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Apple News: MLB demos using Apple’s iBeacon technology to deliver personalised, interactive stadium experiences Mashablereports that Major League Baseball has demo’d using Apple’s iBeacon indoor mapping technology to provide live baseball fans with a whole range of personalised and interactive experiences when attending games at stadiums. An update to its At the Ballpark app provides both practical assistance and additional entertainment and interest. By loading the free app when you…

Apple News: The real story behind 64-bit iOS for Apple TV One of the more ‘out-there’ announcements at Apple’s recent iPhone event was the introduction of 64-bit support in their new A7 processor and the optimisation of iOS to support it. No one really saw it coming, and no one really knows what it truly means. Many people assume that it is just Apple future proofing themselves and preparing for…

Apple News: Rush Limbaugh: Apple is Republicans, Google is Democrats When nobility speaks, one should always cock an ear and listen. I was therefore moved in all quarters of my being when I read Rush Limbaugh’s analysis of tech companies and the bloggers who write about them. Limbaugh isn’t merely one of America’s most famous radio talk show hosts. He’s also something of an aficionado of tech bloggery. And he…

Apple News: Check Out These Alleged Budget iPhone Shell Surface As the rumors and alleged pictures keep hitting the web. Today we’ve got a pair of photos have surfaced this morning, allegedly showing the plastic shell of Apple’s rumored budget iPhone. The Cupertino company has long been said to be working on a lower-cost handset to help it make inroads into emerging markets like China and India. The folks at…

Apple News: Apple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones Apple receives so many police demands to decrypt seized iPhones that it has created a “waiting list” to handle the deluge of requests, CNET has learned. Court documents show that federal agents were so stymied by the encrypted iPhone 4S of a Kentucky man accused of distributing crack cocaine that they turned to Apple for decryption help last year. An…