Lost vs. stolen
Fail safe vs. fail secure: What everyone gets wrong about backups
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When it comes to encrypting your backups, is data loss or data theft your bigger threat?
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Multi-room party time
Yes! Your AirPort Express can now stream AirPlay 2
If you have Apple's — recently discontinued — Airport Express, good news: It now works with AirPlay 2. That's Apple's updated, multi-room aware, streaming technology. The same one used for HomePod and Apple TV.
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How to use bubble and screen effects in iMessage
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How do you make the bubbles slam or turn invisible, or the screen turn to lasers or fireworks? With iMessage effects!
X2
iPhone (2018) preview: What they are and why
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A big and bigger OLED flagship with AR camera, and a new mid-range with LCD and Apple-chromatic colors. These are rumored to be the 2018 iPhones.
Secret shortcuts
14 gestures to speed up your iPhone chat
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Show off how quick you are on iMessage with these gestures and shortcuts that Apple built into the app.
Mastering Pokémon Go
Pokemon Go for iOS crashing repeatedly? Here's the fix!
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What do you do when Pokémon Go won't log in, drains your battery, or crashes and you can't play? We've got a few tips!
MacBook Next
Apple's next entry-level MacBook: What is it and... why?
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Rumor has it, Apple is preparing a new 'entry-level MacBook'. But is that an updated MacBook Air? A bigger MacBook? A cheaper MacBook Pro? Or... something else entirely?
Mastering Pokémon Go
Pokemon Go: Ho-Oh Legendary Raids return... until August 27
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The Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh is returning to Raid Battles until August 27.
We Believe
Tim Cook's Apple
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Steve Jobs didn't believe in 'pimping Apple's karma' but Tim Cook has shown that Apple can do more than just create great products — it can help lead us to greatness as well.
Mastering Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go Gen 2: The Ultimate Guide
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Gen 2 brings all new Pokémon, evolution items, tricks, berries, and more — here's everything you need to know!
Vector
Privacy Now: How to lock down and delete threats to your online information
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'Privacy now is like security in the days of Windows XP. No one cared about it until everyone cared about it.'
Nope. Nope. Nope.
Apple shuts down Facebook’s ‘Onavo’ iOS app and activity snooper
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Facebook’s ‘Onavo Protect’ was advertised as a free VPN but really let Facebook spy on other apps and how you used them. Now, Apple is forcing it out of the App Store.
Mastering Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go: How to get Celebi fast!
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How do you complete the A Ripple in Time Special Research in Pokémon Go and get Celebi as fast as possible? Like this!
Mastering Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go: How to get and use Evolution Items
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Pokémon Go is now guaranteeing an Evolution Item from your 7-day streak PokéStop spin. Hallelujah!
Rumor roundup
Believe it! Mac mini update once again rumored for this fall!
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The Mac mini, infamously, hasn't been updated for years. Apple's still been working on it but, for a variety of reasons, could or would never push revisions out the door. Now, it's once again being rumored the company is about to fix that.
Snake Eyes
Apple purges 25,000 gambling apps from Chinese App Store
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25,000 illegal gambling apps, diguised as lottery apps, have been removed from the Chinese App Store following criticism by Chinese state media.
Pokémon Go Rare Candy: How to get more and what to use it on
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Rare candy in Pokémon Go can be used on any Pokémon at any time. Here’s how to get it, how to use it, and what you should use it on!
hacky hack hack
Teen 'loved' Apple so much, he broke into its secure network — repeatedly
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A teenager from Melbourne, Australia is in court facing charges for repeatedly breaking into Apple's secure computer network... because he was such a fan of the company.
Hero or zero
Apple is great on privacy, but what about App Store developers?
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Apple should be doing more. Everyone should be doing more. Always. Do the most you possibly can today? Good. Two thumbs up. Now figure out how to do more tomorrow.
Happy Apple-versary
iMac at 20: How the all-new all-in-one ignited the modern Apple
iMac brought together Steve Jobs and Jonny Ive and set Apple on its course towards powerful, beautiful, accessible personal computing.