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Apple releases iTunes 12.5.1 update

Apple released iTunes 12.5.1 today and you’ll need it if you want to use iTunes to install iOS 10 on your devices through your computer. The new version of iTunes, a 268 megabyte download, contains the following fixes and new features: – Now with an all-new Apple Music design, which brings greater clarity and simplicity […]

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Apple releases macOS Sierra, iOS 10 final candidates

After weeks of betas, it looks like the macOS Sierra and iOS 10 final candidates are ready to go and available for download. In a recent email release, Apple cited that the new operating systems’ final candidates are available for download and installation. These mark the final stop prior to being released as version 1.0

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Apple releases invitations for September 7 media event, iPhone 7 announcements likely

When the media invitations go out, you know something’s on the horizon. Apple on Monday distributed media invitations an iPhone-centric event that will be held on Wednesday, September 7 at 10:00 am at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California. The invitations include the tagline of “See you on the 7th”. The event […]

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String in macOS Sierra beta code points to possible USB 3.1 Gen 2, Thunderbolt 3 support in future Mac hardware

It’s the beta code that sometimes points out nifty Mac hardware to come. Next-gen Macs may support USB 3.1 Gen 2, enabling peripheral speeds up to a maximum 10 gigabits per second according to code strings found in the latest macOS Sierra beta build. A string in the Sierra beta mentions SuperSpeed+, a term reserved […]

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Apple to launch Bug Bounty program, will pay up to $200,000 to hackers, cryptographers and researchers depending on bugs found

Ok, this is pretty neat. Yesterday at the Black Hat conference, an annual event designed for the global InfoSec community, Apple’s head of security engineering Ivan Krstic announced the launch of a bug bounty program that will see Apple paying money to individuals who discover major bugs and security flaws in the company’s software. Many […]