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Formerly built and distributed by defunct Canadian smartphone-maker, Research in Motion, BlackBerry devices were among the most popular smartphone flagships in the world — long before Apple came around with iPhone in the summer of 2007 and upended the smartphone landscape as we know it. And w... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Once upon a time, predictive policing systems (akin to the one seen in 2002 film Minority Report) were thoroughly fictional. Those days might very well be over. According to an investigative report by The Verge, CIA-funded data-mining firm Palantir Technologies has deployed a proprietary... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

The main goal of using a VPN is to protect your identity while browsing the web. Reasons to protect your personal data or staying unnoticed online are infinite, and more obvious now than ever before. See if you identify with the top five most common reasons for using a VPN, reported in our r... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #HowTo, #iPhone

We’ve covered a seemingly countless number of reports in which Apple’s iPhone has been accused of sparking fires — in some instances, causing grave bodily harm to those caught in the fray. But the latest incident of an iPhone 6 gone up-in-flames, which took place back in 2016, is arguably the mos... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #News

Apple has been granted a patent that imagines using an OLED or LCD display as a dynamic keyboard — hinting at a possible addition to the MacBook or iPad Pro lineup. Patent number 9,904,502, titled “Dual display equipment with enhanced visibility and suppressed reflections,” was published by the U... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

Apple on Wednesday is officially moving iCloud accounts belonging to Chinese users to state-run servers in the country, worrying both human rights groups and digital privacy advocates. The Chinese iCloud accounts — and the encryption keys needed to unlock them — are being transferred from a hos... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Hot on the heels of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Apple has added the ability to track two major snow-related sports to the Apple Watch Series 3. Starting today, skiers and snowboarders running watchOS 4.2 can use their wearable to track detailed activity data about their respective ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #AppleWatch, #News

As the cost of commodities like food, clothing, and consumer electronics continue to rise, savvy shoppers are increasingly scouring for ways to boost their disposable income and save cash by taking advantage of the many fantastic rewards and rebate offers available on the web. The App Store is ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Apps, #Gallery

AT&T and Sprint’s 5G rollout plans have been freshly announced. But T-Mobile wants consumers to know that it isn’t falling behind — and that it might even one-up its competitors. T-Mobile said it is laying the groundwork infrastructure for 5G networks in 30 cities by the end of 2018, the Unca... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

For quite a while, Spotify has been the dominant music streaming platform. It’s ubiquitous and packs a wide set of features. Spotify was probably the best streaming service at one point, but it might be losing that crown to Apple Music. Use the Right Arrow to Learn 9 Reasons Why Apple Music Is Be... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #News

California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) this week announced sweeping new rules and regulations which inherently pave the way for companies including Uber, General Motors, and Faraday Future to begin testing their “fully autonomous” vehicles — self-driving cars without safety drivers behin... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Apple will soon launch its own health care network for company employees and their dependents, according to a new report and a quietly published website. The Cupertino tech giant is slated to open a pair of health clinics this spring in Santa Clara County, where Silicon Valley is located,... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Apple has been diving deep into the world of original TV content for quite some time now, and the list of star-studded features the company plans to release continues to lengthen. A Variety report posted today sheds light on another exciting Apple TV-series in the works, this one written... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #AppleTV, #News

The race to rollout 5G is heating up. Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T have already announced their 5G plans, and today, Sprint announced its own. Sprint said it will roll out “5G-like capabilities” across three U.S. cities starting in April, including Chicago, Dallas and Houston. By the end of the... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Samsung over the weekend unveiled its next-generation Galaxy S9 and S9+, which represent the South Korean tech titan’s 2018 flagship offerings and boast a myriad of cutting-edge features and innovations. But while they may be the company’s latest, greatest, and most powerful smartphones on off... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #iPhone7, #iPhone8, #iPhoneX, #News

Indicating that new iTunes security updates are on the horizon, Apple on Monday announced via the web that it plans to discontinue iTunes support for select “older devices” beginning May 25, 2018, which will prevent them from using the latest version of its popular digital music management sof... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #AppleTV, #News

iPhones are normally incredibly secure devices. But an Israeli data extraction firm recently announced that it can bypass the strong encryption on basically any iPhone currently on the market. Cellebrite, an Israel-based data extraction vendor and high-profile U.S. government contractor, is... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Multiple reports have converged around the idea that Apple will introduce three new iPhone models this fall — a revamped 5.8-inch iPhone X, a 6.1-inch LCD iPhone model, and a much larger, 6.5-inch OLED iPhone model dubbed iPhone X Plus — all of which will allegedly flaunt advanced, Face ID tec... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #Rumors

A third-party microphone manufacturer is claiming that the final release of iOS 11.3 is due out next week — but you should take that with a grain of salt. Shure, which produces professional-grade audio recording hardware in addition to iPhone-compatible microphones, made the claim in a tweet r... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iOS11, #Rumors

Apple uses Google’s public cloud to store data across its various iCloud services, the company revealed on a webpage updated last month. The update to the iOS Security Guide was first spotted by CNBC and disclosed in a report published Monday. It’s Apple’s first official confirmation that i... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Samsung over the weekend took the wraps off its next-generation Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphone flagships. While the handsets look nearly identical to their predecessors, the company’s S9 duo flaunts a myriad of new and highly-advanced features, which Samsung hopes will make them appeal to... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #News

Apple could unveil a pair of high-end, over-ear headphones as soon as this year, according to a new analyst prediction on Monday. Those over-ear headphones would be Apple-branded, unlike similar devices already released under the company’s Beats Electronics subsidiary, according to a KGI S... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

Price doesn’t necessarily equal quality. That’s true for physical products as much as it is for software. When it comes to the Mac, there’s a wealth of apps that are completely free, yet incredibly useful or surprisingly powerful. And because these apps don’t cost anything, there’s little excuse ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Apps, #Gallery

Back in August of 2016, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published an Apple patent titled “Electronic devices with sidewall displays” which described the company’s vision of an iPhone boasting side-mounted display panels. These panels, according to the original patent, “may alterna... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #Rumors

We’ve witnessed a trove of vintage, obsolete, and historic Apple products — from ages-old Mac computers deemed the last in existence, to a pair of ultra-rare never-before-worn Apple tennis shoes — hit the auction block, some going on to fetch unprecedented sums of money. And while it stands to re... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

There is a repair facility in Elk Grove, California where Apple devices go to be restored and refurbished. But, apparently, those devices keep butt-dialing 9-1-1. That may sound humorous, but the sheer volume of false alarm calls is actually snarling the local emergency response system. Since... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

For years, iOS and Android users have been requesting a proper dark mode for their respective operating systems. And now, it seems, the latter camp is getting their wish fulfilled. A Google Issue Tracker post seems to confirm that dark mode is coming to Android. The post was made by a Google... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

A new report on Friday has corroborated previous rumors about the launch date of Apple’s AirPower wireless charging mat. According to these reports, the wireless charging accessory could hit shelves as soon as next month. Earlier this month, a Best Buy tipster told The Apple Post that the C... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

As a publicly-owned, worldwide leader in technology, innovation and design, Apple’s stock (traded under the NASDAQ ticker symbol, AAPL) has endured a wild ride over the years. From its Initial Public Offering (IPO) of just $22 per share back in December of 1980, to the tech giant’s unprecedented ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #AAPL, #Gallery

If you’re an Apple user, you automatically get 5 gigabytes of iCloud storage for free. Unfortunately, most of us know how quickly that space can get filled up. Your iCloud storage is used — obviously — when backing up your iOS devices. That’s convenient, but if you have a larger device with a lot... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #HowTo

Apple is currently holding discussions to secure long-term supplies of cobalt, a metal used in smartphone batteries, according to a new report. Reportedly, Apple is in talks to begin buying cobalt directly from mining companies. Cobalt, a hard silver-gray metal, is an essential material in the... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

Despite their array of artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual voice-driven assistant capabilities, a new survey out this week found that the majority of smart speaker owners use their devices almost exclusively to carry out basic tasks (like listening to music). Though 89 percent of owners... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

The future of 5G is nearly upon us. Intel today announced that 5G-capable laptops could be coming as soon as next year. Intel’s XMM 8000 modems — packed with commercial 5G technology — are expected to show up in Dell, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft notebooks in the second half of 2019, the company wrot... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Apple is planning some big upgrades for upcoming generations of its AirPods wireless earbuds, according to a new report. Those upgrades will be part of a larger effort to boost the company’s wearables business. And, like with the Apple Watch and its other products, the Cupertino firm will update ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

If you’re an iPhone or Mac user, or even if you aren’t, there’s a good chance that you’ve been to an Apple Store. These clean and sleek retail outlets are like small bastions of the company’s design aesthetic and customer philosophy. And they’re spread out... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #News

Your iPhone is available at your disposal to help in dire situations – and it takes care of a multitude of things. It has your watch, a compass, a level, and can obviously make a phone call when you need help. But it can’t do everything. So consider all of the utilities that it d... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Deals

When you want to tweak your iPhone’s preferences, you’ll usually open up the Settings app. That’s basic iOS 101. What you might not know is that there is actually another way to interact and change your device’s settings. They’re called USSD codes, and they’re a communication protocol used by cel... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery

A New York woman is crediting FaceTime with helping to save her life after she suffered a stroke during a video call on Apple’s proprietary service. Opokua Kwapong, a food scientist who lives alone in New York City, says she was on a FaceTime call with her sister in Manchester, England. K... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

After promising earlier this year that it would be among the first domestic wireless providers to begin rolling out its next-generation 5G network, AT&T this week officially announced the first three U.S. cities in line to be blanketed with the carrier’s multi-gigabit 5G network by the end o... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Chanel is partnering with Apple Music to produce a collection of playlists curated by “friends of the house” and inspired by previous runway show soundtracks. The Sound of Chanel, as the compilation is being called, features a series of playlists curated by a host of the French fashion house’s ce... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

This week, Apple received certification from the Eurasian Economic Commission (ECC) covering new products (including at least one, if not two, new iPad models) which the company could unveil as early as next month, MacRumors reports. The filings, which were first uncovered by French... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPad, #Rumors

Fast Company this week published its 2018 list outlining the world’s most innovative companies, with Apple scoring the top slot for its role in “delivering the future today,” according to the publication. “The 2018 edition of the World’s Most Innovative Companies spans more than 350 enterpr... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech, #News

The Federal Communication Commission’s rollback of net neutrality rules will be officially published this week, and could take effect in April. While the FCC voted in December to rescind the Obama-era net neutrality protections, the actual order dismantling those rules is expected to be p... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

We have less than a week to go before Samsung unveils its Galaxy S9 and S9+ flagships, though we already know just about everything there is to know about them, including a number of their key specifications, physical design, release date and more. According to a new GSMArena report, which cites... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

North Korea is ramping up its hacking efforts. The existence of a new group of hackers in the hermit kingdom has been disclosed Tuesday. And they’re allegedly targeting major international firms. A new group of North Korean spies and hackers has been identified, and their available methods and t... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Amid the rollout of its iOS 11.2.5 software update, some iPhone users are complaining that a number of Christian and Jewish holidays are mysteriously absent from Apple’s mobile calendar app, according to multiple media reports. It’s unclear at this time, however, if the omission of certain Jude... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #News

The iOS Calendar app helps many people manage their day-to-day schedules. It supports multiple calendars, integrates with iOS, and has excellent widgets users can add to Notification Center. But as great as it is, it may not be the best choice for everyone. Maybe you want to be able to customize... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Apps, #Gallery

Apple is widely rumored to be working on a successor for its popular iPhone SE device. And today, a supply chain report might shed a bit more light on what that so-called iPhone SE 2 could look like. The report comes from Chinese news site QQ.com and cites sources who are extremely close to... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #Rumors

Apple on Sunday released iOS 11.2.6, an emergency update that patches a critical text bug that plagued Apple ecosystem users over the last week. That issue is the “Telugu” text bomb that was widely disclosed last week. The bug, which involves a Unicode character in the Indian Telugu language, cau... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iOS11, #News

Not only does Apple continue to enhance and perfect its mobile camera technology with each iPhone and iOS update, but the burgeoning popularity of iPhone photography has, over the years, given rise to a trove of third-party accessories designed to enhance Cupertino’s already second-to-none c... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #News