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T-Mobile Moves Exclusively to Unlimited Data Plans

It’s a new year, and T-Mobile seems committed to keeping it’s “un-carrier” approach. T-Mobile CEO John Legere announced this week at CES that the company is switching exclusively to its unlimited...

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Wake Up to Classic Mac Nostalgia with the Elago W3 Apple Watch Stand

There’s no shortage of charging stands for Apple Watch, but the W3 Stand from Elago certainly has a unique appeal. Available in white or black, the W3 mimics the design of the original Apple Macintosh,...

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Apple Schedules 2017 Shareholders Meeting, Reveals Executive Pay Cut

Apple this week scheduled its annual shareholders meeting for Tuesday, February 28 at 9:00 a.m. PST, according to documents filed with the SEC. The meeting, which is open to all shareholders of record...

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How to Connect Your 2016 MacBook Pro to a mini DisplayPort Monitor

Unless you rushed to pick up one of the new LG UltraFine 5K displays, you’re probably going to need some adapters in order to get the most out of your 2016 MacBook Pro. And chances are that longtime...

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The New 2017 iMac: Notes & Tidbits on RAM

One of the major product announcements during Apple’s action-packed WWDC 2017 keynote this week was the updated iMac. Sporting the latest hardware — including Kaby Lake processors, AMD RX 580 GPUs,...

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DirecTV Now Dropping Support for Safari, Going Chrome Only Starting July 1st

DirecTV Now, AT&T’s Internet streaming television service, will no longer be accessible via Safari on the Mac starting July 1st, according to a message posted to customers at the DirecTV Now...

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Apple Giveth, Amazon Taketh Away: Say Goodbye to Unlimited Amazon Drive Storage

Following Apple’s WWDC 2017 product announcements earlier this week, the company made a big change to its iCloud Storage tiers. While those with smaller iCloud Storage capacities were unaffected, Apple...

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AppleCare+ for Mac: Accidental Damage Protection for a Price

Apple this week quietly extended its AppleCare+ program to the Mac, offering official coverage for accidental Mac damage for the first time. AppleCare+ was first introduced for the iPhone in October...

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Apple Removing Hundreds of Thousands of “Problematic” Apps From the App Store

Late last year, Apple publicly signaled that it would start cleaning up the App Store by evaluating and removing “problematic and abandoned apps.” This not only includes removing apps that haven’t made...

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Grab These 5 Classic Sega Games Free on iOS

Several classic Sega games have long been available for iOS, but the company is kicking things up a notch with the launch this week of the “Sega Forever” collection. The company has brought five of its...

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Apple Watch Pride Edition Band Proceeds To Be Shared With LGBTQ Groups

Apple has a long history of supporting LGBTQ causes, and last year gave limited edition rainbow Apple Watch bands to employees at the 2016 Pride Parade in San Francisco. Earlier this month, Apple...

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Indoor Maps for the Apple Maps App Starting to Appear in iOS 11 Beta

One of the many new features coming to iOS 11 is indoor maps of shopping malls and airports in the Apple Maps app. Now, just as Apple releases the second iOS 11 developer beta, the first of these...

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The Steam Summer Sale Is On Now Through July 5th

The 2017 Steam Summer Sale has just kicked off. While known for PC games, Steam sells a growing number of of Mac games, so there should be some great deals to be had over the next few days. The sale is...

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High Sierra Firmware Points to Skylake Xeons, Touch ID for iMac Pro

When Apple teased the upcoming iMac Pro at WWDC, the company mentioned the basic capabilities of its hardware, but declined to specify the exact components. For example, we know that iMac Pro buyers...

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Chicago’s New Apple Store Lets You Get Your MacBook Fixed Inside a MacBook

If there’s one thing about Apple Stores that everyone can agree on, it’s that they certainly stand out, and it looks like Apple isn’t aiming to change that reputation any time soon. The company’s...

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3D Touch Multitasking Currently Missing From iOS 11 Betas

Users of the iOS 11 Beta are reporting that Apple has removed, at least temporarily, a handy and popular feature: 3D Touch Multitasking. In iOS 10, users with 3D Touch-capable devices (the iPhone 6s...

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2017 McAfee Threat Report Shows Spike in Mac Malware

Malware targeting Mac users has been on the rise over the past year, and the McAfee June 2017 Threat Report [PDF] indicates that the trend in Mac malware isn’t slowing down. There were nearly 250,000...

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Off the Tracks: A Final Cut Pro X Documentary

Are you a fan of Apple’s Final Cut Pro? Or curious about the controversial history of the Final Cut Pro X update? Check out Off the Tracks, a Final Cut Pro X documentary that just hit its crowdfunding...

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First Shots of the Steve Jobs Theater Headline Latest Apple Park Drone Footage

The latest footage of the construction of Apple’s new Apple Park campus is up. In addition to some breathtaking views of the building’s architecture and surroundings, we get our first look at the top...

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Former Apple Execs Discuss the Origins of the iPhone

As part of the iPhone’s 10th Anniversary this month, The Wall Street Journal has published a short video which looks at how this revolutionary device came to be. How the iPhone Was Born: Inside Stories...

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