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Apple News: Tim Cook’s ‘proud to be gay’ essay is important, historic and brave Gay rights are the civil rights issue of our time, whether in the marriage chapel, the emergency room or the workplace. That’s why Apple CEO Tim Cook’s decision to proclaim he is “proud to be gay” in a powerful personal essay is an important and truly historic act. For far too long, being gay has been…

Apple News: A tribute to the iPod Classic – RIP, old friend The iPod Classic, the standard for portable music for over a decade, has been discontinued due to a lack of availability of the parts needed to make it. While current generations exist, each with their own features that make them unique in their own way, nothing Apple currently sells matches the staggering storage space and rugged durability of…

Apple News: Leaked Outlook for Mac images hint at new MS Office for OS X Long overdue redesign for Microsoft’s Office suite could be on the way for OS X users. Microsoft could be working on a completely redesigned version of its Office producitivty suite for Apple’s OS X, according to leaked images which appear to show a brand new look for Outlook for Mac. Office has long been the…

Apple News: What If Apple Brought Watch OS To iPhone? Alongside showing off its first-ever wearable – and the capabilities (and potential) that its developer-focused community could bring to it in the future, at its blockbuster media event held at the beginning of last month, Apple notably also demoed a brand new OS to the public. Set to power Apple Watch upon its official retail debut, early next year, Watch…

Apple News: Apple Wants To Take iPhone 6 / 6 Plus NFC Capabilities Beyond Apple Pay Looks like Apple may be looking beyond Apple Pay for its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices. The NFC chip in the two devices open up quite a few possibilities where Apple is reportedly in talks for partnerships, in a bid to expand the chip’s utility, thereby expanding the phone’s utility in everyday…