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Though Tim Cook once promised to “double down” on product secrecy, details surrounding Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5se haven’t left much to the imagination. Recently, schematics and drawings of Apple’s soon to be unveiled 4-inch iPhone hit the web and, not too surprisingly, the device appears to largely resemble the iPhone 5s.
Despite earlier reports which indicated that iPhone 5se might liberally borrow some of the design cues Apple first introduced with the iPhone 6, it now seems that Apple will largely keep the iPhone 5s casing intact while significantly bolstering the internals.
No one is safe in Game of Thrones, and the upcoming sixth season of HBO’s smash hit series is shaping up to be the most unsettling season yet. Why? Because just about all of HBO’s teasers and trailers so far have focused on death, and all of the show’s main characters are seemingly at risk.
In its latest move to stir up some buzz ahead of the new season’s April premiere, HBO released a series of digital posters throughout the day on Wednesday that once again deliver a single message to fans: Death could come for any of the show’s central characters in season 6. More →
Remember when we said that the FBI’s war with Apple is about to go horribly wrong?
With Apple standing firm in its refusal to help the FBI hack into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, the company is already hard at work on new security measures that would make future iPhone models even harder to hack. According to The New York Times, Apple reportedly wants to implement security measures that would effectively make the FBI’s current requests moot. In other words, Apple wants a future where the iPhone’s built-in security measures can’t be circumvented with software.
One of the things Apple has to “fix” later this year when the iPhone 7 launches is built-in storage. Our increasing media consumption and creation needs can’t be satisfied by just 16GB of storage, so we can’t help but wonder where the new iPhone will go regarding storage options. One recent rumor claimed that the iPhone 7 will be available with 256GB of storage, which will likely meet the needs of those users who splurge on apps and digital content, and who like to record 4K videos.
And it turns out that Apple’s main rival, who happens to be a major iPhone partner and an expert in mobile storage components, has just the chip the iPhone maker might need for 256GB iPhones and iPads. More →
Last night we gave you a quick glimpse of Apple CEO Tim Cook’s ABC News interview, and it was clear from that 90-second clip that Cook & Co. do not plan to back down in this ongoing battle. Now, the full 30-minute interview has been released and we get our most in-depth look yet at why Apple is so vehemently opposed to complying with a court order. Earlier this month, a court demanded that Apple supply the FBI with tools that will allow it to hack into an iPhone which had previously belonged to San Bernardino shooter Rizwan Farook. More →
You can take great sports action videos with this camera on the go or use the included mounting kit to get a stationary shot. The Polaroid XS100i Wi-Fi Extreme Edition Video Camera is for sale on Amazon for $179.99 with free shipping. That’s 40% off list price. More →
In case you needed more proof that nothing is really ever free, check your Windows 10 computer. It might be showing you advertisements that you didn’t ask for right on the desktop. That’s certainly not the kind of feature you’d expect from Microsoft’s latest and best operating software.
While Siri on the iPhone has improved dramatically over the past five years, Apple’s intelligent personal assistant has remained conspicuously absent on the Mac, a curious omission given that Apple had no problem implementing Siri on both the Apple Watch and the recently released Apple TV. With the next release of OS X, however, Siri will finally be available across the entirety of Apple’s product line.
Bluetooth has proven to be an incredibly useful innovation that has enabled wireless connections between devices over short distances with minimal power consumption. However, some engineers have been working on a new Wi-Fi technology that could also replace Bluetooth while consuming even less power. More →
This year’s Mobile World Congress was rich in announcements, especially for top mobile hardware from some of the most important players in the market. But the one new product I want to buy right now isn’t a smartphone, and it’s not a tablet. What caught my attention was Oral-B’s Genius toothbrush, an iPhone-connected toothbrush that’s supposed to correct or improve your brushing style. More →
Great news for some lucky people in the Bay Area — you may soon have access to Google Fiber. Unfortunately, however, this isn’t a citywide buildout. Rather, Google is only using fiber that already exists and is acting as the service provider for end users. This is great if your house or apartment already has fiber connectivity, of course, but it doesn’t sound like it will bring anything to places that aren’t so fortunate. More →
Rather than jump into the fray with a smartphone announcement, HTC decided to focus its efforts on midrange phones and the Vive at Mobile World Congress 2016. This paid off handsomely in the eyes of our own Chris Smith, who was quick to call the HTC/Valve hardware collaboration his favorite VR experience to date.
But just because the Vive has been dominating the headlines, it doesn’t mean that HTC isn’t hard at work on its followup to the One M9. At least, we’re pretty sure that’s what’s going on in an email we got on Wednesday.
Apple is pulling out all the PR stops as part of its broader campaign to help explain why it adamantly refuses to help the FBI unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters. Most recently, Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared on ABC’s World News Tonight where Cook sat down and explained Apple’s position to David Muir.
“I think safety of the public is incredibly important. Safety of our kids, safety of our families is very important,” Cook explained. “The protection of people’s data is incredibly important and so the tradeoff here is that we know that doing this could expose people to incredible vulnerabilities. This is not something that we would create. This would be bad for America and it would also set a precedent that I believe many people in America would be offended by.”