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Microsoft is continuing to make its apps more useful to iPhone and iPad users, with updates to the OneDrive app adding support for the Files app and iOS 11 features, while reports indicate the company is preparing to expand its Edge browser from iPhone to iPad in the near future.
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Acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh shot his latest feature film, “Unsane,” entirely on Apple’s iPhone. The outcome was so positive, he called it “one of the most liberating experiences that I’ve ever had as a filmmaker.”
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The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are reportedly starting to look into if Apple violated securities laws, regarding how it informed consumers about the iOS update that implemented the throttling of chemically depleted batteries in iOS 10.2.1.
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CalDigit’s third Thunderbolt 3 dock is on AppleInsider’s test rig, and has some connectivity improvements including a discrete 10Gbit/sec USB-C port boosting it above the company’s previous offerings.
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Apple’s senior VP of internet software and services, Eddy Cue, has joined the roster of featured speakers for this year’s South-by-Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
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A second report sheds more light on the features not expected to make the cut for this year’s “iOS 12” update, as a redesigned home screen app grid, multiplayer support for augmented reality, and new algorithmic sorting of photos are now reportedly likely to wait until “iOS 13.”
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Google has officially cemented its $1.1 billion deal for HTC’s engineering and design teams, putting the company in a position to more directly challenge Apple in the smartphone market.
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One day after Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei issued its annual iPhone component panic story, the Wall Street Journal published its own hand-wringing coverage of the state of iPhone X, just two days before Apple is set to deliver financial results for the holiday quarter. Beyond simply floating the same rumored cuts, the new report tacks on an additional false claim that has already been publicly rebutted by Apple’s executives.
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CalDigit has introduced two new products to its range of docks, with the Thunderbolt Station 3 Plus offering extensive connectivity options via a total of 15 ports, while last year’s Thunderbolt Station 3 is now being offered at the lower price of $199.
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