Speaking on Wednesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook criticized Facebook for its mishandling and commercialization of consumer data, and again concedes that the time may be past for self-regulation of how companies handle personal information.
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A dead shopping mall next to Apple Park has been fighting to reinvent itself as a mix of retail, offices and new housing for years, only to be blindsided by NIMBY groups seeking to protect high housing prices. A new state law, however, promises to streamline approval enable the market to solve California’s dire housing shortage.
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Readers this week can exclusively save $300 on Apple’s Mid 2017 13″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (3.1GHz, 16GB, 512GB), now $1,899 with coupon. The popular free Apple TV 4K with 3 months of DirecTV Now promo also ends this week — and eBay just launched a 15% off coupon valid on a variety of tech items.
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The launch of a new iPad is usually followed by users deciding whether they should update to the latest model, or to continue using their existing iPad and save money. AppleInsider compares the new 2018 iPad against last year’s release and the iPad Air models to decide if it’s worth making the upgrade.
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Apple on Wednesday announced a partnership with Chicago Public Schools and Northwestern University, which will establish a “Center for Excellence” at Lane Tech College Prep High School — the place where Apple held its Tuesday iPad event.
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A colossal 59 separate lawsuits against Apple for throttling iPhones with weak batteries could be merged into one class-action case at a March 29 meeting in Atlanta.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook will be taking part in a town hall-style interview later today, which will be recorded for MSNBC’s ‘Revolution: Apple Changing the World’ special at Chicago’s Lane Tech College Prep High School, talking about Apple’s educational efforts and its latest product launches.
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A rundown of the specifications for Apple’s new “budget” iPad indicates that its performance is roughly comparable to the iPhone 7 line, which uses the same A10 processor — and that it has just 2 gigabytes of RAM, limiting its multitasking versus the iPad Pro.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook and other company executives repeatedly cited the company’s commitment to education, as it unveiled new products and initiatives designed to capture the hearts and minds of students and educators.
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A lawsuit seeking damages from Google over its willful appropriation of Java as the basis of its Android operating system has been slowly grinding through the courts for most of the last decade. It has finally concluded that Google’s taking of Java “was not fair” use, opening up Google to billions in damages.
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