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Apple boosts free iCloud storage tier from 5GB to 200GB for students and teachers

This qualifies as both nifty and helpful. Over at Apple’s education event, the company has announced that teachers and students will receive 200GB of free iCloud storage, a forty-fold increase over the 5GB typically offered for the free tier of iCloud. “iCloud safely stores students’ documents and creative projects, keeping them up to date, secure […]

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Apple begins accepting applications for WWDC scholarships, students 13 and older eligible to apply

If you’re a student looking to learn to code and don’t have the requisite $1,599 for a ticket to the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, you may be eligible for a scholarship. Apple began accepting WWDC scholarship applications for 2018 on Monday, as was first announced on March 13 when Apple shared WWDC 2018 […]

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WWDC 2018 ticket lottery ends, developers begin receiving notifications if they won

The application/lottery window has closed for developers looking to score Worldwide Developer Conference 2018 passes and at this moment, notifications are heading out. Developers who scored tickets are getting email notifications and their credit cards are being charged $1,599 for their pass. The WWDC functions as Apple’s annual conference for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS […]

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Apple has no plans to live stream education event on March 27th

It looks like Apple won’t be offering a live stream of its March 27th education-focused event set to take place at Lane Tech High School in Chicago. On Friday, the company updated the Events app on the Apple TV to add an image of the invitation for the upcoming event and to note that a […]

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iOS News security Siri Software

Apple confirms Siri/Lock Screen/Notifications privacy issue, states fix is in the works

Following up on an article covered yesterday, Apple has confirmed it will fix a privacy issue in which Siri can read aloud hidden lock screen notifications from many apps on iPhones. Per Apple: “We are aware of the issue and it will be addressed in an upcoming software update.”