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China outpaces U.S. in iOS App Store revenue

The Chinese user base is apparently even more app-crazy than its U.S. counterpart. According to a new report out this morning from app intelligence firm App Annie, the country earned over $1.7 billion in Q3 2016, which puts it ahead of the U.S. by over 15 percent. The U.S. had been the number one iOS […]

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Tech media godfather David Bunnell remembered

On Tuesday, October 18th, technology journalist David Bunnell, who also founded PC Magazine, PC World and Macworld, passed away in his home in Berkeley, California. He was 69 years old. Bunnell, whose career included working at MITS in Albuquerque, New Mexico, worked alongside Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Bunnell attended the University of […]

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Apple stops signing iOS 9.3.5, makes reverting from iOS 10 to iOS 9 that much harder

It just got that much harder to revert from iOS 10 to iOS 9. Apple has stopped signing iOS 9.3.5, effectively preventing anyone already on iOS 10 from downgrading to iOS 9. The company has stopped digital signing on iOS 10.0.1, making the latest versions of iOS —iOS 10.0.2, and 10.0.3 on the iPhone 7 […]

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T-Mobile fined $48 million in wake of data throttling controversy on unlimited plans

Well, this is sort of a mess. Late Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it has reached a $48 million settlement with T-Mobile, including a $7.5 million fine and $35.5 million in consumer benefits, following an investigation into whether the carrier adequately disclosed speed and data restrictions for its so-called “unlimited” data plan subscribers. […]

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Apple announces “Hello again” media event for October 27th, expected to unveil next-gen MacBooks, other hardware

Some new Apple hardware is coming your way. Apple just sent out the journalist invitations to a product unveiling at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino. The event will take place next Thursday, October 27, at 10 a.m. Pacific time. As usual, the invitation doesn’t specify what new hardware will be announced. Instead, it merely offers a […]