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Just one day to go now until Apple finally unveils the new iPhone line-up as well as some other goodies, including an LTE Apple Watch Series 3. Fittingly, this will be the inaugural event at Apple Park’s Steve Jobs Theater. However, according to a report from VentureBeat, via MacRumors, work on...

Ahead of Apple’s special iPhone launch event on Tuesday, 9to5 Mac reports that data discovered within the iOS firmware leak that it originally reported on exclusively on Friday appears to confirm that the names of the three new iPhones will be iPhone X for the OLED phone, and iPhone 8 and iPhone...

As the dust settles over the massive iOS 11 GM firmware leak this weekend, and the experts continue to mine the data for golden nuggets of information. News of the leak first appeared on Friday, via 9to5 Mac. Among the major secrets revealed ahead of Tuesday’s special event, according to...

Disney CEO Bob Iger has announced at a media conference in Los Angeles that from late 2019, Marvel and Star Wars titles will only be available to stream on Disney’s forthcoming streaming service. “We’re going to launch big, and we’re going to launch hot,” said Iger of the new service, which...

MacRumors reports that Google has just updated its Maps app for iOS with a very useful feature that has already been available on its Maps web app for quite a while. The new feature simply enables you to measure the distance between at least two points or places on the map “as the crow flies.”...

Pokémon chief executive officer Tsunekazu Ishihara has been talking to Bloomberg in Tokyo about Pokémon Go, and judging by his comments, Trainers have a lot to be excited about when it comes to future developments for the game. Ishihara told Bloomberg, “We’ve only accomplished 10 percent of...

Apple continues to expand its television and film content division by entering into the race to win the film distribution rights to the James Bond franchise, writes The Hollywood Reporter, via MacRumors. While Warner Bros. is thought to be the frontrunner, both Apple and Amazon are said to be in...

AppleInsider reports that Nissan has today launched its new Leaf all-electric vehicle, complete with a couple of extras that will be of interest to Apple device owners. Among the innovations introduced in the new model, including the Nissan e-Pedal, which enables the driver to accelerate...

MacRumors reports that drone pilot Duncan Sinfield has today posted his latest drone video footage of Apple Park, aptly entitled “From Dreams to Reality.” The new flyover takes an up-close look at the newly completed Steve Jobs Theater where Apple will be holding its special iPhone launch event...

According to a new report from DigiTimes, via MacRumors, Apple has booked production capacity for “above 12-megapixel” camera lens modules to be made by smartphone lens manufacturer Largan Precision at a new factory it’s building in Taichung, Taiwan. The report claims that according to “market...

9to5 Mac reports that Apple has just released a new pair of Beats W1 over-ear headphones, the Beats Studio3, priced at $349.95. These latest models use the W1 chip to enable automatic pairing with iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, and boast up to 40 hours of battery life. Another new feature...

According to a new report from the Financial Times, via MacRumors, Apple is planning to relocate its original content division to Culver Studios, the iconic Hollywood studio where films such as Gone With the Wind and The Matrix were made. The Culver Studios was built by Thomas Ince, and was...

Help is at hand for any Game of Thrones fans out there that are already missing their weekly fix now that Season 7 has finished, with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and HBO Global announcing that pre-registration is now open for their forthcoming mobile title, Game of Thrones: Conquest...

The release of Legendary Pokémon in Pokémon Go has been a masterstroke by Niantic, succeeding in getting fans excited about the game all over again as they team up with strangers and friends in order to stand a chance of catching the Legendaries in epic Raid Battles. It’s therefore no surprise...

Just as expected yesterday, Apple has today sent invites to the press for a special event on September 12 at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park, reports AppleInsider. The invite features an Apple logo with some soft-focus colours, and says “Let’s meet at our place. Please join us for the...

The Verge reports that Verizon Wireless has announced that its current unlimited data plan is no more, and will be replaced by three new options: Go Unlimited (from $75 for a single line); Beyond Unlimited ($85 for first line); and Business Unlimited. Apparently, these new plans are all much...

MacRumors reports that Apple has released several new videos on its YouTube channel that focus on new iPad and iPad Pro features in the forthcoming iOS 11. The videos are all a little under 1 minute long, and are all very similar in style, featuring a pair of hands showing how some of the new...

According to an exclusive report on Bloomberg, movie studies are weighing up whether or not to defy the objections of cinema chains and proceed with a plan that they have been hammering out with Apple to offer digital rental of movies just weeks after the movies first hit theatres. Bloomberg’s...

TouchArcade reports that Bandai Namco has just soft-launched Tekken Mobile in Canada. The all-new game has been built exclusively for iOS and Android by Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver. The free-to-play game uses a Waza Card system with tapping for combos and special attacks. There are more than...

9to5 Mac reports today on some stunning new 4K drone footage courtesy of Matthew Roberts, which gives a great view of the atrium of the Steve Jobs Theater. It appears that the building work is progressing steadily, and in the video you can see some finishing touches, such as the solar panels...

AppleInsider reports today on a new note to investors from KGI Securities Ming-Chi Kuo, in which he says that the forthcoming Apple Watch with LTE will not support traditional cellular calls, contrary to other recent rumours. Kuo says that Apple will most likely add support for such calls in a...

BGR reports today on new images that have leaked that are claimed to be the first ever seen of an Apple OLED TV being built. The photos initially appeared on Chinese microblogging website Weibo, and if genuine, they could vindicate long-time expert Apple analyst Gene Munster’s long-held belief...

The Legendary Pokémon Mewtwo has finally arrived in Pokémon Go, with Niantic announcing Mewtwo’s appearance at the Pokémon Go Stadium event in Yokohama, Japan, where thousands of Trainers had the chance to capture it. Following this appearance, Trainers worldwide will also be able to battle and...

According to a new report from Nikkei, via MacRumors, the rumoured supplier for Apple’s forthcoming HomePod smart speaker, Inventec Appliances, has hinted during an earnings press conference that the HomePod might be in short supply at launch. While Inventec Appliances president David Ho did...

MacRumors reports that a new “song,” created by Samir Mezrahi, has taken the iTunes singles chart by storm. No surprise in that, you might say, but what is surprising is that the song is one big load of nothing, and that’s not just me being rude, it actually is just 10 minutes of total silence...

AppleInsider writes that heart-monitoring Apple Watch app Cardiogram has found a novel way of publicising what the app can do by creating a user challenge designed to monitor the heart rates of Game of Thrones fans when they are watching the show. A total of 300 people enrolled in the...

9to5 Mac reports that 2 years on from the first iPad Pro launch, the Smart Connector has not taken off in the way that Apple would probably have hoped it would. Fast Company this week took a look at how accessory makers view the Smart Connector and why they haven't yet warmed to it. According...

Blizzard’s latest Hearthstone expansion, Knights of the Frozen Throne, is out now on iOS and PC. The new adventure sees players travelling to Northrend and storming Icecrown Citadel, the frozen fortress lair of the Lich King, in search of the forbidden runic magic. Your ultimate mission is to...

Nexon, Respawn Entertainment, and Particle City have today released Titanfall: Assault on iOS, a new mobile RTS game set in the extended universe of the best-selling Titanfall franchise. Gameplay sees players building and using a deck of virtual cards to deploy Pilots, Titans, and tactical Burn...

Niantic is currently hosting a Pikachu Outbreak event that runs through until Tuesday, August 15, in Japan. For the duration of the event, Pokémon Go Trainers in Japan will be able to visit Pokémon Go Park events in Minato Mirai, Yokohama, Japan. The special events feature two Kanto- and...

9to5 Mac reports that the Unicode Consortium has published 67 new emoji that it is currently considering for inclusion in Unicode 11, which will be released next year. The new emoji are currently still at draft stage, so they could still be altered or cut prior to the public release. Apple has...

Apple is currently trying out “several different kinds” of wearable augmented reality (AR) prototypes trying to work out the “most compelling application” for an AR headset, reports the Financial Times, via MacRumors. The Financial Times says that according to its sources, at least one of the...

GameSpot reports that Niantic has revealed that some of the rare, region-exclusive Pokémon such as Kangaskhan, and Unown will be available for Trainers to catch in cities across Europe from this weekend until August 21. You can see the full list of cities where the rare Pokémon will be appearing...

MacRumors reports today that Daring Fireball’s Jon Gruber has revealed that the third-generation Apple Watch will have an “all-new form factor.” Gruber made the comment in a post discussing Bloomberg’s report that Apple Watch Series 3 will have an LTE chip, saying of that news, “It’s hard to...

Apple has today released several smaller videos featuring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Siri, following on from last month’s Top-3-trending YouTube mini movie, writes 9to5 Mac. Two of the new videos show certain sections of the main video designed to highlight particular Siri commands, such as...

MacRumors reports on an in-depth story from Wired that explains exactly how Apple and hearing aid company Cochlear teamed up to create the first Made for iPhone Cochlear implant, which is able to stream audio from an iPhone or iPad to a surgically embedded sound processor. As Bluetooth LE is...

Jon Gruber of Daring Fireball has a great piece today about how all of Apple’s careful secrecy about its forthcoming products, and in particular the next iPhone, was blown out of the water by the accidental release of the HomePod OS beta. Sources: Botched Release of Beta HomePod OS Reveals...

Microsoft and Skype announced today that the latest update to the Skype iOS app has a very handy new feature whereby you can use it to send money, thanks to its integration with PayPal. The new feature is called “Send Money,” and enables you to send money via PayPal during a Skype conversation...

AppleInsider reports that following yesterday’s impressive third fiscal quarter results, Apple stock soared to a record high of almost $160. During the earnings call, Apple reported $45.4 billion in revenue on sales of 41 million iPhones, meaning that Apple has now sold more than 1.2 billion...

Following on from last week’s news that Apple has removed virtual private network (VPN) apps from the App Store in China, AppleInsider reports today that Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law to ban VPNs and other similar technologies in Russia. It’s likely that following the...