Apple Watch loses Instagram app with watchOS SDK threshold

App developers will need to drop off the watchOS 1 SDK and move onto at least watchOS 2. Instagram, for some reason, will not do that, thus the end of the applet.

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Apple hiring more Siri-related positions this year

Most of the 161 positions that are currently posted are focused on software engineering. Could Apple finally be taking the shovel to building Siri's intelligence?

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Qualcomm tells of foldable phone struggles

Research and development has been happening for a long time, but foldable displays still aren't at the stage where they can survive three years of the bends.

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Will the Fitbit smartwatch ever launch? Was the Pebble acquisition all for naught?

The app store has reportedly been getting doubtful glances from third-party developers and even Spotify. Will Fitbit make it up by the fall?

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KGI Securities not confident on a perfect in-screen fingerprint sensor from Qualcomm

While Qualcomm's latest attempt, debuting at MWC Shanghai last week, is better than previous ones, it's still not practical enough for wide implementation.

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Did Taimen eat Muskie? Google Pixel 2 XL may just be bigger than big

The big news is that Google may not end up launching three phones in 2017 after all. But for the two phones that were to be bread and butter anyway...

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Apple and Foxconn want to expand in Indonesia, China

If you’re wondering where all the good jobs will be if and when Foxconn decides to start building iPhones in the United States, they’ll be in Indonesia and China.

A report from Taiwan’s Economic Daily News and relayed through Digitimes says that Apple is looking to the company, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, for help of some sort.

Apple is building research and development centers in Indonesia and Shenzhen, China, which are expected to open in 2017. Foxconn has facilities in both locales.

There are eyes on the prize in Indonesia as the government will begin pushing citizens to switch from 2G devices to 4G ones, if they have not already. Apple and Foxconn may see this as an opportunity to close in early.

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