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$40 Dongle Lets You Charge iPhone 7 While Using Wired Headphones
Everyone has been talking about the iPhone 7 lately, specifically about the part where Apple’s new device doesn’t have a standard headphone jack anymore. While the company described this move as a “brave” one, some consumers are concerned that they won’t be able to use wired headphones while charging up…
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iPhone 7 Predicted To Have Water Proofing and 12MP Cameras
Apple’s latest handset is set to be unveiled during a Keynote on September 7th and as the event draws closer, more details are being leaked about the iPhone 7. According to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone 7 will have a waterproof rating of IPX7 and powered by a completely…
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Legendary Apple Engineer Rejected for Genius Bar Job
A computer engineer who, during his 21 years at Apple, persuaded Steve Jobs to migrate the Mac computer from PowerPC processors to Intel chips, had his application for a job at the Genius Bar in an Apple store rejected. JK Scheinberg retired eight years ago, but wanted to return to…
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Tim Cook: Apple “Hasn’t Done Anything Wrong”
Recently, the EU Commission made a landmark ruling regarding Apple’s tax affairs and told the company to pay back a whopping 13 billion Euros in unpaid taxes from the period 1991-2015. Apparently, Apple only paid a tax rate of 1% in 2003 which dropped even further to 0.005% in 2014.…
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Apple Told to Repay 13 Billion Euros in Tax Avoidance Fiasco
Apple has been accused of tax avoidance from the period 1991-2015 and experienced a lengthy investigation by the EU Commission. It was alleged that Apple avoided tax on almost all sales within the EU’s single market and set a base in Ireland instead of the product’s point of sale to avoid paying a higher…
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Tekserve’s Massive Mac Museum is Being Auctioned Off
This week one of the longest-serving Apple dealers, Tekserve, and repair centered closed its doors after 29 years of operations in New York City. Along with the store’s closure, the mass of historic Mac computers that occupied the store’s 35-piece Mac Museum is also going, with the computers being auctioned…
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Rumor Suggests Faster Charging Speeds for the iPhone 7
Everyone’s talking about the iPhone 7 these days, specifically about what kind of innovations it will bring to the table, and even though nothing has been confirmed at the time of writing, there is one rumor out there that hints at something particularly useful for all users. We’re talking about…
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AMD Reportedly Scores Apple MacBook Deal
In recent years, Apple has oscillated between the two major GPU designers Nvidia and AMD. Recently, AMD has been scoring the majority of the deals, getting their graphics cards into the MacBook Pro and the Mac Pro. For the rumoured upcoming MacBook Pro refresh, the latest suggestions are pointing to Apple…
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Apple Starts Invite Only Bug-Bounty Program
Companies are looking at increasing their security, working on finding and dealing with problems as they occur. One way companies are looking at addressing these issues is through bug-bounty programs. Apple is looking at starting to their own while but with an invite-only twist. Apple’s new scheme was announced at…
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Blackberry is “Disturbed” by Apple’s Encryption Policy
Companies are often critical of one another when their policies are involved. With privacy and encryption sitting atop everyone’s minds with recent news that the Blackberry boss has come out as more than a little “disturbed” regarding Apples latest move to encrypt everything. With the encryption policy in place to increase the number…
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Drobo NAS Get Their Own iOS Photo and Video App
Drobo NAS and DAS might not be the most known storage devices among the general public, but they are definitely some really cool devices that allow for a more flexible storage growth than a normal storage setup does. One thing has however been missing for the network attached devices and…
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Latest iPhone 7 Leak Shows Video and Launch Date
With even more rumours appearing about the next generations of iPhones, the iPhone 7, we keep hearing more and more about the soon to be announced device. The latest rumours come with something a little more tangible than words as it features a video (8 seconds in length) that actually shows…
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iOS 10 Won’t Collect Data If You Don’t Want It To
These days the whole decision behind companies and software comes down to as simple a thing as their policies and in that regard Apple seems to be taking on Microsoft by creating an opt-in policy for iOS 10. The new technique, one which Apple is calling its “differential privacy” will…
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Apple Decrypts iOS Kernel for All to See
When it comes to security there are two contrasting opinions on how to go about it, firstly you let users see your code and hope that more will try to fix the problems and tell you about them than will abuse them. The second option is to hide your software,…
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MacBooks Are Being Replaced by ChromeBooks at Tim Cook’s Old High School
Apple MacBooks have been used in the education sector for some time and it’s not uncommon for students to given one to help with their studies. One notable example is Tom Cook, the CEO of Apple who attended Robertsdale High in the small town of Robertsdale, Alabama. This particular institution handed…
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