Apple’s iPhone continued to increase its share of the lucrative Chinese smartphone market during the three-month period ending in January, but growth rates reached a nadir not seen since 2014, according to the latest research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.
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U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee leaders are nearing completion of a draft bill that applies civil penalties to tech companies resisting court-ordered requests for assistance in unlocking encrypted hardware, according to a Wednesday report.
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Case makers are betting they already know the design of Apple’s impending 4-inch iPhone, as well as its next-generation “iPhone 7,” with a multitude of protective accessories available to purchase from China.
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Immersive virtual reality experiences — well beyond what Google Cardboard can offer — are expected to begin arriving on the iPhone, with the aid of new third-party hardware, this fall.
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T-Mobile this week is offering 32GB iPhones for less than $19/month with a $50 coupon. Meanwhile, Apple’s 15 MacBook Pro (2.5GHz 16GB 512GB M370X) is marked down $300 to $2,199.00, $100 iTunes Gift Cards are on sale for $80, and Certified Used Unlocked iPhone 5s models start at just $219.
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A recently granted Apple patent points to a new use for Liquidmetal — a simplified home button design that would cut down on complexity and last longer than conventional components.
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Apple this week declared a trio of older products vintage and obsolete, adding a pair of 2010 MacBook Pros and the 2009 Xserve to a list of discontinued hardware service.
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In light of Apple’s encryption fight, it’s been noted the company can decrypt some data from an iCloud backup. Knowing this, security-conscious users may opt instead for locally-stored encrypted backups of their iPhone and iPad — a simple process through iTunes on both Mac and PC.
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The ongoing philosophical debate between Silicon Valley — with Apple at the forefront — and the federal government over encryption has split the American electorate in two distinct but equal camps, a new survey shows.
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Whether or not it’s based on an accurate design, at least one third-party case manufacturer is already producing a product assuming Apple’s upcoming “iPhone 7” will indeed ditch the legacy 3.5-millimeter headphone jack.
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