As part of the continuing Galaxy Note 7 fire debacle, Samsung is not only offering financial incentives for customers to trade their problematic phone for a Galaxy S 7 phone and stay in the Samsung ecosystem in the face of pressure from the iPhone 7, but it is also saying that customers in the country will be able to exchange a Galaxy S 7 for the forthcoming Galaxy Note 8 for half the normal price.
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Users delving through the resources in Monday’s macOS “Sierra” 10.12.1 code have found a graphic representation of a keyboard without a function row, suggesting that rumors of a touch control strip replacing the function keys may be accurate.
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The Wi-Fi Alliance has officially certified WiGig, also known as 802.11ad, which could drastically improve the speed of transfers over local Wi-Fi networks and better support gigabit-speed internet connections.
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Shoppers this week can save a bundle on refurbished Apple products starting with $440 off a 2015 12″ MacBook. Or pick up an unlocked iPhone at up to $350 off. Apple’s 128GB iPad Air 2 and Apple Watch Sport devices are $60 off, while an 8GB iPod Touch (4th gen) is $69.95. Many refurbished items come with a 30-day money back guarantee.
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Apple’s Beats division on Tuesday officially launched the Powerbeats3 Wireless, just the second audio product on the market with Apple’s W1 wireless chip.
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Whether or not it’s ever released, Apple has allegedly toyed internally with the idea of releasing iMessage for Android, going as far as to make mockups for the text messaging client in Google’s “Material Design,” according to a new report.
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Apple is reportedly increasing its iPhone production orders in the fourth quarter in a bid to take marketshare from Samsung, still reeling from the end of the Galaxy Note 7.
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Just three days after launching on Windows, the latest installment of the long-running “Civilization” strategy series, “Civilization VI,” has come to macOS after three years of development.
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As part of continued research into efficient wireless chargers — perhaps powerful enough to rival Lightning — Apple on Tuesday received a patent for an induction charging method that uses ferrofluids to reduce or negate energy loss typical of such systems.
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Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent covering a lost-and-found system that enlists the help of other user devices to locate and track items to which low-power electronic tags are affixed.
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