In recent months, major companies that offered dedicated Apple Watch apps have since abandoned the platform, quietly removing support for watchOS in updates submitted to the App Store.

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On Monday, Apple made available the fifth beta of macOS Sierra 10.12.5, which still appears to focus on bug fixes and speed improvements.

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Hammering home a common marketing point, Apple on Monday released a new commercial, “The City,” demonstrating the Portrait Mode available on the iPhone 7 Plus.

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Apple may kickstart its India sales ambitions by launching its own online store in India to sell the iPhone SE instead of just relying on authorized dealers, before it opens up its own brick and mortar retail presence.

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U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly signed a new executive order, creating a council meant to “transform and modernize” government IT systems. Simultaneously, the White House revealed a series of meetings in June, during which some 20 high-tech CEOs — likely including Apple’s Tim Cook — will be brought in to discuss the topic.

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Apple deals are in full swing the first of May with discounts of up to $390 off Late 2016 MacBook Pros with AppleCare, plus free shipping and no tax outside NY and NJ. Or pick up the 15″ without AppleCare for $2,099 ($300 off). Those in the market for a 21″ iMac 4K can also save $151 instantly, while Apple’s 128GB 9.7″ iPad is $419 ($10 off).

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Long-time coding educators Tynker have released a pair of introductory courses in support of Apple’s “Everyone Can Code” initiative to help teach younger kids the fundamentals of coding before they get involved with Swift Playgrounds.

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New images are said to depict Fitbit’s first full-scale smartwatch, as well as its first set of Bluetooth earbuds — both apparently intended to compete with Apple.

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Apple’s anticipated personal assistant accessory is expected to be a powerful and capable device, boasting “excellent” acoustics and computing power similar to recent iPhone models, positioning it for the high-end market with pricing higher than Amazon’s Echo. And there’s apparently a good chance it could be announced next month.

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Netflix has not responded to a hacker’s ransom demand, and as a result, nearly all of season 5 of “Orange Is the New Black” has been released to illicit file sharing sites.

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