Apple’s new 9.7-inch budget iPad is in many respects the original iPad Air with a few key upgrades to keep it relevant in 2017, according to a teardown published on Thursday.

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Apple, Google, and Microsoft have banded together with a number of major corporations in the United States keeping to their pledges to combat climate change, despite actions by President Donald Trump to try and free companies from constraints in environmental policies put in place by the Obama administration.

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Apple will reportedly begin widespread iPhone sales in Argentina again next month, following a years-long hiatus prompted by past political policies and Apple declining to open a local factory.

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For 24 hours only, B&H Photo is taking $800 off Apple’s fully loaded 11″ MacBook Air (Early 2015) featuring a 2.2GHz Core i7 processor, 8GB of memory and 512GB of storage with free shipping and no tax outside NY and NJ.

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A report on global mobile app markets notes that Apple’s iOS App Store remains the world’s largest by revenues and is predicted to hold onto its crown as “the most lucrative” through 2021, although all of the world’s competing Android software markets combined are expected to exceed the App Store in total revenues at some point later this year.

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According to fresh market research data, Apple Music’s three-month free trial helped push the service ahead of competitors Spotify and Pandora in terms of unique monthly users for the month of February.

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The launch of Samsung’s 2017 flagship Galaxy S8 isn’t causing any apparent concern among Apple’s investors, who collectively pushed the company’s stock even further upward today despite the announcements–and the continuous run up in Apple stock that has occurred since the iPhone maker last released earnings in January.

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Google on Wednesday released a long-awaited update to its Calendar app for iOS, finally introducing a native iPad interface that makes use of the extra screen space on Apple’s tablet.

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As is normal with Apple beta releases, Apple has followed up a developer-only release of iOS 10.3.2 with one for public beta program participants — but as with the initial release it still lacks a 32-bit binary.

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Facebook this week introduced Live Location to its Messenger app for iOS, letting people temporarily track each other when trying to rendezvous. Here’s how to make use of the feature on your iPhone.

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