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How Apple could exploit a forever-free iCloud

While Google and Microsoft are using large amounts of free cloud storage to sell inexpensive consumer notebooks, Apple has so far stood above the fray. But there's no reason why Apple can't join in the fun.

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Apple delivers another Yosemite beta as Wi-Fi issues persist

Apple has come out with a second beta of Mac OS X Yosemite for developers, but it's not clear whether this latest build will address the Wi-Fi problems that continue to affect an undetermined but apparently substantial number of...

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Dear Mac users, please, please backup today

That fast Mac with an SSD drive delivers blistering performance -- until disaster strikes. That's when you really need to have a backup system in place.

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Apple's remaining co-founders, Woz and Wayne, reminisce about early company relics

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak isn't surprised at the growing interest in early artifacts from the company, including the Apple-1. But Ron Wayne, another co-founder, is amazed by it.

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OS X Yosemite update fails to solve Mac Wi-Fi mess

Apple today released the first update to OS X Yosemite that included fixes for unspecified Wi-Fi problems and improved reliability for connecting to Microsoft Exchange corporate email servers.

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Apple strikes deal with China's UnionPay for App Store payments

Apple today announced it had struck a deal with UnionPay, China's most popular credit and debit card system, to accept payments for digital goods on its App Store.

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SanDisk releases Lightning-enabled thumb drive for iPhone, iPad

SanDisk announced a new thumb drive with Lightning and USB 2.0 connectors and software that automatically downloads photos and videos from iPhone's 5 and up and iPads.

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5K Retina iMac back orders stretch to weeks

Apple's 5K Retina iMac continued to slip in ship times and is now back-ordered for two to three weeks.

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Apple's sapphire supplier falls under SEC microscope

Apple's erstwhile sapphire supplier, GT Advanced Technologies, acknowledged Thursday that it is being investigated by the SEC.

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Apple unveils new enterprise support plan

Four months after Apple and IBM announced a partnership to amalgamate IBM's big data and analytics capabilities with Apple's iPhone and iPad, Apple launched a new support offering for enterprises.

Apple security checks may miss iWorm malware

Apple's security technologies for Mac OS X may still miss iWorm, a piece of malware discovered in late September that infected thousands of computers.

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5 Steve Jobs stories we learned this month

The latest snippets and most recent insights concerning the marvellous and mercurial Steve Jobs.

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Antique Apple-1 sold out of Jobs' garage goes on sale next month

A 38-year-old Apple-1 that was sold directly to a buyer out of Steve Jobs' garage will hit the auction block next month.

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5 cool details for better Apple products

I've dreamed up five cool product improvements Apple really should adopt. Do you agree?

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OS X Yosemite user share jumps, now powers 1-in-5 Macs

Apple's OS X Yosemite now powers about one in five Macs, an uptake rate that surpassed last year's Mavericks in first-month adoption speed.

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OS X Yosemite adoption is breaking Windows

OS X Yosemite achieved the kind of adoption in four days that took Microsoft's Windows 8 two years to accomplish.

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Next Office for Mac leaks, shots of UI appear

A Chinese website yesterday published what it claimed were screenshots of Microsoft's next edition of Office for the Mac.

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Apple mum as Mac owners wrangle with Yosemite's Wi-Fi problems

Mac owners whose Wi-Fi connections went haywire after upgrading to OS X Yosemite are filing a steady stream of complaints about the problem in discussion forums, blogs and social media sites.

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