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FAA to allow airplane mode use of electronic devices during all phases of flights

It’s all about the airplane mode. Per AppleInsider, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced on Thursday that by the end of the year passengers will be allowed to use portable electronic devices, such as Apple’s iPhone and iPad, from gate to gate as long as they are kept in airplane mode. The rule change will […]

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Apple support document acknowledges late-2013 13-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro input issues, promises fix

It’s not the easiest thing being an early adopter. Per Macworld, an Apple support document posted on Wednesday stated that the input devices on the brand spanking new MacBook Pro may become “unresponsive,” which is a fancy way of saying “no worky so good.” Fortunately, you only need those for little tasks like controlling your […]

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Security firms weigh in on Adobe breach, cite 38 million+ user IDs stolen

You’re probably going to want to change your Adobe login and password. Per Macworld and Krebs on Security, the security breach reported earlier this month at Adobe is turning out to be much more widespread than the company first let on. At least 38 million users have been affected by the early October incident. When […]

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Apple confirms manufacturing issue that could shorten battery life in some iPhone 5s units

If your iPhone 5s’ battery seems a bit wonky, there’s a valid reason for it. Per 9to5Mac and The New York Times, Apple has confirmed that a “very limited” number of iPhone 5s units could experience shortened battery life as the result of a manufacturing problem. “We recently discovered a manufacturing issue affecting a very […]

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Dropbox updated to 2.4.5

This could be somewhat helpful. On Tuesday, Dropbox released version 2.4.5 of its cloud-based storage client for Mac OS X. The new version, a 32.1 megabyte download (via MacUpdate), which adds the following fixes and changes: – Fixed Finder crash at startup. – Fixed crash when quitting in XP. – Other small fixes. Dropbox 2.4.5 […]