to one-on-one appointments, Today at Apple sessions and more.The tech giant first offered ASL interpreters at its flagship Carnegie Library outlet in Washington, D.C., in 2019, and sometimes provides similar services to select…

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Apple confirms MacArthur Center store in Norfolk will permanently close

February 26, 2021 admin

Apple MacArthur Center in Norfolk, Virginia will permanently close in the near future. The store originally opened in September 2006. more… The post Apple confirms MacArthur Center store in Norfolk will permanently close appeared first on 9to5Mac. Go to Source Author: Michael Steeber

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Apple now selling refurbished M1 Mac mini, some iMac models currently unavailable

February 26, 2021 admin

Following the arrival of the M1 MacBook Pro and M1 MacBook Air in the Apple Refurbished Store, Apple today began selling the refurbished M1 Mac mini. Customers can now get all three Macs with M1 chip in the Refurbished Store at a discounted price. more… The post Apple now selling refurbished M1 Mac mini, some…

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Korean Report Says Kia Partnership With Apple Still Possible

February 26, 2021 admin

Apple and Hyundai subsidiary Kia signed a memorandum of understanding last year, agreeing to pursue cooperation in eight sectors, including electric vehicles, according to a new report from South Korean news site Chosun Biz, cited by Reuters. Earlier this month, following weeks of rampant “Apple Car” rumors, Hyundai and Kia in regulatory filings said they…

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Apple products get double the space in Target stores

February 26, 2021 admin

Many Target stores will become better places to buy Macs, iPhones and other Apple products. In a deal announced Thursday, there’ll be twice as much space dedicated to the devices in these locations, and Target employees will get additional training on using them. “Apple products are popular with Target’s guests, and this new, dedicated shopping…

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Facebook pushes ‘Hey Facebook’ voice recognition to Oculus Quest, Portal displays

February 26, 2021 admin

Facebook on Thursday announced a new Oculus Quest 2 VR headset and Portal smart display feature that enables owners to wake their devices with the phrase “Hey Facebook,” closely following in the footsteps of virtual assistant software marketed by Apple, Google and Amazon.The wake word is new for Oculus and lets users access Voice Commands…

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DirecTV to become standalone company after AT&T, TPG Capital ink deal

February 26, 2021 admin

AT&T has reached a deal with TPG Capital that will see struggling satellite TV provider DirecTV become its own standalone company.Credit: AT&TUnder the terms of the arrangement, the deal will create a new company called DirecTV with an implied enterprise value of $16.25 billion. TPG Capital will take a 30% stake in the business, while…

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Apple researching voice accessibility features for Siri like stutter detection

February 26, 2021 admin

Apple is working on making Siri and its other voice recognition technologies more accessible to users with atypical speech patterns.Credit: AppleFor example, the company is researching ways to automatically detect if someone is speaking with a stutter, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.Read more… Go to Source Author:

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Apple begins showing repairability index for iPhones and Macs in France

February 26, 2021 admin

Apple surprisingly began to show a repair index for devices like the iPhone and Mac in the Apple Store app and the Apple Online Store in France this week. Users can now get a better idea of how easy it is to repair that device before buying it. more… The post Apple begins showing repairability…

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Facebook planning to take on Siri with new ‘Hey Facebook’ voice activation feature

February 26, 2021 admin

Users who have an iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or Mac can interact with Siri without even touching the device by using the voice command “Hey Siri,” which invokes Apple’s virtual assistant. As other assistants like Amazon’s Alexa also have similar commands, Facebook is now introducing a new, “Hey Facebook” wake word for its own smart…

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Apple Store at MacArthur Center in Virginia Permanently Closing Following Years of Safety Issues at Shopping Mall

February 26, 2021 admin

Apple today indicated that its retail store at the MacArthur Center shopping mall in Norfolk, Virginia will be permanently closing after over 14 years of business, although an exact closure date has yet to be announced by the company. Apple has assured that it will be offering all employees at the store other positions within…

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Eye-catching iPhone Pro concept adds smart connector, drops Lightning port

February 26, 2021 admin

A concept artist proposes an iPhone Pro without a Lightning port. Instead, he envisions a new dock port on the back of the handset where clip-on accessories could attach. A beautifully made video shows off the concept iPhone as though it were real. Watch it now. The proposal is the creation of Antonio De Rosa…

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Apple now displays iPhone and Mac repairability scores in France

February 26, 2021 admin

Apple this week posted repairability scores for flagship iPhone and Mac products in France, a measure mandated by the country’s government in January.The listings, known as repair indexes, are now displayed on official Apple Store app purchase pages and on Apple’s website, reports MacGeneration. Current-generation flagship devices including the iPhone 12, iPhone 11 and iPhone…

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