Following an unexpected release in the United States in October, The “Fyrtur” range of Ikea smart blinds are reportedly starting to gain support for HomeKit, enabling the window blinds to be automatically controlled by Apple’s smart home platform.
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Samsung is hyping its CES 2020 presence by launching the Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite, but what we know so far about the devices are a mish-mash of specification changes versus the parent devices
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The Federal Circuit’s decision to side with VirnetX in January 2019 as part of a long-running patent infringement case is “grossly unfair,” Apple insists to the Supreme Court, claiming the “whopping” $439 million judgment involved the Federal Circuit making “two fundamental legal errors” to justify the size.
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Victor and guest Sean Ryan discuss the news of 2019, iPhone SE2 rumors, and how Apple can make or break a company, with examples in TSMC, Imagination Technology’s PowerVR, and China’s BOE, producer of OLED displays.
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The Zens Liberty is a new wireless charger that does its best to live up to Apple’s AirPower hype with the ability to place devices nearly anywhere on its surface. While it succeeds in many ways, it doesn’t entirely emulate Apple’s ill-fated charger.
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Ahead of CES next week, Korean tech giant LG on Friday unveiled a slate of “real” 8K TVs with integrated support for Apple’s AirPlay 2 and HomeKit technologies.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook last week donated 6,880 in personally owned company stock to an as-yet-unidentified charity, an amount worth about $2 million as of the trading date.
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Following relatively steady gains across 2019, Apple’s stock price hit an all-time high during the first day of trading in 2020, closing just north of $300 at the bell.
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Apple’s App Store enjoyed a bumper holiday season, with iPhone and iPad users spending more on Christmas 2019 than in 2018 by 16%, a rise that has also helped boost global app spending across all of December over the previous year.
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Richard Plepler, HBO’s former chief executive of 27 years, has landed a long-term content deal with Apple TV+.
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