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Tests find Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, HTC One M9 just as prone to bending as iPhone 6

Remember all the grief Apple and iPhone 6 owners went through last fall when they found that the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus could be bent, thereby resulting in “Bendgate”? The same is apparently true for Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone and the HTC One M9. A recent video issued by third-party warranty firm SquareTrade […]

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MacBook News

First 12-inch MacBook unboxing video hits

If you’ve been hankering for an early unboxing video of Apple’s new 12-inch MacBook, you’ve got it. It’s in Vietnamese. Still, it’s an unboxing video, a bit early and it shows the new 29-watt power brick, 2-meter charging cable and brand new USB Type C connectors. The company appears to have eschewed the longer power […]

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Recent wave of Apple hiring may point to effort to improve iOS device batteries

It’s the hiring cycles that show where a company’s going. Apple has been looking to make significant additions to its battery technology team since the beginning of March, with a special emphasis on iOS devices, newly listed positions available at the company reveal. At least nine listings posted within the last month are directly connected […]

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Accessory MacBook News

Apple launches USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter for 12-inch MacBook

These are the first days of USB-C and we’re curious about it. It’s sort of like having someone new in your life, except it’s a digital standard that Apple is applying for power, video, communications and almost everything else under the sun. Which is pretty interesting, the raw facts stating that USB-C can apparently support […]

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Apple introduces 12-inch MacBook, offers improvements to currently available MacBook Pro, MacBook Air models

This may be the MacBook you’ve been waiting for. On Monday at its “Spring Forward” media event, on Monday, Apple revealed a new 12-inch MacBook, a radical revamp that shakes up the winning MBA design by dumping virtually every conventional port—Thunderbolt, the SD card slot, a power connector, everything—in favor of a pair a single […]