By J Keirn-Swanson Sure, sure, we start out seemingly all about the productivity this week, but don’t let that you fool you. While your iPhone or iPod can be an amazing productivity tool and while you can get so many things accomplished and organized in the palm of your hand, all work and no play make Jack and Jill both dull children. So we’ve got some fun games and some cuteness lined up for you right inside.
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Asian manufacturer Hon Hai — better known as Foxconn — on Friday reported its highest first-quarter profit growth in a decade with a 56 percent jump year-over-year, driven at least in part by strong sales of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
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Without mentioning the Apple Watch by name, the vice chairman of manufacturer Quanta Computer said on Friday that initial production of a client’s wearable was limited because of workforce shortages, although his company has since caught up.
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Major record labels Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment are both reportedly proposing that Spotify end its free, ad-supported on-demand music in a bid to push people into paid subscriptions.
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With numerous reports reaffirming that Apple’s next-generation iPhone will feature a higher-quality 12-megapixel camera, one analyst has chimed to claim that the company will achieve this through smaller pixels in the images it captures.
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This week’s all-new AppleInsider podcast is now available with detailed analysis of this week’s news, including the latest round of “iPhone 6s” and “iPad Pro” rumors, a discussion of Apple’s automotive ambitions, Tim Cook’s trip to China, and more.
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Almost one year to the day after Bentley aired its first promotional “documentary” shot and edited on iOS devices, the luxury car brand repeated the effort to commemorate the Savile Row Bespoke exhibition in Washington, D.C.
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Thanks to an interesting quirk in the way Apple Watch handles email content, users willing to brave a little HTML code can include specially formatted versions of a message only viewable on Apple’s wearable device.
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Apple on Thursday issued a minor update to Final Cut Pro, its professional video editing suite, fixing a trio of bugs including a critical crash-on-start issue seen by some users.
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