The latest update to Waze’s navigation app for iOS introduces a major redesign that only alters its look to be clearer, but also simplifies many tasks, particularly for long roadtrips.
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Valve promises updates, free games for Mac owners unable to use Steam Link or Controller
Valve will be providing updates and free games for the Steam Link and Steam Controller, in light of both products lacking expected Mac support, according to an email sent out to early buyers.
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Piper Jaffray rates Apple stock its top pick for remainder of 2015 with $172 target
Heading into the fall shopping season, Apple stock is investment firm Piper Jaffray’s top large-cap pick for the rest of the year and into 2016, citing continued growth for the company’s iPhone lineup led by the new 6s series.
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Electric motorcycle startup shutters after losing top talent to Apple
Apple’s anticipated automotive project has led the company to recruit talent from competing companies both big and small. But its wooing of top-level engineers from a San Francisco-based electric vehicle startup is said to have been so significant, it caused that company to close its doors earlier this year.
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First look: Using Steam Controller on Mac OS X
When Valve announced they would be making a controller people went a little crazy. The firm spun up their PR magic machine in ways that could make Apple blush, positioning the controller as the grand finale in a three-part product push.
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Japan’s major architecture, engineering firms going “all iPad” in support of Apple, Inc. iOS enterprise push
Apple’s mobile enterprise ambitions are beginning to shift the market in Japan, where large architecture, engineering, construction and operations firms have already moved to standardize on iOS and iPads for their enterprise tablets.
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Video: more than half of Apple Campus 2 Spaceship Ring has topped out, just six months after it began rising
Five of the nine building segments making up the “Spaceship” Ring in Apple’s Campus 2 mega-project have reached their ceiling just six months after the initial dining hall structure reached its fifth floor back in March.
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Apple activates Quality Program for Retina MacBook Pro screen coating issue
According to a report on Saturday, Apple recently instated a quality program to deal with an issue relating to Retina MacBook Pro antireflective coatings, a problem that some owners claim causes irreparable damage to their laptop screen.
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This week on AppleInsider: New iMacs, iWork updates, ‘Magic’ accessories & more
Apple this week made surprise announcements of new iMacs, Mac accessories and iWork updates, but also found itself in the spotlight for less enjoyable reasons, including lawsuits and problems with its online services.
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Sprint to throttle ‘unfair’ customers using more than 23GB of data per month
Sprint, the nation’s fourth-largest cellular carrier, announced on Friday that it will begin throttling connection speeds of unlimited data customers chewing through more than 23GB of data in a monthly billing period.
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