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“Chipgate” scandal erupts for iPhone 6s, 6s Plus owners, Samsung A9 processor may lead to 20% shorter battery life

Well, you can’t release a new iPhone without at least some scandal. This year it may come down to the processor inside your new iPhone 6s or 6s Plus. In the new “Chipgate” controversy, Apple may have shipped a series of processors that could affect battery life with the handset. Apple, which used two suppliers […]

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Google app for iOS hits version 9.0, adds new features

The Google app for iOS just hit version 9.0 and brought some decent updates with it. The new version offers the following fixes and changes:

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Apple fixes app slicing issue with iOS 9.0.2 update, allows for device-specific resources to be downloaded as needed

Well, there’s good news if you’re developing iOS apps. Apple has just announced that its app slicing issue has been fixed. This will allow for device-specific versions of apps to be delivered when downloaded by users running iOS 9.0.2 or later. For those of you unfamiliar with app slicing, this is a delivery method that […]

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Microsoft acknowledges crashes under OS X 10.11 El Capitan, can’t offer timeline for a fix

The good news is that Microsoft has acknowledged the massive crashes between Office for Mac 2016 and the newly-released OS X 10.11 El Capitan. The bad news is that they don’t have an estimated timeline for a fix. In an emailed statement, a Microsoft spokeswoman said the company is looking into the problem. “We know […]

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Apple purchases VocalIQ, may use APIs to boost Siri, rumored car project

Add this to the other cool things Apple has bought over the years and may or may not do something with. Apple has apparently purchased VocalIQ, a startup located in the UK that has “developed a self-learning dialogue API built on 10 years of natural language research, belief tracking, decision making, and message generation.” Albeit […]