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Apple joins coalition of 97 companies filing amicus brief against Trump immigration ban

When 97 companies come pounding on your door, it may be time to listen. Apple, along with 96 other companies, including Silicon Valley powerhouses such as Google and Facebook, filed an amicus brief late on Sunday to oppose the immigration order introduced by US President Donald Trump. An amicus brief is a legal filing that […]

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Rumor: Apple to use drones, indoor navigation to help round out Maps data

Everyone’s starting to use drones for mapping these days and Apple is apparently no exception. The company plans to use drones and new indoor navigation features to improve its Maps service and catch longtime leader Google, according to sources close to the story. The Cupertino, California-based company is assembling a team of robotics and data-collection […]

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China outpaces U.S. in iOS App Store revenue

The Chinese user base is apparently even more app-crazy than its U.S. counterpart. According to a new report out this morning from app intelligence firm App Annie, the country earned over $1.7 billion in Q3 2016, which puts it ahead of the U.S. by over 15 percent. The U.S. had been the number one iOS […]

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Facebook Messenger 52.0 adds Uber ride integration, 3D Touch, other features

The Facebook Messenger app’s come a long way. Now at a whopping version 52.0, the latest revision of the app has begun to offer Uber integration, as noted here: Today, we’re expanding the services available to you with our launch of transportation on Messenger. With this new feature, you can request a ride from a […]

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Palo Alto Networks cites XcodeGhost malware’s presence in 39 iOS apps

Well, this is kind of a mess. Research associate Palo Alto Networks has posted an analysis on a novel malware XcodeGhost that modifies Xcode IDE to infect Apple iOS apps. The report mentions that at least two popular iOS apps were infected. We now believe many more popular iOS apps have been infected, including WeChat, […]