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Thrilling iPhone 11 video shows off all the rumored features

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This concept video rolls together all the rumors about the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Max.
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A new video wraps up all the unconfirmed reports about Apples next handset. And there’s a lot to work with. Details about the iPhone 11 have been leaking out steadily, even though the launch is still half a year away.

Watch it now:

How to share podcast clips with Overcast

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Share podcast clips in Overcast.
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You’re listening to an awesome podcast, and one of the hosts makes a super-smart point about a fascinating subject. It’s so good that you just want to share it with people. But how? Tweet a link to the podcast along with a timecode so folks can hunt down that pithy quip themselves? Good luck! People on Twitter are too lazy to… well, they’re just too lazy.

But if you use the Overcast podcast player app, then you can now share a short audio or video clip of any podcast, to Twitter, Instagram, or anywhere else. It’s dead easy, and it might be the best thing to happen to podcasts in quite a while.

Privacy-preaching Apple gets low marks in trust survey

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No winners here.
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Even though CEO Tim Cook repeatedly says privacy and personal data are important to Apple, a huge majority of surveyed consumers still don’t trust the iPhone maker to lawfully protect their information.

All seven of the tech giants mentioned in a YouGov survey received jarringly negative results from an undisclosed number of respondents from the U.S. and United Kingdom.

2019 iPhone lineup may finally come with 18W charger

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Apple currently charges $29 to buy the 18W charger separately.
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Freshly leaked details about the 2019 iPhone lineup claim customers can expect faster-charging capabilities right out of the box.

While Apple added faster-charging powers to the iPhone since the iPhone 8, it’s been giving customers the same 5W charger that has been used for years. That is finally set to change this year though as Apple is reportedly planning to include an 18W charger in the box with new 2019 iPhones.

Roland’s new Bluetooth speaker doubles as a guitar amp

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Roland’s BTM-1 would look at home on a Russian billionaire’s yacht.
Roland’s BTM-1 would look at home on a Russian billionaire’s yacht.
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If you play an electric musical instrument, and you also listen to music from your iPhone, and you also (perhaps) have a pink neon flamingo on your nightstand (bear with me here), then you will L-O-V-E the new Roland BTM-1, a combo Bluetooth speaker and guitar/synth amp.

Let’s check it out.

iOS 12.3 beta 4 arrives with fresh fixes for iPhone and iPad [Updated]

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The Apple TV app gets a raft of new features in iOS 12.3.
The Apple TV app gets a raft of new features in iOS 12.3.
Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac

Apple seeded the fourth beta of iOS 12.3 to developers this morning, just one week after the last beta was released. iOS 12.3 beta 4 brings with it a number of changes for iPhone and iPad, including changes to the Apple TV app, Wallet app tweaks and tons of bug fixes.

Update: The public can now also download iOS 12.3 beta 4, allowing anyone to test out the new features.

Siri is more popular than Alexa (sort of)

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Siri Alexa in voice report
So selfless, that Siri.
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More consumers use Siri as a digital assistant than Amazon’s Alexa, despite Alexa being the voice behind the top-selling line of smart speakers, the Echo.

Siri’s popularity is just one of the findings of a Voice report authored by Microsoft and Bing Advertising, which suggests the voice could soon replace touch to drive the activity of our digital lives.

Leaked Motorola Razr actually looks pretty amazing

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The new Razr has a different take on folding displays.
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Motorola is about to attempt a big comeback into the smartphone market and folding displays could be the key to making the company relevant again.

Leaked images of an alleged Motorola Razr have surfaced online revealing significant changes made to one of the most popular phones ever. While we can’t verify whether or not the image above is authentic, we have to admit, it actually looks pretty amazing.

Buy! Buy! Gene Munster thinks Apple stock is poised to explode

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Investor thinks Apple stock will shoot up 70% in the next two years.
Illustration: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac

If you’re anything like me, you perennially feel like you missed the best time to invest in Apple stock.

In fact, if Loup Ventures analyst and investor Gene Munster is correct, this may be the perfect time to invest all your worldly possessions in AAPL. According to Munster, Apple stock is poised to rocket up 70% in the next two years. That would make Apple a $1.5 trillion company.

Get educated in Logic Pro X for under $30 [Deals]

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This bundle of seven courses covers the many ways of mastering Logic Pro X.
This bundle of seven courses covers the many ways of mastering Logic Pro X.
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If you make music or work with digital audio, you’re probably going to need to work with Logic Pro X. Apple’s flagship digital audio workstation is a deep and powerful platform for professional audio, so there’s a lot to learn.

Spotify storms ahead of Apple Music with 100 million paid subscribers

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Are you a Spotify subscriber?
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Spotify has reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2019, revealing that it has passed 100 million paid users.

This gives Spotify around twice the number of premium subscribers as the last reported figures for Apple Music. However, Apple Music may still have more paid subscribers in the United States.

Despite negative headlines, Apple shares just keep going up

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Apple waives developer fees for nonprofits, others in 8 additional countries
AAPL is up 43% this year.
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Apple’s second quarter earnings are going to be down from the same quarter last year. But despite Apple continuing to bear the brunt of negative headlines, its stock price just keeps going up.

A new article from CNBC notes that Apple shares are up 43% since January. That’s pretty darn impressive for a company whose biggest product, the iPhone, may have seen the end of its major growth.

Apple says parental control apps were removed for privacy and security reasons

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Woman in China temporarily goes blind in one eye after smartphone overuse
Apple introduced its own Screen Time tools with iOS 12.
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Apple has responded to a New York Times report, claiming that it has removed various parental control apps from the App Store. Apple allegedly removed apps which offered similar features to its own Screen Time tool.

In response, Apple confirms that it did remove “several” such apps — but says that this was done due to privacy and security risks.

iPhone battery pack doubles as a wireless charger [Review]

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The Mipow Power Cube XS is a desktop wireless charger and a portable wireless charger in one.
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The Mipow Power Cube XS combines a wireless iPhone charger with a portable battery. Put another way, it’s a wireless charger that works wherever you take it, with no power sockets or cables needed.

Be sure to check out our reviews of this innovative but affordable accessory, which launches this week.

Why iPad + mouse = genius [Cult of Mac Magazine No. 294]

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Actually, using a mouse with an iPad sounds pretty awesome.
Actually, using a mouse with an iPad sounds pretty awesome.
Cover: Leander Kahney/Cult of Mac

Coming soon to an iPad near you: a mouse! Don’t puke in your mouth. This is going to be cool.

Plus, get the rest of the week’s best Apple news, reviews, how-tos and opinions in the latest issue of Cult of Mac Magazine. It’s a free iOS app, and it looks great on your iPad (with or without a mouse). Or keep reading to get the week’s top stories in your browser.

Apple was in talks to buy Intel’s 5G modem business

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This Intel modem will likely power the first 5G iPhone.
Apple's love affair with Intel was short-lived.
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Apple nearly purchased Intel’s smartphone-modem chip business as a way to fix its impending 5G problems on the iPhone, according to a new report.

Talks between Intel and Apple allegedly came to an abrupt halt once the iPhone-maker settled its legal war with Qualcomm. The two sides had been talking about an acquisition since the summer, but it sounds like Intel’s hopes of selling have been dashed for now.

Instagram taps seller of fake likes with multi-million dollar lawsuit

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A Chrome extension can bring your hidden "Likes" out in the open.
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Facebook is suing a New Zealand-based company for selling fake likes and follows to users of its photo-sharing app, Instagram.

The lawsuit, filed today in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, accuses the defendants of using different companies and websites to peddle bot-generated likes, views, and new followers, which violates Instagram’s terms of use along with U.S. computer fraud laws.

How to create and delete alarms and timers with Siri

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Even Siri can manage to set alarms and timers without screwing it up.
Even Siri can manage to set alarms and timers without screwing it up.
Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac

Siri may still be hopeless, but one thing it’s always been good at is setting alarms. In fact, I don’t use Siri much at all any more1, but for alarms and timers, I use it exclusively. Even with iOS 12’s great 3-D Touch timer widget, Siri is quicker.

Today we’ll see how to tell Siri to create an alarm, set a timer, how to edit an alarm, and how to delete one.