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Apple to release iOS 8.1, launch Apple Pay today

It’s October 20th. It’s also the day iOS 8.1 is released to millions upon millions of iOS device users. Per The Mac Observer, Apple will be releasing iOS 8.1 later today. The update, which could be fairly large and take some time to download using an over-the-air update or iTunes, will also include the much-anticipated […]

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iPhone Opinion

Opinion: Flexibility Under Stress

By Bob Snow The new iPhone 6 Plus appears to have a problem. There have been a number of reports of the Plus deforming under a relatively normal mode of use. The phone, when placed in a front pocket for a length of time and stressed, can bend and not return to its original flat […]

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Apple announces 10 million iPhone 6 handsets sold during launch weekend

Another year, another broken record. Per Macworld, Apple announced on Monday that it sold ten million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models combined after the first weekend of availability—a new record for launch weekend iPhone sales. It’s no surprise, after Apple announced last Monday that iPhone 6 and 6 Plus pre-orders hit 4 million […]

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Hardware News Wearables

Apple Watch announced at media event, device to be available in early 2015

This definitely fit into the category of “one last thing…” that Apple historically concluded its keynote speeches with, but it might be worth the hype and anticipation. On Tuesday, Apple announced its long-awaited Apple Watch, a device that the company said will define the emerging wearable devices market. Per AppleInsider, the device uses a “digital […]

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Rumor: Apple unlikely to sell sapphire display iPhones in 2014

If you’re hankering for an iPhone 6 with a nigh-indestructible sapphire display, this may not be your year. Per AppleInsider, J.P. Morgan analyst Rod Hall has issued a note to investors, in which he reacted to a report from last week suggesting that sapphire display costs remain high. The source of that rumor was The […]