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Jamf has released a new survey today titled The Impact of Device Choice on the Employee Experience. Among other findings, Jamf reports that about three-quarters of employees picked iPhone, iPad, or Mac over competing options when given a choice.

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Dropbox is out today with an update that’s bringing the option to create templates with its popular Dropbox Paper software. The collaborative and creative focused software is getting this new feature on both its iOS app and the web.

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Apple continues to roll out the Apple Pay promos designed to encourage people to use its mobile wallet service to pay for both offline and online purchases.

The latest, available thru May 2, offers 10% off furniture and home decor purchases from Hayneedle – though with a lengthy list of exclusions …

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Snap’s first attempt at Spectacles were rather an, uh, spectacular failure. The company lost $40M after ending up with hundreds of thousands of unsold units.

An FCC filing earlier this month showed that the company wasn’t giving up, however, with the company’s CEO confirming yesterday that it would be releasing a new model this week. That model has launched today with a number of enhancements …

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An organization representing emergency services in more than 80 countries worldwide has argued that apps can be a better way to report an emergency than making a call.

The European Emergency Number Association (EENA) made the suggestion as it announced that emergency apps designed for use in one European country will in future work across borders …

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The European Union may be about to grant Spotify’s request for new laws that would impact the way in which it is treated in Apple’s App Store.

Spotify was one of a number of companies which had called on EU regulators to act against what they considered ‘unfair contract clauses‘ …

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We learned a few days ago about the launch of the first US HomeKit-compatible air conditioner, and GE says that there are now four other models with HomeKit support, making five in all …

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The iPhone SE 2 rumor train has been a wild one. There are many conflicting reports about the device, ranging from rumors of a major chassis change to only a minor hardware revision.

These new photos purport to show a fully-built iPhone SE 2, with resemblances to some leaked shells first seen in March. They depict a device somewhere in between the two extremes of the rumored specs; a new glass back for wireless charging but a 3.5mm hole for a headphone jack remains.

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A tweet by President Trump suggested that foreign trade would be a focus for yesterday’s Oval Office meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook.

This now appears to be confirmed by follow-up meetings Cook had whilst in Washington …

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