iPad By Davis: “American McGee's new game available through Steam” plus 17 more |
- American McGee's new game available through Steam
- ARTcloth: Some Artistic Flair with Your iPad Screen Cleaning
- Digg's Google Reader replacement on the way to iOS next week
- Spotify boosts offering yet further, Pink Floyd back catalog now available to stream
- Game controller support in iOS 7 is a step in the right direction
- Best apps every iPhone owner should download right now!
- How do you find great apps? - Talk Mobile 2013 Hangout!
- This Week in Tech 410: Now With More Neck Stabbing
- Sprint announces activation of LTE in 22 more cities
- Why is it so hard to find great apps? - Talk Mobile
- Deal of the Day: 46% off the Incipio FAXION Case for iPhone 5
- Microsoft Office Finally Comes to iOS, but Not to the iPad
- Video messaging for Skype on iOS rolled out globally
- Steve Jobs biography set to appear in paperback in September sporting new cover photo
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown hitting iOS on June 20 for $19.99
- Instagram video rumored to be content of Facebook's June 20 press event
- Blurrycam image purports to be a Logitech G-Series gamepad for iPhone 5
- Apple releases public statement on customer privacy, over 4,000 requests in a six month period
| American McGee's new game available through Steam Posted: 17 Jun 2013 03:21 PM PDT Spicy Horse Games - the Shanghai-based game developer started by American McGee - has announced the release of Akaneiro: Demon Hunters for Mac, Windows and Linux on Steam. The game is available as part of Steam's Early Access program, and costs $9.99. Like many of American McGee's other projects, Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is a reimagining of a classic fairy tale. This time it's Red Riding Hood set in feudal Japan. It's a third-person hack and slash action role playing game. Spicy Horse has already released an early version of the game online - still available for download from its Web site - but this marks the debut of new expansions and enhancements that are being incorporated after a successful Kickstarter campaign. Akaneiro: Demon Hunters will be released on Steam eventually as a free-to-play game. Gamers who pay $9.99 will receive $30 worth of in-game currency and items, including an exclusive for Steam Early Access participants.
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| ARTcloth: Some Artistic Flair with Your iPad Screen Cleaning Posted: 17 Jun 2013 02:13 PM PDT
ARTcloth is a line of cleaning cloths for the iPad that brings some artistic flair to the decidedly unglamorous task of cleaning your iPad touchscreen. As many of you know, I've become a big fan of cleaning cloths for the iPad and my other touchscreen devices. They're all terrible smudge (and germ) magnets and a good cleaning cloth is an unheralded but essential accessory for them. I'm not against having a cleaning cloth that looks nice, as long as I still does its job well – and I've been trying out ARTcloth with all my devices for quite a while now. So now I'm ready to share a few notes and thoughts about them. The ARTcloth is made of 100% 'deluxe' microfiber. I really couldn't tell you what the difference between just microfiber and deluxe microfiber is, but it sounds good. These are anti-bacterial and 'dual-textured' – with a soft side used to clean and a...         Related Stories
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| Digg's Google Reader replacement on the way to iOS next week Posted: 17 Jun 2013 02:06 PM PDT
Not long after Google announced that they were shutting down Reader, social web veteran Digg announced that they would be building a replacement. Details have been scant since then, but their latest status update shows us a glimpse of the Digg Reader client for iOS and web. Priorities have been placed on speed, functionality, simplicity, and cleanliness of UI. In the next two months following the launch they'll be adding some pretty vital stuff, such as integrating with third-party services, search, notifications, filtering, and rating options. Instapaper and Pocket integration will be available at launch. Digg's iPad app has been around since last fall, and is a surprisingly high-quality destination for curated content. It's great that Digg has rushed to provide an alternative to Google Reader, but Feedly so far seems to be capturing the mind share of those of us left destitute by Google Reader's shut down on July 1. Either way, the switch from Google Reader to either one looks like it will be relatively painless. Digg should be able to import tags and stars in the process. Digg Reader will be be launching next week by the 26th. Who's in? What are you using to catch news on your iPhone or iPad? 
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| Spotify boosts offering yet further, Pink Floyd back catalog now available to stream Posted: 17 Jun 2013 01:54 PM PDT
Spotify continues to try and edge ahead in the streaming stakes, and their latest addition is a big one; they now have the full back catalog from Pink Floyd available to stream. Music from Pink Floyd is available on competing services, to buy and to stream, but Spotify takes the crown as the only streaming service to offer the full and complete works of Pink Floyd. And, for premium members, that means you can take it with you on your iOS device as well as listening along on your Mac. Pink Floyd is the latest high-profile addition to the Spotify ranks, following on from getting access to the full Metallica back catalog. As Apple prepares for the wider launch of iTunes Radio, and Google is about to bring All Access to iOS, Spotify will hope that their ability to attract the high profile artists will help them win out in the streaming music wars. In the days leading up to making the Pink Floyd music available, Spotify has been encouraging their listeners to help them make it available but streaming classic track "Wish You Were Here." It charted 1 million listens over the weekend, and so Spotify subscribers can now start their week by taking The Wall and Animals with them on their iOS device on the journey to work. Source: Spotify 
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| Game controller support in iOS 7 is a step in the right direction Posted: 17 Jun 2013 01:46 PM PDT
Introducing iOS 7 at WWDC last week, Apple's Craig Federighi mentioned MFi game controller support in passing. Apple's announcement has long-term ramifications for iOS 7 as viable gaming platform. Made for iPhone/iPad/iPodMFi is a licensing program Apple offers to developers. It enables hardware makers to certify that their products are up to Apple's spec for peripherals that work with for iPod, iPhone or iPad. The program's been around for a while, and if you've ever seen the "Made for iPod/iPhone/iPad" stamp on the box for a speaker system or peripheral, their manufacturer is part of the program. Developers involved in the program gain access to hardware and software they need to make their devices compatible and up to spec with Apple's rigorous guidelines. More than just that, MFi is a necessity for any company that wants to make a hardware product sold in Apple retail stores or by Apple authorized resellers. Game controllers for iOS devices have been around for a while, but up until now, they haven't really had Apple's full sanction. Successful devices like Ion Audio's iCade system have been able to work around MFi by going through Bluetooth instead. A change of heart?Games are already the biggest single category in the App Store, so it's entirely reasonable that Apple should bolster support for game devices with the MFi program. Apple has insisted for years that the right way to interact with iOS devices is by using the touch interface to its full potential. But game developers and critics have also insisted for years that many titles for iOS are hamstrung by the absence of proper game controller support. Games that are created from the ground up for iOS, and ones that are really cleverly designed to work on touch interfaces, won't benefit from game controller support in iOS 7. But there are hundreds, if not thousands of games that will. MFi is only one piece of the puzzle. Apple has also created a development framework to standardize the way game controllers should work on iOS, to make sure users get a consistent experience from device to device. iOS, and the devices that operate it, aren't suddenly going to go toe-to-toe with Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo for dominance of the gaming market, and controller support in iOS 7 isn't going to change that. iOS is, first and foremost, a general-purpose operating system designed to appeal to a broad swath of consumers. Some technology Apple has developed for gamers is obvious, like Game Center. Other stuff is more under the hood - OpenGL 4 support in OS X 10.9, for example. But by embracing support for third party game controllers, Apple shows that it is open to change, and that it's willing to extend the iOS user experience in ways that it has been very reluctant to in the past. And that's a good thing for iOS users and developers alike. 
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| Best apps every iPhone owner should download right now! Posted: 17 Jun 2013 11:22 AM PDT
iMore's guide to the best apps available for iPhone. From camera apps to calendar alternatives to cloud storage and more. Why is it so hard to find great apps? That's the question we asked today on Talk Mobile. One of the reasons is that there are literally hundreds of thousands of apps available in the App Store, even if we just count iPhone apps alone. With so many to choose from, it can be tough to find the absolute best one, not to mention expensive. We're here to help. While we do tons of app reviews and weekly app picks, over and above all of that there are the apps that we think are simply best in class. These are the ones that we download on our iPhones immediately and use all the time. These are the best apps for iPhone, as of the summer of 2013. Best camera app: VSCO Cam
There is no shortage of camera and photo editing apps in the App Store. The best of the best combine both into one and give you the option to share to your social networks of choice, all in one place. That's why we recommend VSCO Cam. Not only does it balance ease of use with features, it's gorgeously designed, wicked fast, and free. From taking photos to giving you access to everything you've snapped with VSCO Cam in one place, it does a great job of balancing the need to create beautiful photos with getting them where they need to be with just a few taps.
Best calendar app: Fantastical
When it comes to calendar apps, Fantastical sets the bar for all the others. Not only is it absolutely gorgeous, but it understands natural language input. Launch Fantastical, tap the dictation button, and say what you'd like it to add. It's even smart enough to switch between calendars by simply adding the calendar name to the end of whatever you'd like to add. It's much quicker than the default calendar but brings all your events over with no setup required. Not to mention, it's beautifully designed.
Best cloud storage app: Dropbox
For many of us, Dropbox is a regular part of our workflow. Whether you use it daily or just a few times a week or month, the iPhone app is a must have. Automatic upload for photos is easy and allows you to save precious storage space on your iPhone. It's also great for the times that you need to upload other kinds of files to Dropbox. It's the number one file sharing service for a reason, and if you've got an iPhone, the Dropbox app is an essential.
Best ebook reader app: iBooks
iBooks is Apple's free ebook and PDF reading app for iPhone. It's a stylish way to read not only books purchased from the iBookstore, but all the free books from the massive Project Gutenberg library as well as any of your own ePub or PDF files. Apple's book catalog isn't as big as Amazon's Kindle library, but the reading experience itself is far superior.
Best educational video app: Khan Archiver
Khan Academy is one of the best products of education and the internet, and with the Khan Archiver app for the iPhone, you have free access videos on topics ranging from kindergarten, advanced science, humanities, history, and more. You can even download the videos to watch offline.
Best alternative email app: Mailbox
If you use Gmail, Mailbox is a great way to clean out your inbox with a quickness. From gesture support to the gorgeous interface, Mailbox is a great alternative to the default Mail app for Gmail users. It works by auto-creating labels and allowing you to sort emails with them. Want to remember to do something later? Just snooze the message for a later time and it'll automagically re-appear at the time you've specified. It also supports push notifications which make it a completely viable alternative if you live and breathe Gmail.
Best launcher app: Launch Center Pro
"Launch actions, not apps" is Launch Center Pro's motto and the app allows you to do just that. From composing an email/message (with or without a default recipient/body), to creating quick dialers, Safari searches and page launches, to a flashlight utility, and the ability to insert a custom URL string that can either launch an app function or a web page, Launch Center lets you do everything you need to do on your iPhone, faster than ever before.
Best navigation app: Google Maps
We are all very familiar with the issues Apple has with their default Maps app. While they continue to improve upon that, Google Maps is still a fan favorite and for good reason. Not only is it a native standalone app now, it also has some of the best maps available. From turn-by-turn to walking directions, Google Maps does it all, with a gorgeous design to boot.
Best password manager app: 1Password
We live in a world where we have passwords for our passwords, 2-step authentication, and more. It's never been more important to have good passwords for all of our accounts without duplicating them. This obviously makes the task of remembering them all more complex and at times, almost impossible. This is where 1Password is essential. Not only can it store all your passwords and allow you to access and sync them across virtually any device you own, it can also help you generate strong ones. If you don't have a password manager, 1Password is what you want.
Best personalized magazine app: Zite
Zite is not only personal to each user, but it grows more personal over time as you use it. The way Zite recommends new content is something none of its competitors can match. Bottom line, Zite is the best social magazine app currently available on the iPhone.
Best podcast app: Instacast 3
We've taken a look at quite a few podcast apps over the years and Instacast is still one of our favorites. From the way it handles podcasts to how it lets you interact with them, it's a great option for hardcore podcast listeners while still being simple enough for users who just don't care for Apple's native Podcasts app.
Best read later app: Pocket
Pocket provides the best design and user experience for the broadest base of users, both on the app and on the website. If you want more than Apple's built in Reading List provides, or you're new to the whole idea of "read later" and time-shifting content, give Pocket a go.
Best RSS app: Reeder
Out of all the RSS apps available in the App Store, Reeder has been a long time favorite here at iMore. Not only will it still be kicking once Google Reader closes its doors for good, it's still one of the absolute best options. From the way it organizes and manages articles to how easy it is to set up and start using, it's a winner. It manages to give you the news you want while getting out of the way leaving you with just your content. And in an RSS app, that's what's important.
Best stocks app: Bloomberg
Bloomberg for iPhone is a great way for casual traders and investors to interact with their stocks and stay up to date with world news. Whether you need to casually monitor stocks on your iPhone or just find the urge to check out financial news, the free Bloomberg app has you covered -- for free!
Best streaming music app: Songza
There's lots of streaming services out there for iPhone but Songza probably takes the cake for most creative way for discovering music. Songza's Music Concierge service can help you find music based on your moods. Are there other robust options out there with more features? Sure. But for a free service with a vast collection and a great interface, you can't go wrong with Songza and for casual listening, it's our favorite.
Best text editor app: Byword
Byword just got even better with the release of Byword 2. With the option for premium subscriptions for publishing straight to Wordpress, Drupal, and other content management systems, Byword is a great way to get your thoughts out. Whether you're a student or a professional writer, Byword gives you the tools you need to manage your writing. With iCloud sync, markdown support, and more, it's a clean, easy to use, and reasonably priced text editor that's the best in its class. If you're looking for a writing suite, look no further than Byword.
Best travel advisory app: TripIt
The free TripIt app for iPhone, when paired with a free TripIt account, becomes your virtual travel assistant. Simply email any flight or hotel confirmations to TripIt and they'll automagically get logged and displayed on your iPhone, along with helpful maps and additional information to make your travel safer and easier.
Best task management app: Omnifocus
It's hard to beat OmniFocus' feature set, which includes Siri integration, location-based reminders, and Forecasts. If price is no object, and you want the most powerful, versatile task management solution for iPhone, with options for syncing with iPad and/or Mac, then you want OmniFocus.
Best Twitter app: Tweetbot
Tweetbot might feel over-designed to some, but it's well-designed. It has a ton of features for power users, including the best push-notification implementation in the business. As far as general purpose Twitter apps go, Tweetbot hits the best balance for the widest range of our readers.
Best VNC app: Screens
With iCloud integration, SSH keys, and a re-designed Screens Connect, Screens 2.0 handles remote computing better and faster than ever before. Screens is also the most iPhone, iPad, and Mac-like remote computing app on the market today, and that makes it the easiest to setup and the most familiar to use.
Best weather app: Yahoo! Weather
Yahoo! Weather was completely revamped recently to feature a gorgeous interface that integrates Flickr photos of the locations you're looking at the weather at. There may be more robust and feature packed weather apps available, but when it comes to design and ease of use, Yahoo! Weather can't be beat. It's no wonder Apple chose to use it natively in iOS 7. If you want the experience now, you can get it by downloading Yahoo! Weather.
Best web browser app: Chrome
If you want a browser that has a better layout than Safari and allows you easy access to bookmarks and other open tabs across all your desktop computers, Chrome is it. There may not be gesture support or a ton of customization options, but it works flawlessly and has a beautiful interface.
Your picks?These may be our favorites but we know you all have your own too. Think we overlooked something or missed an especially awesome app? Let us know in the comments! This is your community, so help us make future guides your choice! 
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| How do you find great apps? - Talk Mobile 2013 Hangout! Posted: 17 Jun 2013 10:02 AM PDT Why is it so hard to find great apps? That's the topic for today's Talk Mobile, and right here, right now, we're going to hang out and chat about it! 
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| This Week in Tech 410: Now With More Neck Stabbing Posted: 17 Jun 2013 09:40 AM PDT | ||||||
| Sprint announces activation of LTE in 22 more cities Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:50 AM PDT
Sprint has announced a major expansion of its LTE rollout, adding coverage to 22 more cities today, bringing the number of markets with access to Sprint's high-speed network up to 110. The new cities include Tampa, Florida, New Orleans, and Miami. In a statement, Sprint touted the speed and energy efficiency of their network.
An additional 13 cities, including Ann Arbor, Laredo, and Corpus Christi, are scheduled to receive coverage "in the coming months". Sprint stated that their LTE network would be available to 200 million people by the end of 2013, a number mostly theoretical, as many of them would undoubtedly be customers of Sprints competition. But it shows that Sprint is serious about their LTE rollout, an effort that should become even more aggressive after they are finally purchased by either SoftBank or DISH. Source: Sprint 
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| Why is it so hard to find great apps? - Talk Mobile Posted: 17 Jun 2013 09:02 AM PDT  Between the iOS App Store, BlackBerry World, Google Play, and Windows Phone Store, there are more than 1.7 million apps available for smartphone and tablet users to choose from. The explosion in apps has been fueled by an explosion in users, who to date have downloaded well over 100 billion apps. With so many apps to choose from, taking the virtual step into an app store presents a bewildering selection. Does it really matter how many apps a platform has in its store, or should we be worrying about which apps there are and how good they are? How are we supposed to sort the good apps from the bad? Are reviews the answer, or can a managed store make a difference? Search might dig up something - if you know what you're looking for. Big name developers might offer some predictability, yet independent developers are often where you can find the innovation. Then again, big and small developers alike aren't immune from pumping out poor quality material. So how do we sort through that to find the good apps, the best apps, the apps that really work for what you need? 
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| Deal of the Day: 46% off the Incipio FAXION Case for iPhone 5 Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:52 AM PDT | ||||||
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Microsoft Office Finally Comes to iOS, but Not to the iPad
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:39 AM PDT
Towards the end of last week Microsoft brought a version of Office to iOS for the first time – while leaving out an iPad version. Office Mobile for Office 365 subscribers (catchy name!) is an iPhone only app for now, and is 'the official Office companion optimized for your iPhone'.
Here's a little more of the App Store description for this new Office Mobile app for iPhone:
You can access, view and edit your Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint documents from virtually anywhere. Documents look like the originals, thanks to support for charts, animations, SmartArt graphics and shapes. When you make quick edits or add comments to a document, the formatting and content remain intact.
The one big catch on this app is that it requires an Office 365 subscription to use it. For home users those start at $100 per year. Compared to the $20- 30 range for a number of...
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Video messaging for Skype on iOS rolled out globally
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:11 AM PDT
Skype has added the ability for iPhone, iPad, and Mac owners to record small video snippets and send them directly to contacts. Recording can be initiated from the little plus button, and if you mess up, you can easily re-shoot before sending Anyone receiving a video message can reply with their own video with the tap of a button. Clips can be up to three minutes, which is plenty for most of the things you'd like to say. Videos can be downloaded whenever the receiver happens to be online.
So far video messaging has been in a preview version since February, but today marks a global roll-out of the feature. Video messaging is a sensible addition to Skype and will surely see use for those times when a live video call isn't practical, or when wireless coverage isn't solid enough to sustain a decent quality call.
Download links are below, or you can check out the preview video further down. How many of you guys use Skype regularly? Do you see yourself using video messaging often?
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Source: Skype
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Steve Jobs biography set to appear in paperback in September sporting new cover photo
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 06:34 AM PDT
The Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson has been with us for some time, but the publishers have now announced that it will be appearing in paperback form. Finally. To accompany the release of the book as a paperback, there will be a new cover photograph of a much younger Steve Jobs, along with a new afterword.
The release is scheduled for September 10, almost two full years since the book was originally released in hardback form. The new cover image dates back to 1984 and was taken by Norman Seeff. The paperback should at least remove some bulk from the book, so who's going to be picking up a copy when it lands?
Source: AllThingsD
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown hitting iOS on June 20 for $19.99
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 06:19 AM PDT
The iOS version of the highly rated XCOM: Enemy Unknown is set to hit the App Store this week on June 20. The turn-based, tactical RPG, alien-blasting extravaganza won't be coming cheap though; it's set to cost a whopping $19.99/£13.99. But, there won't be any in-app purchases, and it'll be an almost identical port of the console and Mac version of the game.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown puts you in control of a secret group put in charge of defending the Earth from an onslaught of alien nasties that have invaded. The iOS version will incorporate Game Center integration for achievements, and iCloud support for game save syncing. It will be compatible when it hits the App Store with the iPad 2 and above, iPad Mini, iPhone 4S and 5, and the 5th generation iPod touch.
It's definitely not cheap, but we're looking forward to getting hold of this one. Who's with us?
Source: Pocket Gamer
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Instagram video rumored to be content of Facebook's June 20 press event
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 05:36 AM PDT
Facebook is throwing some kind of press event on June 20, and the latest rumors surfacing suggest that Instagram may be the focus. More specifically, that Instagram getting video capabilities could be the focus. Sources close to the subject have reportedly told TechCrunch just that:
"On June 20, a source says Facebook will unveil that Instagram, its popular photo-sharing app, will begin to let people also take and share short videos. Call it the Vine effect."
Facebook is no stranger to throwing events, indeed, we're not that far removed from their Android focused Facebook Home event. But this one seems odd from the get go; the invites were delivered by traditional mail, for one. There's a whole bunch of reasons why Facebook and Instagram might want to get in on the video level, not least monetization. We're only a few days out from the event, so all will soon become clear, but do we really need the Instagram effect for videos?
Source: TechCrunch
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Blurrycam image purports to be a Logitech G-Series gamepad for iPhone 5
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 04:33 AM PDT
Logitech already makes some great accessories for iOS devices, and if this blurrycam image is to be believed, it looks like they might have an iPhone 5 gamepad on the way. This image acquired by the folks at Kotaku, purports to be a future G-Series gaming add-on for the iPhone 5 complete with Lightning port, D-Pad and four physical buttons.
One of the many features not specifically mentioned during the WWDC 2013 keynote is iOS 7 support for MFi game controllers. The iPhone 5 is capable of running some truly outstanding games, but many still yearn for the feel of a physical controller over touchscreen controls. While this leaked image doesn't give us anything concrete, it does at least build a little excitement for what could be headed our way down the line. Anyone else liking the look of this one?
Source: Kotaku
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Apple releases public statement on customer privacy, over 4,000 requests in a six month period
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 03:35 AM PDT
Apple has gone public with a statement on how they handle requests for customer data from Government agencies. Reiterating their stance first and foremost that a court order is required for any data to be handed over, the release goes on to say that Apple received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data over a six month period to May 31 2013.
Two weeks ago, when technology companies were accused of indiscriminately sharing customer data with government agencies, Apple issued a clear response: We first heard of the government's "Prism" program when news organizations asked us about it on June 6. We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers, and any government agency requesting customer content must get a court order.
The requests covered up to 10,000 devices or accounts, came from federal, state and local authorities and included requests on behalf of criminal investigations and matters of national security. Apple also points out that their legal team evaluates each and every request, and that they cannot provide information sent via FaceTime or iMessage as these services are encrypted end-to-end. Read the full statement on Apple's official website at the link below.
Source: Apple
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