Apple’s latest charity auction is offering a “one-day internship” at the Los Angeles studio for Beats 1 radio, with proceeds going to benefit MusiCares, a Recording Academy organization that provides crisis support for musicians.
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Apple and financial institutions want to make Apple Pay Cash as frictionless as possible for simple person-to-person money transfers. But if you want to send a larger amount of money, or spend your Apple Pay Cash at a retail store, you may need to verify your identity for security purposes. If you want to get that verification out of the way up front, AppleInsider shows you how to do it.
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The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and that means Apple authorized resellers are slashing prices on your favorite Macs, iPads, Apple Watches, Apple TV 4K devices, headphones and HomeKit accessories. From exclusive coupon deals to instant cash rebates, shoppers can save hundreds of dollars with no sales tax collected in 48 states on many items, as well as no interest financing incentives on popular products.
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Apple has partnered with Lazada, owned by Alibaba, to bring official online sales of its products to several southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
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Apple on Friday quietly brought its “TV” app for iPhones, iPads, and the Apple TV to Europe, offering a centralized way of watching shows and movies from iTunes and various compatible streaming apps. [Updated with info about Sweden & Norway]
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Apple has gone all-in on promoting the new Amazon Prime Video app, and is not only telling users that it is available after a tvOS 11.2 update, but has taken out Twitter “promoted” tweets noting it as well.
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GymKit — the technology that allows two-way sync between an Apple Watch and compatible cardio machines — made its London debut this week at a Virgin Active gym near Mansion House, where Apple’s director of fitness for health technologies, Jay Blahnik, was on hand for a press demonstration.
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This week on the AppleInsider podcast, Neil and Victor talk about 2018 iPhones, what’s rumoured for next year from Apple, and iOS 11.2’s surprise release. Victor also talks with Katie Stephens, founder of MakeCrate, about how to encourage interest in engineering.
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Apple’s second largest supplier of vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) arrays, Finisar, announced the acquisition of a 700,000-square foot plant on Thursday, a move that suggests TrueDepth and Face ID are coming to all iPhones in 2018.
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Apple is developing L-shaped batteries to power two new OLED iPhone models set to debut next fall, according to KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who notes all three handsets expected to launch next year will boast increased energy capacities.
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