More than 70 new emoji will be coming soon to iOS 12 and macOS Mojave, including new characters with red hair, gray hair and curly hair, a new emoji for bald people, more emotive smiley faces and additional emoji representing animals, sports and food.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced Apple is donating $1 million to help relief efforts taking place in Indonesia after the recent earthquake and tsunami, in a continuation of the iPhone producer’s charitable efforts following major disasters over the years.
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Looking to keep owners happy, Apple is offering compensation to some owners of the late 2014 and mid-2015 iMac 5K coming in for screen repairs and finding parts in short supply, AppleInsider can confirm.
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The X4 is a further refinement of Jaybird’s sport earbuds, and both a solid and cheaper alternative to Apple’s Powerbeats3.
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Apple’s iMessage-based Business Chat platform is now available in many more countries, having originally launched as a U.S. exclusive earlier this year.
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Onyxx is offering readers up to 44% off its pocket-sized Qi power bank that’s water and dust resistant. Currently in the funding stage on Indiegogo, those who pledge $49 plus shipping can receive one Onyxx wireless charging pad at a discount of $40 off retail.
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Tile on Tuesday released a pair of Bluetooth trackers, the Pro and updated Mate, with designs that — finally — accommodate user-replaceable batteries. AppleInsider got its hands on the new products and takes them, as well as the new Tile premium subscription plan, for a spin.
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Sebastiaan de With, the developer behind popular manual photography app Halide, has been putting the iPhone XS camera system through its paces. In a comprehensive look into Apple’s latest shooters, de With provides an overview of computational photography, and explains how noise reduction technology might generate selfie photos that appear artificially enhanced.
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Though a handful of early iPhone XS adopters are complaining about less-than-desirable cellular reception, a new test reveals Apple’s latest flagship smartphones boast much improved LTE performance over last year’s model. However, the XS models, which rely on Intel modems, are still behind handsets that use battle-tested Qualcomm silicon.
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Screen Time, one of the key additions in iOS 12, is meant to give people access to data that can influence their behavior without imposing hard limits, Apple marketing VP Greg Joswiak said in a recent podcast interview.
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