As promised, Apple on Friday kicked off sales of HomePod in China and Hong Kong, bringing the Siri-infused speaker to customers in the region nearly a year after the device launched in 2018.
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Hands on with Apple’s new Smart Battery Case for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR
Apple has released a new Smart Battery Case for the latest iPhones. Here are our first impressions of the newly updated accessory.
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Walmart ditches plans to compete with Apple & others in streaming video arena
Walmart is reportedly abandoning plans to launch a Netflix-like streaming video service, which could take one more threat out of the equation for Apple’s own upcoming launch.
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NHL shifting to iPad Pro for real-time statistics and analytics during the game
The NHL is aiming to provide coaches more information about how the team is faring during games, by issuing iPads running a new insights app on benches that offer more than 60 different real-time individual and team statistics to team management.
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Apple green-lights 10-episode sci-fi series from Simon Kinberg and David Weil
Apple has given the go-ahead for a ten-episode season of currently-untitled science fiction series as part of its ongoing original video content effort, a big-budget TV show created and co-written by Simon Kinberg and David Weil.
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Apple tapped as contender for J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot studio
Apple appears to be one of the companies vying to pick up Bad Robot, the production studio founded by Star Trek, Star Wars, and Lost director J.J. Abrams.
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PCIe 5.0 standard gets ratified, could find a home in 2019 Mac Pro
The PCI-SIG standards body has ratified version 0.9 of the PCIe 5.0 connection specification, which could have implications for future Macs, particularly the upcoming modular Mac Pro.
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Future locked iPhones could open camera app automatically when held up to take a photo
Photographers who are irritated about missing the perfect shot because it took too long to access their iPhone’s camera could benefit from one potential feature Apple has considered, where the iPhone automatically enters the camera application when raised for a shot, even if it is still locked.
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Review: Neato’s iPhone-connected Botvac D7 is a worthy Roomba alternative
If you have the cash and the right living situation, the Botvac D7 Connected is a largely solid robot vacuum with a few catches and eccentricities.
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2019 iPhone XR may get same antenna tech that’s in the iPhone XS
Whatever it is ultimately named, the successor to the iPhone XR expected later in 2019 will be equipped with a 4-by-4 MIMO antenna for better wireless connections.
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