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Dropbox updated to 1.6.16

You can’t knock an update with a solid fix to it. On Tuesday, Dropbox released version 1.6.16 of its cloud-based storage client for Mac OS X. The new version, a 21.9 megabyte download, which adds the following fixes and changes: – Fixed Finder crashing. Dropbox 1.6.16 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later to install […]

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Apple patent shows e-wallet program with controllable accounts for children

This could be useful. Per FreePatentsOnline, a recent patent application shows Apple’s idea for an “e-wallet” iPhone application that would allow subsidiary accounts for children, complete with customizable spending limits and restrictions. Apple’s interest in the concept was revealed in a patent application published Thursday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office entitled “Parental Controls.” […]

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Sprint to add 28 cities to 4G LTE network in coming months

A growing network…that’s never a bad thing. Per AppleInsider, U.S. carrier Sprint announced Thursday that its 4G LTE network, which offers faster connections to the iPhone 5 and Apple’s latest iPads, will expand to 28 new cities in the coming months. The continuing deployment is part of Sprint’s Network Vision strategy, in which the company […]

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Apple allies with Merchants Bank Co. to offer installment-based payment plans to Chinese customers

If you’re buying Apple equipment in China, there’s a payment plan for you. Per Bloomberg, Apple on Thursday introduced a new option for Chinese buyers of iPhones and MacBooks, allowing them to spread the cost of purchases ranging from from 300 yuan (US$48) to 30,000 yuan (US$4,800) over as long as two years. The new […]

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Apple releases seventh OS X 10.8.3 beta to developer community

The betas, they just keep on comin’ Per AppleInsider, a seventh beta of OS X 10.8.3, Apple’s forthcoming maintenance and security update for the Mountain Lion operating system, was supplied to developers on Wednesday. Sources familiar with the latest pre-release software said it is identified as build “12D54.” Any changes that may have been made […]