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  1. Maura

    Fortnite Battle Royale Coming to iOS

    The Fortnite Team at Epic Games has announced that possibly one of the most popular video games in the world right now, Fortnite Battle Royale, is coming to iOS. The free-to-play console and desktop game is an online streaming phenomenon. Recently it was revealed to be the number one most...
  2. Maura

    California Announces Right to Repair Bill

    MacRumors reports that California has announced that it will be teaming up with several other states to introduce a new Right to Repair bill, which will mean that smartphone manufacturers will have to offer repair information, replacement parts, and diagnostic tools to owners of smartphones as...
  3. Maura

    Apple Said to be Removing the iPhone X Notch in 2019

    BGR writes today that according to a new report in South Korea’s Electronic Times, Apple will be ditching the notorious iPhone X notch for good in 2019, with the new screen covering the entirety of the front of the phone. This would mean that Apple has found a way to house the camera and sensor...
  4. Maura

    Apple Set to Release Cheaper iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air and HomePod This Year

    If you’re thinking about buying a particular Apple device anytime soon then you might want to wait a couple of months, as according to a new report from Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, via Mac Otakara and MacRumors, Apple is planning to release cheaper versions of four of its most popular products...
  5. Maura

    New Survey Asks iPhone Owners Why They Didn’t Upgrade to iPhone X

    MacRumors reports today on a new survey from Piper Jaffray’s Michael Olson, via Philip Elmer-DeWitt, who polled 1,500 iPhone owners to find out why they didn’t upgrade to the iPhone X. The biggest percentage, 44%, said that they hadn’t upgraded because “my iPhone works fine.” The second...
  6. Maura

    Apple’s Rumoured New Over-Ear Headphones Set to Take on High-End Noise Cancelling Rivals

    Bloomberg has some new information today on the new over-ear headphones that Apple is said to be working on. According to Bloomberg’s sources, Apple was prompted to develop the over-ear headphones after the huge success of its AirPods in-ear headphones. The source says that the headphones will...
  7. Maura

    KGI Says Apple to Launch a Cheaper MacBook Air This Spring/Summer

    MacRumors reports today on a new research report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who says that Apple will be launching a “more affordable MacBook Air” in Q2 this year, which means anytime between April and June, and possible at Apple’s WWDC in June. With the launch of this cheaper...
  8. Maura

    California Police are Using Decoys and Undercover Cops to Catch Apple and Google Bus Shooter

    For the past couple of months you might have spotted reports online about mysterious pellet-gun attacks on the shuttle buses that are used to ferry Apple and Google employees and other workers to their campuses in San Francisco, California. According to a report from AppleInsider, since the...
  9. Maura

    Snap to Launch Two New Pairs of Spectacles

    Engadget reports today that despite the fact that Snap’s Spectacles-with-camera gadget did not sell as well as the company had hoped, causing it to lose a rumoured $40 million due to over-estimating demand, the company is ready to give Spectacles another try. According to the original report...
  10. Maura

    iPhone X Outperforms Samsung Galaxy S9 in First Benchmark Tests

    While initial reports have said that the new Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ have a better display and camera than the iPhone X, MacRumors reports that according to early benchmark tests from AnandTech, the iPhone X’s A11 chip is still outperforming the Samsung S9’s new Exynos 9810 chip. In fact, in...
  11. Maura

    My Tamagotchi Forever Coming to iOS March 15

    Tamagotchi digital pets that were a huge craze 20 years ago are about to make a big comeback on iOS with the forthcoming “My Tamagotchi Forever” free-to-play game, which will be released on March 15, according to AppleInsider. The game already had a soft launch in several countries at the end...
  12. Maura

    New Report Says That iPhone X Has Best Smartphone Camera

    Consumer Report is not always particularly fair to Apple products, but MacRumors reports that the organisation has today published new figures that ranks the iPhone X as the best smartphone camera available on the market today. Even better than that, Consumer Reports’ top 10 smartphone cameras...
  13. Maura

    AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint Team Up to Create New Mobile Authentication Platform

    9to5 Mac reports that the Mobile Authentication Taskforce, comprising AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, has today announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona its “next-generation mobile authentication platform.” The Mobile Authentication Taskforce was created last year to develop a...
  14. Maura

    iPhone Battery Replacement Wait Times Are Longer Than Ever

    According to new information from Barclays, via MacRumors, people waiting to get their old iPhone battery replacement will now have to wait longer than ever, with average wait times increasing from 2.7 weeks to 4.5 weeks. Barclays analyst Mark Moskowitz gleaned the data via checks on a number of...
  15. Maura

    Apple Launching Wellness Clinics For Staff

    Over the past few years we’ve seen how Apple has increasingly ventured into the health arena, with products such as the Apple Watch and iPhone frequently credited for saving the lives of users with heart problems, for example. Now it looks like Apple is set to take it further by launching a...
  16. Maura

    First-Day HomePod Pre-Orders Beat Those of Rivals

    MacRumors reports today on new data from NPD Group that shows that first-day pre-orders for Apple’s HomePod were bigger than first-day pre-orders for many of HomePod’s biggest rivals such as the Sonos One and the Google Home Max in the US. The only smart speaker that HomePod did not beat in...
  17. Maura

    Apple to Launch Over-Ear Headphones This Year After Success of AirPods

    AppleInsider reports today that well-sourced KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said in a note to investors that due to the huge success of AirPods, Apple is planning to launch its own brand of over-the-ear headphones sometime this year. While Kuo did not give a specific date for the...
  18. Maura

    Rumoured 6.5-Inch iPhone X Plus to Have Dual SIM and Gold Colour Option

    According to a new report from Bloomberg today, via MacRumors, Apple is set to release three new iPhones in 2018, including “the largest iPhone ever,” a new iPhone X model with a 6.5-inch screen. This backs up recent similar reports from other good sources. MacRumors says that Apple wants to...
  19. Maura

    AirPower Wireless Charging Mat Could be Here By March

    According to a new report on Japanese Apple website Mac Otakara, via MacRumors, Apple’s new AirPower wireless charging mat could be onsale as soon as March. The news comes from “reliable sources,” apparently, and backs up previous similar claims from The Apple Post earlier this month...
  20. Maura

    Apple Repair Facility Made 1,600 False Alarm Calls Since October

    A fascinating story today from CBS Sacramento, via AppleInsider, which reports that Apple’s repair and refurbishing centre in Elk Grove, California, is responsible for making approximately 1,600 false-alarm 911 emergency calls since last October. Jamie Hudson, an emergency dispatcher at the Elk...
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