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Apple acquired Gliimpse, a personal health data startup

 Apple has reportedly acquired health data startup Gliimpse, a company that collects and combines disparate threads of personal health info. Fast Company reports that the acquisition went down earlier this year, but there has yet to be any confirmation on … Continue reading

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Apple rolls out macOS Sierra developer beta 7 & public beta 6

 Apple has just dropped the 7th developer beta for macOS Sierra, along with the macOS Sierra Public Beta 6, for other early adopters of the new version of the Mac operating system first shown off at this year’s WWDC 2016. The … Continue reading

Middle East and North Africa Defence Budgets to Grow Despite Low Oil Price, IHS Markit Says

Dateline City: LONDON Regional spending to approach $180 billion by 2020 as defence budgets of UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar spike LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Despite fiscal concerns and a lower oil price, defence budgets in the Middle East are forecast to reach … Continue reading

Israel Announces First Offshore Energy Exploration Licensing Round, IHS Markit Says

Dateline City: HOUSTON Contacts All IndustriesIHS Media Relations, +1 303 305 8021press@ihs.comor Chemicals; Energy; Natural ResourcesMelissa Manning, +1 832 458 3840melissa.manning@ihsmarkit.com Israel offers 24 exploration blocks in proven hydrocarbon basin, on trend with established major discoveries HOUSTON (Aug. 19, 2016) … Continue reading

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 02:  Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks during an Apple Special event to unveil the new iPad 2 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 2, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Apple unveiled the iPad 2 as the successor to its popular tablet, the iPad.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Steve Jobs enters the International Photography Hall of fame alongside Annie Leibowitz and Ken Burns

 It’s the 50th anniversary of the International Photography Hall of Fame, a museum and foundation in St Louis, and among the inductees this year are some real whoppers. Annie Leibowitz, Ernest Haas, Ken Burns… and Steve Jobs. Read More

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 02:  Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks during an Apple Special event to unveil the new iPad 2 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 2, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Apple unveiled the iPad 2 as the successor to its popular tablet, the iPad.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Steve Jobs enters the International Photography Hall of fame alongside Annie Leibovitz and Ken Burns

 It’s the 50th anniversary of the International Photography Hall of Fame, a museum and foundation in St. Louis, and among the inductees this year are some real whoppers: Annie Leibovitz, Ernst Haas, Ken Burns… and Steve Jobs. Read More

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There’s an Apple-1 up for auction

 Yeah, you could pick up TekServe’s 35-piece Mac museum (now $29,000), but can you really call yourself an Apple fan if you don’t own an Apple-1? That earliest of Apple paraphernalia is about as rare as they come, but if … Continue reading

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Apple just dropped iOS 10 beta 7 for developers and public testers

 Apple keeps releasing new iOS 10 beta ahead of the final iOS 10.0 release in September. The company just issued the seventh beta for both developers and public beta testers — public beta’s version number is one digit behind, so … Continue reading

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Frank Ocean drops Endless visual album on Apple Music

 It’s finally here. After four years without a new album and a few weeks of cryptic teasing, Frank Ocean has finally released… well, something. In the same vein as Beyonce’s Lemonade, Ocean released a visual album called Endless exclusively on … Continue reading

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Samsung leads India’s smartphone market, as Apple’s iPhone SE fails to take off

 India continues to be one of the rare growth markets in the global smartphone industry after lodging a 17 percent year-on-year increase in shipments in the second quarter of 2016, according to a new report from IDC. Read More