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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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Introducing MacRumors Giveaways: Win a Nomad Lightning Cable

Friday February 20, 2015 9:01 am PST by
Today we're debuting giveaways on MacRumors, a new feature that will see us partnering up with companies to give away products to our readers. You can expect to see giveaways from us on a regular basis throughout the year. For our first giveaway, we've partnered up with Kero, a company that makes a few awesome accessories for iOS devices, like the Nomad Lightning Cable. The Nomad cable is a...
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Apple Aiming to Begin Electric Car Production in 2020

Thursday February 19, 2015 2:56 pm PST by
Apple is hoping to begin production on the car project that it is secretly developing as early as 2020, reports Bloomberg. According to the site's sources, Apple is pushing employees working on the car to have it ready to go in five years, a timeline that will eventually allow it to compete with similar electric vehicles coming out from Tesla and GM in 2017.The timeframe -- automakers typically...
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Apple Initiates Repair Program for 2011-2013 MacBook Pros With Video Issues

Thursday February 19, 2015 1:44 pm PST by
Apple has launched a repair program to fix MacBook Pro machines sold between February 2011 and February 2013 that have problems with distorted video, no video, or unexpected system restarts. As of February 20 in the United States and Canada (February 27 in other countries), users with affected machines will be able to visit an Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider to receive repairs ...
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A Look at Fuel Cell Technology With Intelligent Energy's 'Upp' Hydrogen Power Pack for iPhone

Thursday February 19, 2015 12:38 pm PST by
Fuel cells, which generate power via chemical reactions, aren't exactly new technology, having been invented in the 1830s, but they're seen by some as one of the next steps in the evolution of electrical power. In the not-so-distant future, we may adopt fuel cells for powering cars, homes, and a whole range of consumer electronics with clean energy. Intelligent Energy is one of the companies...
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Apple Watch Makes U.S. Magazine Cover Debut In Latest Issue of 'Self'

Wednesday February 18, 2015 4:27 pm PST by
Back in October, the Apple Watch made its magazine cover debut with Vogue China, on the wrist of Chinese model Liu Wen. Now, as Apple prepares to launch the Apple Watch in April, the device is seeing its U.S. magazine cover debut, featured in the March issue of Self magazine (via AppleInsider). Model and Victoria's Secret Angel Candice Swanepoel will be wearing the Apple Watch Sport with a...
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Apple Facing Lawsuit for Poaching Key Battery Engineering Employees From A123 Systems

Wednesday February 18, 2015 3:21 pm PST by
Amid rumors that Apple is hiring employees for a secret car project, the company is today facing a new lawsuit for poaching employees from battery manufacturing company A123 Systems. While the specific battery expertise of many of the employees is unknown, at least one of the employees had experience with developing battery technology for electric vehicles. According to a lawsuit shared by Law3...
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Samsung Acquires Apple Pay Rival LoopPay

Wednesday February 18, 2015 12:01 pm PST by
Samsung today announced plans to purchase LoopPay, in an effort to compete with Apple's Apple Pay payments service. The two companies were in previously talks over a potential partnership in December for a payment system that would rival Apple Pay. LoopPay's technology stores payment information from a credit or debit card's magnetic stripe, transmitting payment details to card readers in lieu ...
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PowerSkin Pop'n 3 Video Review: An Attachable Battery Pack for iPhones

Wednesday February 18, 2015 11:06 am PST by
There are a lot of battery cases and external battery packs available for Apple's iPhone, but PowerSkin's newest offering, the Pop'n 3, is a fairly unique solution that offers the versatility of an external battery pack with the convenience of a battery case. It's an external battery pack much like the Mophie Powerstation Plus, but it has a suction cup system that allows it to stick to the...
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Former GM CEO on Apple Car: 'They Have No Idea What They're Getting Into'

Wednesday February 18, 2015 10:12 am PST by
Amid rumors that Apple is developing an electric vehicle, former General Motors CEO Dan Akerson has shared his opinion on Apple's plans, suggesting the Cupertino company avoid getting into a business with such low margins. In an interview with Bloomberg, Akerson said that Apple may be underestimating the difficulty of operating in the car business, as it's hard to navigate regulatory and...
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BlackBerry Sues Typo Again Over Second-Generation iPhone Keyboard Case

Tuesday February 17, 2015 11:46 am PST by
BlackBerry today filed a second lawsuit against Typo Products, the startup backed by Ryan Seacrest, alleging that the second-generation Typo keyboard continues to infringe upon its intellectual property, reports The Hollywood Reporter. In a complaint lodged in a California federal court on Monday, BlackBerry claimed Typo "slavishly copied" its keyboards down to the "smallest detail."Just as they...
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Totallee Scarf Review: A Look at One of the Thinnest iPhone 6/6 Plus Cases You Can Get

Tuesday February 17, 2015 10:08 am PST by
The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus are Apple's thinnest iPhones yet at 6.9 and 7.1mm, respectively, and these ultra thin devices have spawned a range of super thin cases that aim to offer scratch protection without adding bulk. Of the dozens of featherweight cases on the market, the Scarf case from California case maker Totallee is one of the thinnest you can buy, measuring in at 0.35mm, and it's ...
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EA's 'The Sims 4' Now Available for Mac

Tuesday February 17, 2015 9:00 am PST by
As promised in January, the newest game in the EA-owned Sims franchise, The Sims 4, is now available for purchase on the Mac. The Sims 4 initially launched for PC back in September of 2014, but it's taken several months for the company to ready a Mac version of the game. Like other games in the franchise, The Sims 4 tasks players with the creation and control of the lives of virtual...
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Hundreds of Apple Employees Working On Apple-Branded Electric Vehicle

Friday February 13, 2015 2:21 pm PST by
Following up on today's report suggesting that Apple is recruiting automotive technology and vehicle design experts to work in a secret research lab, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is developing an electric vehicle. According to the publication's sources, Apple has hundreds of employees working to design an Apple-branded minivan-like electric vehicle under the code name...
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White House Announces Apple Pay Support for Federal Payment Cards

Friday February 13, 2015 9:58 am PST by
Just ahead of Tim Cook's speech at today's Cybersecurity Summit, The White House has announced federal-payment cards are gaining Apple Pay support, reports Bloomberg. People who receive veterans and Social Security benefits from the government via debit card will now be able to use those cards with Apple Pay.The deal includes the Direct Express payment network and government cards issued through...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Speaks at White House Cybersecurity Summit

Friday February 13, 2015 9:36 am PST by
Apple CEO Tim Cook is at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection which is occurring now, and he is expected to speak for approximately 10 minutes beginning at 11 a.m. Pacific Time, ahead of a presidential address set to take place at 11:15. The summit is being streamed live on YouTube and can be watched below. The White House is expected to unveil its next...
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Seagate Seven Review: Hands-On With a 7mm Thick Portable Hard Drive

Thursday February 12, 2015 12:10 pm PST by
Seagate debuted several new products at CES this year, including the candy-colored Seagate Wireless portable hard drive and the Seagate Personal Cloud, a NAS (network attached storage) option for home users, but the company's most attention-grabbing offering was the Seagate Seven. Described as the world's thinnest 500GB portable hard drive, the USB 3.0 Seagate Seven is only 7mm thick, as its...
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Apple Two-Step Verification Now Available for iMessage and FaceTime [Updated]

Thursday February 12, 2015 11:50 am PST by
Apple's two-step verification system now covers FaceTime and iMessage, reports The Guardian. Signing into an iMessage or FaceTime account protected by two-step verification will ask users to input an app specific password, which can only be obtained by logging in to an Apple ID account on the web with an authentication code, thereby preventing any unauthorized login attempts. Two-factor...
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Apple Promotes Games Without In-App Purchases in App Store

Thursday February 12, 2015 11:26 am PST by
Apple today made one of its weekly updates to the App Store, adding a new featured category that highlights "Pay Once & Play" games in the App Store. As noted by MacStories, the section includes a list of popular game titles that do not include in-app purchases. The new feature has appeared in European App Stores already and should be making its way to other countries as the weekly update...
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Apple Increases Maximum App Size from 2GB to 4GB

Thursday February 12, 2015 10:50 am PST by
Apple today announced that it is increasing the maximum app size from 2GB to 4GB, letting developers release apps that are up to 4GB in size. The extended limits will likely be useful for high-quality game titles that need the extra space to introduce improved graphical effects or longer playtimes.The size limit of an app package submitted through iTunes Connect has increased from 2 GB to 4 GB,...
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Buyer's Guide Valentine's Day Edition: Discounts on iPad, iPhone, Apple Accessories, and More

Thursday February 12, 2015 10:34 am PST by
With Valentine's Day on the horizon, retailers are offering some decent discounts on the iPad and the iPhone, and there are some deals on the MacBook Air and the Retina MacBook Pro. Many online sites are also giving customers limited time site wide deals on a range of Apple accessories in honor of the holiday, so if you need a last minute gift, make sure to check out this week's Buyer's Guide. ...