Although Shinola is primarily seen as a lifestyle brand, its Canfield on-ear headphones are one of the latest product lines to join their established watches, bikes, and accessories, and AppleInsider tries them out.

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Subaru’s WRX sport compact, famous for its use in racing, will get Apple CarPlay support for the first time in the 2019 model year.

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Essential, the electronics maker co-founded by Android originator Andy Rubin, is reportedly canceling the development of a follow-up to the Essential Phone and considering selling itself.

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When Apple outlined that its new HomePod didn’t initiate phone calls on its own, nobody jumped to the conclusion that this was because having a device in your home that anyone’s voice could use to place a telephone call from your personal mobile number might be a bad idea. Instead, the company was generally lambasted for “again” failing to match one of the many features of Amazon’s Alexa Echo always-listening appliances.

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This week on the AppleInsider podcast, Victor and Mike discuss Foxconn’s IPO of an IoT group, Apple’s self-driving vehicle news, and Mike educates the world on the relative lack of danger from Wi-Fi. Also special to this weeks’ podcast, Victor interviews Sonny Vu, former CEO of Misfit, the wearables and IoT company about what he’s working on next.

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Apple’s planned celebration of Beats By Dre’s 10th anniversary — a line of special “Decade Collection” hardware — hit the web late this week prior to an official announcement, with major retail chains advertising the limited edition ahead of a scheduled launch in June.

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Gamers looking forward to playing their library of Steam games on an iPhone or iPad via the hotly anticipated Steam Link app will have to wait a bit longer, as Apple rejected the title from distribution through the App Store earlier in May.

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In a move designed to drive iCloud storage subscription upgrades, Apple is now promoting free month-long trials of 50GB, 200GB and 2TB plans to customers currently on the gratis 5GB tier.

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Pre-Memorial Day weekend deals are going on now with the popular 256GB 13″ MacBook Pro returning for $1,269 for a limited time only. Apple’s 2017 13″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is also $205 off with our exclusive coupon code, plus no tax collected in any state (even NY and NJ). Sonos smart speakers, soundbars and subwoofers are up to $117 off as well.

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Jurors in the latest courtroom battle between Apple and Samsung have delivered their verdict siding with Apple, deciding Samsung needs to pay Apple $533 million for infringing utility and design patents relating to the iPhone with its own devices.

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