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Apple flies pirate flag to commemorate 40th anniversary

You can still rock the pirate flag on occasion. On April 1st, 2016, Apple marked its 40th anniversary by flying its pirate flag over its Cupertino headquarters in a tribute to the first-generation Macintosh team headed by company co-founder Steve Jobs. The flag resembles a stereotypical pirate flag, with the notable difference of a rainbow […]

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Netflix admits to throttling AT&T, Verizon users’ data

Well, that could have gone better. Netflix, which has been caught with its hand in the cookie jar, has gone on record to say that it throttled user data through AT&T and Verizon while trying to “protect consumers from exceeding mobile data caps.” As of now, AT&T and Verizon wireless customers are still limited to […]

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Evidence begins to point towards Energous’ development of long-range wireless charging technology for upcoming iPhone models

There’s evidence that Apple is looking towards a wireless charging feature for its upcoming iPhone models, albeit it’s been a bit scattered. It was reported in January that Apple has been working on a wireless-charging technology with partners that would allow its devices to siphon power from “further away from than the charging mats used […]

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Apple grants press access to processor development plants

For all its secrecy, Apple can’t help showing off a little bit. This was seen recently when Bloomberg Businessweek got rare access inside the undisclosed locations where Apple develops its processor chips. Brad Stone, Adam Satariano and Gwen Ackerman interviewed Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president for hardware technologies, over three days, and got guided […]

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Cirrus Logic CEO offers hints as to possible audio technologies for next-gen iPhone

Following up on the rumor that the iPhone 7 will drop the headphone jack, Jason Rhode, the CEO of known audio supplier Cirrus Logic, made a few interesting comments that only add to the flames: There are definitely people considering putting [it] in box … any time somebody talks about adding content inside a box, […]