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Rumor: Apple Music claims top slot for U.S. digital music subscriptions, edges out Spotify

Apple Music may have taken the top slot in the digital streaming music market in the United States. Per an anonymous source, Apple Music has now surpassed Spotify’s subscriber count in the United States. The source, which is thought to be a major U.S.-based distributor, is said to have leaked the report with Digital Music […]

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Apple Pay expansion continues in United States, Poland, and Norway

As usual, Apple Pay continued to pick up new banks and credit unions both in the United States as well as Poland and Norway. The following are the American financial institutions that now allow you to pay with your Mac, Apple Watch, or iOS device :

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Eurasian Economic Commission filings hint at as many as five new MacBooks, five new iPads slated for release in second half of 2018

Sometimes it’s the early regulatory filings that offer the best tidbits as to forthcoming products. According to regulatory filings submitted to the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), Apple could be introducing as many as five new MacBooks and five new iPad models for the second half of 2018. The filings with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) […]

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Rumor: iPad with Face ID technology in the works

iOS developer Steve Troughton-Smith has come through yet again. The developer has leaked an image of a new avatar generation embedded within an iOS 12 developer beta intended for the iPad that requires a TrueDepth camera system, lending credence to rumors that FaceID iPads are coming sooner rather than later. Troughton-Smith noted that AvatarKit, Apple’s […]

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First-gen MacBook Pro notebooks with Retina display round corner, now considered “vintage” or “obsolete” by Apple

As heartbreaking as it may be, the first MacBook Pro notebooks with a Retina display are now considered vintage. The notebook was also praised in many reviews, which awarded it top marks for its mix of functionality and portability. Marco Arment, a well-known developer, even called it “the best laptop ever made,” with a “crowd-pleasing […]