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Recent Apple job postings hint at possible AR/Maps hybrid project

When Apple hires for something, you know they’re focusing on a new area. The company has issued six recent job postings for Augmented Reality (AR) positions which are thought to be for a Maps-related project. The postings are as follows:

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Rumor: Apple looking to incorporate landscape Face ID for iOS 12 and iPads

There are rumors as to what’s en route for iOS 13. And, logically, there are rumors as to what to expect in iOS 12. Per the rumor mill, Apple is planning on bringing landscape orientation support to Face ID in iOS 12. This could function as a feature for an iPad that unlocks using your […]

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Rumor: iOS 13 said to focus on major iPad-based improvements

It’s a ways down the line, but some cool stuff seems to be in the works for iOS 13. The current rumors, released by Mark Gurman, have it that iOS 13 is code-named “Yukon” and will incorporate the following new features: – A new Files app – Tabs within apps (similar to macOS)

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Rumor: Apple thought to release iOS/macOS cross-platform development tools in 2019

Apple’s rumored combined code base, which was said to debut at the Worldwide Developer Conference this year, may be most likely to arrive in 2019. The project, codenamed “Marzipan”, is thought to function as a hybrid macOS/iOS app platform, wherein it’s been thought that developers could write both macOS and iOS apps as a single […]

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Analysis of repair data shows 2016 MacBook Pro keyboards failing at twice the rate of previous models

As spiffy as the 2016 MacBook Pro keyboard was, complete with its new butterfly key-switch action, there’ve been a fair number of complaints about the unit, especially with regards to its failure rates. And they’ve been getting worse. The cool cats over at AppleInsider collected service data for the first year of release of the […]