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Apple releases iOS 9.1 update, includes bug fixes, more than 150 new emoji symbols

Apple released iOS 9.1 on Wednesday, adding a slew of new features including the following: – Improved Live Photos on the iPhone 6s with motion sensing capabilities to identify when a user raises and lowers their phone. – Access to more than 150 new emoji characters.

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Apple to begin providing better Xcode development tool hosting for Chinese developers in wake of XcodeGhost incident

In the wake of developers downloading a malware-filled copy of your development tools and inadvertently uploading tons of malware-filled apps to the App Store, it helps to put some money into infrastructure and make sure the slow download speeds for the genuine version of the development tools are sufficient, thus removing the need to download […]

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Apple Store web site down in advance of “Hey Siri” media event

As expected, Apple’s online store has been taken offline as of Wednesday morning. With less than six hours before the company’s scheduled media event, Apple is apparently configuring the soon-to-be-announced inventory to go online. Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 6s, the iPhone 6s Plus, iPad Pro, iPad mini 4, the fourth-gen Apple TV, […]

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Rumor: Apple to end “One to One” training program, fold training into larger workshops

The beloved US$99 “One to One” tutoring sessions for Mac and iOS users at the Apple Store may be coming to an end. A recent rumor is currently stating that Apple is stopping the program to allow retail employees to focus on hosting a greater number of free workshops, which multiple people are able to […]

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Researchers demonstrate proof of concept for firmware worm that can directly target Macs

It’s generally been accepted that Apple’s computers are much more secure than their Windows PC counterparts. This isn’t entirely true, as a part of researchers have found that several known vulnerabilities affecting the firmware of all the top PC makers can also hit the firmware of Macs. The researchers have designed a proof-of-concept worm for […]