Finally clearing out legal obstacles, the cabinet of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to approve an exemption enabling Apple’s first retail stores in the country, a report said on Wednesday.

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Despite having similar on-device encryption and claiming to protect users’ data vigorously, BlackBerry CEO John Chen slammed Apple chief Tim Cook in a Tuesday sppech, sugesting that Cook was putting his company’s reputation “above the greater good.”

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If it comes to pass, a potential 20.7 percent shift to Apple’s “iPhone 7” would roughly match the migration to the iPhone 6 after six months of release, according to a new online poll.

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Apple could potentially reap $3 billion in incremental revenue from Pok?mon Go over the next couple of years, an analyst argued in a Wednesday investor memo, helping to buoy the company’s stock price.

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With back-to-school shopping well underway, shoppers can snap up a 13-inch MacBook Pro with AppleCare at up to $254 off with free shipping and no tax in 48 states. Or opt for an Early 2015 13-inch MacBook Air (1.6GHz, 4GB, 128GB) for $799 with free Parallels. Pok?mon Go fans in need of Pok?Coins can also save 15% on $100 iTunes gift codes.

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Just hours after it was issued, a ban on WhatsApp in Brazil was reportedly overturned by the country’s Supreme Court, which argued that the measure may not have been reasonable or proportionate.

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Piling on to what has already been a big day for Apple Pay, Apple on Tuesday announced a U.S. expansion of payment services that includes support from 13 new banks and credit unions, bringing the total up to nearly 1,375 financial institutions.

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Microsoft announced quarterly operating profits of just $3.1 billion on revenues of $20.6 billion, hit hard by slow sales of Office, a 17 percent drop in cloud profits, an $870 million decline from Windows Phone and tepid Surface sales that grew by 9 percent year over year but remained below $1 billion.

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Apple on Tuesday added a pair of videos to its ongoing “Shot on iPhone” series, this time throwing a spotlight on smartphone’s imaging software by showcasing stunning slow motion and time lapse footage.

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Just hours after Apple Pay launched in France, Apple on Tuesday activated the in-house mobile payments service for customers in Hong Kong with initial support for Mastercard, Visa and American Express credit cards.

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