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Apple News: iBooks Can Read Out Your Books To You In OS X Mavericks, Here’s How EBooks and other book offerings through the Kindle or iBooks remove a lot of that publishing overhead and allow readers to quickly get access to great content wherever they are. The next step in that progression is to remove the need to actually read the book yourself and have it auto-read out loud by…

Apple News: Apple’s iMessage encryption trips up feds’ surveillance Encryption used in Apple’s iMessage chat service has stymied attempts by federal drug enforcement agents to eavesdrop on suspects’ conversations, an internal government document reveals. An internal Drug Enforcement Administration document seen by CNET discusses a February 2013 criminal investigation and warns that because of the use of encryption, “it is impossible to intercept iMessages between two Apple devices” even with…

Apple News: Apple’s entry-level iPhone may adopt U.S.-made transparent plastic chassis, sources say “Apple’s rumored entry-level iPhone reportedly may adopt plastic for its chassis instead of reinforced glass or unibody metal as in the company’s standard iPhone models, to save cost, according to sources from the upstream supply chain,” Ninelu Tu and Joseph Tsai report for DigiTimes. Read full story => MacDailyNews Technology News: How California’s Online Education Pilot Will…

Apple News: Why iCloud is so crucial to Apple’s future Hidden behind the curtains at this year’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, iCloud was really pulling all the levers. It reminds me of Woody Allen’s eponymous character in the film Zelig, who appears in the background of virtually every important event in the 20th Century. Read full story => TechRadar Technology News: Brewster: The Smart Contacts App That Wants To Rule…