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Apple Maps adds public transit information for Orlando, Florida

Apple Maps’ data has now been updated to include public transit data for Orlando, Florida. The update provides users with information about bus routes, times, and service updates across the metropolitan area. The new Transit data adds information to Apple Maps relating to Lynx bus stops and routes taken by public transport. Searches for bus […]

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iOS 11.3 beta 2 released, sports battery monitoring/management features

iOS 11.3 has entered its second developer beta and it appears that the new version of the operating system will add battery health information and management feature to iOS 11.3 in response to customer complaints about the way the company fixed an issue where iPhones with degrading batteries were experiencing unexpected device crashes. The crashes […]

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Hacker group claims iPhone X Face ID feature can be fooled with mask technique

It’s been noted that Apple’s the iPhone X’s Face ID feature can be fooled by an identical twin. Now it looks like a mask might do the trick as well. On Friday, Vietnamese security firm Bkav released a blog post and video showing that—by all appearances—they’d cracked Face ID with a composite mask of 3-D-printed […]

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Apple expands Apple Pay Cash beta testing to employee base

Apple has reportedly expanded an internal test of its forthcoming Apple Pay Cash technology to include its retail employees, which suggests that it may be ready for public release in the near future. Apple began rolling out the feature to retail employees today, asking workers to install the latest iOS 11.1 beta and a special […]

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Apple preps new emojis, including androgynous symbols

This year, the Unicode Consortium, the organization that handles new emoji proposals, has approved a new set of emojis, including an androgynous person, a male fairy, a takeout box, a “shh” smiley, “I love you” in American Sign Language, a bevy of mystical creatures, and an orange heart, which completes that emoji’s full rainbow of […]