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Rumor: Apple to continue supplying Lightning to 3.5 millimeter headphone adapter with next-gen iPhone

Apple seems likely to continue bundling a Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter with its new lineup of iPhones this fall. The inclusion, which was implemented with the release of the iPhone 7 last fall, was put into place to help ease the transition to a handset without a traditional 3.5 millimeter headphone jack. The […]

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Hardware iPhone Lightning Rumor USB-C

Rumor: Apple to release 5-inch iPhone 8 model, may sell wireless charging technology separately

It’s a rumor, but there may be some truth to it. Japanese web blog Macotakara has a new rumor in that Apple will introduce a 5-inch iPhone model this year. The site also state that “reliable sources in Taiwan” have stated that only the all-glass model of the iPhone will support wireless charging this year, […]

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Fun Hardware iPhone News

Some iPhone users fall for tutorial video, attempt to drill headphone jack into iPhone 7 handsets

This started as a joke. And then some people took it seriously, thereby damaging their new iPhone 7 handsets and violating their warranties in the process. A recently released tutorial video claims to show a user securing his iPhone 7 with a clamp, then drilling into the iPhone 7’s case with a 3.5 millimeter drill […]

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Hardware iPhone News Patents

Apple patent suggests move away from 3.5mm headphone jack, towards Bluetooth or Lightning connector, for next-gen iPhone

As frightening as the idea of an iPhone without the headphone jack may be, a recently published Apple patent suggests that the idea may be fairly likely. A new patent awarded to Apple on Monday suggests that Apple may convert from the classic 3.5mm headphone jack to Lightning and Bluetooth. The patent seemingly describes a […]

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Mac Software

Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.5

Early Tuesday, Mozilla.org released version 3.5 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 17.2 megabyte download, sports the following fixes and changes: – Support for HTML5 video and audio content embedded directly on a page. – A private browsing mode. – Location-aware browsing, which allows you to share your location with Web sites […]