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Apple opens iTunes donation links to support Hurricane Harvey relief efforts

Following Hurricane Harvey’s arrival into Texas on Friday, Apple this weekend reactivated iTunes donations to support American Red Cross relief efforts in the area. On Saturday, Apple posted prominent American Red Cross donation links to its official website and the iTunes Store landing page. The system allows users to quickly contribute $5, $10, $25, $50, […]

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Leaked HomePod firmware hints at facial recognition to aid in Apple Pay payments for forthcoming iPhone

The leaked HomePod firmware continues to hint at possible forthcoming Apple features down the pipe. A set of code discovered in the firmware suggests Apple’s “iPhone 8” will integrate facial recognition into the Apple Pay process, though it appears the technology will not completely replace physical Touch ID. Developer Daniel Niyazov tweeted out a note […]

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Developers uncover hints as to HomePod’s RAM, display specifications in latest firmware update

Deep within Apple’s firmware update for the upcoming HomePod, some of the critical specs have been found. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith shared last week that HomePod will run a full iOS stack and uses a shell app called SoundBoard. He also mentioned more specifics about the display/touch surface stating “The center part of the HomePod surface […]

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Twitter changes policy, allows media attachments to be posted without affecting 140-character limit

You’ll finally begin to get more out of your tweets. On Monday, Twitter changed its architecture so that posting photos, videos, GIFs, polls, and quotes of other tweets without counting against the 140-character limit. Now that these media attachments won’t reduce the character count, users can compose longer tweets. Twitter announced this change back in […]

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Microsoft flatly denies Office for iOS rumor

Well, this was a bit far-fetched to begin with. Following up on yesterday’s story regarding Microsoft Office arriving for iOS and Mac OS X in 2013, the rumor was crushed via a single tweet from Microsoft corporate communications lead, who stated that the comments made by the Czech team are “inaccurate.” Still, it was a […]