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Apple Watch News Software Wearables

Apple releases watchOS 5.1 update

Alongside Apple’s release of iOS 12.1, the company also released watchOS 5.1. The update, which can be downloaded and installed via an Apple Watch and a paired iPhone, offers the following changes and fixes: – Apple Watch Series 4 automatically contacts emergency services if you are immobile for about a minute after detecting a hard […]

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battery Hardware News Samsung

Samsung halts production of Galaxy Note 7 units for time being

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 story has an ending for the time being. And that’s one of production having ceased due to battery fires in the case of the original and replacement units. South Korean tech giant Samsung has permanently ceased production of its high-end Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after reports of devices it had […]

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Apple buys German augmented reality firm Metaio, may be looking into extensive AR-related projects

I guess they had something Apple wanted. Earlier this month, Apple completed its acquisition of Metaio, a German augmented reality firm that first started life as a side project at Volkswagen, for an as-yet-unknown project. The acquisition was completed with a full transfer of shares from Metaio’s holdings to Apple. Metaio recently canceled its user […]

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Apple Business Finance News

Tim Cook takes self-inflicted pay cut

I remember the days of Gil Amelio (sorry to single you out Gil) and other CEOs of Apple who basically ‘took the money and ran’. In those days, the “golden parachute” was the norm for essentially kicking out CEOs who weren’t helping the company. Definitely a weird practice. Then Steve Jobs came back and famously […]