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Apple’s new 10.2

The new iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max have certainly turned a lot of heads at Apple’s September event, not least because of the controversial new green color options. But I’d wager that a briefly mentioned update to the entry-level iPad will be a bigger leap for more people. The iPhone updates are …

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Using Apple Card at Walgreens will get you Daily Cash back

Walgreens is giving customers an incentive to use their Apple Cards. Customers using Apple Card with Apple Pay to buy prescriptions, medicines and beauty, personal care, household and seasonal products, will get back 3% Daily Cash, Walgreens said Thursday. Daily Cash is Apple Card’s rewards program that promises a percentage of cash back on purchases.  Read: Apple Card vs. Amazon Prime Rewards …

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Apple Glasses didn’t arrive at iPhone 11 event, but iOS 13 gives away some secrets

Apple’s rumored venture into smart glasses did not come to fruition at the Apple iPhone 11 Pro event on Tuesday, but they’re still an imminent possibility, as code found in the upcoming release of the company’s iOS 13 mobile software suggests.  On Twitter on Tuesday, developer Steven Troughton-Smith pointed out that the iOS 13 beta now contains StarBoard frameworks, Apple’s shell system for …

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Why Apple is giving Apple TV Plus away for free

One of the biggest surprises at Apple’s iPhone 11 event concerned the price of its new Apple TV Plus service. No, we’re not talking about the normal price: $5 per month, with the first shows starting streaming on Nov. 1.  We’re talking about the throw-in price: free. Apple TV Plus will be free for the first year — ostensibly a …

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Apple Event 2019: iPhone 11 Pro, Watch Series 5, Apple Arcade, iPad and everything announced

Welcome to Apple’s latest round of “What the iPhone has in store for us for 2019 and 2020!” We got updates on Apple Arcade, a new entry-level iPad for 2019, a new Watch Series 5, and of course, an iPhone 11. But the biggest deal was the iPhone 11 Pro and its big brother the Pro Max, new flagship models sporting three …

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iPhone 11 deal: Bring your phone to US Mobile and save $250

Whenever Apple holds a product launch, the world is reminded that these are premium products — with prices to match. So imagine our collective surprise yesterday when the iPhone 11 debuted at $699, a full $50 less than the “entry-level” iPhone XR last year. There’s already debate around the CNET offices as to whether this is Apple’s best iPhone value …

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iPhone 11, Pro and Max hands

Apple refreshed its line of iPhones for 2019 at an event on Tuesday, announcing the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. The phones start at $699, $999 and $1,099, respectively — perhaps a surprising price in a world where we’re used to paying $1,000 for an iPhone. These new iPhones pick up a fresh palette of …

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Dark mode for iPhone arrives Sept. 19: How you’ll use Apple’s new iOS 13 feature

In bringing dark mode to the iPhone, Apple has seen the light. The new theme touches down on your iPhone on Sept. 19, along with the rest of iOS 13. It’ll come baked into the new iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max, which Apple announced on Tuesday.  Dark mode is, quite literally, a skin you can apply to your entire …

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Will Apple’s TV app on Roku, Fire TV and Samsung kill the Apple TV box?

When Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the current HD version of the Apple TV streaming box in 2015, he famously said, “The future of TV is apps.” Now an Apple app on a bunch of other devices could make that box obsolete. Four years later, at the iPhone 11 event on Sept. 10, Cook and company once again took the …

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Apple hides an Easter egg in its iPhone 11 event video

Apple has hidden a little message for its fans in a short video it posted Tuesday following the unveiling of its iPhone 11 Pro and bigger sibling the 11 Pro Max. The Easter egg was first spotted by a Reddit user, as TechCrunch reported. The video hiding the Easter egg, posted to YouTube by Apple on Tuesday afternoon, condenses the almost two-hour …

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