Apple may be counting on healthy sales for this year’s iPhone despite the gloom and doom predicted by many analysts. The company has reportedly asked its suppliers to manufacture 72 to 78 million new iPhones by year’s end, Barron’s Asia reported Monday, quoting from Taiwan’s Economic Daily Times. If true, that would be a big …
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AT&T simplifies its phone financing plans
AT&T subscribers who pay off their phone on a monthly basis will soon have just two plans to decide between. Dubbed AT&T Next Every Year and AT&T Next, the plans are an attempt to simplify the carrier’s lineup of Next installment plans, which currently include four options and may have confused some consumers. With AT&T Next Every Year, you have …
Read More »Google appeals order demanding it apply ‘right to be forgotten’ globally
Google has appealed an order from France compelling it to scrap certain search results not just by country but across the world. In May 2014, Google started complying with a European Union ruling that requires it to honor requests from a European citizen to remove search results that may no longer be relevant or may infringe upon that person’s privacy. …
Read More »Apple looking into iOS glitch that clobbers iPad Pro tablets
Apple is investigating yet another iOS update bug, one that has impacted 9.7-inch iPad Pro devices. On Monday, Apple pushed out version 9.3.2 of its iOS mobile operating system. Not long after, people started posting messages on online support forums complaining that the update bricked their 9.7-inch iPad Pro tablets. This means the device locks up after the update’s installation …
Read More »Microsoft’s Windows 10 Anniversary edition may launch July 29
The Windows 10 Anniversary edition will roll out July 29, according to a Microsoft document. The July 29 date appears in slides for Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2016, blog site NokiaPowerUser said Monday. One slide points to July as the Windows 10 release-to-manufacturing (RTM) time frame. A second slide sets the start of the key 90-day RTM phase …
Read More »Apple’s latest iOS update wreaks havoc with some iPad Pro tablets
Another Apple software update, another hiccup. On Monday, Apple rolled out version 9.3.2 of its mobile operating system to fix a small number of bugs. But the update itself has introduced a bug of its own — one that affects the iPad Pro. Users chiming in on MacRumors support forums, on Apple Support Communities and on Twitter say the new …
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T-Mobile is bent on retaining subscribers and winning over new ones by adding more streaming services to its Binge On program. On Tuesday, the company announced the addition of more than 12 streaming video and audio services to Binge On so its users can watch and listen without eating into their cellular data plan. Some of the additions include NBC, …
Read More »Apple may offer three versions of iPhone 7
Apple may introduce a third variant of the iPhone 7 this year. The company has already begun production of its 2016 iPhone lineup, tech blog site Mobipicker said Monday, citing information from an anonymous source. A screenshot shared by the tipster showed three iPhone models slated for this year: an iPhone 7, an iPhone 7 Plus and an iPhone 7 …
Read More »Microsoft’s Windows 10 upgrades are getting even more sneaky
Microsoft has a new way of trying to get Windows 10 onto your computer, whether you want it or not. Users of Windows 7 and 8.1 have become familiar with — jaded by, even — the insistent, seemingly daily popups urging them to “Get Windows 10.” Those messages have started taking a more aggressive turn. Instead of simply giving you …
Read More »Apple kills app that could tell if your iPhone was hacked
A new iPhone diagnostic app has been given the cold shoulder by Apple. Released little more than a week ago, an app dubbed System and Security Info aimed to deliver core details about your iPhone, including your CPU, memory and disk usage along with a list of all running processes. More critically, the app aimed to reveal if your device …
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