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Apple Car Rumor

Rumor: Apple hires Dan Dodge to head up car project, may be shifting focus towards autonomous driving systems

Apple could still be working on a car project, but could be taken it in a new direction. Bob Mansfield, the Apple executive who led up efforts on the iMac, iPad, MacBook Air and Apple Watch, has apparently been put in charge of Apple’s car project. Mansfield’s first action has been to hire former BlackBerry […]

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Hardware News

Mysterious, tech-laden van on Golden Gate Bridge adds fuel to Apple self-driving car rumors

This could be either an Apple mapping van or a self-driving car prototype. During a drive over San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday, a modified van was spotted. Among the collection of gadgets on the roof are the spinning Lidar laser sensors often used for self-driving cars. There are also cameras on the roof. […]

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battery Hardware Rumor

Rumor: Apple in talks with companies about charging technologies for Apple Car battery

Apple is looking towards a means of charging its cars, whenever they may happen to debut. The company is rumored to be in talks with several charging station companies about their underlying technologies. The talks are largely unsurprising given that Apple is widely believed to be researching and developing its own electric vehicle, which could […]

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Developer HomeKit iOS News Patents

Apple patent points to smarter, more automated HomeKit functionality, interoperability with homes, vehicles

This could turn into something interesting. A recently published patent filed by Apple indicates as to Apple’s intention for an “automated environment” in which HomeKit would be able to track the routines of users and implement automated behaviors based on those habits. As an example, Apple points to the idea of a heating system being […]

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Apple leases former Pepsi bottling plant in Sunnyvale, thought to be working on car project out of this and other buildings

The Apple real estate empire has once again grown. This time, Apple appears to have leased a 96,000 square foot industrial property that had once served as a Pepsi bottling plant in Sunnyvale, California. News of the lease has just recently surfaced and it is not clear how long Apple has been at the location.