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Apple can now repair faulty products in your home

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Apple's first 5nm chips are expected to ship in iPhone and iPad this year.
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If you have a broken Apple product and you can’t make it to the Genius Bar, you might be able to ask Apple to come to you. The company is now offering at-home repairs in select cities throughout the United States.

You can schedule a visit from Go Tech Services, an Apple Authorized Service Provider, through the Apple website.

Eddy Cue and Paul McCartney watch the Super Bowl together

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"Hey Cue // don't be afraid."
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Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue was spotted with rock legend Paul McCartney at Sunday’s Super Bowl.

Cue is probably Apple’s most famous sports fan. He also oversees products including Apple Music. Hanging out watching sport with one of the biggest icons in the history of music would surely be a pretty big win, then!

Apple Arcade characters invade Apple’s homepage for fun promotion

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Apple Arcade characters invade Apple's homepage for fun promotion
Cheeky new Apple promo is a lot of fun.
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Apple Arcade got a publicity boost over the weekend when Apple transformed the prime real estate of its U.S. website into a fun ad for the gaming service. The promo playfully incorporates animated Apple Arcade characters — including Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog — into the usual publicity shots for devices like the iPhone 11.

Save 95% on 2TB of cloud storage for life [Deals]

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Thunder Drive offers secure cloud access via your web browser, so you can access it from any device.
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By now, cloud storage is an essential part of our digital day to day lives. Unfortunately it’s still comes at a privileged price, so when there’s a chance to score massive storage for a song, our ears perk up. In this case, it’s lifelong access to 2TB of space for under $60.

Why Apple should celebrate its history with an Official Apple Archive [Opinion]

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Why Apple should celebrate its history with an Official Apple Archive [Opinion]
It was great while it lasted!
Photo: Unofficial Apple Archive

Apple took a proverbial sledgehammer to the Unofficial Apple Archive, an online collection of more than 15,000 classic Apple ads and assorted other materials, last weekend. Cupertino’s legal team issued a slew of takedown notices to Vimeo and the Unofficial Apple Archive’s host provider, Squarespace, resulting in thousands of vintage Apple ads vanishing in the blink of an eye.

While I understand the reason for the takedowns, I really, really wish Apple hadn’t tried to wipe the ads off the internet. Fortunately, Apple could set things straight — by embracing both its past and its most ardent fans.

Secret Oops! brings silly spy-themed AR fun to Apple Arcade [Review]

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Secret Oops! is AR fun on Apple Arcade
Secret Oops! puts its virtual 3D game board in your living room.
Screenshot: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac

Mix a bumbling spy, a secret base, and a lot of augmented reality and you’ll get Secret Oops!, the latest addition to Apple Arcade. This innovative children’s game from MixedBag shows a virtual 3D game board in the real world through the magic of AR.

I explored the possibilities of Secret Oops!; read on to see what I found.

10 years of iPad: How Apple’s tablet changed mobile computing [Cult of Mac Magazine 334]

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10 years of iPad: How Apple's tablet changed mobile computing.
A decade ago, the iPad changed everything.
Cover: Leander Kahney/Cult of Mac

When the iPad came out 10 years ago, some people dismissed it as nothing but a super-sized iPhone. In reality, Apple’s tablet changed mobile computing forever.

We pay tribute to the iPad in this week’s Cult of Mac Magazine cover story. We’ve also featuring a rundown on Apple’s blow-out earnings call as well as the usual tips for Mac and iOS users. Plus, some sweet product reviews and recommendations.

Download your free issue now — and read it on a revolutionary iPad — or hit the links below.

Instantly double your laptop’s screen real estate [Deals]

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Double your laptop screen size with a lightweight, attachable 1080p monitor.
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Designers, illustrators, recording engineers, stock brokers…. Plenty of us use two screens so we can maximize productivity at the computer. That can make laptops feel like a downgrade, but with this simple upgrade, you can carry your dual-screen arrangement with you.

Save on iPhone XS, MacBook Pro and more [Deals & Steals]

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And get the 10.2-inch iPad at its lowest price yet.
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Retailers are seeing out January with stellar deals on some of the hottest Apple devices today. In our Deals & Steals roundup, you’ll find massive discounts on iPhone, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and more.

Here are some of the highlights:

Find all these and more in our live blog below!

Transform your Mac’s trackpad with the 3-finger drag

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Clicking can be a drag.
Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac

I prefer the Mac’s trackpad to a mouse in every way but one. It’s more comfortable, it relieves RSI, it can be used equally easily by the left or right hand, and it does scrolling and multitouch. But the one thing it’s terrible at is actually clicking. Specifically, clicking and dragging to move a window, or to make a selection. And I’m still using the original Magic Trackpad, the one that runs on AA batteries. It has physical switches in its feet, so clicking is a lot harder at its top edge.

Enter the three-finger drag. This Mac accessibility setting lets you tap with three fingers to simulate a click and drag. And it does a lot more than just making it easier to move windows around the screen.

Apple’s Foundation series will be Ireland’s largest-ever production

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This is where the bulk of Foundation's filming will take place.
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Apple’s TV series adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel trilogy, Foundation, is set to become the largest studio production in the history of Ireland.

During a press conference today, Screen Ireland revealed that Apple will create more than 500 jobs when it begins production on Foundation later this year. With its gigantic budget and epic world-building plot, Apple clearly thinks Foundation could be its answer to Game of Thrones, which was also shot in Ireland.

Your definitive Apple TV guide to watching Super Bowl LIV

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Super Bowl 54 is on multiple platforms through streaming Apple TV devices, even in 4K.
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Super Bowl LIV (or 54, if you don’t prefer Roman numerals) will take place Sunday in a matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs.

For Apple TV users, there are lots of ways to watch, for free and not so free. Here’s your complete guide.

Save a bumbling spy in Secret Oops! on Apple Arcade

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Secret Oops! debuted today on Apple Arcade
Keep an inept agent alive in Secret Oops!, an augmented-reality title on Apple Arcade.
Photo: Apple/Mixedbag

Secret Oops! is an innovative augmented-reality game that asks players to save the world’s dumbest spy. Guide Special Agent Charles through an AR landscape, with multiple players using an iPhone or iPad to see the same virtual board in the real world.

It debuted today on Apple Arcade.

Struggling Apple display-maker secures massive bailout

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Struggling Apple display-maker secures massive bailout
Japan Display makes screens for Apple's LCD iPhones.
Photo: Apple

Beleaguered Apple display-maker Japan Display revealed Friday that it has agreed a $918.87 million bailout deal that will throw it a major lifeline as it attempts to claw its way back to profitability.

The money comes for Japanese investment fund, Ichigo Asset Management. Ichigo’s CEO will become Japan Display’s new chairman, while the deal will make Ichigo the company’s largest shareholder.

Low-cost iPhone in trial production: reports

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Apple is ramping up production on a budget iPhone.
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Apple is already in trial production of a budget-friendly iPhone with mass production set to begin in a couple of weeks, according to supply-chain insiders.

Rumors of either an iPhone SE2 or iPhone 9 have been swirling for months with an unveiling likely in March.

Use the weekend to pick up a new skill [Deals]

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Take the weekend to learn coding, business management, freelance skills and more.
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The weekend is a great time to relax, but it’s also a great time to focus on self improvement. You could practice an instrument, go to the gym, or any number of other healthy activities. Or, with these short, information-packed lessons, you can improve your professional prospects. These cover coding, management, data analytics and freelance content creation, so there’s something for everyone.

International governments plan to rethink tax rules for the ‘digital age’

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International governments plan to rethink tax rules for the ‘digital age’
Tim Cook has said he would welcome new rules.
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The tax rules need rewriting for the digital age, and finally the world’s governments are doing something about it. On Friday, the Organization for Economic Cooperation announced that 137 governments around the world have agreed to launch a rewrite of tax rules for multinational companies the digital age.

Tax officials from the countries in question have agreed to meet in Paris for negotiations about how this might work. The aim is to crack down on the kind of tax avoidance that can happen when multinationals shuttle their profits around to different countries.

Apple TV+ serves up zero new content for second week running

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Nothing new to watch on Apple TV+ this weekend.
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For the second week in a row, Apple TV+ has had a quiet Friday — with zero new content uploaded to the streaming service.

By comparison, this week Netflix debuted seven new series including Next in Fashion, Ragnarok and a sixth season of BoJack Horseman. Disney+, meanwhile, delivered new episodes of Diary of a Future President and Marvel Hero Project, exclusive short Lamp Life and the 2019 Lion King remake.

Apple has a plan to simplify one-time passcodes

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Apple has a plan to simplify one-time passcodes
Apple wants to make this process a whole lot more seamless.
Photo: Apple

Apple’s two-factor verifications have greatly increased security for users. Now Apple wants to make the process more streamlined by standardizing the format of SMS messages which contain one-time passcodes.

Apple WebKit engineers explained the proposal on online code repository GitHub. Alongside Apple, the project also has the support of Google Chromium engineers. Mozilla’s Firefox has yet to get on board.