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Apple may have killed an assortment of third party extensions in Safari 12

Every time Apple overhauls its Safari web browser, there’s always a few days, weeks, or months of kerfuffle as developers catch up. In the case of Safari 12, it appears that a number of third party extensions within Safari may be disabled for the time being. A series of reports on Reddit and GitHub have […]

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Finance Legal News

Apple settles Irish tax dispute via $15 billion lump sum payment

Getting ahead of an upcoming 2016 tax ruling, Apple has paid the equivalent of more than $15 billion to the Irish government to settle claims of underpayment of tax to the European Union. The company’s 13.1 billion euro outstanding balance of its disputed balance to the government of Ireland, according to the country’s finance mirror. […]

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Hardware Mac mini MacBook Rumor

Rumor: Apple to release upgraded Mac mini centered at the pro community, revamped MacBook with Retina display, this fall

It’s small, but it shall be updated. The rumor mill has it that Apple’s cool-but-out-of-date Mac mini is getting a hefty refresh this fall. In addition, Apple is apparently targeting the pro user community with the new machine, which saw only minor improvements four years ago, and its last major changes came back in 2010. […]

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Apple iCar round up article released, addresses everything that’s currently known

Beyond all the rumors and speculation and theory, these guys did the digging. A lengthy article over on autocar.co.uk describes billions of dollars in R&D, more than 1,000 developers, an assortment of mysterious workshops and a name – the “iCar” – that could be the biggest thing to the auto industry since Karl Benz’s ground […]

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App Store Developer iOS News

Apple to significantly overhaul App Store for the fall, add developer-focused changes, subscription models

As good as Apple’s App Store has been over the years, it still has its rough spots. It can be difficult to find apps, even when searching for them by name and it’s tough for developers to stand out from each other. This coming straight from the horse’s mouth, Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president […]