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Apple seeds fifth iOS 6.1 beta to developer community, adds new features

The iOS 6.1 seeds, they just keep coming. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Saturday released a fifth iOS 6.1 beta to developers, continuing the testing phase of the company’s mobile OS that will bring users a number of features, including enhanced mapping options and Siri-integration, when it launches later this year. While rumors claimed Apple would […]

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Rumor: Apple may incorporate fingerprint sensor into iPhone “Home” button for next-gen models

This could be interesting. Per AppleInsider, Apple is expected to launch a new iPhone this year with a fingerprint sensor hidden beneath the home button — an intuitive design that could be difficult for competing Android and Windows Phone devices to copy. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities expects Apple’s acquisition of AuthenTec to pay […]

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British Airways confirms support for iOS Passbook feature

If you can get the major partners, then a new technology comes closer to being a de-facto standard. Per AppleInsider, British Airways has confirmed that it will be supporting Apple’s Passbook payment system. “I’m pleased to confirm that the ba.com team are already looking into our website being able to work with the new Apple […]

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Apple releases OS X 10.8.2 Update for 13″ Macbook Pro with Retina Display, late 2012 21.5″ iMac and Mac mini models

Where new hardware is released, the software updates will follow. Per AppleInsider, only one day following the announcement of new iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac mini models, Apple on Wednesday released an OS X Mountain Lion update built specifically for those devices. While the download is called OS X 10.8.2, just like the most recent […]

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Airlines may be preparing Passbook support ahead of iOS 6 debut

No one quite knows how Apple’s upcoming Passbook feature will work in iOS 6, but it looks like the airlines are getting ready for it. According to the Australian Business Traveler, a report on Thursday claims a Virgin Australia passenger using an iPhone running iOS 6 beta was prompted to save a digital boarding pass […]