Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook issued a memo to his employees on Monday, escalating the war of words between his company and the U.S. government, and calling on officials to form a commission or panel of experts to discuss the implications of unlocking the iPhone used by the San Bernardino shooters.
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Families of the victims of last year’s San Bernardino massacre plan to file a legal brief in support of U.S. Department of Justice efforts to unlock an iPhone used by one of the shooters, adding weight to the government’s case against Apple, a report said Sunday.
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There’s just one flagship iPhone running Apple’s iOS platform, but a variety of Android licensees are duking it out to define a hardware candidate that can win over premium buyers. One big obstacle: no hardware makers have any ability to materially stray too far from Google’s commodity Android software platform.
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Seemingly everyone in the tech world was talking about Apple’s fight with the U.S. government over encryption and backdoor access to iOS. But the iPhone maker also found itself under fire from a variety of others as well, including hedge fund managers, and even rapper Kanye West. Catch up now on the busy week that was.
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Amid a firestorm of debate sparked by Apple’s decision to fight an FBI data request, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Friday invited Apple CEO Tim Cook and FBI Director James Comey to offer testimony on the nuanced issues surrounding encryption.
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In response to a Department of Justice motion to compel Apple’s cooperation in the unlocking of an iPhone 5c used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists, company executives on Friday revealed the Apple ID passcode linked to that device was changed while the handset was in government hands, effectively blocking attempts to retrieve an iCloud backup.
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Donald Trump, who is seeking the U.S. Republican presidential nomination, on Friday said consumers should boycott Apple until the company complies with government requests to help unlock an iPhone 5c tied to last year’s San Bernardino massacre.
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Apple’s complex saga involving data encryption, civil liberties and national security took yet another twist on Friday when the U.S. Department of Justice weighed in, filing a motion attempting to compel the iPhone maker to create a backdoor to unlock a secured iPhone.
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For nearly a decade, Apple has been ranked as the “World’s Most Admired Company” by business magazine Fortune, as the iPhone maker again took top honors for the new 2016 list.
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There’s just 1 more day to grab a free pair of Beats by Dr. Dre Solo2 headphones and a free WD My Passport portable hard drive with the purchase of a new Mac. With this deal, Apple’s Late 2015 21″ iMac HD (2.8GHz, 8GB, 1TB) with both items comes out to $1,299 with free shipping and no tax outside NY.
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