Happy birthday, iPhone. You’re 10 years old! What do you want to be when you grow up? When Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone 10 years ago today, he touted Apple’s ability to combine three products — “a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough internet communications device with desktop-class …
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New Year’s Day was the biggest sales day ever for Apple’s App Store, with nearly $240 million in purchases, the gadget giant said Thursday. The App Store has been a linchpin to Apple’s sales of both devices and the commission-generating programs and services made for them. The original iPhone, launched in 2007, didn’t cross the threshold of hit devices until …
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Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10: What’s new in Messages 2:22 In iOS 10, Messages looks a lot more like Facebook Messenger. Apple added features including Stickers, “Tapbacks” and even apps that you install within Messages. Is it overkill? Maybe. Or maybe it’ll do exactly what Apple wants — make you choose Messages over the increasing number of competing apps …
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Was your nose buried in a mobile device Christmas weekend? If so, you weren’t alone. Phone and tablet owners spent half a billion dollars on mobile apps over the holiday, according to mobile research firm Sensor Tower. Spending on mobile apps for iOS and Android devices were up 52 percent from $330 million to $500 million worldwide from December 24 …
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Apple had nearly twice as many phone activations this holiday season as its rival Samsung, according to new research released Tuesday. About 44 percent of new phone activations during the holidays were Apple’s iPhones, compared with Samsung’s 21 percent, said mobile-app analytics firm Flurry. While the iPhone continues to be the gift of choice, Flurry noted Samsung is “slowly growing …
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Paying an extra $5 to $11 per month for month-to-month phone insurance might sound tempting — especially now that the big wireless carriers have ditched contracts and subsidized phones, and you’re paying upfront for a new iPhone 7. But it’s not that simple. First of all, month-to-month phone insurance isn’t the great deal it sounds like — that relatively low …
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Apple is working with Consumers Reports to figure out why the reviews site’s battery test results for the new MacBook Pro do not match the gadget giant’s lab tests and field data. Consumer Reports published a surprise report Thursday saying it could not recommend any new MacBook Pro model due to its erratic, if not bad battery life. “The MacBook …
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The Apple Watch is a device that can do more than tell the time or put iPhone notifications on your wrist. It can be used to pay for items in the real world, save you in an emergency, act as a fashion accessory and help you track down a misplaced iPhone — to name a few. Here are 11 tips …
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The impressive-sounding LG UltraFine 5K display that Apple debuted in October has officially started shipping — or at least it will in two to four weeks. If you want to fetch it yourself, it’s listed for pickup availability in NYC Apple stores on January 20. And pay attention, bargain hunters. Until March 31 you can save $325 off its list …
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Now playing: Watch this: Tim Cook says ‘great desktops’ are coming 1:21 Remember the Mac Pro from 2013? Some wonder if Apple does. CNET Tim Cook is apparently trying to dispel the feeling that Apple has abandoned the desktop. Though the company released an overhauled MacBook Pro laptop in October, it’s been years since much of its Mac lineup of …
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