While third-party companies have promised — but not delivered — an Apple Watch band capable of charging the device while it’s being worn, Apple in a patent application on Thursday details a wearable battery module that juices Watch up via inductive power transmission.
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Apple is among a cadre of companies drafting a formal letter in opposition of President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, which was signed last week as part of a series of sweeping policy decisions introduced by the new administration.
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For the fourth time in less than two weeks, Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday sold off a batch of company stock worth just under $5 million, continuing a series of transactions in accordance with a trading plan adopted in 2015.
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Apple will more than double the space of its popular Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan as part of ongoing renovations at the site, with the company promising “new services and experiences” once the outlet reopens.
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Though Apple has not officially announced any sales figures for its wearable Apple Watch, that hasn’t stopped research firms from estimating its performance, with new data from Strategy Analytics pegging the device at 5.2 million shipments in the fourth quarter of 2016.
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Rumored to make its way onto Apple’s portables for some time, Theater Mode debuted with the latest watchOS 3.2 beta as a one-tap control for silencing Apple Watch alerts and disabling the device’s raise to wake feature. Perfect for dark, quiet venues like a movie theater.
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Facebook’s Oculus was ordered to pay ZeniMax $500 million on Wednesday, after a Dallas jury ruled that Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey violated a non-disclosure agreement in building the first prototypes of the Rift headset.
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As it looks to lessen reliance on outside chip manufacturers, Apple is developing an ARM-based Mac processor designed to take some of the burden off primary Intel silicon, a report said on Wednesday.
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The encompassing “Services” business has proven to be a reliable source of income growth for Apple, but its tremendous performance –?accomplished during an overall company sales decline –?can be difficult to visualize. AppleInsider offers a closer look at the booming segment Apple believes will double over the next four years.
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Even as Apple tests remain shrouded in secrecy, prototype self-driving cars by Waymo — formerly under Google — are dramatically improving their skills, data from the California Department of Motor Vehicles revealed on Wednesday.
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