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Hardware MacBook Pro News Touch Bar

2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro models can support True Tone functionality on some external displays

This is definitely spiffy. Apple’s newly-released 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro functions as the first MacBook Pro with a True Tone display. As such, the notebook can also extend this functionality to a couple external displays such as Apple’s Thunderbolt display as well as the LG UtraFine 4K and 5K displays. True Tone first showed […]

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Hardware HomePod News

Apple confirms that HomePod may leave white rings on wooden surfaces with oil or wax finish

As nifty as the HomePod may be, it can possibly leave white rings on wood surfaces with an oil or wax finish. The discovery was noted in reviews by Wirecutter and Pocket-lint as well as highlighted by VentureBeat, with at least one user sharing the problem on Twitter. Pocket-lint’s Stuart Miles offered the following statement […]

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Apple Pay Legal News

Apple disables Apple Pay functionality for white supremacist websites, online storefronts

This is pretty significant. On Wednesday, Apple confirmed that the company had disabled Apple Pay functionality for websites that sell apparel and paraphernalia from white nationalists and hate groups. The discontinuation of service applies to garments with Nazi logos, t-shirts sporting the phrase “White Pride,” and a bumper sticker showing a car plowing into stick […]

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Hardware iPhone Rumor

Rumor: Next-gen iPhone could be delayed until Q1 2018, might not be available in white color, facial recognition “highly likely”

With the launch of the next-gen iPhone en route, a rumor from Macotakara cites possible delays and initial supply shortages of the handset. The report explains that the “premium model” will likely be unveiled alongside the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus, but its release will likely be delayed to near the end of 2017. […]

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Accessory battery News

iPhone 6s Smart Battery Case arrives to mixed reviews

The first iPhone 6s Smart Battery Case reviews are in and the results are mixed. While the accessory adds a good amount of battery life to your iPhone 6 and 6s models and integrates with iOS to show a battery status icon, a number of complaints have surfaced about its “hunchback” design, complete with a […]