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JCPenney discontinues Apple Pay support in stores, via official app

Well, this is sort of awkward. Per its Twitter account, department store giant JCPenney has officially dropped Apple Pay support from its retail stores as well as its app. The company offered the following statement in response to a customer’s inquiry as to the change: JCPenney made the decision to remove Apple Pay for our […]

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Samsung delays Galaxy Fold launch after multiple reports of sudden display failures

Sometimes a little more R & D time is a good thing. In spite of the hype, it looks as if Samsung’s Galaxy Fold smartphone has been delayed until “at least next month” after multiple review units underwent sudden display failures while being tested prior to review last week. Samsung had initially committed to launching […]

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Alleged 2019 iPhone case moldings highlight possible triple-camera enclosure

Sometimes the leaks get interesting. An image of the alleged iPhone XI and iPhone XI Max molds has been leaked to Chinese web site Weibo. SlashLeaks posts an image that is alleged to be iPhone XI and XI Max molds for 3rd party case production.  These physical molds are presumably produced by case manufacturers based on leaked schematics to test […]

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Rumor: Apple to bring Siri Shortcuts, Screen Time features to macOS 10.15

Apple is rumored to be more closely integrating macOS and iOS together with the introduction of macOS 10.15 and iOS 10.13. Sources have said that Apple is working on support for Siri shortcuts, a feature that debuted in iOS 12 that allows users to create custom voice shortcuts that could be activated from certain apps. […]

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Rumor: Apple Watch could gain additional authentication role with macOS 10.15

Your nifty Apple Watch could be used to perform authentication tasks on your Mac come macOS 10.15. A current rumor has it that the next-gen operating system will expand the usage of the wearable to both authenticate users for tasks beyond unlocking the Mac without a password. Since the introduction of macOS Sierra, the Apple […]