Rapper Kanye West in a minor tweet storm on Saturday called on Apple to purchase Apple Music competitor Tidal, saying he wants to put an end to the “beef” between the two streaming music providers.

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Brooklynites braved the summer heat on Saturday for the grand opening of their borough’s first-ever Apple Store, in the neighborhood of Williamsburg. AppleInsider was there and provides a first look at the new retail space.

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The big news this week was Apple’s quarterly results, which beat expectations even if they were still largely downhill. Meanwhile though, big shakeups were revealed within the “Apple Car” team and CEO Tim Cook teased the company’s interest in augmented reality.

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Apple on Friday delivered a legal brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a favorable ruling in its ongoing patent lawsuit against Samsung, saying the Korean company had not furnished sufficient evidence to send the case back to a lower court.

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Fanning the flames of rumors concerning Apple’s plans to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack from its next-generation iPhone, a video posted to YouTube on Friday shows off what appears to be a pair of functional Lightning EarPods leaked from Chinese parts suppliers.

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Microsoft-owned SwiftKey, a popular predictive keyboard available on Apple’s iOS, has suspended part of its service after it was discovered the app was leaking user data to complete strangers.

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Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook and Vice President of of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson are holding an event for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s “Victory Fund” on Aug. 24.

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Microsoft is getting rid of another 2,850 workers, continuing a turn away from its failed acquisition of Nokia’s mobile phone business in 2014, which cost it over $7.2 billion plus later restructuring charges.

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Apple suppliers are said to be gearing up for the upcoming launch of the second-generation Apple Watch, which will allegedly conserve space with new, thinner technology behind its touchscreen OLED display.

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In the battle for the Chinese smartphone market, Apple has lost ground in both marketshare and shipment quantities to smartphone manufacturers Vivo and Oppo, new data reveals.

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