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Rumor: Apple to discontinue iTunes LP format throughout 2018

Apple looks to be discontinuing its iTunes LP format this year. The format offered a rich experience with digital music and could include lyrics, photos, and liner notes as well as access to video. The format had never been optimized for iPhone or iTunes, and while the special iTunes format has been around for almost […]

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U.S. carriers AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint form Mobile Authentication Taskforce, look to replace current SMS-based authentication system

Mobile security could be about to get that much stronger. The The Mobile Authentication Taskforce, which consists of wireless carriers AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, have released product details for what it calls a “next-generation mobile authentication platform.” The system could be the successor to the current SMS-based authentication method used today. While this method […]

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Rumor: Apple to possibly host WWDC from June 4-8 at San Jose Convention Center

If you’re looking to attend Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference this year, you might be headed to San Jose. A current rumor has it that the 2018 WWDC may take place between Monday, June 4 and Friday, June 8 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, the same venue where WWDC 2017 was hosted. […]

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iOS’ “iBoot” component leaked to GitHub, quickly pulled by Apple

Apple, and its legal department, do not like it when you leak source code for core components of iOS on GitHub. This is exactly what happened, as a chunk of source code, labeled “iBoot”, which is the part of iOS that is responsible for ensuring a trusted boot of the operating system, found its way […]

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iOS 11.3 beta 2 released, sports battery monitoring/management features

iOS 11.3 has entered its second developer beta and it appears that the new version of the operating system will add battery health information and management feature to iOS 11.3 in response to customer complaints about the way the company fixed an issue where iPhones with degrading batteries were experiencing unexpected device crashes. The crashes […]