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Rumor: Siri could be activated via sleep/wake button given lack of physical Home button in next-gen iPhone

If you were worried as to how to activate Siri on a next-gen iPhone, which may or may not feature a physical Home button, you might just be about to hold down the sleep/wake button to trigger the virtual assistant. The option was allegedly uncovered in source code by Brazilian iOS developer Guilherme Rambo. He […]

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Apple TV iPhone retail Rumor

Rumor: Apple pushing to finish construction, hold September 12th media event at Steve Jobs Theater

With only a few weeks left, it looks as if Apple’s pulling out all the stops to have its rumored September 12th press and media event take place in the Steve Jobs Theater. Albeit the past two years of media events have seen Apple’s media events take place in the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, sources […]

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Developer iCloud iPhone Siri Software

Apple releases iOS 11 developer beta 8

Apple’s getting closer to releasing iOS 11 and has let is eighth developer beta for the mobile operating system out the door. The most notable changes in the new beta include back-end enhancements and an improved voice for Siri as well as Apple Pay and Photos services enhancements. The company has apparently also included a […]

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Hardware iPhone Processors Rumor

Purported photos of iPhone 7s components, including logic board and A11 processor, leaked

A series of leaked photos has shown what might be iPhone 7s components. The photos, tweeted by Benjamin Geskin, show what is purported to be an A11 processor, a logic board and other components.

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Apple Pencil Hardware iOS iPhone Rumor

Newly published patent applications note possible Apple Pencil support on next-gen iPhones

Roughly a year ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook mentioned that he had used an Apple Pencil on an iPhone. On Thursday, Patently Apple noted a series of patents describing this, publishing two of them in the process: Today two more patent applications from Apple about Apple pencil working with a smartphone have surfaced. For the […]