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Brought to you by: iPhone 8 Said to Omit Touch ID Entirely, Come in Limited Color Options Prominent analyst Ming-Chi Kuo this week issued a report outlining ten expectations for the upcoming "iPhone 8," most notably including his prediction that the device will omit Touch ID entirely and instead rely on facial recognition technology for authentication. Bloomberg backs up Kuo's claim, stating Apple is indeed working on an improved security feature that replaces Touch ID with facial recognition, although the site hedges a bit on whether the change will happen in time for the iPhone 8. Kuo also says that the high-end OLED iPhone 8 will come in only limited colors and that all three 2017 models (including more traditional "iPhone 7s" and "iPhone 7s Plus" devices) will support faster USB-C charging but still come with a standard 5-watt USB-A power adapters. They will also support wireless charging, which will require a separate purchase for the transmitter accessory.   Read Full Article Sponsored Stories Setapp Will Get You All The Apps You Need (Before You Know It) Setapp, the first Mac app subscription service, has recently gotten a whole lot smarter. Now it's not just a stack of quality software for a single monthly fee – it's also your personal app advisor. Setapp has 77 apps and counting right now and who's got time to go and explore what each app has to offer. That's why the new recommendation system employs a smart algorithm to offer you the apps you'll like, based on the ones you already use. With Setapp's recommendations, you can collect a perfect combination of all of the apps you need on your Mac, spending no time looking for them. Setapp is $9.99/month with a 30-day free trial, so give it a shot and you'll never go back to the Mac App Store. Visit Sponsor Popular Stories Jul 06, 2017 Here's How iOS 11's Do Not Disturb While Driving Feature Works With iOS 11 now available as a public beta, we're continuing to take a dive into some of the more interesting features and changes. This week included a look at the new Do Not Disturb While Driving feature, which is an optional mode that blocks incoming calls, texts, and notifications while you're driving to help prevent distractions. The mode can be activated manually or set to come on automatically when your phone connects to your car's Bluetooth. We also took a quick look at the new language translation feature included with Siri in iOS 11, which lets you speak to Siri in English and have it provide text and audio translation in Mandarin, French, German, Italian, or Spanish. Translations in the opposite direction aren't yet available and Apple says many more languages will be added in the future, but it's an interesting start for what could become a very handy feature for international travelers.   Read Full Article Apple Planning to Launch Three New OLED iPhones in 2018 Even though we're still debating what the iPhone 8 will look like when it launches later this year, we're already hearing rumors about Apple's plans for next year's iPhones. According to Nikkei, Apple is once again planning to launch three new iPhones in 2018, and all of them will feature OLED displays. Samsung's stranglehold on OLED display production and its ability to ramp up production is a cause for concern, but it certainly looks like OLED is the future of the iPhone across all models.   Read Full Article Removal of Built-in YouTube App in iOS 6 Was YouTube's Decision to 'Take Back Control of Our App' Back in 2012, iOS 6 famously saw the iPhone take a sharp turn away from including Google-owned services as default apps on the platform, as Apple shifted to its own Maps app and the YouTube app included by default since the iPhone's 2007 debut was removed. According to former YouTube employee Hunter Walk, the removal of the stock YouTube app was YouTube's decision, not Apple's. With the original deal to include YouTube by default on the iPhone expiring in 2012, YouTube elected not to renew the deal in order to "take back control" of the app from Apple.   Read Full Article New iPad Pro's A10X Chip Revealed as First Manufactured Using TSMC's 10nm Process With Apple's announcement of its latest A10X chip for the new iPad Pro models, speculation had pointed toward the chip being fabricated on TSMC's 16-nanometer process, the same one used in the A9X and A10. A teardown by the chip experts at TechInsights has, however, revealed that the A10X is manufactured using TSMC's new 10-nanometer process. As a result, the A10X is significantly smaller than the A9X while still packing solid performance gains. TSMC has already said its 10-nanometer process is a pit stop on the way to 7 nanometers in 2018, so efficiency and performance will no doubt continue to see strong improvements.   Read Full Article Alpine Debuts First Aftermarket Wireless CarPlay Receiver We've been hearing about wireless CarPlay for a couple of years now, and Alpine has finally become the first company to launch an aftermarket car audio receiver to support it. The iLX-107 lets you connect your iPhone to the system over Wi-Fi and control a subset of your phone's functions through the in-dash touchscreen. Many users will still want to plug their phones in when using CarPlay in order to keep them charged up, but wireless is a nice option to have if you want to be able to just jump in the car and immediately connect. The iLX-107 carries a list price of $900, but many retailers are currently discounting it to $700.   Read Full Article

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