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Apple launches USB-C charging cable replacement program, cites “design issue”

When in doubt, offer a replacement program. Apple on Friday announced that it will now offer free replacements for MacBook charging cables that use the USB Type-C specification because some of them have not been working correctly. The company offered the following quote on the matter: “A limited number of Apple USB-C charge cables that […]

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Why I stopped wearing my Apple Watch

I’ve been a Mac user since 1984 and iOS user since 2007. In 2016 I’m switching from iPhone and Apple Watch to Android and Android Wear as an experiment. This blog post is one in a series from a lifelong Apple/iOS user  switching to Android. Like many of you I ordered an Apple Watch at […]

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Apple, Dr. Dre working on scripted television series

Apple and the mighty Dr. Dre are creating an original television show. It’s been discovered that the company and Dr. Dre (real name Andre Young), who works as one of its executives, will have Dr. Dre starring and executive producing his own six-episode vehicle, dubbed Vital Signs, and the production is being bankrolled by Apple. […]

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Apple’s Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi discuss Apple Music, iCloud subscription numbers

Apple’s Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi sat down and discussed subscriptions numbers to some of its services. The execs claimed that there are currently more than 11 million paying Apple Music subscribers, and 782 million iCloud users. That’s on over one billion Apple devices, too.

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Proposed bipartisan bill would prevent individual states from mandating backdoor access to encryption protocols

The plot may yet become even more intricate when it comes to states require backdoors into encryption. A bipartisan bill introduced to the U.S. House of Represenatives on Wednesday would bar individual states and localities from requiring backdoors in encryption, something often demanded by law enforcement officials and intelligence agencies. The ENCRYPT Act, sponsored Democrat […]