Apple added new blood to its Canadian management team in February with the hire of Brent Johnston, a longtime Telus executive who handled the regional telco’s consumer segment.

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Amid a raging digital security debate sparked by Apple’s fight to protect encryption FBI, the Senate Intelligence Committee is said to be working on legislation that would criminalize companies unwilling to comply with court-ordered decryption requests.

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Calling it a “black day and the beginning of the end of the U.S. as a world power,” software developer John McAfee criticized the FBI on Thursday for attempting to force Apple to build a backdoor to access data from a terrorist’s iPhone, saying that he will decrypt the handset himself for free.

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Digital animators in Taiwan have turned the legal case between Apple and the FBI into an animated movie short that clearly depicts key details and potential ramifications of the issue that even many industry pundits have had trouble grasping.

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The Federal Communications Commission will force cable providers to ensure interoperability for third-party set-top boxes, paving the way for companies like Apple to integrate linear television programming into their offerings.

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Apple on Wednesday released an updated version of iOS 9.2.1 — the current edition of its mobile operating system — that will allow users whose iPhones were bricked by third-party home button repairs to bring their devices back to life.

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Apple is building on the success of its iPhone upgrade initiative with a new offering that will let anyone trade in an older iPhone, Android device, or Windows Phone handset for a new iPhone and spread the cost over two years.

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With its forthcoming iOS 9.3 update, Apple plans to allow third-party apps to add songs to a user’s iCloud Music Library, eliminating the need to use iTunes on a Mac or PC to upload songs to the cloud or add them to the iOS Music app.

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2 Days Left: Grab Apple’s new 27″ iMac 5K (3.3GHz, 8GB, 2TB, M395) for $2,199 ($100 off) and get a free pair of Beats by Dr. Dre Solo2 Luxe Edition (Silver) headphones and a free 2TB WD My Passport drive and no tax outside NY. Or get cash discounts, free AppleCare and a free Canon AIO AirPrint printer on a wide assortment of other configurations.

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The engineering team responsible for the custom silicon that powers hundreds of millions of Apple’s iOS devices is the latest beneficiary of the company’s relatively newfound openness.

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