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iPhone XS Max name skewered by unimpressed Apple fans

Apple unveiled its new flagship smartphone on Wednesday, the iPhone XS Max, but not everybody loves the name, with online critics calling it lazy, uninspired and stupid. On one hand, you can understand why Apple went this way. It’s added an “S” to iPhones before and this new phone is the bigger-screened sequel to the …

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Battery power grows in Apple iPhone XS and XS Max

Apple’s new iPhones have a slew of new features. The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max have bigger displays, a custom-designed chip and new photography powers. But maybe you’re thinking, all I really want is to keep using my phone a little longer without the battery dying. That’s on the table, too. Now playing: Watch this: Apple introduces the iPhone …

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Apple Store down ahead of iPhone event

Apple took its online store offline on Wednesday ahead of its annual iPhone unveiling bonanza at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. It’s common practice for Apple to pull the store down ahead of major media events, and when it pops back up it always features any new products the company has just announced. It also helps to build anticipation and …

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Whatever happened to Apple’s AirPower wireless charger?

If you’ve been itching for wireless charging to come to the iPhone via Apple AirPower, you’ll have to sit tight.  Though Apple announced it would be releasing the AirPower wireless charging pad at its iPhone event last September, we haven’t heard much since. There was no mention of it at Wednesday’s product reveal.   See also Everything Apple announced at …

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Windows derails Chrome, Firefox installation, promotes Microsoft Edge instead

Microsoft is trying a new tactic to get people to use its Edge browser: a warning dialog box that interrupts the installation of other browsers like Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. “You already have Microsoft Edge — the safer, faster browser for Windows 10,” a dialog box reads after you launch an installer for another browser. The process, which appears …

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Google’s Inbox by Gmail app will go away forever March 2019

Fans of Inbox by Gmail will have to learn to love the plain-old Gmail app. On Wednesday, Google announced that it’s discontinuing Inbox at the end of March 2019. Unveiled in 2014, Google’s Inbox offered a more personalized email app than the standard Gmail app. It brought functions like snoozing emails, AI-powered Smart Reply and organized folder bundles. With these …

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Mission: Impossible spoof opens Apple iPhone event

Here’s one last leak for you: Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared to have accidentally tweeted what was meant as a private message.  But it wasn’t really. The company had planned it all along, as part of the opening act for its September iPhone event, spoofing the Mission: Impossible movies. For those wanting to read last-minute tea leaves, Cook’s message said, …

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WatchOS 5 comes to all Apple Watches Sept. 17

Even if you don’t get the Apple Watch Series 4, your current Apple Watch will still feel new. That’s because Apple is releasing its latest Apple Watch software update, WatchOS 5, on Sept. 17. Apple revealed the launch date for WatchOS 5 at its event on Sept. 12. Now playing: Watch this: Apple Watch 4 gets larger screens, new watch faces …

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