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2018 MacBook Air battery now user-replaceable

If you’ve suffered through the Parade of Glue and Adhesive that was involved in replacing the batteries on Apple’s MacBook Air notebooks since 2012, you’re going to love this. Apple’s new MacBook Air battery can be replaced by the owner in the notebook. In all other MacBook and MacBook Pro models with a Retina display […]

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Rumor: Apple Music claims top slot for U.S. digital music subscriptions, edges out Spotify

Apple Music may have taken the top slot in the digital streaming music market in the United States. Per an anonymous source, Apple Music has now surpassed Spotify’s subscriber count in the United States. The source, which is thought to be a major U.S.-based distributor, is said to have leaked the report with Digital Music […]

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TeenSafe app inadvertently leaks substantial number of Apple ID passwords

This definitely qualifies as something of a goof. TeenSafe, an app designed to allow parents to monitor their children’s online activity, was noted as saving users’ Apple ID passwords in unprotected plaintext form. The information collected by TeenSafe was hosted on Amazon servers, and also included device identifiers and the email addresses of parents, crediting […]

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Tim Cook comments on iPhone battery situation, says users will have additional control of power management features in future versions of iOS

During a visit to the Apple data center in Reno Nevada on Wednesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook did a quick interview with Rebecca Jarvis of ABC News, wherein he touched on the ongoing controversy over power management features in older iPhones. According to Cook, when the power management features were first introduced in iOS 10.2.1, […]