Epic on Tuesday released an update to its popular battle royale-focused shooter Fortnite, adding support for third-party gamepads on iPhones and iPads.
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Apple’s ‘experimental retail’ success lies in improving a customer’s life claims Angela Ahrendts
Apple is excelling at retail because it has different aims to other stores, retail chief Angela Ahrendts advised in an interview, with the company bucking the trend of store closures though “experimental retail” and providing education to the customer, rather than just selling merchandise.
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Apple & Aetna team up for health-tracking ‘Attain’ program
Aetna and Apple have partnered for the new Attain initiative, offering users tangible incentives to fill the rings and complete designated health tasks — up to and including paying off an Apple Watch.
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Apple disables Group FaceTime as it works on privacy bug fix
After the discovery of a bug in FaceTime that allows callers to listen in on a recipient’s device, even if they don’t pick up, Apple late Monday notified users that the service has been temporarily disabled.
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Soderbergh returns to iPhone filmography with ‘High Flying Bird’
Steven Soderbergh is back behind the iPhone for his latest film, this time for Netflix. The first trailer for “High Flying Bird,” a film shot entirely on trio of iPhones was just released.
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Apple’s streaming video service to could launch by mid-April, report says
Apple has informed entertainment companies partnering on an as-yet-unannounced video streaming service to ready their respective content by mid-April, suggesting a product launch will soon follow, according to a report on Monday.
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Apple reportedly offers Apple Watch Series 2 replacement for certain original and Series 1 repairs
A report on Monday claims Apple is allowing authorized repair facilities to offer hardware upgrades to owners of first-generation Apple Watch and Apple Watch Series 1 units in need of repair, citing a temporary parts shortage.
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Group FaceTime exploit lets callers listen in on recipient’s audio before accepting call [u: fix coming]
Until a bug in iOS 12.1 or later is fixed, an exploit allows a FaceTime Video caller to hear the audio, and potentially see video, from the recipient’s iPhone without the call even being picked up.
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DOJ charges Huawei with stealing trade secrets, financial fraud, violating sanctions, more
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday formally filed criminal charges against Chinese smartphone and communications equipment manufacturer Huawei, alongside company CFO Wanzhou Meng and “unofficial affiliate” Skycom, for a range of alleged misdeeds including theft of trade secrets and wire fraud.
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Google’s upcoming Android Q might include support for Face ID-like authentication
According to leaked code, Google appears set to implement native support for advanced facial recognition sensors in the upcoming Android Q update that, like Face ID, can be used to unlock a device and make purchases.
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