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Two iPhone makers report disappointing February earnings

Call it the cyclical nature of being an Apple supplier if you want, but two iPhone manufacturers have reported their lowest consolidated revenues since March 2014, with “slow sales of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus” cited as one of the reasons. The two suppliers are smartphone lens module maker Largan Precision and Catcher Technologies, which […]

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Square payments reach Australia without Apple Pay

Australian small-business owners can now avail themselves of Square’s personal-payment system, which should make their lives slightly easier. And they could use all the help they can get considering they live in a country whose ecosystem was apparently designed by a comic-book supervillain. But vendors who have been looking for a way to accept credit […]

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Robotic assistant makes you glad Siri is just a voice

Anyone who’s been wringing their hands in anticipation of the day we’ll each have a physical, robotic assistant to schedule our days and keep us company should be careful what they wish for because the future is here, and it is creepy. “Nadine” comes from scientists at Nanyang Technical University in Singapore, and its face […]

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Use a mouse on iPad without jailbreaking

The development team at DoBox wants to make your iPad even more useful. This wireless box will let you connect a mouse, a wired keyboard, or even a printer to your iOS device (or Mac) and let you turn your iPad into even more of a productivity workhorse. Check out the video below. Calling it […]

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Close up with Apple’s new spaceship campus Theatre

Starting in 2017, all of Apple’s keynotes will be held in an amazing new theater in the heart of the spaceship campus, but you don’t have to wait until next year to see what it will look like. Apple has given curious minds an early look at the 120,000-square-foot subterranean auditorium it has dubbed ‘The […]

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Rugged headphones are on-ear and on-point [Reviews]

Lust List: NAD VISO HP30 Headphones I thought I knew myself pretty well by now. Boxer briefs instead of boxers or briefs. Surf before turf. Toilet paper over and not under. And over-the-ear headphones well before on-ear or in-ear. But the NAD Viso HP30s have me questioning my allegiances to over-the-ear. Even before pulling them […]

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Apple seeds new betas for iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and OS X

Less than a week after dropping a big batch of new software on developers and public testers, Apple is back with a sixth beta build of iOS 9.3 as well as new betas for watchOS, tvOS, and OS X El Capitan. The software updates bring a host of new features to developers and public testers […]

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There’s never been a better time to learn digital design [Deals]

Underpinning the most effective businesses of today is great design. Whether its the way a product is engineered, the way a website operates, the way a game plays, or any other digitally rendered experience, learning the principles of digital design are critical skills that can improve and resume. Below you’ll find massively discounted bundles of […]

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Apple forced to pay $450 million after Supreme Court rejects e-book appeal

Apple’s nearly three year legal battle over charges that it conspired with publishers to raise the price of e-books is finally coming to end. This morning the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Apple’s appeal, which leaves the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in place. Apple will finally have to pay $450 million […]

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NYPD chief: iOS is a gift to ‘kidnappers, robbers and murderers’

Making it sound like the 2016 version of a souped-up getaway car, NYPD counter-terrorism chief John Miller described iOS as the perfect tool for “kidnappers, robbers and murderers” in a recent interview — all due to its uncrackable privacy policy. “You are actually providing aid to [felons] who have actually been recorded on the telephones in Riker’s Island telling their […]

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