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Apple confirms September 12 launch date for iOS 16

You’re only a handful of days away from the launch of iOS 16. Over at the “Far Out” media event, Apple confirmed that its upcoming iOS 16 mobile operating system will be available for download and installation onMonday, September 12. The update includes the following new features as well as others: Customization: Support for new […]

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Apple releases iTunes 12.8, adds AirPlay 2 support, other fixes

Along with Monday’s Update-O-Rama, Apple also released iTunes 12.8. The new version, a 287 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes:

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Contrast launches Group Text+, Email+ apps for iOS

It’s neat stuff in a road warrior kind of way. On Tuesday, Contrast, makers of Launch Center Pro, launched a pair of shortcut programs for iOS. The first app, Group Text+, makes it easy to message the people you care about using iMessage and SMS. Users can mix and match contacts, groups, images, and text […]

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Facebook announces Skype video chat integration, other changes to social networking site

If there’s a major tech news story of the day, this might be it. Per Electronista, Facebook at its special event Wednesday brought out Skype-based video chat. The approach lets Facebook members hold one-to-one video calls between each other without having to load a separate app; complete newcomers should be talking in 30 seconds, Facebook […]

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Apple Apologizes Over “Baby Shaker” Application

Ok, this was embarrassing. After software developer Sikalosoft’s “Baby Shaker” app was briefly approved for the App Store later this week, Apple pulled the application and offered the following apology: “This application was deeply offensive and should not have been approved for distribution on the App Store. When we learned of this mistake, the app […]