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Apple launches Business Connect tool, offers small businesses a way of promoting their efforts via Apple services

This could come in handy if you’re looking to promote your business. Apple on Wednesday announced its new Business Connect tool, which allows businesses to claim and edit their listings across Apple’s services, similar to Google’s method for allowing businesses to make changes to the way their information appears on the search engine and Google […]

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Certiport launches first Swift certification program for fall of 2018

IT certification firm Certiport has announced the launch of its new Swift certification program for the secondary and collegiate markets. The program, which stems from Apple’s Everyone Can Code effort, will launch its first full-year course in the fall of 2018, and is aimed at teaching students to create their own apps for Apple’s platforms […]

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Apple to add Nearby feature to watchOS 2.2

Apple’s watchOS 2.2 is en route and the current beta features an upcoming Nearby search features in Apple Maps as well as quick navigation buttons for travel directions to home and work addresses. The current shipping watchOS version has the Maps application launch to a view of your current location, then pressing the display firmly […]

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Fleet of camera-laden minivans part of Apple Maps data collection effort

If you were wondering what that minivan with photo gear attached to its roof was doing driving down the street, it’s probably one of Apple’s. In an effort to gather data for its iOS Maps app, a fleet of mysterious vans has appears and begun taking pictures of business storefronts to replace Yelp photos to […]

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Yelp app for iOS updated, now compatible with Apple Watch

The Yelp app just became compatible with the Apple Watch. On Thursday, Yelp announced that its iOS app is now compatible with the Apple Watch. As expected, the app provides the majority of the information and reviews found in the standard iOS app. The main interface of the app shows four options for restaurants, bars, […]