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Walgreens becomes first retailer to merge Apple Pay with rewards card systems

You may love or hate Walgreens, but they’re now the first to offer a rewards program via Apple Pay. Walgreens announced on Thursday that the pharmacy chain has begun running its rewards program via Apple Pay. The company has long supported this through QR codes, but can now do this through NFC thanks to features […]

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Rumor: Apple to release iPad Pro on November 11th

November looks to be the month where Apple releases its big gun. Apple has been teasing the launch of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro and sources have indicated that the tablet will launch on November 11th, or Veterans Day. There’s no word yet on whether the company will open up preorders a week early, like it […]

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Apple cites $11.1 billion profit, $51.5 billion in revenue in Q4 2015 earnings report

Once again, Apple just made a whole lotta moolah. The company was about to beat its expectations for its fourth quarter, chalking up an US$11.1 billion profit on US$51.5 billion in revenue. Apple cited the iPhone as its biggest moneymaker, reporting 48.05 million iPhones sold, up from 39.27 million in the same quarter a year […]

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Apple adds Bluetooth support to assorted iPhone, iPad models

It’s not unexpected by any means. And it’s a cool bell and whistle. Apple has published changes to its tech specs following its September 9th announcement of the 2015 iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPad Pro and iPad mini 4. With these changes, Apple quietly modified the tech specs and comparison pages for 2014’s iPhone […]

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iFixit digs into iPhone 6s, 6s Plus handsets, finds reason for nearly waterproof test results

The reports have come in praising the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus’ nigh-waterproof nature and while the handsets aren’t completely waterproof, they appear to be a huge step in the right direction. With that in mind, the cool cats at iFixit began looking at the construction used in the units. The engineers found that while […]