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iOS 6 — It will take your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in entirely new directions — iOS 6 gives you more features to make the things you do every day even better. It's coming this fall, and it's free and easy to upgrade wirelessly on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch — the moment it's available.
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| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
Apple selects TomTom as primary iOS 6 maps provider (update: confirmed) — Been wondering exactly which data service is replacing Google as Apple's map provider? According to these leaked screenshots (shown above) from the iOS 6 developer beta running on an iPhone 4S, it appears to be TomTom.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Apple Introduces iOS 6, Coming This Fall — Today at Apple's WWDC keynote, far and away the most exciting product announced has to be refreshed and replenished mobile operating system. The days of iOS 6 are upon us, and the platter of 200 new features Apple is serving up is more than enough to make any fanboi's mouth water.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Apple Gives Facebook Deep Integration Into iOS 6 With Siri, Sharing, App Store, API — Apple just announced at WWDC 2012 that Facebook will be deeply integrated into iOS 6 including single sign-on for apps, quick sharing from Notifications, Siri integration, better contact syncing … | Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
iOS 6 developer beta previewed in leaked photos — We've just received photos and impressions from a number of tipsters alleging to have access to the developer beta of iOS 6 announced today at Apple's WWDC event in San Francisco; we're aggregating those tips here.
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| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Apple launches new 3D Maps; adds Yelp reviews, turn-by-turn directions and anonymous traffic updates — At Apple's WWDC 2012, Phil Schiller confirmed that Apple will swap out its support for Google Maps and launch its own service, adding Yelp reviews, traffic reports and anonymous updates from other iOS users.
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| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Apple announces iOS 6 will allow FaceTime calls over cellular networks — At Apple's WWDC 2012, Phil Schiller announced that as part of Apple's new iOS 6 mobile operating system, FaceTime calls will now be available over cellular networks for the first time.
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| Donald Melanson / Engadget: |
Apple announces next-generation MacBook Pro: Retina display, 0.71-inches thin, shipping today for $2,199 — Apple already announced some new MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros during its WWDC keynote, but it had another surprise in store: the next generation MacBook Pro.
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| Tim Stevens / Engadget: |
Apple next-generation MacBook Pro (with Retina display) hands-on at WWDC 2012 — Not satisfied looking at the latest and best Mac that Apple has ever made under glass? Neither were we, so we tracked one down, ripped it out of its box and stacked it up against the last-generation MacBook Pro 15-inch.
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| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Mac Pro gets half-assed “update” — After two years, the Mac Pro was “updated” today, sort of: now we can choose slightly faster two-year-old CPUs at the top end, and the other two-year-old CPU options are cheaper now. — That's about it. — No Xeon E5 CPUs, no USB 3, no Thunderbolt.
| Sarah Silbert / Engadget: |
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| Zach Epstein / BGR: |
New OS X Mountain Lion details announced: Notification Center, Dictation, new apps and more — During the company's highly anticipated WWDC 2012 keynote, Apple unveiled new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops, so of course, the company provided new details regarding OS X Mountain Lion as well.
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| Nick Bilton / Bits: |
Apple's Stash of Credit Card Numbers Is Its Secret Weapon — That little iPhone in your pocket is perfectly positioned to become a clone of the credit cards in your wallet or purse. And Apple can thank the music purchases on the iPod if and when it pulls this off.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iOS 6 Passbook centralizes boarding passes, movie tickets, loyalty cards, and more — Apple just announced that iOS 6 will have a feature called Passbook, which will integrate passes and tickets from all kinds of services: movie tickets, boarding passes, loyalty and gift cards, and more.
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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Apple intros new iPad Smart Case: clever enough to cover both sides, priced at $50 — And we're still not done. A new iPad case has managed to sneak onto the Apple Store's online shelves, and it'll protect your precious slab on both the back and front. The Smart Case appears to augment …
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| Andrew Orlowski / The Register: |
Microsoft ‘mulled Nokia buyout, ran away screaming’ — Why Windows 8 giant will wait for Finns to bleed out some more first — Analysis Rumours of a Microsoft buyout of fallen phone champ Nokia have re-emerged, prompted by nothing more, it seems, than Nokia's sickly share price.
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Researchers Connect Flame to US-Israel Stuxnet Attack — The sophisticated espionage toolkit known as Flame is directly tied to the Stuxnet superworm that attacked Iran's centrifuges in 2009 and 2010, according to researchers who recently found that the main module in Flame contains code …
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| Jake Smith / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces new AirPort Express featuring dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi for $99 — Apple just unveiled its new AirPort Express. It features dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi for $99. Besides the new bands, the new Express does not seem to feature any new updates.
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| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Looking for the Apple TV? Look in Front of You. — Nope, still no Apple TV. — Apple's WWDC presentation took nearly two hours, and none of that time was devoted to the product lots of smart people insist is going to show up one day, someday. — Still, look a little closer … Sponsor Posts
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