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Concept brings OLED touch pad to Apple Magic Keyboard

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Please, Apple!
Photo: Martin Hajek/Curved

After Apple brings an OLED touch pad to the MacBook Pro later this year, the feature is likely to make its way to other notebooks — and maybe even the Magic Keyboard. This awesome new concept video imagines what that might look like.

You can now publish your Squarespace blog on Apple News

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Squarespace now plays nicely with Apple News.
Squarespace now plays nicely with Apple News.
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Squarespace is making it super simple for its bloggers to publish their content to Apple News. Stories will carry the same design as your Squarespace website, and will include all embedded media, links, and more.

Facebook Messenger makes it even easier to stay in touch

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Facebook Messenger gets even more convenient.
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Facebook Messenger wants to make chatting with your closest friends even faster with a redesigned Home tab. Within it, you’ll find recent conversations, favorite contacts, friends who have birthdays coming up, and more.

Screenshots shine light on iOS 10’s new dark mode

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Dark mode in action in the Messages app.
Screenshots: Andrew Wiik

New resources discovered in Apple’s first iOS 10 beta confirm the company is developing a new dark mode. One developer has been able to active the interface inside the iOS simulator using a simple tweak.

Concept imagines the magic of MacBook Pro’s OLED touch bar

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You'll want that touch bar even more after seeing this.
Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac

If you aren’t already stoked for this year’s big MacBook Pro upgrade, perhaps this concept will help. The video imagines the rumored OLED touch bar that all the rumors have been promising, and all the incredible functionality it could bring.

iPhone 7 display leak hints at touch-sensitive home button

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Is this the iPhone 7's new home button?
Photo: Mobipicker

Every single model of the iPhone has shipped with a physical home button, but that could change this September. According to the latest iPhone 7 display leak, Apple is planning to swap it for a touch-sensitive alternative.

All the new Messages features you’ll love in iOS 10

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Messages is getting really good with iOS 10.
Photo: Apple

When iOS 10 lands on your iPhone this fall, Messages is going to feel it. Apple is introducing a long list of awesome new features that are going to make the most-used app on iOS even better. Here’s everything you have to look forward to.

Big watchOS 3 features you don’t know about

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With watchOS 3, Apple is promising pretty new features -- and an end to that depressing lag.
watchOS 3 lands this fall!
Photo: Apple

Apple Watch is getting its biggest update yet this fall. With watchOS 3, we can look forward to faster apps, better messaging and new watch faces. Apple previewed some of these things during its WWDC keynote Monday, but here are a bunch we didn’t get to see.

Safari 10 puts another nail in Flash’s coffin

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Apple still doesn't like Flash.
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Apple’s next Safari update will arrive with new ways to handle legacy plugins like Adobe Flash to provide users with a better browsing experience, improved performance, and greater battery life.

Safari 10 will also use the speedier and more stable HTML5 over Flash whenever possible.

OS X is dead! Long live macOS

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Apple's desktop OS has been rebranded.
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OS X is dead. The name, at least.

Apple’s desktop operating system will become macOS this fall with its next major update, which will bring a whole host of exciting new features and improvements — including Siri integration, automatic unlocking, and Apple Pay for the web.

Apple Watch is getting a whole lot better with watchOS 3

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watchOS 3 lands this fall.
Photo: Apple

Apple is finally fixing the Apple Watch user experience. With watchOS 3, which will arrive as a free upgrade this fall, users can look forward to significantly faster apps with background updating, a Control Center and app dock, and lots, lots more!

Apple to finally step up its AI game by opening Siri up to devs

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Sorry, Alexa: Siri still the most widespread AI assistant
Siri won't be restricted anymore.
Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac

We’re all stoked for our first previews of iOS 10 and macOS from WWDC, but according to sources familiar with Apple’s plans, it’s going to be Siri that steals the show.

The virtual assistant is expected to make the leap to the Mac for the first time, and could also open up to third-party apps and services — allowing users to check in for flights, book Uber rides, and do more using only their voice.

Will major changes kill the MacBook Pro? [Friday Night Fights]

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Don't you want an OLED touchpad on your MacBook Pro?
Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac

Apple’s MacBook Pro redesign this fall will bring big changes to one of its most beloved notebooks. According to recent leaks, the machine will pack an OLED touchpad above its keyboard, and only USB-C connectivity.

FNF-bugSome fans aren’t happy about that. Many love the physical function keys already found on the MacBook Pro, while others don’t believe it will be a suitable “pro” machine without standard USB ports. But isn’t it time they moved on?

Join us in this week’s Friday Night Fight as we battle it out over the rumored changes to the MacBook Pro.

BitCam brings Mac OS 6-style retro photography to iPhone

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BitCam on iPhone.
Screenshots: Iconfactory

Remember those awesome pictures you used to take on your Game Boy Camera? Now you can snap them on your iPhone, thanks to BitCam.

Created by Iconfactory to celebrate its 20th anniversary, BitCam brings retro photography from the ’90s back to life. It even has an 8-bit interface inspired by Apple’s early Mac OS operating system.

iPhone 7 may come in new ‘deep blue’ color option

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What the iPhone 7 might look like in “deep blue.”
Photo: Macotakara

Apple’s upcoming iPhone 7 series will be available in a new “deep blue” color option, according to “reliable” supply chain sources. Space gray is expected to get the chop for this year’s model, but the other traditional color options in the iPhone lineup will stick around.

Sleek skins give your MacBook the marble look

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Use UNIQFIND for a unique look.
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When you’ve owned a lot of Apple devices, aluminum starts to look a little… boring. But not when you slap a UNIQFIND skin on it.

For as little as $25, these sleek wraps and cases make your MacBook, iPhone, or iPad look like it was made out of marvelous marble.

Secret prototype car caught Steve Jobs’ eye

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Design changes for the V-Vehicle based on Steve Jobs' advice.
Photo: Bryan Thompson/The Guardian

Steve Jobs may not have been holding the reigns at Apple when the company started working on its first car, but the co-founder and former CEO certainly had an interest in futuristic vehicles.

In fact, back in May 2010, Jobs met with the creators of the secret V-Vehicle prototype — a small, lightweight car powered by gas that was designed to sell for just $14,000.

App Store guidelines reveal ‘macOS’ rebranding

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Is “macOS” about to make a comeback?
Photo: Apple

Apple’s latest App Store guidelines again hint at the impending rebranding of OS X to “macOS.” The change is expected to become official at WWDC next week, but Apple has already updated its FAQ to remove all traces of the name.