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Leaked images, training documents show Apple merchandise headed to Staples for late March

The Apple stuff you’ve been hankering for Staples to carry should be there by late March. Per Mac Rumors, a series of screenshots from training materials for Staples sales associates. The screens describe sales curricula for the iPhone 5, Apple TV, and Mac notebooks. Those materials showed that the training modules needed be completed by […]

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Apple reportedly in negotiations to bring HBO Go app to Apple TV services

This could lead to something cool. Per Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly “in negotiations” with HBO to bring HBO Go to the Apple TV in app form during the first half of 2013. Not a bad prospect, even though users would probably still need a cable account and HBO subscription to take advantage of such an […]

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Apple TV Hardware News

Apple comments on upcoming Apple TV unit, says smaller form factor won’t affect performance

Sometimes Apple drops some interesting hints about its unreleased stuff. According to The Verge, despite details from a new FCC filing suggesting an updated Apple TV would feature a smaller form factor, Apple has indicated that the slightly tweaked hardware will look and function just like the current model. Apple provided a statement on Wednesday […]

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Apple seeds fifth iOS 6.1 beta to developer community, adds new features

The iOS 6.1 seeds, they just keep coming. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Saturday released a fifth iOS 6.1 beta to developers, continuing the testing phase of the company’s mobile OS that will bring users a number of features, including enhanced mapping options and Siri-integration, when it launches later this year. While rumors claimed Apple would […]

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Rumor: Apple may incorporate fingerprint sensor into iPhone “Home” button for next-gen models

This could be interesting. Per AppleInsider, Apple is expected to launch a new iPhone this year with a fingerprint sensor hidden beneath the home button — an intuitive design that could be difficult for competing Android and Windows Phone devices to copy. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities expects Apple’s acquisition of AuthenTec to pay […]