Addressing a recent controversy, Apple this week updated App Store rules to allow tipping functions — albeit with the company’s usual 30 percent take from in-app transactions. Review pop-ups, meanwhile, must now make use of an official Apple API.
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CalDigit’s second Thunderbolt 3 dock has hit the AppleInsider test bench, and with it, the promise of full charging power for the 15-inch MacBook Pro.
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Continuing its lighthearted ad campaign based on user tweets, Apple has published a pair of new advertisements ahead of next week’s iPad Pro refresh, boasting about the capabilities of the new A10X Fusion chip and the lag-free Apple Pencil.
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In the iOS 11 beta, Apple has shifted to four simple bars displaying LTE strength to the user, stepping away from the five dots used in iOS 7 through iOS 10. In doing so, it has also changed the ranges somewhat. AppleInsider examines the differences.
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Text entry will be easier than ever with Apple’s upcoming iOS 11 update, which includes a new one-handed typing option that makes it possible to reach all of the letters on the keyboard with larger iPhone models. AppleInsider shows you how it works.
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Despite some social media complaints to the contrary, the forthcoming iMac Pro appears to be very competitive with rivals’ offerings, and also against those seeking to build a machine out of parts matching specifications and parts.
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Repair advice and spare parts supplier iFixit is capitalizing on the discovery that the memory and processor inside the new 21.5-inch 4K iMac can be removed and replaced, by creating a RAM upgrade kit that can allow users to open up their iMac and boost the memory up to the maximum capacity.
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Samsung appears poised to deliver around 80 million OLED screens suitable for the “iPhone 8” before the end of 2017 — but a later than expected date for mass shipments for the phone is still expected.
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This week on the AppleInsider podcast, Dan and Victor talk about what we saw at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Siri, Swift programming and are joined by Kenny Batista, who won a scholarship to WWDC by programming in Swift Playgrounds.
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Beginning on Friday, the back catalog of pop singer Taylor Swift will be available on all major streaming services, putting an end to one of Apple’s most useful exclusives.
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