A class action lawsuit claiming that AppleCare service plans were a “fraudulent and unlawful scheme” has been rejected by U.S. District Judge William Orrick, who portrayed the case as a contrived invention “for the purpose of initiating this lawsuit.”
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A drone operator has published an aerial video captured throughout Apple’s Campus 2 construction site, showing extensive progress including the beginning of interior and exterior glazing installation and the ceiling covering what will be the company’s new on-site theater.
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Apple is said to be working on a new pair of high-end Bluetooth headphones that will be completely wireless, meaning separate earpieces for the left and right side without a wire connecting them, according to a new rumor.
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The National Football League is in talks with companies including Apple and Google to stream three games due to be played in London, England next season, a report said on Friday.
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Volkswagen had hoped to showcase wireless CarPlay support at this week’s CES in Las Vegas, but Apple stopped it from doing so, a development head from the company said on Friday.
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Whether related to CarPlay or the heavily rumored Apple Car, Apple this week registered a trio of automotive-focused domain names, in a move that will surely fuel further speculation about “Project Titan.”
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Two more aftermarket receiver makers, Kenwood and JVC, have announced dash units compatible with Apple’s CarPlay platform.
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Apple’s primary assembly partner, Hon Hai — better known as Foxconn — saw its revenues drop approximately 20 percent in December, on top of missing full-year sales predictions from analysts.
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This week the AppleInsider podcast explores what iPhone 6s order cuts could mean for Apple’s future, the possibility — or impossibility — that “iPhone 7” will ship sans 3.5mm headphone jack, the tragic comedy that is digital copyright protection, CES 2016 and much more.
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Samsung reported preliminary earnings for the December quarter, missing analysts’ profit estimates while shipping 12.5 percent more smartphones over the year-ago quarter. That calls into question the supposed flat demand for smartphones, a problem alleged to also affect Apple.
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