Using stolen credit cards and Apple Pay, one identity thief was able to purchase more than $600,000 in luxury goods and nearly $100,000 of Bitcoin.
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WhatsApp beta-tests group call and banned account review changes on iOS
WhatsApp is testing ways to make it easier for banned accounts to ask for a review on iOS, at the same time as making changes to calls so that a user can easily join a group call.
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AppSwitcher for Mac helps users cleanly deliver presentations
With AppSwitcher, you can switch between apps in a presentation without letting your screen full of open windows. See how it works.
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Apple weather app hides world’s greatest number (Update: Possible explanation)
If you check your Apple weather app on your iPhone, you might notice that one number conspicuously never shows up.
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This may be why Apple’s Weather app doesn’t show 69-degree temperatures
Reports indicate that Apple’s Weather app may avoid the number 69 in its user interface, but while some have suggested that it’s censorship, it’s more likely a conversion issue.
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This must-have app will tell you if your iPhone has been hacked
If you don’t ever want to see your iPhone hacked, iVerify is an excellent mobile security app that offers robust threat protection.
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Affirm shares fall on report Apple is working with Goldman Sachs to offer buy now, pay later service
The report is the latest sign that Apple wants to offer additional financial services through its Wallet app and partnerships with financial firms.
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The WhatsApp feature every user wants might be launching soon
Facebook’s now-confirmed WhatsApp multi-device support will be available to users soon via the app’s beta program.
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WhatsApp begins testing its next big messaging twist on iPhone
AFTER DEBUTING on Android phones, WhatsApp is bringing its next big twist on its messaging formula to iPhone owners worldwide.
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Apple escapes email app maker’s antitrust claims over sign-on feature
Apple Inc has defeated email app maker Blix Inc’s claims in Delaware federal court that it uses its “Sign In With Apple” single sign-on (SSO) feature to stifle competition from it and other app makers …
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Has your iPhone been hacked? This app will let you know (and tell you what to do)
The amount of data that we carry on our smartphones is incredible — everything from personal photos to health data to financial information to confidential business information. Using a compromised …
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Court dismisses lawsuit alleging Sign in with Apple and the App Store stifle competition
In December, a court dismissed a lawsuit from BlueMail developer Blix that claimed Apple engaged in monopoly-like behavior in favoring its own apps over third-party competitors, and that Sign in with …
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Court throws out lawsuit claiming Apple stifles App Store competition
After having one lawsuit against Apple tossed last year, BlueMail developer Blix has suffered another black eye after a federal judge in Delaware granted Apple’s motion to dismiss its claims a second …
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Apple partners with California State University to give new students iPad Air, accessories
First phase of the university’s CSUCCESS program offers new devices to first-year and incoming transfer students.
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First cannabis delivery app lands on App Store following policy changes
The first app to offer cannabis delivery has launched in the App Store, a month after Apple changed App Store policies allowing apps that handled sales via legal dispensaries.
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Facebook-commissioned ‘study’ claims Apple’s pre-installed apps unfairly dominate the iPhone
A new study has been published that aims to show how popular Apple and Google’s first-party apps are and to specifically make the case that they limit competition as they’re preinstalled. The Verge …
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I went to Google’s new retail store, and it’s nothing like Apple’s
Google finally opened the doors to its first full-time official retail store. And while Google has hosted a few special-occasion popup …
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