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    YouTube Launches Streaming Service in Five US Cities

    MacRumors reports that YouTube has today launched its new streaming TV service in five US cities. The service costs $35, and is available in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. The standalone YouTube TV app includes access to ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC...
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    Apple Watch Series 3 Set to Launch in September

    According to a new report from DigiTimes via MacRumors, Apple Watch Series 3 will launch this September. This also ties in with a previous report from Economic Daily News that said that the new Apple Watch lineup will be launched in the third quarter of this year. It’s thought that the new...
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    Apple Launches New Mac Pro Lineup

    Apple has today unveiled its new Mac Pro lineup, complete with pricing adjustments, writes MacRumors. This represents the first time that the Mac Pro has been updated in 3 years. Aside from launching the new Mac Pros today, Apple also said that it is currently working on a “completely rethought”...
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    Apple to Launch New iMacs Later in the Year Aimed at Pro Consumers

    AppleInsider reports that Apple has today announced that it will be releasing new iMacs this year, with several different configurations, including those designed to appeal to pro consumers and creative users. Apple marketing head Phil Schiller made the announcement when talking to journalists...
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    Apple Releases iOS 10.3.1 Update

    9to5 Mac reports that Apple has today released iOS 10.3.1, which brings back support for 32-bit devices, as well as featuring other bug fixes. When iOS 10.3 was released it did not support 32-bit devices, but that has now been rectified with the latest update, which restores 32-bit device...
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    Apple Hires YouTube and Spotify Executive as Part of Video and TV Expansion Plans

    According to a new report from The Information, via 9to5 Mac, Apple has just hired former YouTube and Spotify executive Shiva Rajaraman to work on its new video and music projects. Apparently, Rajaraman will be reporting to Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue. The Information’s sources say...
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    Facebook Launches New Personal Fundraising Feature

    9to5 Mac reports that Facebook has today unveiled yet another new feature for its iOS app that is very similar to an existing service on another platform, in this case, GoFundMe. This follows on from yesterday’s launch of a Snapchat-style Stories feature. The new feature is referred to as...
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    New 9.7-inch iPad Revealed in Teardown to be Very Similar to First iPad Air

    With the new 9.7-inch iPad now available to personal pickup customers at select Apple Retail Stores in the US, Canada, Australia, and Japan, iFixit has already begun its teardown of the new tablet, reports AppleInsider. According to the results of the teardown, it seems as though this new iPad...
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    Google Calendar App Comes to iPad

    If you’re someone that uses Google Calendar app for iOS you’ll be interested to know that Google has just released an update to the app that comes complete with a native iPad interface that utilises the extra screen space available when using an iPad. Now, when using Google Calendar on your...
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    Facebook Launches New Snapchat-Style Stories for its iOS App and In-App Camera for iPhone

    AppleInsider reports that Facebook has today begun rolling out a new feature for its iOS app, the Snapchat-like Stories, as well as a new in-app camera for iPhone. The new Stories feature is basically a Facebook iOS app version of the same feature that Facebook has already introduced in its...
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    Rumour: Third-Generation Apple Watch Will Have Cellular Connectivity

    MacRumors reports today that according to Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Christopher Rolland, Apple’s third-generation Apple Watch could feature cellular connectivity, which has long been rumoured to be coming to the Apple Watch. In particular, Rolland says that this year’s Apple Watch...
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    iOS 10.3 Out Now With Reports of Lengthy Installation Times Due to New File System

    MacRumors reports that following seven beta releases since January 24, iOS 10.3 is now available to the general public. Major new features introduced with the update include Find My AirPods and a new Apple File System (APFS). The update is available as a free over-the-air download, and can also...
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    9.7-Inch iPad and (PRODUCT)RED iPhone 7 Now Available to Order

    MacRumors reports that Apple has started accepting orders for the newly announced 9.7-inch iPad and the (PRODUCT)RED iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus on its US online store, as well as in many other countries and regions worldwide. (PRODUCT)RED iPhones can also be collected from a select number of...
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    Pokémon Go Water Festival Begins

    Niantic has announced a new special PokĂ©mon Go event, the Water Festival. During the global festival, which started yesterday and runs until March 29, 2017, Trainers can expect to see more of Magikarp, Squirtle, Totodile, and other Water-type PokĂ©mon and their evolutions. Also, when you’re out...
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    Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa Battle it Out to Become Marriott’s Personal Assistant for Guests

    According to AppleInsider, Marriott is currently putting both Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa through their paces at an Aloft hotel in Boston in an effort to decide which one they will use to help guests control their rooms via voice commands. The original report by Bloomberg says that Marriott...
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    Apple Refreshes Apple Watch Band Line-Up

    AppleInsider reports that Apple has today announced a new range of seasonal bands for the Apple Watch in a variety of colours and designs, as well as making the Nike Sport Band available to buy separately without being bundled with the Nike edition Apple Watch. Starting off with the new Apple...
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    Apple Launches New Clips Video App

    Apple has today announced a new app for iPhone and iPad for creating video clips to share through the Messages app, Instagram, Facebook, and other social networks such as YouTube, Vimeo. Clips also includes Live Titles, a new feature that lets you create animated captions and titles using...
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    Apple Announces New 9.7-Inch iPad and Increased Capacity for iPad Mini 4

    Just as expected, Apple has today announced an updated version of its most popular-sized iPad, the 9.7-inch model, complete with a brighter Retina display with 3.1 million pixels and improved performance, all at its most affordable price ever, starting at $329. The iPad Air 2 has been...
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    Could Apple Be About to Announce New iPads Tomorrow?

    MacRumors reports that Apple has just updated the System Status page to show that its online store will be undergoing maintenance tomorrow, between midnight and 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time. This has led to speculation that Apple could be about to launch new products, as has been rumoured recently...
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    Philips Adds Candle E14 Light Smart Bulbs for Hue

    Philips has today announced its new Hue E14 candle/chandelier bulb, writes AppleInsider. With the launch of the new 40-watt equivalent, 470 lumen at 4,000 kelvin bulb, Philips now supports more than 80% of household light fittings for Hue. The new E14 bulbs are available in multi-color and...
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    Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down

    MacRumors reports today that Netflix has announced that it is to replace its familiar star viewer ratings with simple thumbs up and thumbs down ratings. In the original source report, Variety said that while the star ratings previously given to content on Netflix will still be used on viewers’...
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    Apple Recruits Well-Known iOS Security Expert Jonathan Zdziarski

    Recode writes that Apple has recruited renowned forensic security and mobile phone hacking expert Jonathan Zdziarski, with Zdziarski himself announcing today that he has accepted Apple’s offer to join its Security Engineering and Architecture team. While Zdziarski did not discuss the specifics...
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    Apple Set to Launch 10.5-inch iPad Pro at Special Event in Early April

    According to a new report on DigiTimes, via MacRumors, Apple is set to launch a 10.5-inch iPad Pro at a special event that will be held in early April to “mark the inauguration” of the new Apple Park campus. The campus is definitely due to open in April, but it’s not known whether or not the...
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    Apple Set to Announce New Products Next Week

    According to an exclusive report on MacRumors today, Apple will be announcing several new products sometime next week, between Monday, March 20 and Friday, March 24. MacRumors says that the information was leaked to the website by reputable anonymous Apple supply chain analysts. Unfortunately...
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    Cast Details of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series Revealed

    Telltale Games and Marvel Entertainment have unveiled the world’s-first screenshots and cast details for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, which is due to launch digitally this spring on consoles, PC, and mobile. The game boasts a brand new storyline featuring the most...
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    WikiLeaks Says it Will Work With Tech Companies to Help Them With CIA Hacking Tools

    AP reports that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said in an online press conference today that WikiLeaks will work with tech companies to help them deal with the CIA’s hacking tools. Assange said that some tech companies had requested more information from WikiLeaks about the CIA hacking...
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    Foxconn Chairman Casts Doubt on US Apple Factory

    AppleInsider reports that comments from Foxconn chairman Terry Gou have cast doubt on the prospect of Apple and Foxconn partnering to build a factory in the US. Talking at an event to open a new display panel production factory in southern China, Gou said that he had recently returned from...
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    Facebook Messenger App Launches Stories-Style Feature

    Recode reports that Facebook Messenger has today launched its own version of Snapchat’s Stories feature. Called “Days,” the new feature will enable Messenger users to share photo and video collections with friends for up to 24 hours before they disappear. Messenger has been testing the feature...
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    PowerVR Furian Architecture Could Mean 4K Graphics and Faster Gaming on iPhone and iPad

    The announcement by Imagination Technologies of its new next-generation GPU architecture, PowerVR Furian, could be good news for iPhone and iPad gamers, as according to MacRumors it could lead to greatly improved graphics performance and power efficiency. PowerVR Furian architecture can provide...
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    WikiLeaks Vault 7 Leak Says CIA Has Hacked Into iPhones, Android Phones, and Samsung TVs

    Recode reports today on WikiLeaks’ new Vault 7 series that has released more than 8,000 pages of documentation about various CIA programs, including those designed to break encryption of iPhones, Android phones, Samsung Smart TVs, among other devices. WikiLeaks says that this has enabled the...
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    New Report Shows Apple Devices are Dominating Enterprise

    9to5 Mac reports today on the new Annual Jamf Trends Survey that was published today by Jamf, a company that makes Apple device management software for businesses, and which shows that both iOS and Mac adoption rose in the enterprise over the past year. Jamf collected data from 300 IT...
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    Steve Jobs Originally Called the Genius Bar “Idiotic”

    In this week’s Recode Decode podcast, Recode Executive Editor Kara Swisher had a very interesting conversation with Ron Johnson, founder and CEO of personal commerce tech product delivery company Enjoy. Johnson previously worked at Apple from 2000 onwards, running the Apple retail stores...
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    Garfield Fit Health App Out Today

    If you’re someone that needs a little motivation to keep up your fitness program, then Animoca’s Garfield Fit health app might just be the most fun way possible to get you moving on your iOS device or Apple Watch. The free-to-play app features the world’s cutest lasagna-lover, Garfield the cat...
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    Apple Watch Enjoys “Best Quarter Ever” as Fitbit Sales Decline

    According to new figures from research firm IDC, via MacRumors, Apple Watch Series 1 and Series 2 are a “magnificent success” for Apple, resulting in the company recording its “best quarter ever” for the wearables market. IDC’s figures show that Apple shipped an estimated 4.6 million Apple...
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    Google Announces YouTube TV

    Recode writes that Google has today unveiled its new YouTube TV platform, which will cost $35 per month to use and which will feature a bundle of channels from both broadcast networks and cable networks. The new service will have its own app, which is due to launch later in the spring, and...
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    Eighty-One Year Old Woman Makes Her First iPhone App

    Mashable has a great story today about an 81-year-old Japanese woman, Masako Wakamiya, who has just launched her first ever iPhone app, having only started using computers when she was 60 years old. Wakamiya worked at a big Japanese bank for 43 years before retiring, but clearly she is just as...
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    Today Would Have Been Steve Jobs’s 62nd Birthday

    AppleInsider writes that current Apple CEO Tim Cook has today tweeted in honour of the late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, who would have been 62 today. “Remembering Steve, whose words and ideals will always inspire us. ‘There is no reason not to follow your heart,’” tweeted Cook. Steve...
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    10.5-Inch and 12.9-Inch iPads Not Due to Ship Until May or June

    According to a new report in DigiTimes via MacRumors, supply chain sources are saying that the forthcoming 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch iPads that Apple is rumoured to be announcing at a special event in March will not be shipping until May or June. Just one of the three new iPads, the 9.7-inch model...
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    ColorWare is Selling Custom Colour AirPods for $289

    With AirPods still in short supply (I’ve just checked and there’s currently a wait of 6 weeks in the UK, for example), MacRumors has a possible solution if you really need to get your hands on a pair sooner, but you’ll have to pay a premium price of $289 for the privilege. Known for its custom...
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    Apple’s New Campus Name Revealed as Apple Park

    Apple has today announced the name of its spaceship-shaped campus, which is nearing completion in Cupertino, California. The new 175-acre campus, which will be open for employees to start using in April, will be called Apple Park. Over a period of 6 months, more than 12,000 people will be moved...
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