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Apple honors Steve Jobs with Apple Park theater opening

As Apple opened its new home on Tuesday, it inaugurated the Steve Jobs Theater with a tribute to the man who co-founded the company. The event, the first the company is holding on its new Apple Park campus, kicked off with a recording of Jobs talking about the soul of Apple: There’s lots of ways …

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Apple’s iPhone event: Join CNET today for a live blog

Now, it’s Apple’s turn.  For the past eight months, we’ve watched a parade of flagship phone launches, from power players like Samsung with the Galaxy S8 to scrappy players like Motorola with its family of Moto phones. Premium phones with not-so-premium prices like the OnePlus 5 have also competed for our attention. Meanwhile, rumors about the next iPhone kept trickling out …

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Apple’s new iPhone X will be boring. Get over it

I geeked out big time when Steve Jobs announced the first iPhone. It was Jan. 9, 2007, a Tuesday, and I raced into the Apple Store in Arlington, Virginia, where I worked, to gush over the news. A magical software keyboard! A stylus-free touchscreen! In a world of slow, clunky, button-laden phones with pens and scroll wheels, the iPhone appeared …

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iPhone X? How do you pronounce that?

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image “Hey, come meet my ex.” Apple So now we know.  Or, at least, we think we know.  Irish iPhone programming guru Steve Troughton-Smith now feels sure he has the names of the three phones to be launched by Apple on Tuesday. Should you have …

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iPhone 8 price: Big changes will likely cost you more than ever

After three years, the iPhone redesign is finally on its way. But it may not be for you.  Apple on Tuesday is widely expected to launch its next flagship phone, which, if rumors are true, will end up coming as three different models. One — a pricey version commonly dubbed the iPhone 8, iPhone X or iPhone Pro — is expected …

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Apple’s iPhone event is official (The 3:59, Ep. 277)

Apple on Thursday sent out invites for its latest event, to take place on Sept. 12 at the new Steve Jobs Theater. This one is widely expected to be the launch for the newest iPhone. Plus, we may see some updates to the Apple Watch, Siri and AirPods. For today’s show, we run through expectations, wish list items and potential disappointments. …

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Apple sends invites to its Sept. 12 event at Apple Park

Now playing: Watch this: Apple set to launch the next iPhone on September 12 1:12 The next iPhone (or, iPhones). A new Apple Watch. Siri. Lots and lots of augmented reality. These are just a few of things we’re expecting from Apple this year, and now the date is official: Tuesday, September 12. This year, Apple’s big reveal is at …

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Apple iPhone 8 launch invokes Steve Jobs one more time

Steve Jobs memorably unveiled the original iPhone more than a decade ago. So it’s appropriate that the 10th anniversary edition of the iPhone be held at the theater named in his honor.  Apple sent out the invitations for the launch of its next iPhone (or iPhones), confirming the rumored date and location of Sept. 12 at the new Apple Park …

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September 12 said to be iPhone 8 day

Now playing: Watch this: The iPhone 8 could be announced on September 12 5:00 The world will get its first look at the 2017 iPhone models on September 12, according to the Wall Street Journal. The paper reports that Apple will unveil three new iPhones that day, citing anonymous sources “familiar with the matter.” Apple may host the event at …

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Laurene Jobs is buying The Atlantic magazine

Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs, will soon co-own The Atlantic magazine.  Chairman and current owner of Atlantic Media David G. Bradley said Friday that he’ll be selling the majority of the magazine to Emerson Collective, the social justice organization led by Jobs.  Bradley, who will keep a small portion of the company, told The Atlantic that …

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