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iPhone sales slump. Apple still raking in billions

The heyday of Apple’s lights-out iPhone growth has passed. Since introducing the hugely popular iPhone 6 two years ago, the tech giant has labored to spark the intense consumer passion it has counted on to make the iPhone an even-better seller year after year. Apple is still struggling to reignite interest. The iPhone 7, which …

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Performance upgrade: The next iPad Pro could be powered by Apple’s new A10X chip

Apple is reportedly working on the A10X chip, a new super-chip that will likely power the next iPad Pro and blow its predecessors out of the water, according to a rumor post by Dutch tech blog Techtastic. Last year Apple unveiled its iPad Pro alongside the iPhone 6S. While the 6S was immensely popular, Apple intended the iPad Pro as …

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Apple rumored to release 3 iPads next spring

In March, Apple released a more portable 9.7-inch version of its powerhouse device, the iPad Pro. But the rumor mill is churning out new speculation that the company may release more iPad Pro models, this time from the Japanese Apple blog, Macotakara. Current iPad Pro models Sarah Tew/CNET The post (written in Japanese) suggests that the iPad Pro will be …

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How to unlock your iPhone without using iOS 10’s Press home to unlock

Granted, I’m still in the getting-to-know-you phase with iOS 10, but I dearly miss the slide-to-unlock gesture that I’ve been conditioned for years to use to unlock my iPhone. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve swiped to the new lock screen widgets when attempting to unlock by phone, but it’s pretty close to the number of times I’ve …

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iPhone photos get image quality boost with new Lightroom app

Good news, photographers: Adobe Systems just unlocked a new level of photo quality for those with recent iPhones and iPads. With the release of Adobe Lightroom 2.5 for iOS on Tuesday, you’ll be able to shoot photos in the raw format that many professionals like to use. Raw photos, with data taken straight from the camera’s image sensor, offer more …

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Photos app on iOS 10: Albums, searching and memories

Now playing: Watch this: Jet black iPhone 7 vs. matte black iPhone 7 Plus 1:57 Discovering and resurfacing older photos and videos using the Photos app on an iOS device prior to iOS 10 was almost nonexistent. You could narrow down images by date or albums if you took the time to manually sort your gallery. Truth be told, Google …

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Apple quietly updates iPads: More storage for the same

Apple finally doubled the storage capacity of its entry-level iPhone 6S/6S Plus and iPhone 7 and 7 Plus models to 32GB, but the memory boost isn’t just limited to its phones. On Wednesday, the company stealthily replaced all 16GB options for its lineup of older iPads as well, upgrading the iPad Air 2, the iPad Mini 4 and the iPad …

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What Apple didn’t tell you today: MacBooks, iPads, wireless charging

No new MacBooks. No new iPads. No wireless charging. No “one more thing,” unless you count a Sia concert! As expected, the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were the stars of Apple’s San Francisco event today, with better cameras and battery life, more storage and no headphone jacks. Apple threw in a new set of Apple Watches and …

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Apple’s iPhone 7 could be more powerful than we thought, according to benchmark tests

All you Apple fans eagerly awaiting Wednesday’s likely iPhone 7 announcement may have good reason to jump for joy. Benchmark tests for a mysterious device called “iPhone9,3” surfaced online, MacRumors reported. The results, run using popular diagnostic tool Geekbench, are believed to belong to Apple’s unannounced-but-highly-rumored iPhone 7. This is based off the fact that the iPhone 6s and 6s …

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Lenovo’s Yoga Book could make physical keyboards an endangered species

Give up my physical keyboard for a touchscreen phone? I don’t think so. –Any BlackBerry user, circa 2008. It wasn’t long ago that power users would scoff at the thought of banging out an email on an iPhone, preferring the tactile precision of physical keys. Fast-forward to today, and touchscreen typing is the norm. A BlackBerry, or really any phone …

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