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Apple confirms layoffs of more than 700 employees following the cancelation of its Apple Car, other projects

Sometimes projects just don’t work out. Apple has confirmed that the company is laying off more than 700 employees following the cancelation of its Apple Car project and is also reconsidering the project to develop in-house Micro-LED displays. The layoffs became known after the company filed WARN notices in the state of California. Per 9to5Mac, […]

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Apple begins to include underlying software that can indicate if USB-C ports have come in contact with liquids

It was never easy to convince Apple that your device had simply gone south on its own (especially if they opened the case and it smelled like the entire logic board had downed a six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon). Beyond the Liquid Contact Indicators inside the hardware, a new chunk of software seems to be […]

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Apple releases App Store Connect to developer community, helps developers track additional app-based analytical data

If you’re a developer, this is going to come in handy. Last Thursday, Apple released a new tool with which to track customer engagement in macOS Mojave via its newly-activated Mac App Store analytics in App Store Connect. The app, which was announced in a post on Apple’s developer website, grants developers a detailed overview […]

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U.S. carriers AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint form Mobile Authentication Taskforce, look to replace current SMS-based authentication system

Mobile security could be about to get that much stronger. The The Mobile Authentication Taskforce, which consists of wireless carriers AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, have released product details for what it calls a “next-generation mobile authentication platform.” The system could be the successor to the current SMS-based authentication method used today. While this method […]

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Apple in a buying mood, acquires social analytics firm Topsy

Apple seems to be pretty busy this quarter buying up companies. Apple reportedly bought social-media analytics firm Topsy Labs Inc. for more than $200 million. According to The Wall Street Journal, Topsy’s tools can decipher how often a term is tweeted, find an influential person on a specific subject, or measure the exposure of an event or […]