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iOS 9.3 Re-Release Causing Safari and Mail Crashes

The recent iOS 9.3 release has seemingly broken the way iOS handles links. A user on Apple’s Support Forums has reported issues with Safari and Mail outright freezing and requiring a restart to fix.…

March 29, 2016 | 06:15 EDT

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FBI Drops Request For Apple's Assistance After Successfully Breaking into iPhone

The legal battle between the FBI and Apple over a phone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters is now over. As previously reported, the FBI had requested the delay of a hearing so it could have a…

March 28, 2016 | 09:47 EDT

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Report: Israeli Firm Helping FBI Break Into iPhone

A couple of days ago, we reported that a hearing which would deal with the legal dispute between Apple and the FBI had been postponed at the request of the FBI. The agency had learned of a new…

March 23, 2016 | 11:22 EDT

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FBI May Have Found a Way to Break Into iPhone Without Apple's Help

The first hearing in the legal battle between Apple and the FBI was scheduled for tomorrow, but the government has unexpectedly asked the judge to postpone the hearing. The reason? The government…

March 21, 2016 | 10:13 EDT

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Apple Engineers May Resign Before Assisting the FBI

Although the legal between Apple and the FBI has yet to be resolved, Apple engineers are considering what they might do if the courts side against Apple. The New York Times reports that many would…

March 18, 2016 | 09:51 EDT

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Apple Files Latest Brief in Response to DOJ

Apple has filed its latest brief in its ongoing legal battle against the FBI. This one is in direct response to a brief recently field by the Department of Justice. Apple heavily criticizes the broad…

March 16, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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DOJ States it May Demand Source Code from Apple

In a move considered by some to be an escalation of the fight between the Department of Justice and Apple, the DOJ has stated that it may ask Apple to turn over its source code as well as the…

March 15, 2016 | 12:00 EDT

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Congressman Introduces Bill to Stop the Purchase of iPhones by the Federal Government

As Apple faces off against the FBI in court to avoid undermining the security of its own products, one congressman has a plan to make Apple cooperate. Republican congressman David Jolly has…

March 4, 2016 | 10:25 EST

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Brooklyn Judges Rules Apple Doesn't Have to Help FBI Break into iPhone

By now, many are aware of a showdown between Apple and the FBI. The FBI obtained a court order from a California judge requiring Apple to help the agency break into a phone belonging to one of the…

February 29, 2016 | 10:02 EST

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Apple Planning Security Improvements Due to Legal Battle with FBI

As a result of the ongoing legal battle with the FBI, Apple has plans to develop new security measures for the iPhone. The major security flaw in this case is that Apple has the ability to update the…

February 27, 2016 | 10:43 EST

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Politicians and Companies Choose Sides in Apple's Fight with the FBI

Last week, Apple revealed a court order by the FBI, which requires Apple to assist the agency in breaking into a locked phone belonging to one of the shooters in the San Bernardino attack.…

February 26, 2016 | 11:08 EST

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Apple Files Brief Challenging FBI's Order to Break iPhone Encryption

Last week, Apple sent out a letter to its customers informing them of the FBI's request to circumvent the encryption on a specific phone. The letter also indicated that Apple was going to fight the…

February 25, 2016 | 09:52 EST

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Apple Warns of FBI Request to Undermine Encryption

Yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook published a post called "A Message to our Customers." The post warns of an FBI request, which if obeyed by Apple, would undermine the encryption on Apple phones.Before…

February 17, 2016 | 08:46 EST

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The Binding of Isaac Rejected on iOS For Now

Three years ago, The Binding of Isaac developer Edmund McMillen did an outline of the details on his then-upcoming remake, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. In the second bullet point, he mentioned…

February 8, 2016 | 07:01 EST

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Apple Facing Potentially Devastating IP Lawsuit in China

Apple is currently facing a messy IP battle with Chinese company BYD, and could be devastated if Chinese courts rule against it. In two separate suits filed in May, BYD claims that the antenna on the…

November 26, 2015 | 06:16 EST

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Government Argues that Apple Can Legally Bypass Lock Screen because Software is Licensed not Sold

A couple of weeks ago, a Brooklyn Judge temporarily rejected a request by the government to force Apple to bypass the lock screen on a phone. The government cited the All Writs Act, which can be used…

October 26, 2015 | 06:06 EDT

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Judge Says Law Enforcement Probably Can't Compel Apple to Unlock Phones

A federal judge in Brooklyn has temporarily denied a request by law enforcement, who were seeking an order to force Apple to unlock a locked phone. The government is invoking the All Writs Act, a law…

October 12, 2015 | 10:48 EDT

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Amazon Will Ban the Sale of Apple and Google Video Streaming Devices

With an announcement by Amazon that it will no longer be selling Apple and Google Video Streaming devices, Amazon attempts to protect its own streaming service. Amazon sent out an email to…

October 2, 2015 | 12:29 EDT

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PQI Announces the iConnect - External Storage for Apple iDevices

PQI, creators of portable storage space such as Flash Drives, SSDs, HDDs, and more, have announced a new product for Apple's smart devices. Just in time for people who are ready to upgrade their…

September 10, 2015 | 09:49 EDT

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Google Announces Android Wear for iOS

Android Wear has officially launched on iOS devices as of today. Through the Android Wear app currently in the App Store, iOS users are no longer limited to the Apple Watch or Pebble for wearables.…

August 31, 2015 | 11:32 EDT

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Apple Using Your Bank For Targeted Ads

Have you ever been served up an advert on your mobile device trying to sell something outside your price range? Apple thinks they have found the solution for that. Apple has patented new technology…

July 18, 2015 | 12:10 EDT

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Updated: Apple Bans Confederate Flag from App Store

Update: TechCrunch has been in contact with Apple, and claims they did not intend a blanket ban on Confederate Flags in the app store. Apple is allowing displays of the flag for historical or…

June 25, 2015 | 04:22 EDT

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Apple Spending Billions on Cloud Infrastructure

Apple is planning a massive upgrade to its infrastructure so it can meet the growing demand for its Cloud services. This new initiative is no doubt connected to the recent announcement of its music…

June 8, 2015 | 11:02 EDT

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Apple's new MacBook is super-thin and gorgeous, but at a cost

While you'd think the biggest announcement to come out of yesterday's event would be the Apple Watch, it was really the new super-thin MacBook that was shown off. The new gold device (yes, gold)…

March 10, 2015 | 12:43 EDT

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Apple Pay Fraud Costs Millions of Dollars

Apple's new mobile payment service, Apple Pay, offers great convenience to users, by allowing them to make payments at stores using their mobile phones. But a lack of proper verification measures by…

March 6, 2015 | 09:33 EST

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Apple iOS 8.3 to Include Racially Diverse Emoji's

Want to make a smiley in your text message but are annoyed because your skin color is not that of a Simpson's character? Well, now you can stop being frustrated because Apple is here to have the day…

February 25, 2015 | 09:15 EST

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Apple Starts Repair Program For Defective Macbook Pro GPU's

After much demand and a class-action lawsuit (PDF), Apple has officially launched an extended repair program for certain models of Macbook Pro and Retina Macbook Pro that display video issues as a…

February 19, 2015 | 11:15 EST

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Apple Patents iPhone Game Controller Accessory

Apple patented a snap-on gaming controller for iPhones (or other electronic touch screen devices)  Tuesday, which allows for physical controls including a D-pad, physical buttons and a joystick.…

January 28, 2015 | 01:25 EST

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Apple Removes Crimean Based Developers From App Store

As major nations of the world struggle against each other, tech companies get dragged into the fight. In response to recent sanctions by both the United States and the European Union against Russia,…

January 19, 2015 | 04:44 EST

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Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe Settle in Antitrust Suit.

Earlier this year tech giants Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe were hit with a class action lawsuit. Recently, they have agreed to a settlement, to the tune of $415 million, to be paid jointly by all…

January 14, 2015 | 03:49 EST

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Glitch on OSX Spotlight could expose privacy and system details of Apple Mail users

A glitch on the Spotlight Search feature of Apple OSX Yosemite has been found. Firstly reported by the German tech website Heise, the glitch can possibly represent a significant privacy issue for…

January 9, 2015 | 02:16 EST

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Apple Sued Over Storage Usage

Apple is facing a lawsuit over not informing users of the actual amount of storage space required to operate their iOS 8 operating system. The suit is centered around the claim that iOS 8 takes up so…

January 4, 2015 | 02:46 EST

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Apple Allows 14 Day Return Window for Purchases

Apple and iTunes have opened up a 14 day return window mainly for people who mistakenly bought the wrong item and want a return, or if you dislike the product that you bought. Before you all jump…

December 30, 2014 | 08:23 EST

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UPDATED Apple's App Store Censors Nudity from Papers, Please

When indie classic Papers, Please wanted to make its way onto Apple's App Store it first had to pass the censors. The game was originally rejected for its "pornographic content" and if you were…

December 11, 2014 | 06:52 EST

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Papers, Please Coming To an iPad Near You!

Lucas Pope's "dystopian document thriller" will be coming to iOS as soon as tomorrow, December 12th, 2014. In Papers, Please, you are an immigration officer, accepting or rejecting people, in the…

December 11, 2014 | 06:29 EST

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Apple encryption attacked by D.O.J for the sake of the children

Last month I reported on how the Chinese state reacted to Apple's strengthening of data security on its devices by carrying out an attack on the iCloud. Now a report in the Wall Street Journal has…

November 21, 2014 | 10:50 EST

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Apple Gets Rid of "Free" Label For Apps

Freemium games are on the rise, but there has been a widespread criticism of them since their inception. Why? Because Freemium games are in no way free. Yeah, they start out free, and you can play…

November 20, 2014 | 04:57 EST

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Comes Out as Gay

In a letter published by Bloomberg Businessweek Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledged publically that he is gay. Looking back on past panels gone off script and rather underhanded speculation by particular…

October 30, 2014 | 12:30 EDT

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iOS 8.1 now available

After the disaster that was iOS 8.0.1, Apple has taken time to release this large update known as iOS 8.1. Clocking in at 2.4 GB it includes some notable updates such as Apple Pay, iCloud Photo…

October 21, 2014 | 12:57 EDT

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iPad: the New Generation

Apple has announced the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3. The new iPad will reportedly have an improved retina display and better cameras for taking photos and videos. Both will be available in gold,…

October 18, 2014 | 02:31 EDT

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The iPhone 6 Launch Controversy: A Sideline Perspective

This one single image and what it represents has managed to spark a firestorm that set the tech world ablaze for the last several days. If you have had the misfortune of being on websites such as…

October 5, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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The iPhone 6 and Apple Watch: What We Know

The iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Smart Watch, Apple Pay, today was the busiest day of your Twitter feed history. As everyone predicted, Apple announced their newest devices during todays press…

September 9, 2014 | 06:20 EDT

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Apple Reveals Apple Watch

It's all true.  Apple today launched the first new product category of the Tim Cook era, the Apple Watch, and took a giant cannonball into the pool of wearable computing. Rather than take an iPhone…

September 9, 2014 | 06:12 EDT

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Apple Announces iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

Today Apple joined the big kids' table. At an event at Flint Center for the Performing Arts , Apple revealed the next iterations of their flagship product, the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. The…

September 9, 2014 | 05:35 EDT

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Apple Launches Countdown to Sept. 9 Event

As if a reminder in your phone and constantly watching the clock weren't enough, Apple has posted a countdown timer on their website to the exact time of their special event on Sept. 9.  Many expect…

September 4, 2014 | 05:35 EDT

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Massive iCloud Exploit Causes Celebrity Nudes to Leak ( and How You Can Avoid the Same )

Yesterday, a plethora of nude celebrity photos were leaked online by an anonymous poster on 4chan. The photos, saved to iCloud through their iPhones, include big name actresses like Jennifer Lawrence…

September 2, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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Apple Buys Beats for $3 Billion, Here is the Scoop

With the news yesterday of Apple buying Beats there was a lot to take in. Here’s a rundown of all of the news: Dr. Dre’s mouth may have lost him 200 million, but probably not Right before…

May 29, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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Android Wear

Yesterday Google released details on their next big wearable, which is a smart watch. Android wear is a customized Android OS with some amazing features. Google's announcement brought excitement to…

March 19, 2014 | 09:31 EDT