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Apple News: Check Out These Alleged Budget iPhone Shell Surface As the rumors and alleged pictures keep hitting the web. Today we’ve got a pair of photos have surfaced this morning, allegedly showing the plastic shell of Apple’s rumored budget iPhone. The Cupertino company has long been said to be working on a lower-cost handset to help it make inroads into emerging markets like China and India. The folks at…

Apple News: You Won’t be Able to Afford Apple’s New Mac Pro One of the arguments that had been used over the last year to lobby for a new, omigod fast Mac Pro from Apple was the parallel concept of a halo car. Previously, I had seen theterrific discussion by John Siracusa, and thought it was a perfect argument for how Apple should proceed. The crucial notion is that a…

Apple News: Inside iOS 7: Mail gets advanced gesture support and reworked UI Although not as striking a change as some other first party apps in iOS 7, Apple’s makeover of Mail offers a number of usability changes that are welcome improvements over its predecessor, including gesture controls and a cleaner layout.Mail in iOS 7 continues Apple’s theme of an uncluttered look with maximum usability, made effective by a predominantly…

Apple News: Tools we use: The best Mac apps for working remotely The Yahoos of the world may be eliminating telecommuting, but the fact is, working from home is easier than ever. I work from home myself, so I’m clearly biased, butmany companies find that home-based workers are more productivethan their office-based brethren. Here are the Mac apps and web-based tools I use to make working from homework. Read full…

Apple News: Apple guns hard for education market with iOS 7 improvements The Internet has been revolutionizing education, and tech giants are swooping in on the immense potential for schools to become more connected, as Apple has pulled out all the stops to cater to the education sector in its latest iOS version, offering new features that “make it easier for institutions to put devices in the hands of students”….