Apple on Thursday flipped the switch on its new CareKit framework, a health-minded platform that lets developers build advanced software solutions for tracking, managing and reporting medical conditions.

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Philips on Thursday released a “Gen 2” Hue app for iOS, updating the tool for its HomeKit-enabled smartbulbs with new features like Routines, and extra options for controlling rooms and scenes.

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An Indian government committee this week recommended Apple be exempted from local sourcing regulations that previously kept the company from opening its own brick-and-mortar retail outlets in the country.

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Samsung Electronics reported Q1 operating profits of 6.68 trillion won ($5.81 billion), while its Mobile division reported 3.89 trillion won ($3.38 billion) in profits, both a fraction of the “disappointing” $13.987 billion in operating profits Apple reported for the same quarter.

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As promised, AMC this week launched a tvOS app with a content selection mirroring that of its iOS app and web portal, including free-to-stream episodes of hit shows like “The Walking Dead” and “The Night Manager.”

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The FTC is expanding its investigation into Android related to complaints that Google is exploiting its ostensibly open platform to shut out rivals.

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Back in November, theatrical performer Mike Daisey was given the opportunity to write about Apple in the Technology section of the The Guardian. He’s now claiming “reverse claim chowder,” insisting that some of what he wrote about actually turned out to be true, given Apple’s recent earnings report showing the first decrease in year-over-year, quarterly iPhone revenues.

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A pair of videos posted to YouTube are some of the first to show an up-close look at the main “spaceship” building on Apple’s Campus 2 headquarters, including views of the structure’s inner courtyard and underground access tunnels.

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Apple’s research and development spending spiked at an all time high of more than $2.5 billion during the second quarter of 2016, with the unusually large $600 million year-over-year jump owing primarily to new hires and related expenses, Apple said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

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Apple Pay expanded services in Australia on Thursday local time with the addition of ANZ Bank, the first major financial institution in the region to support Apple’s payments product after a limited rollout in November.

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