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Xiaomi responds to accusations that it blatantly copies Apple

Xiaomi isn't called the "Apple of China" just because its products are ridiculously popular and has a rabid fanbase, it's also due to the fact that the company copies Apple's style... a...

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Mac sales are on the rise even as the PC market continues to shrink

While years of clever advertising on Apple's part has led most people to see Macs and PCs as separate entities, the fact remains that Macs are technically PCs. Even so, there are still plenty of things...

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Spotify will lower your subscription cost if you bypass the App Store

Now that Apple has entered the music streaming business, Spotify is ramping up its aggressiveness on iOS. Since all purchases made through the App Store have a 30% cut that...

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The next Apple Watch will have a thinner display and a bigger battery

According to a report out of South Korea, Apple will be forgoing any external changes with the next Apple Watch in favor of hardware upgrades, most notably a bigger battery....

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Apple’s automotive ambitions are consuming tons of its resources

Designing and testing a vehicle is an incredibly resource-intensive task, doubly so when that vehicle is expected to be a market leader in technological capability and triply so when the...

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iOS 9’s Low Power mode could weaken your iPhone by as much as 40%

One of the more interesting features in iOS 9 is the new Low Power mode that throttles your devices power in the name of saving power. With the iPhone's notoriously small batteries,...

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You shouldn’t expect the next Apple Watch to come with FaceTime

Remember those rumors a few days ago that the next Apple Watch will be feature FaceTime video calling, yeah, you should be taking those claims with a grain of salt....

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Apple has sold an estimated 2.79 million Apple Watches to date

Apple has assured us that it's "thrilled" with its Apple Watch sales numbers so far, but the company hasn't given us an exact number. That doesn't mean we can't guess,...

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Apple Music isn’t as big of a threat as its competitors had feared

Considering how iTunes completely revolutionized the music industry and blew all of the competition out of the water, you can't really blame music streaming services like Pandora and Spotify for...

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Smartphone subsidies are fading away in favor of payment plans

For years, it's been standard practice to buy an expensive smartphone from your wireless carrier at a reduced price in exchange for signing a contract that commits you to that carrier for...

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Did Google I/O show us how far the company is falling behind Apple?

There were plenty of exciting announcements regarding virtual reality at Google I/O 2015 earlier this week, but as far as mobile announcements went, did anybody else notice how familiar everything...

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Google is finally getting serious about fingerprint scanning

Fingerprint scanning has become one of the new "big" features that companies have been implementing into their flagship smartphones, but with Android devices, the functionality isn't quite what it could be....

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