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Apple receives approval to sell the iPhone XR, will take pre-orders as scheduled on October 19th

Apple received approval from the Federal Communications Commission to sell the iPhone XR in the United States, ahead of pre-orders slated from October. The company can now remove the following fine print from the iPhone XR product page on its website, although it has yet to do so: iPhone XR has not been authorized as […]

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Beddit to shut down cloud service on November 15th, Apple thought to be incorporating company’s technologies into its product line following acquisition

Here lies the fate of Beddit. Sleep tracking product company Beddit, which Apple acquired last year. is officially killing off its cloud service on November 15, 2018. As of Friday, September 21st, new users were unable to sign up for Beddit Cloud. In addition, existing users have until November 15, 2018 to use it before […]

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Pre-order times list compiled for 2018 iPhone, Apple Watch models

Pre-orders for the iPhone XS, XS Max, and Apple Watch Series 4 will kick off on Friday, September 14 at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time, allowing customers to purchase one of Apple’s newly announced devices. With Apple planning to launch the new devices around the world simultaneously, here’s a list of when pre-orders will be accepted […]

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Glyphs/icons found within iOS 12 beta hint at “iPhone X Plus”, bezel-less iPad for release this fall

Once again, it’s the resources within the beta that have the best nuggets/clues as to what’s to come. An iconographic glyph in Apple’s latest iOS 12 beta, released on Friday, revealed what appears to be an iconographic representation of the company’s widely rumored “iPhone X Plus” handset, a larger-screened version of the current iPhone X. […]

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TSMC shuts down chip production over the weekend after infection by WannaCry ransomware

Even the big boys occasionally get hit with computer viruses, trojans, ransomeware, and malware. iPhone maker/supplier TSMC was shut down over the weekend when the WannaCry computer ransomware virus infected fabrication tools. The virus left the equipment unusable while it was being removed. The infection was detailed as follows: