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Sprint passes on offering iPhone insurance, users to have to find other provider

iPhone insurance is always a useful thing to have. Just don’t expect it to come from Sprint. Per SprintFeed, Sprint has apparently voted down the idea of having its Total Equipment Protection plans available for the iPhone 4S or current iPhone 4 model. According to a leaked slide, the iPhone 4S (or 4) won’t be […]

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Apple unveils AppleCare+, adds limited coverage for user-caused damage

Always have a backup plan. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Tuesday introduced AppleCare+ for iPhone, a new extended warranty service that combines traditional tech support, software support, and hardware support with the addition of the company’s first accidental damage plan. Like the traditional $US69 version of AppleCare for iPhone that it replaces, the new US$99 AppleCare+ […]

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iPhone Rumor Software

Rumor: Apple begins canceling vacation days for second week of October, iOS 5/iPhone 5 rumors fly

It’s when Apple starts reworking vacation days that things get interesting. Per AppleInsider, Apple is quietly denying requests for employee vacations during the second week of October, hinting that the company currently anticipates an influx of customers to its stores around that time related to availability of its new iOS 5 and fifth-generation iPhone products. […]

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New “MAC Defender” malware variant surfaces, works way around recent security update

Only one day after Apple released a security update for Mac OS X to address the “MAC Defender” malware, a new variant of the bogus antivirus software has been spotted in the wild. Per ZDNet, the new variation of MAC Defender, named “Mdinstall.pkg,” has been crafted to bypass the new malware-blocking code made available by […]

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MacBook Pro News Software

Owners of 2011 MacBook Pro report troubles with iTunes Home Sharing feature

As nifty as the 2011 MacBook Pro notebooks are, there may be some debugging that needs to be done. Per AppleInsider, a number of early 2011 MacBook Pro owners report being unable to connect devices or maintain connections through iTunes Home Sharing. A support thread in Apple’s Discussion forums has received over 200 posts from […]