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Australian carrier Telstra acknowledges FaceTime, iMessage outages, says fix is in the works

If you’re a wireless customer in Australia, this is not a nifty thing. Telstra, one of Australia’s largest mobile carriers, is experiencing a widespread outage of iMessage and FaceTime services. Oddly enough, this outage only seems to affect Apple’s services, as everything else functions normally. The carrier has confirmed the outage on Twitter and says […]

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Twitter announces plans to discontinue Mac version of its client, focus on web-based interface

In less than a month, Twitter’s Mac client will no longer be available. Per an announcement from @TwitterSupport on Friday, the company said Twitter for Mac is no longer available for download starting now, and that it will not supported at all in 30 days. The company offered the following explanation as to why its […]

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Spotify hits 70 million subscribers, Apple posts subscriber base of 30 million

There’s no doubt that streaming works. In this case, Spotify has just hit the 70 million subscriber mark while Apple Music currently has 30 million subscribers. Spotify shared its 70 million subscriber milestone on Twitter saying, “Hello 70 million subscribers.”

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Apple’s rumored “Marzipan” project might allow iOS apps to run under macOS, could be part of development efforts in 2018

A new Apple project could allow thousands of iOS applications to run under macOS. Apple is reportedly working to overcome challenges in getting software developers to embrace the Mac App Store. With the expected upcoming changes, developers will be able to create a single application that can work with either a touchscreen, a mouse, or […]

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Initial iPhone X packaging, unboxing pictures and videos begin to surface online

You can’t beat the speed of social media. Although the iPhone X has yet to arrive anywhere in the world, Twitter user Benjamin Geskin began shooting images and videos of the new handset to the Internet over the weekend. The resulting images include the iPhone X in its retail handset as well as shared images […]