Services helping Chinese users circumvent the “Great Firewall of China” have been pulled from Apple’s Chinese App Store en masse. On Saturday morning, at least some software makers affected by the sweep received notification from Apple that their …
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Apple pulls VPN apps from Chinese App Store in compliance with government crackdown
Apple has removed virtual private network (VPN) apps from the Chinese App Store, apparently complying with a broader government crackdown on VPN technology. Developer ExpressVPN received a notification about its app’s removal early on Saturday, according …
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Apple is reportedly making a huge concession to the Chinese government
AP/Eugene Hoshiko BEIJING (Reuters) – Apple Inc is removing virtual private network (VPN) services from its app store in China, VPN service providers said on Saturday, accusing the U.S. tech giant of bowing to pressure from Beijing to comply with stringent …
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Apple Accused Of Removing Apps Used To Evade Censorship From Its China Store
Apple has been accused of removing apps from its China App Store that can be used to skirt the country’s Internet filters. Above, customers at an Apple Store in Beijing in 2016. – See this story on www.npr.org There are iPhone apps that make it possible to …
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Apple kills iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle as music moves to phones
The iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle have played their final notes for Apple. The company discontinued sales of the two music players Thursday in a move reflecting the waning popularity of the devices in an era when most people store or stream their tunes on …
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Apple Store app lets you authorize Apple ID payments with Touch ID
Apple has updated its official Apple Store app to allow shoppers to authorize Apple ID payments with Touch ID. Users previously had to enter their Apple ID password to use this payment method; they could only use Touch ID when paying with a credit card …
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Apple promises it won’t store or sell your HomePod data
Apple has confirmed that it won’t store or sell any data collected by its HomePod smart speaker. HomePod won’t send anything to Apple’s servers until a user activates it with the “Hey Siri” command. Apple encrypts any information received after …
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Apple Store App Updated to Allow Purchases Using Touch ID and Better Local iPhone Availability
Apple updated the Apple Store app on Thursday with two new features. Version 4.3 allows users to use Touch ID to make Apple Store purchases with their Apple ID (i.e. your iTunes account). It also makes it easier for users to find out if the iPhone they …
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Apple confirms it has killed the iPod Shuffle and Nano
Both models have been officially discontinued and were removed from the Apple store on Thursday, eliminating the two last versions of its music players not capable of running iOS apps. Citing a need to streamline its offering (via The Verge), a …
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Apple Store app for iPhone & iPad updates with Touch ID for Apple ID
Apple on Thursday updated its official Apple Store app for iPhones and iPads with a pair of important changes, most notably expanded use of Touch ID. People can now use Touch ID to authenticate their Apple ID, whether changing account settings or making a …
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Privacy-Focused Altcoin Dash Debuts On App Store As Apple U-Turns On Ban
Dash has come to the App Store after Apple overturned its 2016 decision to ban the altcoin and apps running it. Apple has reversed its decision to ban apps supporting privacy-focused altcoin Dash from its App Store. Having determined Dash-based products …
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Apple Stores Getting All-New ‘Lead’ and ‘Schedule Planner’ Positions
MacRumors has learned that Apple is introducing two all-new Apple Store positions named Lead and Schedule Planner. Apple today informed existing retail employees that applications open Monday, July 24, although it appears that select stores started …
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Apple finally accepts Dash as approved cryptocurrency on App Store
Privacy-centric cryptocurrency Dash has officially been accepted by Apple as an approved cryptocurrency on the App Store. Following a comprehensive appeal, Apple has now formally reversed an August 2016 decision to deny entry to the App Store for …
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The best Apple products to buy from Apple’s Refurbished Mac store
There an online Apple store that you may not have heard of. It’s called the Refurbished Mac store, and you can find older products that are less expensive than the newer products you’d find in Apple’s main online and physical outlets. Some of the products …
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Apple to open data centre in China with government ties
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple will open a data centre in mainland China with ties to the country’s government, raising concerns about the security of iCloud accounts that store personal information transferred from iPhones, iPads and Mac computers there.
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Apple no longer accepting VPN-based ad blockers to App Store, report says
Apple is reportedly limiting App Store distribution of VPN/root certificate-based ad blockers capable of blocking adds in other third-party apps, and will instead support only first-party content blockers offered through Safari. The supposed policy shift …
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Apple Store to open at Hilldale Mall
MADISON, Wis. – An area at the south end of Hilldale Shopping Center is being redesigned into an Apple Store, according to the construction company doing the work. Pepper Construction Company, out of Lake Zurich, Illinois, confirmed to News 3 they are …
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