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Apple News: Apple to release OS X 10.9 with new power-user features, more from iOS later this year OS X 10.9, which is internally codenamed “Cabernet,” will focus on various “power-user” enhancements and take core features from iOS, according to our sources. Unlike operating system updates such as OS X Leopard and OS X Lion, OS X 10.9 will likely not be an overhauled approach to how the operating system…

Apple News: What Will Apple Use Flexible Displays For? Everything! Apple is working on the use of flexible-glass touch displays. Which products will Apple use flexible displays in? The answer is: all of them. When people think about flexible displays, they think about small-screen gadgets like iWatches and curved-glass iPhones. What most don’t realize is that flexible displays can bring some amazing benefits to a device, even if the display…

Apple News: Apple cuts MacBook Pro, Air prices as much as 15 percent Apple today dropped prices of its Retina-equipped 13-inch MacBook Pro by as much as $300, and lowered the price of its top-end MacBook Air by $100. Some models of the company’s laptop line also received processor speed increases, with the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina now sporting a 2.6GHz Intel Core i5. The two stock 15-inch MacBook…

Apple News: Apple: What you need to do in mobile in 2013 The beginning of each new year has pundits predicting what we should see in the mobile space in the new year. Rather than add to the flood of predictions I am concentrating on sharing what I hope to see from each major player in mobile. Apple is continuing to dominate the mobile tech world but I hope to…

Apple News: Apple shifts iTunes to HTTPS, sidesteps China’s censors Apple has adopted HTTPS for searches and downloads on the version of iTunes used in China. The move comes at a time when China’s government prepares to step up regulation of online app stores and continues its crackdown on VPNs. Greatfirewall.org, which tests blocked URLs and popular web platforms to provide info on censorship in China, blogged on Thursday that…