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Joe joined MacRumors in January 2015, and is now a Senior Reporter. Based out of Stoney Creek, Canada, he has been writing about Apple since 2008, with a focus on breaking news coverage.

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Apple Stores in Burlingame, CA and Burlington, MA Reopen Next Weekend Following Renovations

Friday November 10, 2017 7:14 am PST by
Apple today announced that its retail stores in Burlingame, California, near San Mateo, and Burlington, Massachusetts, near Boston, will celebrate grand reopenings on Saturday, November 18 at 10:00 a.m. local time. A render of Apple's new store in Burlingame, California via Storeteller Both locations have been closed for several months while undergoing renovations, as part of Apple's efforts...
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Several iPhone X Owners Encountering Green Line on Display Due to Potential Hardware Defect

Friday November 10, 2017 5:58 am PST by
A limited but increasing number of iPhone X owners have encountered a green line appearing on the smartphone's display. Photo via Twitter user mix0mat0sis‏ At least 25 customers have shared photos of the potential hardware defect across the Apple Support Communities, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and the MacRumors forums since the iPhone X launched a week ago. Of course, in a production run of...
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Apple is $100 Billion Away From Becoming World's Only Trillion Dollar Company

Thursday November 9, 2017 8:07 am PST by
Apple shares are currently trading for around $175, giving the iPhone maker a market cap of roughly $900 billion. The valuation puts Apple within $100 billion of becoming the world's only trillion dollar company. Apple shares will have to rise to around the $195 mark for the company to reach a trillion dollar valuation, depending on the rate of its share buybacks, and an increasing number of ...
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iPhone X Should Push Apple Ahead of Samsung as World's Largest Smartphone Maker

Thursday November 9, 2017 4:59 am PST by
Apple will dethrone Samsung as the world's largest smartphone maker in the fourth quarter of 2017, on the strength of strong iPhone X demand, according to Taiwanese market research firm TrendForce. TrendForce estimates Apple will record 19.1 percent market share in the quarter, encompassing the busy holiday shopping season, which would be slightly ahead of Samsung's estimated 18.2 percent...
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How to Get Notified About iPhone X Availability at Apple Stores in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, and UK

Wednesday November 8, 2017 11:05 am PST by
While the iPhone X has been available to purchase for over five days now, availability of the device at Apple's retail stores has been extremely limited over that time, especially outside of the United States. Fortunately, a new Twitter-based tool called Robinhood Monitor makes it much easier to know exactly when and where iPhone X stock becomes available, at least in Australia, Canada, Hong ...
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Minneapolis Said to Have Fastest Average LTE Speeds in United States

Wednesday November 8, 2017 9:31 am PST by
Minneapolis has the fastest average LTE speeds of all major cities in the United States, according to a recent study conducted by OpenSignal. OpenSignal found that the average LTE download connection in Minneapolis was 21.5 Mbps, almost twice as fast as the 11.65 Mbps average it measured in Las Vegas, which was the slowest among the 35 cities it tracked. Four out of the five fastest...
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Apple Has Given Drake Permission to Produce 'Whatever He Chooses' Amid His Push Into TV and Film

Wednesday November 8, 2017 7:20 am PST by
In an in-depth article about Drake's push into the TV and film industry, The Hollywood Reporter claims that Apple has given the Toronto-born rapper permission to produce "whatever he chooses." Here's what the report says, with emphasis ours:But the biggest indicator of Drake's big Hollywood push is whom he is partnering with next: Steve Golin, who runs Anonymous Content (one of Hollywood's...
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You Can Now Add Photos or Videos More Than 24 Hours Old to Your Instagram Stories

Wednesday November 8, 2017 6:17 am PST by
Instagram this week announced that users can now add photos or videos that are more than 24 hours old to Stories. Instagram removing the 24-hour limitation reflects a continued assault on Snapchat, which should come as no surprise given Instagram has essentially been copying Snapchat for well over a year. Just like you normally would, swipe up from the camera to open your Camera Roll or...
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Galaxy S9 Will Likely Still Have Rear Fingerprint Scanner as Apple Rumored to Ditch Touch ID Entirely

Wednesday November 8, 2017 5:17 am PST by
Samsung has decided not to include a fingerprint scanner under the display of its next-generation Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones due to continued technical difficulties, according to South Korea's The Investor. Instead, the fingerprint scanner will likely remain positioned on the back of each device, just like the current Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ models. Fingerprint scanning is one...
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Apple May Launch Augmented Reality Headset With Custom 'rOS' Operating System by 2020

Wednesday November 8, 2017 3:48 am PST by
Apple is ramping up development of an augmented reality headset that will have its own display and run on a new chip and operating system, according to well-connected Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. A fanciful mockup of digital glasses via TechAcute Apple aims to have technology ready for the headset by 2019, and could ship a product as early as 2020, the report claims. But the development...
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Apple Glasses Rumors Resurface as iPhone Supplier Tapped to Make Parts for Augmented Reality Product

Tuesday November 7, 2017 7:30 am PST by
Catcher Technology, a Taiwanese company that manufacturers metal casings for Apple products like iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks, will make parts for an augmented reality product, according to Nikkei Asian Review. Apple Glasses concept via Gadgets Arena Catcher chairman Allen Horng reportedly said augmented reality products "need to look good" and "be light enough to wear.""Based on what we have ...
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AT&T Confirms iPhone X Demand 'Has Been Strong' Following 'Highly-Anticipated' Launch

Tuesday November 7, 2017 6:24 am PST by
AT&T chief John Donovan has confirmed that demand for the iPhone X has been "strong" following the device's "highly-anticipated" launch in the United States and over 50 other countries just four days ago. "All the signs are that customers love it. It's probably the most highly-anticipated version… and demand has been strong. So we're pleased," Donovan said at the Web Summit conference in...
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iPhone X Launches in 13 More Countries on November 24

Tuesday November 7, 2017 4:43 am PST by
Apple today announced that the iPhone X will be available to customers in Albania, Bosnia, Cambodia, Kosovo, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, and Turkey beginning Friday, November 24. Apple also said the iPhone X will be available to customers in Israel beginning Thursday, November 23, one day earlier. In all of the countries and...
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Apple Opening New Store at Domain Northside in Austin This Weekend

Tuesday November 7, 2017 4:35 am PST by
Apple today announced it will be opening a new store at Domain Northside in Austin, Texas on Saturday, November 11 at 10:00 a.m. local time. Apple's current store at The Domain shopping center in Austin, Texas Apple's nearby store at The Domain should permanently close after business hours on Friday, over 10 years after it originally opened in March 2007. Most employees will presumably...
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Apple Reportedly Shifted Billions of Dollars to Small Island of Jersey Amid Tax Crackdown [Updated]

Monday November 6, 2017 10:52 am PST by
Apple sidestepped a 2013 crackdown on its controversial Irish tax structure by moving the majority of its offshore cash holdings to the small island of Jersey, a self-governed territory with loose ties to the United Kingdom, according to leaked financial documents obtained by The New York Times and BBC. The island of Jersey via its Chamber of Commerce The so-called Paradise Papers, primarily...
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iPhone X Outpaces iPhone 8 Series in First Weekend Adoption

Monday November 6, 2017 9:45 am PST by
A new study suggests the iPhone X recorded a higher adoption rate than the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus over each device's first three days of availability. After the first weekend of sales, the device is estimated to have captured nearly one percent market share among all iPhone models, the highest over that time since the iPhone 5s, according to mobile engagement platform Localytics. By ...
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iStockNow Provides Bird's-Eye View of iPhone X Availability at Apple Stores Around the World

Monday November 6, 2017 7:58 am PST by
Apple enabled an iPhone X availability tool on its website over the weekend, allowing customers to check stock at nearby stores, but those looking for more of a bird's-eye view may prefer to use iStockNow.com. iStockNow has a live map of iPhone X availability at Apple's retail stores around the world, with filters that allow you to search for specific storage capacities, colors, and...
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Chipotle's All-New Order-Ahead App Launches With Support for Apple Pay

Monday November 6, 2017 7:19 am PST by
Chipotle Mexican Grill today launched a significantly redesigned mobile ordering app for iPhone and Android smartphones. The app has a streamlined user experience and several new features, including quick reordering of favorites or recent orders, a more user-friendly store locator, and the ability to receive, store, and redeem Chipotle offers. The app's order-ahead functionality also...
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Ming-Chi Kuo: 2018 iPhones Will Have 'More Complex' Metal Frames for Improved Cellular Signal Transmission

Monday November 6, 2017 6:43 am PST by
While the iPhone X launched just three days ago, we're already starting to hear rumors about what to expect from next year's models. Specifically, oft-reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said he believes iPhones released in 2018 will feature a "more complex" metal frame design and casing assembly for the purpose of improving data transmission quality. An excerpt of Kuo's research note...
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U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Samsung's Appeal in Years-Old 'Slide to Unlock' Lawsuit With Apple

Monday November 6, 2017 6:22 am PST by
The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday rejected Samsung's request to appeal a $119.6 million verdict awarded to Apple in an over six year old "Slide to Unlock" patent infringement lawsuit, according to Reuters. In October 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reinstated Apple's award after a lower court found Samsung to have infringed upon several popular iPhone...