By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) The Apple Watch’s path into healthcare is a different route from its original fashion focus, but the pivot has led to the prospect of future designs loaded with even more fitness-related features
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By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) A jailbreaking tool that claims to work with iPhones running iOS 11.0 to the latest iOS 13.5,was released on Saturday, one that takes advantage of a zero-day exploit that Apple has yet to fix.
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By news@appleinsider.com (Stephen Silver) A Tesla owner uses an app to lock a thief inside the car, a fake iPhone seller is sought, Snowden device hack claims, and other news from the Apple crime blotter.
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By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) A former Apple designer, as well as ex-Apple employees, have formed the start-up Syng, with their ‘Cell’ speaker aiming to take on the HomePod and other smart speakers with its own superior computational audio processing.
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By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew O’Hara) Urban Armor Gear has refreshed almost its entire Apple Watch strap lineup, keeping the leather and NATO option but also adding two new silicone designs — Scout and Civilian.
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By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) The macOS Messages app could be replaced by a version using the same code as the iOS variant, according to an exploration of iOS 14’s code, with a Catalyst version of the app potentially on the cards for Mac users.
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By news@appleinsider.com (Victor Marks) Mesh routing systems continue to gain traction, and though it lacks Wi-Fi 6, the Synology MR2200ac is a great mesh system when combined with the Synology RT2600ac for both the novice or the advanced user.
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By news@appleinsider.com (Daniel Eran Dilger) Apple pursued AR as a way to sell premium hardware and to attract developers to iOS. Here’s why Apple’s AR vision uniquely succeeded despite opposition, naysaying, and competitive ideas — and why Google and its Android partners failed.
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By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Amazon-owned Woot is clearing out 13-inch MacBook Pros by discounting refurbished 2.4GHz units with four Thunderbolt 3 ports to $1,169 to $1,299. These units are refurbished by Apple, but come with a 1-year Woot warranty.
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By news@appleinsider.com (AppleInsider Staff) Fresh research data shows Apple TV+ is not experiencing a bump in subscriber numbers during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a period that brought major gains to other services like Disney+ and Hulu.
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