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This week’s top stories: AAPL earnings, Tim Cook’s antitrust testimony, iPhone 12 delays confirmed

August 2, 2020
In this week’s top stories: Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies to congress, more details on the iPhone 12, Apple’s monster Q3 2020 earnings, and much more. Read on for all of this week’s biggest news. Instagram has become of the latest iOS apps to be caught with questionable privacy practices by iOS 14. One of the privacy features of iOS 14 is a new indicator light in the status bar when the…
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Apple shuts down Dark Sky for Android and Wear OS

August 1, 2020
Apple made a surprise acquisition of Dark Sky in March and there are signs that it’s already live in iOS 14. As part of this, Dark Sky is gradually being disabled for non-Apple devices and services, starting with a shut down of the Android, Wear OS, and web apps today. The…
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Stadia Achievements can now be viewed on iOS and Android

August 1, 2020
A month after launch, Stadia picked up the ability to view game Achievements online and on Chromecast. The streaming service logged awards from day one, but an interface wasn’t ready until December. Stadia Achievements are now rolling out on the Android and iOS apps. Like…
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Russian company offers ugly solid gold iPhone 12

July 31, 2020
Russian ‘luxury’ accessory company Caviar is noted for really ugly, crazily priced re-cased iPhones, and it’s solid gold iPhone 12 may be the ugliest version it has offered yet … Caviar buys iPhones from Apple, removes the casing and replaces it with its own … designs. The company says its iPhone 12 will go on sale in October, which may not yet reflect the delay Apple announced…
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Apple facing a second multi-state probe over iPhone throttling and shutdowns

July 30, 2020
Last week we learned that the Texas Attorney General was leading a multi-state probe against Apple and could potentially file a lawsuit over an unnamed violation of consumer law. Today, another multi-state probe is making the news for investigated Apple’s throttling of older iPhones. Reported by Reuters, the Arizona AG is heading up this multi-state investigation concerning the throttling of…
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Amazon debuts redesigned Alexa app for iPhone with focus on personalized home screen, more

July 28, 2020
Amazon has debuted an overhauled version of its Alexa mobile app for iPhone, bringing a new focus on personalization and native Amazon Alexa features. As reported by , the redesigned Alexa app removes the emphasis on third-party skills, instead focusing “on how consumers are actually using Alexa.” The redesigned Home screen in the Alexa app now features a more prominent Alexa button at the…
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