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iFixit announces DIY MacBook Pro Retina Battery Fix Kits

This will come in handy. The cool cats at iFixit have come up with a fix to the issue pertaining to Retina display MacBook Pros that have plagued the notebook since their release in 2012: Inordinate amounts of glue holding the battery in place that make it next to impossible to replace. As such, iFixit […]

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Airline cabin ban on notebooks and tablets eased, two more airlines lighten restrictions

This is a bit more encouraging. According to the BBC, flights from the Abu Dhabi airport are now being exempted from the ban imposed on notebooks and tablets in cabin baggage on certain US-bound flights, and the same now applies to two airlines flying from different airports … Per the article: Emirates has said the […]

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Apple to announce Q3 2017 financial returns on August 1st

If you want to know how Apple’s doing financially, check in on August 1st. Apple on Wednesday announced that it will reveal quarterly earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2017, traditionally the slowest sales period of the year for the company. The upcoming earnings report is to be followed by a live-streamed conference call […]

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Rumor: Next-gen iPhones to feature wireless charging as an option, will continue to include standard 5 watt USB-A power adapter

It looks like there’s some interesting news where the 2017 iPhones and their charging features are concerned. A current rumor has suggested that the iPhone 8 and its companion devices, the “iPhone 7s” and the “iPhone 7s Plus” will all adopt glass bodies with metal frames to facilitate WPC-standard wireless charging functionality. WPC-standard refers to […]

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Rumor: Next-gen iPhone could replace Touch ID with facial recognition

It’s a rumor, but it’s a pretty interesting rumor. Bloomberg has reported that Apple is currently testing using 3D facial detection as a replacement for Touch ID fingerprint authentication. The report also states that the next-gen iPhone could include the ProMotion increased refresh rate displays seen in the new iPad Pros as well as a […]