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Rumor: Next-gen Apple Watch to be 20% to 40% thinner

It’s a rumor, but it’s interesting. Apple analyst Brian White of Wall Street firm Drexel Hamilton on Friday issued a pair of research notes highlighting his upcoming Apple Watch and iPhone expectations through the end of 2016. The most prominent point expressed was White citing a source who believes only the 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Plus […]

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Rumor: Apple working on “ultra-thin” 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air notebooks for second quarter

It wasn’t mentioned in the press event yesterday, but Apple may have some “ultra-thin” 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air notebooks en route. According to the sometimes-very-accurate DigiTimes, Apple may have the new notebooks ready for the end of the second quarter. The second calendar quarter ends on June 30, meaning that new Macs could feasibly […]

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Apple Pay News retail

Square launches NFC reader compatible with Apple Pay for small businesses

This could come in handy. Mobile payments company Square today announced the launch of its new NFC reader within 100 small businesses around the country, letting stores who previously were unable to accept Apple Pay due to the lack of a required contactless reader, to begin supporting the service. The reader will act like all […]

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Developer News Software WWDC

Apple posts full WWDC keynote speech online

Following up on the slew of announcements from this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple late Monday posted to its website a full version of this year’s WWDC keynote address. The keynote clocks in at just under two and a half hours from Bill Hader’s comedic intro to a musical performance by The Weeknd. The keynote […]

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Apple announces Swift 2, promises programming language will go open source in the near future

It never hurts when a programming language becomes accessible to a wider audience. During the WWDC keynote on Monday, Apple announced that Swift 2, the update to its Swift programming language, would receive significant changes. A number of enhancements to the language are planned, adding Objective-C generics, a faster debug mode, C function pointer APIs […]