Apple has started rolling out carrier billing for iTunes and App Store in Germany with carrier O2. Customers can now link a phone number to their iTunes account and use carrier billing for purchases, as per a report from TechCrunch.
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Apple is yet again facing a class action lawsuit and this time it is over one of its new iOS 9 feature. A California based couple has sued Apple for not warning its users that the new Wi-Fi assist feature eats huge chunk of cellular data.
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This week Sony launched its flagship Xperia Z5 Dual and Xperia Z5 Premium Dual smartphones in India. Both smartphones were announced at the IFA last month in Berlin last month. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Sony Xperia Z5, Z5 Premium, Lenovo P1, P1m, Apple iPad mini 4, HTC One A9 and more”
Apple has taken down more than 250 apps from the App Store that were accessing and storing personal information, like Apple ID and device serial numbers, according to a report by SourceDNA.
This week was all about two big tech giants launching their flagship smartphones in India. While Google started pre-booking its 2015 Nexus smartphones in the country, Apple on the other hand started selling its new iPhones towards the week end. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Apple iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, Google Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P and more”
A US federal jury has ordered Apple to pay $234 million to University of Wisconsin over patent infringement case. The case involved Gurindar Sohi and Terani Vijaykumar, both electrical and electronics engineering graduates of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani.
Apple stores are coming to India, finally. The company has partnered with Croma, a retail network chain that is backed by Tata, as per a latest report from the Economic Times.
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It’s been around 2 weeks since the new Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus went on sale and now Apple are offering unlocked (sim-free) version of the device in USA through their online store. As we already know, the contract-free iPhone 6s is priced at $649 for the 16GB base variant, $749 for the 64GB variant and the 128GB variant would cost $849. The contract-free iPhone 6s Plus is priced at $749 for the 16GB base variant, $849 for the 64GB variant and the 128GB variant would cost $949.
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Apple is using the really powerful A9 chipset in the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. The chipset is sourced from Samsung and TSMC which are two different manufacturers of chipsets. Apparently, thebattery life of you iPhone 6s or 6s Plus will depend on which chipset your particular phone is running.
Apple unveiled the iPhone 6s last month. The successor of the iPhone 6 is all set to launch in India on October 16th. We brought you the unboxing of the phone recently and now let us take a look at the hardware and specs in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6s Photo Gallery”
Apple has scooped up an artificial intelligence start-up dubbed as Perceptio, according to a latest report from the Bloomberg. The startup focuses on developing technology that allows companies to run artificial intelligence systems on smartphones.
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Researchers have revealed that a new malware threat is affecting iOS devices. Dubbed as YiSpecter, the malware is able to infect even non-jailbroken Apple devices using enterprise certificates and private APIs.
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Skype 6.3 has now been released and it includes support for iPads and iPhones running on iOS 9 as well. It also brings around various new features such as split view and slide over.
In a bid to bolster Siri’s performance even further, Apple has acquired speech recognition start-up VocallQ, according to a latest report from the Financial Times. The U.K.-based artificial intelligence startup is aimed at making it easier for people to speak to computers in a more natural way.
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Amazon has announced that it will stop selling Apple and Google’s video streaming devices because they aren’t easily compatible with Amazon’s own video streaming service.
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