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Updated Apple Watch estimates place unit sales at just under 7 million

The current guesstimate is that Apple has sold almost 7 million Apple Watch units since the device’s launch in late April, thereby trouncing competing smartwatch products from firms like Pebble, Samsung and Motorola. This figure comes from analyst Daniel Matte of Canalys, who said that “After experiencing significant supply chain constraints early on, Apple managed […]

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Walgreens becomes first retailer to merge Apple Pay with rewards card systems

You may love or hate Walgreens, but they’re now the first to offer a rewards program via Apple Pay. Walgreens announced on Thursday that the pharmacy chain has begun running its rewards program via Apple Pay. The company has long supported this through QR codes, but can now do this through NFC thanks to features […]

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Rumor: Apple places LCD display driver chips order with Synaptics for next-gen iPhones

When in doubt, go with an outside supplier for help. Apple has apparently placed LCD display driver orders with touchscreen supplier Synaptics for its next-generation iPhones, indicating the company’s in-house development of touch and display driver integration (TDDI) chips may have fallen behind schedule. Synaptics acquired Renesas SP Drivers, reportedly the sole supplier of LCD […]

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Apple looking into potential 4.15 million square foot site north of San Jose

You can do a lot with 4.15 million square feet. Or at least that’s what Apple might be up to given its inquiry into a campus north of San Jose. The new structure, if completed, would be larger than the “spaceship” campus Apple has underway. The draft agreement between Apple Inc. and the city of […]

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Security firm FireEye reports updated XcodeGhost loose in the wild, possibly infecting genuine iOS apps with malware

The XcodeGhost thing may have reared its ugly head again, this time in a different form. Security firm FireEye stated via a blog post that a variant of the XcodeGhost code, which has been known to inject malware into genuine apps, is still out there. The firm stated that it has identified a more advanced […]