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Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Yahoo, still reeling from a hack that impacted more than 500 million accounts earlier this year, on Wednesday revealed another one billion accounts were compromised in a separate attack dating back to 2013. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
The United States Federal Trade Commission today announced that it is giving more than $88 million in refunds to 2.7 million AT&T customers who had unauthorized third-party charges added to their service bills, something better known as “mobile cramming.” The refunds come from a $105 million settlement AT&T paid the FTC back in October of…
Regular readers will know that I still have a 17-inch MacBook Pro as my main computer. It’s almost five years old now, which is a relatively long time in Mac terms, and an absolute age for someone who usually does poorly when it comes to resisting shiny new tech. But when Apple stopped selling the machine,…
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Apple and the World Wildlife Fund this week announced that the recent “Apps for Earth” promotion has raised more than $8 million in proceeds to support the WWF’s conservation work. The Apps for Earth promotion, timed to take place to celebrate Earth Day, ran from April 14 to April 24 and saw dozens of apps…
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A report on Thursday claims the U.S. Federal Bureau of investigation spent less than $ 1 million on an exploit used to access an iPhone tied to last year’s San Bernardino terror attack, far below a previously estimated sum of more than $ 1.3 million. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple’s so-called “iPhone 6c” will have a 1,642 mAh battery, slightly larger than the iPhone 5s battery’s 1,570 mAh capacity, according to Chinese website MyDrivers [Google Translate] (via Gadgetz Arena). The report, citing “insider Foxconn employees,” also corroborates multiple rumors claiming the 4-inch iPhone will feature an A9 processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB base storage,…
Read More “‘iPhone 6c’ Said to Have Slightly Larger Battery Than iPhone 5s and 2GB of RAM” »
When Apple Maps first debuted alongside iOS 6, it drew significant criticism for its inaccuracies in mapping data, errors when locating points of interest, lack of transit information and odd 3D mapping imagery. Many users opted not to upgrade to iOS 6 due to the app’s flaws, and iOS 6 adoption jumped 29 percent once…
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Detroit automaker Ford enabled Siri Eyes Free integration for more than five million car owners with the release of a SYNC infotainment system software update on Thursday, an upgrade compatible with cars dating back to the 2011 model year. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Five of the nine building segments making up the "Spaceship" Ring in Apple’s Campus 2 mega-project have reached their ceiling just six months after the initial dining hall structure reached its fifth floor back in March. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
I honestly did not want to order both an iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus this year. After many years of comprehensively reviewing iPhones — an exhausting process — I was looking forward to spending this year’s iPhone release kicking back and enjoying one of the two new models like a regular customer. The only problem: I couldn’t…
Read More “Opinion: The iPhone 6s vs. iPhone 6s Plus choice was trickier than expected” »
With the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, one well-known hardware feature got a substantial upgrade: Touch ID. Apple improved the Touch ID sensor, allowing it to recognize fingerprints faster than it could previously. We went hands-on with the brand new iPhone 6s Plus and compared its improved Touch ID sensor to the one in the…
Read More “iPhone 6s Plus Touch ID Much Quicker Than iPhone 6 Plus in New Hands-On Video” »
As customers begin receiving the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus around the world, the smartphones have quickly been subjected to unboxings, drop tests, teardowns, bend tests and camera comparisons. The latest is a speed test between the iPhone 6s Plus and iPhone 6 Plus that confirms the former is faster than its predecessor. YouTube…
Read More “iPhone 6s Plus Opens Apps Slightly Faster Than iPhone 6 Plus” »
As anticipated, Apple on Thursday local Australia time issued an Australian dollar-denominated bond that according to one report has already reached AU$ 1.2 billion, or about $ 883 million. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Intel has just announced a new breakthrough in computer storage technology developed in collaboration with Micro that is 1,000 times faster than the current-generation NAND flash chips upon which modern solid-state drives are built. The tech is called 3D XPoint (that’s “crosspoint”), and is the first new type of non-volatile memory created since 1989. Incredibly, 3D XPoint…
According to research firm Slice Intelligence, which has been closely following Apple Watch performance since the device launched in April, sales averages are taking a nose dive in the U.S. as availability increases, but the firm offers little data to support the provided numbers. AppleInsider – Frontpage News