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 I’ve already shared a ‘blind’ shootout between these two phablets/super-phones, from which the result was a resoundingly inconclusive “more detail needed”. Unsurprisingly. It’s hard to tell any difference between camera phone snaps at web/social resolution. Which is why I’m revisiting the iPhone 7 Plus and Google Pixel XL, the top two smartphones/phablets, here but this time looking at sheer image quality, looking at colours, at noise, at details and at artefacts. Which one will triumph? Continue reading →  
By Rajesh Pandey on Nov 02, 2016 09:01 am
 Phil Schiller, senior VP of marketing at Apple, has in an interview with The Independent revealed why the Mac will never have a touchscreen and why the new MacBook Pros from the company lack an SD card slot. Continue reading → By Killian Bell on Nov 02, 2016 08:43 am
 Apple added a whole bunch of new emojis in its latest iOS 10.2 update, which is now available in beta. A couple of them — the “male and female singers” — are inspired by David Bowie and the British legend’s 1973 album Aladdin Sane. Continue reading → By Rajesh Pandey on Nov 02, 2016 08:28 am
 KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says in his latest research report suggests that Apple has shifted its focus from its rumored car project to augmented reality technology. The analyst provides a number of reasons behind his claims in the report. Continue reading → By Khamosh Pathak on Nov 02, 2016 08:15 am
 It's amazingly easy to hundreds of MBs when you're tethering your iPhone to your Mac. Yes, it's important work you're doing on your Mac, but also, data isn't cheap. If you've had couple of such sessions, you might be wondering, just how much data did you use when in Personal Hotspot mode. We tell you how to find out. Continue reading → By Killian Bell on Nov 02, 2016 07:38 am
 Apple has pulled a crime reporting app from the App Store less than a week after it was launched. Vigilante alerted users to nearby crimes as soon as they were reported to police, but it’s thought Apple removed it due to safety concerns. Continue reading → By Rajesh Pandey on Nov 02, 2016 01:23 am
 Apple has quietly lowered the prices of its SSD upgrade options across its Mac lineup. The price drop puts the SSD upgrade options for Apple’s older Mac lineup at the same rate as its new MacBoo Pro lineup. Continue reading → By Evan Selleck on Nov 01, 2016 03:51 pm
 In the two years since Apple Pay has launched, the mobile payment option has been steadily adding support from banks and credit unions in the United States. Continue reading → By Evan Selleck on Nov 01, 2016 03:22 pm
 On Tuesday, a report from unnamed supply chain sources suggested Apple’s truly wireless earphones, the AirPods, would be delayed until January 2017. Continue reading → By Evan Selleck on Nov 01, 2016 02:32 pm
 Earlier this year, Hulu officially announced that it was working on a live TV service, which would arrive sometime in 2017. Continue reading → | | | | | | |
The folks over at iFixit have torn down Apple’s latest 13-inch MacBook Pro without Touch Bar to reveal its innards. The teardown also confirms what a previous teardown of the laptop had confirmed: the new 13-inch MacBook Pro features a user-replaceable SSD. 
As per two sources who spoke to Digital Music News, Apple is reportedly considering dropping prices for Apple Music subscription by almost 20 percent. The sources do not work at Apple, but are closely associated with the company and have worked on Apple Music since its launch 
A report from Japanese website Nikkei claims that Foxconn is currently in the process of developing wireless charging modules for the iPhone 8 due to be unveiled in 2017. However, the feature will only make it to the iPhone 8 if Foxconn is able to boost the yield rates of the charging modules to satisfactory levels. 
We have some great apps for you today that are discounted for a short duration in the App Store, including Ski Safari 2, MyLyrics and others. Some deals may expire quickly — even on the same day of this post. If there is a discounted app that you like, grab it while it is still on sale. 
Earlier today, Apple seeded the first developer beta of iOS 10.2, another noteworthy update to the company’s mobile operating system. 
It has been more than a month since Apple released macOS Sierra 10.12 to the public, and now the company has seeded a new beta for an upcoming update. 
Earlier this month, Apple released watchOS 3.1 to the public, and it has been more than a month since watchOS 3 initially launched. Now, the first beta for an incoming update has arrived. 
It has been over a month since iOS 10 launched to the public, now, following a minor update earlier this month, the first beta for the next update has arrived. 
Earlier today, Apple officially released iOS 10.1.1, which focused on fixing a bug that wasn’t displaying Health data. 