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Apple Planning New iCloud Photo And Video Sharing Features For WWDC Next Month [Rumor]

(9:58 am PDT, May 14th 2012)

Apple Planning New iCloud Photo And Video Sharing Features For WWDC Next Month [Rumor]

Apple's iCloud is about to get some major new upgrades.

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) will be the source of many new announcements from the Cupertino company in the coming weeks. iOS 6 is widely expected to be demoed for developers, and there are whispers that we may even see some new hardware. Expect June to be a crazy month.

A new report from The Wall Street Journal says that Apple is planning significant upgrades to iCloud that it will announce at WWDC. New photo sharing features for posting and commenting on pictures in iCloud will be announced alongside the ability to wirelessly upload and sync videos across iOS devices.

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New Database Could Render Stolen Phones Useless

(5:52 am PDT, Apr 11th 2012)

New Database Could Render Stolen Phones Useless

Stolen phones. Photo West Midlands Police (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Stolen phones could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a collaboration between the U.S government and the four biggest mobile carriers. The new scheme will use a central database of stolen handsets, and the carriers will use this to block their reactivation.

The idea is that it will reduce cellphone theft by making stolen phones virtually useless.

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