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Hardware iPhone News

Aussie-based tech shop iExperts performs initial teardown of iPhone 5s, reports findings

The Aussies completed an initial teardown of the iPhone 5s and there are some impressive components inside. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog and Australia-based tech shop iExperts, the guys at iExperts were able to remove the standard pentalobe screws holding the handset together, then used a suction cup to remove the screen. The team noticed […]

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Hardware MacBook Air News

Assorted mid-2013 MacBook Air owners cite “blackout bug”, point out screen flicker issue

This is what they created firmware updates for… Per CNET, Apple’s mid-2013 MacBook Air appears to be suffering from a bug that results in intermittent loss of video output. When using an affected system, the screen may randomly blink to black for a brief second, or go to sleep and require a button be pressed […]

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MacBook Pro News Software

How-to: How to get around “Black Screen of Death” on dual-GPU MacBook Pro notebooks

Ok, this could be useful. Per the mighty Topher Kessler of CNET, a workaround has been found for MacBook users who noticed a pretty annoying black-screen bug on their systems, in which the computer would appear to be running but would not show any output on the display. To get around this issue, people were […]

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Apple patent allows potential automatic skipping of commercials for radio, television devices

This could be interesting. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent that allows users to skip unwanted audio and video broadcast segments such as commercials with on-device content like songs, podcasts or other media, possibly hinting at technology headed to the battle for the living room. Apple’s […]

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iPhone News

Additional iPhone/Daylight Savings Time errors reported

If you had problems with your iPhone’s clock around daylight savings time, you’re not alone. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, this past weekend, as clocks were turned forward for Daylight Savings time in the US, some users were still having issues of varying kinds, from clocks changing when they weren’t supposed to, to alarms not […]