In what is thought to be the first public interaction to originate from Apple’s official corporate Twitter account, the company on Friday posted a promoted-only tweet inviting users to tune in for next week’s special event.

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An online auction has started containing a large amount of Apple founder Steve Jobs’ personal effects, including a leather jacket worn in a famous picture taken underneath the IBM logo.

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More questionable photos alleging to show the back of Apple’s “iPhone 7” packaging have popped up, with the most recent boxes out of Russia suggesting that Apple’s as yet unannounced Bluetooth “AirPods” will be included with some models.

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New aerial footage of Apple’s Campus 2 shows the glass panel installation surrounding the main building near complete, and installation of more power stations across the facility.

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Global DRAM prices are continuing to climb on the strength of orders for the “iPhone 7” and demands from competitive China-based manufacturers, causing a ripple effect across the entire computing industry.

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Apple’s appeal of the European Commission’s $14.5 billion charge in back taxes will be aided by Ireland’s cabinet, who voted on Friday to endorse the legal challenge.

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This week on the AppleInsider podcast, Neil and Victor talk about the latest in iPhone rumors leading up to Apple’s Sept. 7 event. Will there be a 256-gigabyte iPhone? Will there be wireless ‘AirPods’?

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After a week of analysis of 35 dramatic battery failures, Samsung has issued a global recall for the Galaxy Note 7 “phablet” — but the process will take some time, and how it will be executed is not known.

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Apple has finally decided to curate an official corporate presence on Twitter, as evidenced by the activation of a long-dormant verified account bearing the company’s name on Friday.

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Apple in a patch last week blocked a particularly nasty malware package called “Pegasus” from infiltrating iOS devices, and the company is now doing the same for its OS X desktop operating system.

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