Launch day supply of Apple’s iPhone X was exhausted mere minutes after the handset went up for sale early Friday, with rabid demand driving delivery estimates out 4 to 5 weeks for all models, on all carriers.

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Apple’s iPhone X wasn’t the only new item to hit the company’s online store on Friday, as a premium leather sleeve designed to snugly fit the 12-inch MacBook also went up for sale.

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As scheduled, Apple took iPhone X preorders live on Friday shortly after 12:01 a.m. Pacific, through the dedicated Apple Store app for iOS and the Apple.com online storefront.

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Apple earlier this month asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to authorize the exclusion of a shareholder proposal that would tie the company’s diversity efforts to CEO performance, an action that could negatively impact Tim Cook’s compensation.

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Apple is making steady progress on a next-generation retail outlet in Seattle’s University Village mall that, once complete, will stand face-to-face with a Microsoft Store located just feet away.

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As has become tradition, Apple on Thursday took its online store offline as the company prepares for what will inevitably be a crush of preorders for the new iPhone X flagship, scheduled to go live a minute after midnight on Friday, Pacific time.

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Apple and a handful of high-profile technology firms this week signed an amicus brief supporting LGBT rights in a Supreme Court case over a baker who declined to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

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As Apple cements itself as the dominant vendor of premium PCs and mobile devices, corporate IT is increasingly welcoming support for Macs as part of their business. Representatives from SAP and Capital One recently discussed what’s involved in bringing Mac choice to their organizations.

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While Apple is busy readying a slate of high-budget TV shows, Spotify is resetting its attempts at original video for the third time in three years — hoping to finally find some traction beyond on-demand music, according to one report.

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Apple’s decision to remove the iOS App Store from iTunes as part of the version 12.7 update controversially took away the ability to download apps to a Mac or PC, but all of the locally-stored apps were kept in place. We show you how to delete these files and free up some storage in the process.

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