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Siri on HomePod Performs Worse than Alexa and Google Assistant





As Apple’s HomePod is now available for public, it is undergoing different tests. The research firm Loup Ventures tested Apple’s smart speaker and shared the results of the tests compared to other smart speakers.


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Tuesday, February 13th, 2018. 3:09

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Apple Confirmed the Leak of iBoot Source Code



Recently the source code for the iBoot bootloader has leaked on GitHub. Hackers may use such kind of information to find the vulnerabilities in iOS.


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Friday, February 9th, 2018. 4:16

Apple Issued iOS 11.3 Beta 2 for Publlic Testers



Apple released the second beta of iOS 11.3 with new features, including a long-awaited Battery Health feature, new Animoji, updated ARKit.


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Friday, February 9th, 2018. 4:13

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Apple Stops Signing iOS 11.2, 11.2.1 and 11.2.2, no More Downgrades Possible



Apple stopped signing older iOS 11 versions prior to 11.2.5, namely iOS 11.2, 11.2.1 and 11.2.2 to make sure users run the latest versions of the software.


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Thursday, February 1st, 2018. 19:38

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iPhone X May Be Discontinued This Year



A report from Digitimes says that Apple may discontinue iPhone X this year as soon as new models are released in September. If this is to be true, iPhone X will be the second model after iPhone 5 with only one year of a lifespan.


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Monday, January 29th, 2018. 1:25

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Apple’s Meltdown and Spectre Patch Slows Down iOS Performance Significantly



Apple recently issued a patch for the vulnerabilities named Meltdown and Spectre, that have been found in the Intel processors. The patch should have been installed on every device that received the update, but there’s a pitfall. Despite Apple assured customers the fix won’t slow down the devices, it actually did.


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Saturday, January 13th, 2018. 1:02

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Advertisers Lose Hundreds of Millions of Their Profit Because of New Safari Feature



The Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature Apple introduced in Safari led to a million dollars loss to advertising companies.


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Thursday, January 11th, 2018. 18:16

Apple Releases iOS 11.2.2 and macOS 10.13.2 Supplemental Updates with Fix for Spectre Vulnerability



Apple issued updates to address the recent Spectre vulnerability, discovered by Google Zero Project. The fix for Meltdown breach has been added to previous versions of operating systems. Now Apple has addressed another vulnerability called Spectre, that is harder to exploit, but still, Apple issued a fix for Spectre soon enough.


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Thursday, January 11th, 2018. 15:03

Apple Seeds iOS 11.2 Beta 5 to Developers and Public Testers



Apple today released the fifth beta of iOS 11.2. The update is available for both, developers and public testers. It can be downloaded from the Apple Developer account or over-the-air.


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Wednesday, November 29th, 2017. 21:53

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Face ID Again Fooled with a Mask



Earlier reports showed how Face ID was fooled with a twin, a child of the device’s owner and even a mask. Another report of the Vietnamese company Bkav again showed how Face ID was fooled with a mask.


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Wednesday, November 29th, 2017. 6:16

YouTube Fixed Fast iPhone Battery Drain



The YouTube app for iOS has been updated and the update fixed the drastic battery drain. iPhone’s battery has been drained significantly not only while watching videos, but also when YouTube app has been working in the background.


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Tuesday, November 28th, 2017. 2:53

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Apple Watch with LTE will Make Emergency Calls Without a Carrier



One of the Reddit users found that the Apple Watch model with LTE can call 911 without a carrier plan. In the thread, he described how he tried to call emergency without a carrier.


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Monday, November 20th, 2017. 3:14

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Apple Enabled 7.5W Wireless Charging in iOS 11.2 Beta



Apple enhanced its wireless technology, now iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X can charge with 7.5-watt. Initially, the devices supported 5W.


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Sunday, November 19th, 2017. 8:38

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iOS 11 is Now Installed on More Than a Half of iOS devices



According to the data on Apple’s App Store support page, iOS 11 is now installed on 52% of compatible devices. Apple shared the information about the official number of installations for the first time after the release of iOS 11.


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Thursday, November 9th, 2017. 4:04

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Apple Adds Apple Pay Cash to iOS 11.2 Public Beta



Apple has enabled Apple Pay Cash for public iOS testers. The update should be available for developers soon.


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Wednesday, November 8th, 2017. 3:41

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