Though analyst consensus has Apple releasing an OLED “iPhone 8” with wireless charging and “invisible” home button later this year, a report on Tuesday claims the described model is but one of many prototypes that might not make it to production.
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Chinese phone maker ZTE has agreed to plead guilty on charges of violating U.S. sanctions restricting the sale of American technology to Iran and North Korea, and lying about it to investigators. It will pay $892 million in fees, effectively wiping out about two years of the company’s net profits.
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Apple late Tuesday issued a response to the WikiLeaks CIA data dump, saying “many” of the government-crafted iOS exploits have already been addressed in the most recent version of the mobile operating system.
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AT&T on Tuesday announced new loyalty rewards for existing DirecTV customers, offering 12 free months of HBO service to “Go Big” and “Gotta Have It” subscribers, or $5 off the bill of lower tier plans.
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Apple is claimed to have interfered with advertising campaigns cellphone carriers in Australia posted in local Chinese-language media outlets, with a report alleging the iPhone producer did not want to be seen as supporting newspapers critical of the Chinese government.
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Business magazine Black Enterprise on Tuesday announced Bozoma Saint John, the head of global marketing for Apple Music, as one of a number of people highlighted in its “Most Powerful Women in Business” list for 2017.
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Apple could be preparing to announce or launch new iPads on Apr. 4, shipping delays for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro suggest, though Apple is unlikely to hold a launch event at Apple Park’s Steve Jobs Theater as speculated by one website.
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Nine years ago, Apple released its first Software Development Kit for iOS, enabling third parties to build native apps for iPhone and iPod touch for sale in the iTunes App Store. The program has since generated over $60 billion for Apple’s developers and has created 1.4 million jobs related to app development.
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The average reading speed of an adult is just about 300 words a minute, which sounds impressive, but comprehension suffers as adults also tend to only retain about 60% of what they read — fix both with Spritz.
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The first sign of Apple’s next major release of macOS does not appear to be an increment to version 11, after a discovery of a catalog URL for the Mac App Store suggesting macOS 10.13 will be previewed to developers in the coming months.
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