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Apple Store locations to begin repairing damaged iPhone 5s screens on August 4th

If you drop your iPhone 5s and crack its screen, you’ll be able to take it to an Apple retail store location. Per 9to5Mac, Apple will finally begin offering iPhone 5s screen replacements in its official U.S. and Canada retail stores via its Genius Bars in the coming days, according to several sources.

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Hardware MacBook Air Rumor

Rumor: 12-inch Retina display MacBook Air could be delayed until 2015

You may have to wait a little longer for the 12-inch Retina display MacBook Air. Per AppleInsider and Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, current rumors have it that Apple’s 12-inch Retina display MacBook Air could be delayed until 2015 given processor supply constraints, while the release of the next-generation 11-inch and 13-inch models will be on […]

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iPhone retail Rumor

Rumor: Best Buy to open new iPhone 5s, 5c incentive program on October 11th, offer $100 credit for any working smartphone

Never doubt the power of an incentive program. Per AppleInsider and TechnoBuffalo, electronics retailer Best Buy appears on the verge of kicking off another trade-in program aimed at getting iPhone 5s and 5c customers through its doors, this time offering a minimum of US$100 toward the purchase of one of Apple’s two new phones in […]

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Hardware News Patents

Apple receives patent for solar multitouch panels, could harvest additional energy for iOS devices from sunlight

This could turn into something very, very spiffy. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, on Tuesday Apple a patent for an invention that integrates a touch sensor array with a solar panel, allowing for portable device to be both power-efficient and compact. Apple’s newly-granted U.S. Patent No. 8,368,654 for an “Integrated touch sensor […]

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Apple releases updated OS X 10.8.3 beta, begins allowing developers access to new builds via Software Update feature

This could be useful. Per AppleInsider, a little over one week after Apple seeded build 12D32 of its OS X 10.8.3 beta to developers, the company has rolled out another version of the software adding a new functionality that allows developers to download and install pre-release versions directly from Software Update in the Mac App […]