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Headlines

Apple chief executive Tim Cook believes mobile devices and desktop computers should remain in seperate worlds with their own bespoke operating systems.

Apple Inc. plans to integrate recently acquired magazine app Texture into Apple News and debut its own premium subscription offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The move is part of a broader push by the iPhone maker to generate more revenue from online content and services.

News

Ahead of Earth Day, Apple today announced it will make a donation to Conservation International for every device received through Apple GiveBack.

As global handset profits dipped 1% (year-on-year) in the fourth quarter of 2017, Apple X alone generated 35% of the total handset industry profits, helping the iPhone maker grow 1% (YoY) in the same quarter, a new report said.Get latest Technology online at cnbctv18.com

To be replaced by a successor…

Reviews

Alexandra Lange writes on Susan Kare, who designed the suite of icons that made the Macintosh revolutionary—a computer that you could communicate with in pictures.

Silver aluminum, once the defining look of Apple products, has been met with increasing variety over the last several years by a range of colors and finishes that customers can choose from. One of the earliest and most popular options – space gray – has permeated across almost every product line Apple offers.

Performance doesn’t disappoint, but lack of strong software support does.

Apple Machine Learning Journal publishes posts written by Apple engineers about their work using machine learning technologies to help build innovative products for millions of people around the world.

Rumors

Others

Notifications are annoying, but they’re also necessary. Dieter Bohn explains how Android does a better job than iOS at providing tools to corral them.

Finally

Now that police agents can allegedly crack iPhones protected with passcodes made of six numbers, it’s time to use longer, harder to guess and crack alphanumeric passphrases.