Activist investment firm Corvex Management is pushing streaming radio service — and Apple Music competitor — Pandora to seriously consider selling the company, instead of pursuing what it has dubbed a “costly and uncertain business plan.”
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Trying to install Apple’s iOS 9.3.2 update is causing some iPad Pros to become unusable, according to media reports and complaints on Apple’s support forums.
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Apple is hiring a number of people with experience in wireless charging, a technology it could be planning to build into 2017 iPhone and iPad models.
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Apple’s two main assembly partners, Foxconn and Pegatron, are said to have begun extra hiring for iPhone production early this year, allegedly owing to the complexity of the “iPhone 7.”
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Coinciding with Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook’s first-ever visit to India, the iPhone maker will reportedly make a pair of key announcements for the emerging market, related to software development and local start-up companies.
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Rumors of iPhone 7 have so far revolved around purportedly leaked schematics and part images, which only allude to obvious potential hardware changes (a dual lens camera, an iPad Pro-like Smart Connector and replacing the legacy headphone jack with Lightning). However, many of Apple’s biggest iPhone leaps have been externally invisible, driven by software advances unlocking the power of advanced silicon hardware inside, many of which debuted at WWDC.
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Intel will reportedly supply up to half of the cellular modem chips being used in Apple’s “iPhone 7” and “7 Plus,” expected to ship in September.
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Like clockwork, Apple’s well-established annual iPhone release cycle is on track once again, as a new report claims the company’s suppliers are prepared to begin shipping the “iPhone 7” and “iPhone 7 Plus” by the end of the third quarter.
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In a patent awarded to Apple on Tuesday, the company imagines entire cities outfitted with low-power wireless transmitters capable of sending pinpoint-accurate location data, as well as dynamic road condition alerts, to iPhones and in-car navigation systems.
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As the wearables market continues to evolve, new data shows a widening gap between basic and affordable fitness bands and more complex, do-it-all devices like Apple Watch — though the bulk of sales skew toward cheaper, simpler devices like Fitbit.
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