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Apple News: It’s been 8 years since the iPhone was unveiled. Look how terrible the first one was It’s eight years to the day since Steve Jobs first revealed the iPhone to the world. It was nothing short of a miracle. Before the iPhone came out, smartphones were clunky devices, half keyboard and half screen. Full websites didn’t run on mobile phones, so companies were forced to build weak, mobile…

Apple News: Apple’s rumored 12“ MacBook Air may aggressively target mobility with USB 3.1 Type-C Apple has been rumored to release a 12-inch MacBook Air for a long time now; last April, KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that the company would release an ”all new,“ ”ultra slim“ 12 inch MacBook Air with a new fan-less design sporting a ”click-less“ trackpad as well as fewer physical inputs and outputs. That prediction…

Apple News: First HomeKit devices confirm Apple TV’s limited role in home automation CES 2015 has given us a deluge of new HomeKit announcements. Thus far, we’ve seen several smart outlets, a garage door opener, light bulb adapters, a door lock, and a power strip from vendors such as iDevices, iHome, GridConnect, Chamberlain, Schlage, and Incipio. Elgato announced an entire range of HomeKit sensors while Insteon introduced a full-on hub…

Apple News: Apple Might Be About To Kill Off The iPod Shuffle Apple has made some moves that make it look like it might be preparing to stop selling the iPod Shuffle, as supplies of the device are starting to run low. 9to5Mac is reporting that supplies of the cheap iPod are “dwindling,” a sign that Apple has plans for the product. Apple has reportedly warned its retail employees that…

Sony succeeded in making it very difficult to update the GPS Assist Data on their GPS enabled cameras using a Mac or Linux. Sony supplies a windows-only software for downloading and updating the GPS almanac on the camera. The supplied PMB Portable software runs on Apple’s OS X, but it does not support downloading the GPS almanac. Here are the steps to do so manually on any OS: