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Australian users test Apple Watch, find unit is more waterproof than initially thought

The Apple Watch is apparently a bit more waterproof than had been imagined. After snagging their Apple Watch units, a few Aussie Apple Watch buyers over at FoneFox put the wearable through a variety of waterproof tests to see how much moisture the unit could take before failure. The first test is a basic splash […]

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Hardware iPhone Processors Rumor

Rumor: Samsung wins contract to produce A9 processor chip for next-gen iPhones

Samsung will apparently be producing the A9 processor for Apple. A report released on Thursday confirmed that Apple is contracting Samsung to manufacture A-series processors expected for inclusion in next-generation iPhone handsets. Citing sources close to the story, Samsung is slated to fabricate Apple’s forthcoming system on chip design, potentially dubbed “A9,” bound for this […]

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Hardware News Software

Google Nest picks up additional collaboration partners in ‘Works with Nest’ program

Google’s Nest project is starting to get some promising collaboration partners. Per CNET, Nest has been tacking on product partners since its initial developer program announcement last June. With several big-name integrations already secured — Dropcam, Mercedes-Benz, Whirlpool — this open-software-collaboration, dubbed “Works with Nest,” appears to have caught on. August, LG, Philips Hue and […]

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Hardware iPhone Rumor

Rumor: Apple to incorporate 150Mbps Qualcomm modem into iPhone 6 handsets

One does not sneeze at the idea of a 150 megabits per second cellular modem in the next-gen iPhone. Per AppleInsider and GeekBar, the latest component claimed to be from Apple’s next-generation iPhone is a Qualcomm MDM9625 modem, which would boost cellular download speeds to 150 megabits per second, which would be 50 percent faster […]

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MacBook Pro News

Some owners of early-2011 MacBook Pro units complaining of discrete GPU failures

This is the kind of thing that makes you slam your head against the desk a few times. Per AppleInsider and Apple’s Support Communities forum, owners of early-2011 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pros are reporting issues with the discrete AMD graphics processors in their notebooks, which in some cases results in the failure of the […]