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Apple updates COVID-19 screening app, website, adds anonymous symptom tracking

Apple has recently updated its COVID-19 app and website as of Thursday. The new changes allow users to anonymously share any potential symptoms they may have. Other collected data includes the following: Age Number of existing health conditions Potential exposure risks Apple is currently developing the tool in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control […]

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Review focuses on amazingly detailed, $100 iPhone X knock off

If there’s a cautionary tale, it’s this. Vice’s Jason Koebler and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai have written a full review of a $100 iPhone X knock off from China. The piece centers on how convincing the top-to-bottom, software-to-hardware bootleggery is. iOS is recreated down to the pixel as an Android skin and only the sluggish performance, on-screen […]

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Apple’s iCloud Activation Lock page removed without explanation

Without hint or warning, Apple has removed the iCloud Activation Lock status page, which used to exist at iCloud.com/activationlock, but that URL now leads to a 404 error instead. The utility let anyone type in the IMEI or serial number of an iOS device to find out if Activation Lock had been turned off, something […]

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Apple launches online tool to determine eligibility for free iPhone 6s replacement battery to help avoid unexpected shutdowns

This is kind of handy. Two weeks after launching an iPhone 6s battery repair program, Apple has released an online tool that allows iPhone 6s owners to check whether their device is affected by the problem. An updated page for the iPhone 6s repair program runs your serial number to determine whether your iPhone 6s […]

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Apple releases Aperture 3.4.3 update

Late last week, Apple released version 3.4.3 of Aperture, its pro-grade image editing application. The new version, which is available as a direct download or via Mac OS X’s Software update feature, is a 551 megabyte download and offers the following fixes and changes: – Addresses an issue that could cause a licensed copy of […]