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Juli is the Managing Editor at MacRumors, and has been covering Apple news and rumors since 2010. She oversees MacRumors' guides, roundups, how tos, reviews, and giveaways in addition to covering daily news. Her work is regularly highlighted on Techmeme and cited by tech publications and news sites.

She is a voracious reader, cinephile, gardener, and gamer, and she resides in California with her carnivorous plants. Juli can be reached at juli@macrumors.com or on Twitter.

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Google's New 'Motion Stills' App Makes Live Photos a Whole Lot Better

Thursday June 9, 2016 3:39 pm PDT by
Earlier this week, Google released a new app called Motion Stills, designed to turn Live Photos captured with the iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, and iPhone SE into GIFs or videos. Over the past couple of days, we spent some hands-on time with Motion Stills, and have been really impressed with the way it transforms Live Photos into a more useful, shareable medium. Motion Stills isn't just an app...
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Apple Rumored to Be Debuting iMessage for Android at WWDC

Thursday June 9, 2016 2:48 pm PDT by
Apple is planning to announce an iMessage app for Android users at WWDC, according to a report from MacDailyNews citing sources "familiar with the company's thinking."Apple will announce that iMessage encrypted text messaging is coming to Android users at WWDC next Monday at WWDC 2016, according to a source familiar with the company's thinking. [...] Apple is increasingly focused on services...
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iPhone 7 Case: Nearly Identical Fit to 6s, Except for Camera Cutout and No Headphone Jack

Thursday June 9, 2016 2:00 pm PDT by
With only three months to go until the launch of the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus, case makers have already started creating cases for the two devices based on rumored specifications. We were able to get our hands on a set of iPhone 7 cases, so we did a comparison video to see how it measures up to the iPhone 6. Early iPhone cases are always built on specifications gleaned from rumors,...
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Transit Directions Expand to UK National Rail, Atlanta and Miami

Thursday June 9, 2016 1:39 pm PDT by
Ahead of the 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple's Maps team is working hard to expand transit directions to additional locations. Starting this morning, transit information in the United Kingdom has expanded to encompass the National Rail, which represents several public transportation systems across Great Britain. In the United States, transit directions are now available in Atlanta...
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Motorola's New 'Moto Z' and 'Z Force' Smartphones Have No Headphone Jack

Thursday June 9, 2016 1:15 pm PDT by
Amid rumors suggesting Apple will remove the headphone jack in upcoming the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, Lenovo-owned Motorola today announced the Moto Z and the Z Force, two new smartphones that eschew headphone jacks in favor of an ultra-thin design. Sans headphone jack, Motorola has managed to shrink the Moto Z down to 5.19mm thick, while the Z Force, Motorola's more powerful smartphone,...
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Philips' New Bluetooth-Enabled Sonicare Toothbrush Connects to Your iPhone

Thursday June 9, 2016 12:32 pm PDT by
Philips today announced the launch of the Philips Sonicare Flexcare Platinum Connected toothbrush, the company's first brush that includes Bluetooth connectivity and connects to an iPhone to track brushing habits. The Flexcare Platinum Connected toothbrush includes "Smart Sensor technology" to track specific brushing locations in the mouth, making sure all teeth get proper attention. It also...
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Apple Updates Logic Pro X With Feature and Performance Improvements, 300+ Chinese Instrument Loops

Thursday June 9, 2016 11:06 am PDT by
Apple today updated its professional audio editing software Logic Pro X to version 10.2.3, introducing a range of bug fixes, performance improvements, and feature additions to bring it in line with updates recently introduced in GarageBand. The update includes three new traditional Chinese instrument Patches for pipa, erhu, and percussion, along with more than 300 new Chinese instrument Apple...
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Google Also Planning to Adopt 85/15 Subscription Revenue Split for Developers

Wednesday June 8, 2016 6:06 pm PDT by
Just hours after Apple announced plans to implement App Store revenue sharing changes that will see developers getting an 85/15 revenue split for subscriptions maintained for longer than a year, Re/code says Google is planning on implementing a similar change for Android. According to unnamed sources, Google is going to implement the same 85/15 split, but unlike Apple, Google will make the new ...
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U.S. Department of Justice Urges Supreme Court to Send Apple vs. Samsung Case Back to Lower Court

Wednesday June 8, 2016 5:53 pm PDT by
The United States Department of Justice today urged the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that was in Apple's favor and send the Apple vs. Samsung case back to trial court, reports Reuters. The DoJ submitted an amicus brief on Samsung's behalf as the Supreme Court prepares to hear the long-running Apple vs. Samsung case. Apple's dispute with Samsung made its way to the Supreme...
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Apple Again References 'MacOS', This Time on Developer Website

Wednesday June 8, 2016 4:40 pm PDT by
Because iOS, watchOS, and tvOS all share a common naming scheme, there's been some speculation that OS X, the operating system for Macs, could see a name change to "MacOS" at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference. Earlier this year, Apple referenced "MacOS" in an environmental website update, and today the company has made the same gaffe on a developer FAQ page outlining new App Store...
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Hands-On With Feld & Volk's Custom $5000+ Carbon Fiber Apple Watch

Wednesday June 8, 2016 12:10 pm PDT by
Luxury device manufacturer Feld & Volk is known for ripping the internals out of iPhones and building new enclosures for them from a range of high-quality materials, and now the company is doing the same thing with the Apple Watch. Feld & Volk extracted the components of the Apple Watch and built a unique carbon fiber Apple Watch body from the ground up, for a line of Apple Watches unlike...
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Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 6 With Bug Fixes and Feature Tweaks

Wednesday June 8, 2016 10:53 am PDT by
Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced on March 30. Apple uses Safari Technology Preview to test features that may eventually be introduced in the release version of Safari. Safari Technology Preview release 6 includes bug fixes and updates for JavaScript, CSS, Web APIs, Web Inspector, and Media. The Safari Technology ...
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Apple Announces Major App Store Changes Including New Subscription Terms and Search Ads

Wednesday June 8, 2016 10:19 am PDT by
Apple's Phil Schiller recently sat down with several publications including The Loop and The Verge to detail some of the changes that are going to be made to the App Store under his reign, including major improvements to search, subscription access for all developers, App Store ads when searching for content, and some other smaller tweaks that should go a long way towards improving app...
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Withings Announces New 'Body Cardio' Scale Able to Assess Cardiac Health

Tuesday June 7, 2016 9:01 pm PDT by
Withings today announced the launch of its latest connected health product, debuting the Body Cardio, a scale that incorporates Pulse Wave Velocity measurements to give users an overview of their cardiac health. According to Withings, the Body Cardio represents the first consumer scale that uses Pulse Wave Velocity, a measurement of the velocity at which a person's arterial pulse propagates...
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Custom Built Case Allows Android to Work With an iPhone

Tuesday June 7, 2016 3:49 pm PDT by
Developer and Tendigi CTO Nick Lee, who previously got an Apple Watch to run Windows 95, today showed off a new project he's been working on, which allows Android to work with an iPhone using a specialized iPhone case. As seen in the video below, Lee created a 3D printed iPhone case and outfitted it with a built-in Lemaker HiKey board, a battery pack, and other hardware so it could support a...
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MCX Ends CurrentC Beta Test, Postpones All Further Releases

Tuesday June 7, 2016 3:01 pm PDT by
The Merchant Consortium Exchange, aka MCX, today told beta testers that it is suspending its CurrentC beta test on June 28 and postponing all further releases of the payments platform. The news was delivered in an email sent to all Columbus, Ohio beta testers and shared by The Consumerist. On June 28, when the beta test ends, MCX plans to disable all active accounts and end customer access. ...
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Apple Updates WWDC App With Minor Bug Fixes

Tuesday June 7, 2016 2:40 pm PDT by
Apple today released an update for the WWDC app for iOS devices and the Apple TV, introducing a number of bug fixes ahead of the kickoff of the conference next Monday. The 5.0.1 update addresses several issues, fixing bugs that could cause news and schedule updates to display in the wrong case and making videos on the Apple TV more stable.Thank you for your bug reports and feedback. This...
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Apple to Live Stream June 13 WWDC Keynote

Tuesday June 7, 2016 1:26 pm PDT by
Apple has added a page for the 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference to its events website, confirming plans to live stream the keynote event on June 13 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The keynote event, which will take place at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, will be available on Macs and iOS devices through an event stream on Apple.com and on the Apple TV through an events app. ...
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Google Debuts 'Motion Stills' App for Creating GIFs and Movies from Live Photos

Tuesday June 7, 2016 11:49 am PDT by
Google today announced the launch of a new app called Motion Stills, which is designed to create unique GIFs from Live Photo images captured with the iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, and iPhone SE. According to Google, the app was built by the Google Research Team and uses the company's video stabilization technology to freeze the background into a still photo or create cinematic panoramas. Multiple ...
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Apple Supplier Already Shipping 13-Inch MacBook Pro Hinges for Future Update

Tuesday June 7, 2016 11:24 am PDT by
Apple's suppliers have already begun providing it with parts for an upcoming 13-inch "MacBook" update, according to a paywalled report from China's Commercial Times summarized by DigiTimes. Notebook hinge maker Jarllytec reportedly started shipping metal injection mold-made (MiM) hinges to Apple in May, said to be destined for a 13-inch MacBook. The MacBook in question is likely to be a future ...