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Where is iMessage for Android?
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Could cross-platform iMessage finally start making the kind of sense that does?
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iPhone 11 Pro: What YOU want to see
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Mac Pro. MacBook Pro. iPad Pro. iMac Pro. Powerbeats Pro… iPhone Pro?
Here's Apple's statement on the iPhone 'battery lock' controversy
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"We take the safety of our customers very seriously and want to make sure any battery replacement is done properly." — Read Apple's full statement!
Apple's new $1 million bug bounty program: What you need to know
Apple’s Head of Security Engineering and Architecture, Ivan Krstić, has just dropped some bombshell announcements at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas and we’re going to talk about them.
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Is Apple Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair?
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"Important battery message: Unable to verify this iPhone has a genuine Apple battery. Health information not available for this battery" — but what does that mean?
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Understanding Apple beyond the iPhone market
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The age of iPhone is over, or the post-iPhone age is just beginning. Since then, there's been just so much noise and so much dumb, I just wanted to do something smart: I got analyst Neil Cybart on the line to discuss it.
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Galaxy Note 10 is the Seventh Sign — The End of 3.5mm jacks is nigh
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Despite making all kinds of fun of Apple when they deleted the headphone jack on the iPhone 7 back in 2016, Samsung has already kicked the 3.5 mm to the curb on the Galaxy Fold, and now rumor has it they’ll be killing it off the Galaxy Note 10 as well.
Time for Flights
iPhone 12 AR Camera has to be about more than just the ToF tech
A time of flight sensor is just chipsets and, historically, Apple doesn’t ship chipsets. They ship feature sets.
My Print is My Passport
'Touch ID' on iPhone 13 should be part of a unified 'Me ID'
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Yes, everyone’s favorite supply chain exfiltrator has just released a new report, not about this year’s iPhone. Not even about next year’s iPhone. But about the year after that’s iPhone. iPhone 2021. Or, the iPhone some of us will be taking to go watch Thor: Love and Thunder at the end of Marvel Phase 4.
Teach in the U.S.A.
Apple could eat 10% tariffs but that won't build American industry
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The fear is a 10% hike in the U.S. at a time when many people already feel the price of flagship phones is way to high, will cause problems either for profits or for sales, depending on whether the companies or customers end up eating them.
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How Google is copying Apple's Face ID for the Pixel 4
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Google is making it's own version of Face ID for the Pixel 4 — why, how, and what does it mean?
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16-inch MacBook Pro could be 3K... for $3K
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The long-rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro is once again rumored to have a thinner bezels, a new keyboard, and — causing angst around the internet — a possible $3K price tag.
All three iPhone 12 (2020) models now rumored for 5G, but...
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Yes, totally, absolutely. It’s ridiculous we’re talking about the 2020 iPhones when Apple hasn’t even announced the 2019 iPhones yet but… Supply chain exfiltrator extraordinaire Kuo Ming-Chi is back, back again with a new set of 5G rumors and… I have questions.
The Wrap
New migration, Facebook's $5b fine, iPhone 11 Smart Frame, Galaxy re-Fold
iOS 12.4 migration, Facebook’s big fine, iPhone 11 Smart Frame, and Galaxy Re-Fold.
5G and beyond
Why Apple is buying Intel's 5G modem business
Apple is buying Intel's modem business for around $1 billion dollars. They're mainly LTE right now, but 5G is on the horizon, and they're already specing out 6G -- yeah, 6G -- and beyond that. It's a critical part of the hardware we all use every day, and Apple likes to control all of those critical parts.
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Custom Apple Modems: The 5G Future
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There have been rumors of Apple working on their own cellular modems for years. They're mainly LTE right now but 5G is on the horizon and they're already speccing out 6G beyond that. So, it's a critical part of the hardware we all use every day and Apple likes to control all of those parts.
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Apple Watch ECG app arrives in Canada
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The ECG app for Apple Watch shipped in the U.S. on December 6. It shipped in much of the E.U. and in Hong Kong on March 27. And today, it's shipping in Canada and Singapore.
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iPadOS Preview: Desktop-class Safari, Download Manager, and more!
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Apple is calling it Desktop Class Safari for iPad. The full-on web finally optimized for iPad or the iPad finally fully optimized for the web. And it’s coming with iPadOS this fall and, a fair amount of it, with iOS 13 for iPhone as well.
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iPad is the new Mac display: Sidecar Explained
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Sidecar is exactly that Continuity Display feature many of us have been wanting for a while now. But it's also a whole lot more.
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The Great Mac Balancing Act: Catalina Security Explained
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Apple's lofty goal for macOS is to make the system as secure as iOS while maintaining all the traditional flexibility of the Mac. And… that's easier said than done.