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Apple quietly adds HomeKit support for third-gen Apple TV units

It wasn’t a huge update, but it’s interesting. According to Forbes, Apple released an Apple TV update allowing for third generation units of the media device to support HomeKit, Apple’s protocol for allowing connected home gadgets to connect safely and easily in iOS. The update means that Apple TV could be the hub that unifies […]

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Video surfaces of iPhone 6 Plus being bent with bare hands

You might want to be careful with your new iPhone 6 Plus. Per French web site MacBidouille and the Mac Observer, YouTube channel UnboxTherapy did a bend test on an iPhone 6 Plus handset to see where it stood in terms of physical vulnerability.

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Rumor: Apple to unveil iPad Air 2, updated Retina iPad mini in October

With the vast amount of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus launch kerfluffle generally behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to Apple’s next-gen iPad Air, which could be introduced sometime in October if Apple’s October 21 event is any indication. Per Taiwan’s Commercial Times, the next-gen iPad Air will enter production in September, shipping […]

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Feature list surfaces for USB Type 3 protocol, cables to carry audio, video, power

There’s a lot to be said for a reversible cable. And if it carries different kinds of data, that’s even better. Per Macworld, industry groups VESA and the USB 3.0 Promoter Group outlined some of the specs of the upcoming, reversible Type-C USB cable. The cable, which is said to offer USB 3.1’s 10Gbps of […]

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The iPhone 6 Plus has a content problem

I purchased an iPhone 6 Plus on Friday to replace my iPhone 5s and an iPad mini Retina. I figured that the large, 5.5-inch screen on the 6 Plus would allow me to consolidate two devices into one. It turns out that while the concept of an iPhone-6-Plus-as-an-iPad (think iPad nano) sounds good in theory, it fails […]