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Legendary Apple designer Bart Andre to retire, cost-cutting efforts leading to “unrest” inside design team

Sometimes even the legends move on. Bloomberg has reported that Apple’s longest-running senior designer, Bart Andre, is retiring. Andre, who joined Apple in 1992, worked with Jony Ive and his team, his departure marking “the near-complete turnover” of Ive’s former design team. Andre announced his plans to retire this month. His departure is a significant […]

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Rumor: iPhone SE 4 to utilize iPhone 14 battery technology

If something works, you might not bother overhauling it. Per MacRumors, Apple’s fourth-generation iPhone SE, known by its device identifier “D59,” is expected to use the exact same battery found in the base model iPhone 14. Partially assembled prototypes of the next ‌iPhone SE‌ have been seen equipped with lithium-ion batteries bearing the model number […]

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iOS 14.5 beta hints at Apple Card, finance-related features for Apple Wallet

This could definitely come in handy. A number of code references in the iOS 14.5 beta indicate that the updated operating system arrives with new features slated for Apple Card customers. First, Apple Card customers could get a featured codenamed “FinHealth.” This seems to indicate that it’ll offer budgeting tools via machine learning that analyze […]

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Review: Budget Lightning cables from iSmooth (Updated)

Before I upgraded from my iPhone 4S to the new 5S, I wanted to be prepared. Unlike previous iPhone upgrades, I had to deal with the switch from the 30-pin to the Lightning connector which was introduced with the iPhone 5. Over the years I had collected a stash of chargers and cables as well as […]

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Additional iPhone 5C images leaked online (this time by the dozen)

The iPhone 5C pictures have leaked. This time by the dozen. Per Boy Genius Report and Mac|Life, BGR snagged some “allegedly legitimate” high quality pictures of Apple’s upcoming “budget/plastic” iPhone handset. The full gallery is available here In such high resolution, it looks better than what’s been seen in previous photos–particularly in its white shell […]