North Carolina requires test takers disable MacBook Pro Touch Bar for bar exam

Prospective lawyers wanting to attend February's North Carolina Bar Examination will have to disable the Touch Bar if they're bringing along Apple's 2016 MacBook Pro, according to an announcement.

Hands-on: iOS 10.3 beta integrates 'Find My AirPods' Killer Deals: $150-$415 off 2016 MacBook Pros with AppleCare iPhone: Apple predicted to replace Touch ID with facial recognition Rumor: 15" MacBook Pro to gain 32GB of RAM in late 2017 Lawsuits: Apple accuses Qualcomm of extortion First look: Night Shift mode comes to Mac New betas: iOS 10.3, macOS 10.12.4, tvOS 10.12 out for testing Never miss an update Follow AppleInsider RSS –A+ Apple ceases iOS 10.2 code signing following iOS 10.2.1 release

After the successful release of iOS 10.2.1 last week, Apple on Monday stopped signing code for iOS 10.2, prohibiting users from downgrading to the older operating system. 

Apple honored with Louis Braille Award for efforts in device accessibility

The Associated Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired on Friday featured Apple as a corporate honoree at the 57th annual Louis Braille Awards, a ceremony that recognizes those who contribute to the blind and visually impaired community.

Samsung Galaxy S8 Gets Real Deal Leak From Evan Blass, Then Render by Benjamin Geskin

Benjamin Geskin came into our spotlight when he created a very good LG G6 render and now he’s 

Deals: $200 off 2016 12" MacBook

Heading into the weekend, shoppers can pick up Apple's 2016 12" MacBook (1.2GHz, 8GB, 512GB) for $1,399 or opt for a 128GB 9.7" iPad Pro (Wi-Fi + Cellular) for $749 ($80 off). An upgraded Late 2016 13" MacBook Pro is also $100 off instantly with no tax outside NY.

Got a new Mac? Save up to 25% on standalone AppleCare plans with no tax in 48 states

If you received a new Mac for the holidays or bought a 2016 12" MacBook on release day, now is the time to purchase an AppleCare extended protection plan before the one-year warranty expires. Adorama is slashing prices on standalone AppleCare purchases by as much as $90 —and all plans comes with free shipping and no tax outside NY and NJ.

Apple celebrates Chinese Lunar New Year with curated apps, Apple Store events

As part of ongoing festivities to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year this weekend, Apple is highlighting apps and stickers in the App Store in new curated lists, while some Apple retail stores are hosting specially themed workshops. 

This week on AI: New beta builds, Apple sues Qualcomm in China, possible U.S. Foxconn plant and more

Apple released its first betas of iOS 10.3 and macOS 10.12.4 this week, promising a slate of new features such as a "Find My AirPods" feature and Night Shift for the Mac. We also got a hint of secret projects underway at the company, and the possibility of a $7 billion Foxconn plant in the U.S.

Apple rumored to start construction on second Belgian store in Bruges

Apple may be working on a new Belgian store, this time in the city of Bruges, according to claims made on Thursday —though firm evidence of the project has yet to appear.

iPhone 8 5.8 inch Version Goes All OLED, All Glass, Gets New UI

iPhone 8 is expected to be all about the OLED panel, otherwise it just won’t be innovative and 

First look: Night Shift mode comes to Mac in latest macOS Sierra beta

As rumored, Apple included a new Night Shift mode —borrowed from iOS —in the recently released macOS Sierra 10.12.4 beta, promising a low blue light viewing experience for nighttime computer work. Check out what the feature looks like and how to activate it in AppleInsider's latest video installment. 

Nokia P1 Flagship Gets Teased by Concept Creator

Exactly one month from now MWC 2017 will start and it’ll bring us a couple of mouth watering flagships. 

Apple CEO Tim Cook sells another $3.6M in company stock

Just days cashing in a chunk of Apple shares worth $3.6 million, CEO Tim Cook sold another batch worth an almost identical amount in a series of trades this week, according to regulatory filings. 

LG G6 Gets Leaked, Then Appears in Professional Render; Looking Good!

The LG G5 was a failure, so LG has all the reason to deliver a stellar LG G6, to try and fight the 

Apple patent details modular Apple Watch accessories disguised as bracelet links

Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent detailing a modular accessories system for Apple Watch that disguises electrical components like batteries, biometric sensors, solar cells and more as links in the wearable's metal band. 

Samsung Galaxy S8 Gets Beautiful 3D Render, Courtesy of Designer Kingway Lee

Some people prefer to design concept phones based on the predecessor of a certain flagship, while 

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary visits Yokohama Apple R&D center, confirms March opening

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has paid a visit to the Apple Yokohama City Tsunamshima artificial intelligence development site, now confirmed by the official to open in March.

Qualcomm responds to Apple lawsuit, says iPhone maker behind 'regulatory attacks'

Apple's main manufacturing partner, Foxconn, is considering the possibility of a $7 billion joint investment in an automated display production facility in the U.S., the latter company's chairman said on Sunday.

Apple expected to replace Touch ID with two-step facial, fingerprint bio-recognition tech

Apple is developing advanced biometric security technologies, including facial recognition and optical fingerprint sensing designs, to replace the vaunted Touch ID module implemented in all iPhones and iPads since the release of iPhone 5s. 

iPhone 8 Gets Some LG G5/G6 Inspiration in This New Render

Designer Daniel V. Yako has given the iPhone 8 a new life and this time the design isn’t as generic as 

Vine creates searchable video archive after social network shut down

After shutting down social networking features last week, Vine on Friday made good on a promise to activate what it calls the Vine Archive, an online browsable repository of all user content created during the service's four-year run. 

Apple gross margin likely impacted by alleged $1B Qualcomm 'extortion,' but lawsuits might lead to better chip deals

Ruminating on Apple's recently announced lawsuit against Qualcomm for allegedly withholding $1 billion in vendor rebates, RBC Capital Markets analyst Amit Daryanani believes the consequent hit to Apple gross margin could help the company in the long run. 

Simply Mac stores closing amid apparent corporate restructuring

Well known Apple product purveyor Simply Mac is shuttering brick-and-mortar stores across the U.S., with conflicting reports claiming the move is either the result of corporate restructuring or a decision by Apple to end its nationwide sales agreement with the firm.

iPhone X 10th Anniversary Edition Now

We covered the iPhone X here, back at the end of 2016 and enjoyed its old school approach very 


much. The creation of Imran Taylor is now back with a video, shown below. The most interesting aspect?









The body is made of zirconia ceramic.
Zirconia ceramic is a very resilient, but also lightweight material, that lets the signal pass through it. It also takes heat very well. This iPhone X, or iPhone 8, or whatever you want to call it has a 5.8 inch curved OLED display and a touch sensitive lower bezel, that lets you use a variety of gestures. Thinner than ever, the phone is 6.9 mm in waistline and it also brings wireless charging via the smart connector.
There’s also sapphire glass protection applied to the back and front panel, from what I’ve heard. The problem is that both zirconia ceramic and the glass will be hard to manufacture on a massive scale, so maybe this will be a limited model, like the Xiaomi Mi MIX.

Apple detailed Indian iPhone manufacturing demands to Modi in October letter

Shedding light on Apple's efforts to break into the burgeoning Indian smartphone market, a letter sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October outlines the company's request to "make the environment attractive" for iPhone production and export.

ASUS Z Luxx is a Fashionable Line of Tablets, Phones

Leave it to Mladen Milic to shape the latest ASUS gear into beautiful formats. He specializes in gaming 

Larry Jackson, Zane Lowe, Bozoma Saint John interview addresses ambitions, goals for Apple Music

The trio of Apple Music leads sat down in an interview to discuss the evolution of the service after 18 months, working with Apple, and how the music industry will have to adapt in the next decade.

iPhone 8 German Concept Has 16 MP Dual Cameras, Iris Scanner

As MWC 2017 approaches, all the eyes are focused on LG G6 leaks and then to the Galaxy S8, that will appear in March or April. Nobody seems to think about the iPhone 8 anymore, that’s still quite a long way from launch, with its expected fall debut. This doesn’t stop designers from coming up with 

Show a concept iPhone 8 Johnny Quince

So far, Apple's chief designer was engaged release of the book for $ 300, Filipino Imran Taylor has developed a very interesting concept of the next iPhone.

What history teaches about Apple's windows of opportunity for 2017

If you listen to groupthink critics on Apple, you'll hear that the company is deeply troubled by too much reliance on iPhone sales, aging Mac Pro and Mini offerings that haven't been updated in years and a stagnating market for iPads that has fallen precipitously since Peak iPad occured in 2014. They're wrong, here's why.

LG G6 Concept Rendered Following Latest Leaks, Features Quad HD+ 18:9 Screen

It was only a matter of time till all those LG G6 leaks, teasers and confirmations were turned into a 

WhatsApp backdoor defeats end-to-end encryption, potentially allows Facebook to read messages [u]

The security of the Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging service may not be as strong as previously believed, with a reported discovery of a backdoor that potentially allows Facebook see the contents of encrypted messages [updated with statement from WhatsApp].

Huawei P10 Render Finalized by Concept Creator: More Curved Glass, Nicer Facade

Huawei’s Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro were the latest flagships that Huawei launched and they were both 

This week on AI: iPhone's 10th anniversary, Apple AR glasses, 'iPhone 8' and iPad rumors and more

As Apple marked the iPhone's 10th anniversary, rumors emerged on more of the 

Andrew Fox iPhone 8 Concept Gets Updated Following Leaks

Last Spring designer Andrew Fox introduced us to his vision of the iPhone 8, in a concept heavily based on modularity. Now that concept has been remade following all the latest rumors about Apple’s 

Revenue from Apple's App Store grows 60% to $5.4 billion

An end-of-year report into non-gaming app revenues reveals a considerable yearly increase, with streaming media apps including Spotify, Netflix, and Pandora contributing heavily to the higher revenue levels seen by Apple's App Store.

Install an inexpensive USB-C PCI-E card in a Mac Pro for full USB 3.1 data transfer speeds

An inexpensive card available from Amazon allows users of Apple's Mac Pro tower with PCI-E slots to get some of the benefits of the new USB-C connector —and faster USB 3.1 speeds. AppleInsider tells you what you need.

After $34M in preorders, iOS-connected self-flying drone project Lily crashes, will issue refunds

Citing production issues, the makers of Lily —an autonomous, iOS-connected drone that aimed to simplify aerial photography— have announced that their project has been completely canceled, and refunds will be issued to customers over the next 60 days.

Foldable Smartphone Design by Chesky Won is EXACTLY What Samsung Needs

90% of the times when I see a foldable phone patent, it feels very backwards or antiquated. Every once in a while a realistic one comes along and Samsung’s latest such patents seemed more pragmatic. And 

Mac sales stabilize in Q4 amid worldwide PC shipment decline

After a steep slide last quarter, Apple's Mac saw a 2.4 percent sales increase over the three-month period ending in December as the wider PC market continued to suffer a now five year drought.

According to the latest estimates from Gartner, Apple shipped 5.4 million Macs to capture 7.5 percent of the worldwide PC market in the fourth calendar quarter of 2016, up 2.4 percent from 5.3 million units shipped and a 7 percent share of the market during the same period a year ago. The company retained its fifth place position among top vendors, correcting for a 13.4 percent year over year decline in the September quarter. 

Chinese PC giant Lenovo added to its segment lead with 15.8 million units shipped, up 1.6 percent year over year and good for 21.7 percent of the market. Following close behind was HP, which boosted its stake by 4.3 percent to hit a 20.4 percent marketshare on shipments of 14.8 million PCs.

Dell and Asus ended the quarter in third and fourth place, respectively. Dell shipped an estimated 10.7 million units, up 5.4 percent from the same period last year, while Asus saw an 8.5 percent decline to 5.5 million units. 

Acer came in sixth with a 6.9 percent share of the market, down 4.4 percent from the year ago quarter. 

So Samsung Galaxy S8 Has Moved Its Flash and Pulse Scanner; Leaked Case Hints at That!

Over the past 24 hours a series of Samsung Galaxy S8 case leaks graced us with its presence, but 

Apple says hidden Safari setting led to flawed Consumer Reports MacBook Pro battery tests

Battery tests conducted by Consumer Reports showing inconsistent uptime with Apple's new MacBook Pro were inaccurate, Apple said on Tuesday, explaining that the publication had enabled a hidden setting in its Safari browser.

Graalphone Was Probably the Most Original Phone Prototype at CES 2017

I know we’re a bit late to the party, since CES 2017 ended days ago, but the interesting phone prototypes we saw there remain entrenched in our memory. Not that there were so many of them, 

since

Apple to produce data center cabinets at defunct GT Advanced sapphire plant

Apple is repurposing GT Advanced's former sapphire plant in Mesa, Ariz., to produce cabinets for its other data centers, according to a notice published by the U.S. government on Monday.

HTC Vive Phone Leaks, Together With HTC Ocean and HTC 2017 Flagship

Believe it or not, in the biggest coincidence ever, right after I said there should be such a thing as a 

iOS 11 Concept Proposes Cirqle UI, inspired by WatchOS

I know it’s a bit too early to start talking about the iOS 11 release, but designers are always inspired, 

be it night or day. Done by Dominik Minus for ConceptsiPhone, the Cirqle UI, as they call it is basically a rethinked WatchOS for the iPhone.