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Apple patent points out potential to turn Apple Watch into urgent care device

This is definitely nifty. A recently published patent application suggests that Apple is working to turn Apple Watch into a full-fledged medical device, one that can monitor a user’s vital signs and automatically send out an alert should they need urgent care. The application, entitled “Care event detection and alerts” provides for a hardware system […]

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Early iPhone 7 case leaks point towards revamped camera, speaker systems

Sometimes it’s the leaked cases that reveal the most about an upcoming product. To the point, one Steve Hemmerstoffer has leaked photos one of the first cases prepared for Apple’s next-generation flagship smartphone. The case has a larger cutout for either a traditional camera and LED flash setup, or possibly dual cameras. There are also […]

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Apple adds mid-2010 17-inch MacBook Pro, others to vintage and obsolete products list

As much as you may love the mid-2010 17-inch MacBook Pro, Apple just added it to its vintage and obsolete products list. The notebook joins the mid-2010 15-inch MacBook Pro and the early 2009 Xserve and are now generally no longer eligible for hardware service. Apple defines vintage products as those that have not been […]

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Rumor: Intel may provide LTE modems for next-gen iPhones

Intel is looking to be a provider of some dead-nifty LTE modems for the next-gen iPhone. CLSA Securities analyst Srini Pajjuri has corroborated multiple reports claiming that Intel will supply LTE modems for the iPhone 7, according to a research note obtained by NDTV. Pajjuri stated that Intel has acquired a “significant portion” of the […]

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Rumor: Apple looking to switch to OLED displays for 2017 iPhones

It looks like Apple will switch over to an OLED display for its next-gen iPhones as soon as 2017, a year earlier than previous estimates and in the face of initial supply constraints. Sources close to the story have said that Apple has reached out to South Korean display suppliers LG and Samsung in December […]