Perhaps looking to attract new iPhone owners in the aftermath of Christmas, Apple this week updated its “Close Your Rings” marketing page for the Apple Watch, featuring four more stories of how people use the Activity app.

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One of the perks of Apple’s native Mail app in iOS 12 is the ability to create a “VIP” mailbox, gathering messages from your most important contacts as a way of cutting through the noise.

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Zens has done a great job moving us towards the ultimate wireless multi-charger with the new Dual + Watch, but it still lacks one feature we’d love to see.

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Future USB-C devices will confirm the authenticity of connected peripherals, which could lead to future iPhones, iPads, and Macs only accepting fully-compliant chargers and rejecting hazardous devices.

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iPad activations surged the most among all phones and tablets during the Christmas holiday, dominating the top four spots — fifth place being taken by another Apple product, the iPhone XR, according to new analytics data.

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Just days after Nikkei Asian Review contrived the story that 20 Chinese firms were supposedly supporting Huawei in a boycott of Apple’s iPhones, Huawei itself tweeted out an official New Years’ greeting– from an iPhone.

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While supplies last, Amazon-owned Woot has refurbished 9.7-inch iPad Pros with cellular marked down to just $299.99. Need more space? Upgraded 128GB Wi-Fi models are also on sale for $359.99, a discount of $390 off original MSRP.

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Apple has appointed a new global editorial head for Apple Music specializing in hip-hop and R&B, with radio personality Ebro Darden leading the team curating tracks and handling new album and song releases in the genres.

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A Japanese technology developer has developed 8.3-inch and 13.3-inch OLED displays with an 8K resolution, paving the way for future iPad, iPad Pro, and MacBook models to offer high pixel densities that could even exceed the 1,000 pixel-per-inch milestone.

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Apple’s iPhone production appears to be rolling largely unhindered into the first quarter of 2019, unfazed by sales injunctions and other factors, although the company is still projected to ship fewer iPhones in 2019 than it did in 2018.

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