With iPhone battery replacement program, Apple may give rebates to those who paid full price

That's according to a Senate committee chairman. That committee has released a letter from Apple that answers some of its questions about the program.

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Bring Your Own iPhone to Xfinity Mobile now, more phones soon

Comcast's cellular service is now ready to accept your old iPhone from another carrier, as long as it is not from one certain carrier.

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Associated Press, Gannett, Vice sue FBI for San Bernardino iPhone hack details

The highest-profile battle over privacy and technology has not ended. In fact, it may have only just begun with a lawsuit filed by three news organizations against the FBI.You may recall that the agency wanted Apple to decrypt an iPhone 5c in the possession of Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the perpetrators of a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, that killed 14 people and wounded 24 others. Farook and co-perpetrator, wife Tashfeen Malik, were killed shortly after their attack. The FBI claimed it ...

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watchOS 3, iOS 10 released, but take your time with it

In another day or two, we’ll probably have to publish a quick story about how fast iOS 10 is being adopted and the torrents of people finding major, iPhone- or iPhone-bricking problems with the update. We hope not to have to write the latter story, actually, but we expect to.Never mind all that, as the iOS 10 software package is available for using to download and install now, as is the watchOS 3 update. You can go to your ...

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Verizon iPhone 7 trade-in deal explicit includes Plus model eligibility

Sprint and T-Mobile are offering free 32GB iPhone 7 devices with the trade-in of an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6s. These promotions don’t really help out those with the Plus models looking for a way to upgrade and they certainly take a bite out of perpetual iPhone lease-to-upgrade programs.But at least we can say that everyone,

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T-Mobile iPhone trade-in promo can get you the latest for only $100

Can’t wait for the next iPhones to come out? Thinking of getting an iPhone 6s or 6s Plus but it’s just too darn expensive? Don’t want to settle for a refurb or pre-owned unit?T-Mobile has your number, but only if you’ve got another iPhone you can trade in.You can get a 16GB iPhone 6s for only $100 if you trade in an iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus or an iPhone 6s ...

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iOS 10 overtime: uninstalling default apps, device compatibility

It’s been one doozy of a day with WWDC’s keynote wrapping up in some of the most comprehensive updates to the ecosystem in a while. iOS 10 has brought some big changes to its core features. But you won’t be able to see ...

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Apple’s Trade Up with Installments grows in Europe

Three countries in Europe are now “trading up with installments” with anticipation that more will be on the way. Apple’s new combined trade-in and financing program is no longer exclusive to the US — if only for a limited time.France, Italy and Spain are the latest territories to roll-out the scheme, all with the same promise: give your working iPhone (4s or later) in good condition and you’ll pay less for an

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LAPD cracked open an iPhone 5s before the FBI made San Bernardino hack

Chalk another loss up for Apple. And the FBI.Around the same time that the agency ordered the iPhone manufacturer to assist in decrypting an iPhone 5c that belonged to a gunman in the San Bernardino shootings, Los Angeles police were able to source a “forensic cellphone expert” to crack into an iPhone 5s that belonged to the wife ...

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FBI paid less than previously reported for iPhone hack (but still probably way, waaaay too much)

The story of the FBI’s efforts to access the iPhone 5c in its San Bernardino terrorism investigation may seem like it’s over – and has been over for weeks, following the agency dropping its efforts to force Apple to help break into the phone – but the story keeps going strong. And why wouldn’t it? This one has it all: technology, civil liberties, national security – we could go on. And even with the meat of the story wrapped up, we’re continuing to learn more and more about how this all went down. Last ...

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Cracking an iPhone ain’t cheap: FBI reveals the big bucks it paid for iPhone 5c access

The FBI would have loved to get Apple’s help in breaking into the iPhone 5c from its San Bernardino terrorism investigation, but Apple wasn’t playing ball. And before the courts could sort out just how much assistance the government could legally demand from the iPhone maker, the FBI backed out of the proceedings, claiming that it had managed to get into the smartphone without Apple at all. The agency’s been keeping tight-lipped about exactly who helped it access the phone in question, but ...

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No need to care about iPhone security leaves us scared about iPhone security

From what we’ve been told, it seems that Apple had a fairly unsatisfying talk about how highly it puts security in front of its customers. Sure, there may have been some interesting new methods to show off here, but if we’re to go by the conclusions one commentator who was at the technical briefing on Friday made, we may have something to chew over.Tech.pinions‘s Ben Bajarin made some observations from his attendance at the technical briefing. First off, a couple of ...

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FBI reportedly finds nothing of ‘real significance’ on decrypted iPhone 5c

In addition to setting a dangerous precedent, compromising decades of diligent work in the service of user privacy protection, and possibly building a master key for all of the world’s iPhones that could always fall into the wrong hands, Apple’s supporters in its FBI ...

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New report claims gray hat hackers, not Cellebrite, helped crack San Bernardino iPhone

Apple might never get to find out exactly how law enforcement managed to elude its “impenetrable” iOS encryption on an iPhone 5c owned by a San Bernardino shooter at the time of the heinous 2015 attack, but another important piece of the unlocking puzzle may have just been uncovered.Forget everything you thought you knew about the nature and authors of ...

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