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Apple News: Apple heads for home: Why HomeKit may not bring an ‘iLight’ or ‘iLock,’ but a new Apple TV The promise of so many mid-century science fiction stories is now closer to reality than it has been at any point since the invention of the transistor: our homes are coming alive, learning to respond to and even anticipate our needs. One could, if one was so inclined, at this…

Apple News: Apple to retire Aperture photo app Users of Apple’s Aperture photo app will have a few months to bid goodbye to the software, which will be retired later this year, tech sites reported over the weekend. Instead, they will soon be introduced to Photos, a similar photo-oriented app that will be released in 2015, TechCrunch reported. The report said “Photos” for OS X, which replaces the iPhoto app,…

Apple News: For Apple fans dreaming of sapphire iPhones, Liquidmetal could be a cautionary tale Apple certainly likes to keep its competition — and fans — guessing about its next moves, and one of the company’s best head-fakes in recent years was an exclusive arrangement for a unique metal alloy dubbed Liquidmetal. News of that deal sparked fantasies of mythical Liquidmetal products built by Apple — wishful thinking that may…

Apple News: Apple isn’t letting Google control your home without a fight With all eyes on the iPhone 6, it can be difficult to remember that Apple has other hardware aspirations in the pipeline. 9to5Mac reports that Apple’s next priority will be the Smart Home, consisting of a range of new devices that will interact with Apple’s phones, computers and tablets. According to unnamed sources, Apple has put together a…

Apple News: Five new ways Google is taking on Apple Google and Apple. Apple and Google. No matter which side of the fence you’re on, chances are the other one is the dark side. The two do seem to be locked in some sort of epic struggle, which only became clearer on Wednesday as Google held its I/O keynote in San Francisco’s Moscone West—the same venue where, just weeks before,…