Apple’s App Store has hundreds of thousands of apps, but the company says it’s time to get rid of some duds. Two categories will be scrubbed from the store, the company told developers, according to a message seen by TechCrunch. First to go will be old apps that aren’t compatible with modern iPhones and iPads, …
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We already expect to see new iPhones and an upgrade to Apple Watch at the tech giant’s event next week, but now it looks like we might also get a new pair of Beats headphones. An email reportedly sent to French tech site iGeneration by the public relations team at Beats included an invitation to Apple’s event on September 7 …
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You’re an app developer and aspiring entrepreneur. Who do you go to for council? Jessica Alba, duh. The actress has joined Apple’s reality show “Planet of the Apps” as a mentor and adviser to app developers who are competing for funding, reports Variety. She joins Gwyneth Paltrow and will.i.am as the third celebrity to be attached to the show. Alba …
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Corning has developed a new form of its Gorilla Glass that’s both super tough and super scratch resistant. But this new display glass, called Gorilla Glass SR+, won’t be coming to Gorilla’s stronghold in phones: It’s coming to smartwatches. The first product announced that uses Gorilla Glass SR+ is the Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch, which was unveiled Wednesday, just after …
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Snapseed, a Google photo editor that goes beyond the basics of Google Photos, just got a little more serious. With Wednesday’s Snapseed 2.9 release for iPhones and iPads, the software now can edit raw-format photos, the pictures taken directly from a digital camera’s image sensor without any processing. Photo enthusiasts love raw photos. Although they’re more of a pain to …
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Apple has doubled the maximum amount of data users can store on iCloud Drive, now offering 2 terabytes to customers of its online storage service. Apple’s new storage capacity will run customers $19.99 per month, twice the $9.99 monthly cost of its previous 1TB storage max. Consumers still have the option of getting 5GBs of storage for free. The company …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple Music gets a boost before iPhone 7 launch 2:09 You’ve read all the rumors about Apple’s next iPhone, which may or may not be called the iPhone 7 and may or may not be the handset you’ve been pining for. But wonder no more. You can find out for yourself September 7 when the tech …
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Would you like to use Apple’s stylus with your iPad? That is one of the planned software updates that will accompany hardware improvements already in development, sources tell Bloomberg. The updated iPad software, which is designed to cater to the needs of professionals, is expected to ship in 2017, the unidentified sources told the news outlet. The tech titan, which …
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What if your iPhone could help actively protect itself, even after it’s been stolen? That potential idea was considered in a new patent application Apple filed Thursday with the US Patent & Trademark Office. According to the application, which AppleInsider wrote about, a future iPhone may — when triggered by the right circumstances — start documenting an alleged thief’s fingerprints …
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Apple may have a plan to make inroads in Japan’s mobile-payments market, but it doesn’t include Apple Pay, at least for now. The tech titan is working on a new iPhone for Japan that consumers can use to make payments for trips on mass transit, Bloomberg reports. But instead of the near field communication (NFC) technology that powers Apple Pay, …
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