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Apple nixes Target Display Mode support for 2017 4K and 5K iMacs

You might be irked about this. While the 2017 iMacs are getting good reviews, they’re currently unable to support Target Display Mode, a feature that previously allowed some iMac models between 2009 and 2014 to use their built-in display as an external monitor for another Mac connected via Mini Display Port or Thunderbolt. Target Display […]

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Wistron CEO hints at improved waterproofing, wireless charging features for next-gen iPhone

Sometimes an executive blathers and gives something interesting away. In this case, Winstron CEO Robert Hwang, Apple’s primary iPhone manufacturer in India, confirmed that the upcoming iPhone will be waterproof and feature wireless charging. Per Nikkei, Hwang’s comment noted that Apple’s next-gen iPhones will feature additional waterproofing as well as wireless features:

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iFixit offers 32GB RAM upgrade kit for Apple’s 2017 21.5-inch iMac with Retina 4K display

This will definitely come in handy. iFixit recently noticed that the RAM in Apple’s new 21.5-inch iMac with Retina 4K display was upgradable and is already offering a kit to take advantage of this fact. It’s been noted that the base 3.0 GHz model tops out at 16GB of RAM and that the only way […]

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Rumor: Samsung currently manufacturing 80 million OLED screens for next-gen iPhone

In spite of past arguments and legal troubles between Apple and Samsung, it’s estimated that Samsung will deliver around 80 million OLED screens suitable for the next-gen iPhone before the end of 2017 —but a later than expected date for mass shipments for the phone is still expected. Per DigiTimes, which cited “sources from the […]

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iFixit posts teardown of 2017 21.5-inch iMac, finds user-upgradable RAM, modular CPU

The pork has soared and it looks like Apple has finally released an iMac with a user-upgradable CPU as well as RAM. The cool cats at iFixit have just completed a full teardown of Apple’s new 21.5-inch iMac with 4K display. The unit features both removable RAM and a modular CPU, although Apple has yet […]