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Apple is offering another $50 bonus for new Apple Card users in July, following the Walgreens special offer last month. This time, the bonus is guaranteed after signing up for any Apple service, including Apple Music, Apple TV+, App Store, and more. The latest Apple Card promotion sees an offer for a $50 signup bonus to encourage new customers. The deal runs through the end of July, and the bonus will be available as a $50 Daily Cash transferred to your new Apple Cash card after a qualifying purchase....

Earlier this week, we rounded up everything we knew about the iPad Pro models set to be introduced later this year. Now, supply chain blog Macotakara has outlined more details on the device, including that it won’t feature a headphone jack… First off, the report offers additional details on the 2018 iPad Pro dimensions. The 10.5-inch model is said to come in at 247.5mm (H) x 178.7mm (W) x 6mm (T), compared to the current dimensions of 250....

Apple’s new Haswell-powered MacBook Airs produced SSD read and write speeds so fast in benchtests by French site MacBidouille that they initially thought it must have been a bug in their test software. A second run in different software revealed that, no, the latest Airs really do offer read & write speeds higher than the maximum possible with SATA 3. The secret, noted by AnandTech in its own tests, is that Apple is using the same PCIe-based SSDs in the latest MacBook Air as they announced for the new Mac Pro … PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) is the standard already used in the ExpressCard slot used in some laptops, and offers a direct link to the motherboard without the bottleneck created by a SATA interface (SATA 3 tops out at 600MB/s)....

The iPhone 11 Pro camera has been put to the test in numerous different scenarios so far, including competing with the Pixel 4, Night Mode tests, and more. Now, YouTuber Matti Haapoja has put the iPhone 11 Pro to the test against a $7,500 DSLR camera. In the below video, Haapoja compares the iPhone 11 Pro to the Canon 1DX Mark II. He shows five side-by-side images, then revealing which was taken with the Canon and which with the iPhone 11 Pro....

Earlier this week, a dispute emerged between NBCUniversal and theater chains such as AMC after NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell made optimistic comments on the digital-only release of Trolls World Tour. Now, Shell is trying to clarify his comments to appease the theater industry, while also remaining optimistic about premium video on demand. “The results for Trolls World Tour have exceeded our expectations and demonstrated the viability of PVOD,” Shell said earlier this week in an interview with The Wall Street Journal....

The cultural phenomenon of “Netflix and chill” is disrupting and progressing the entertainment business at a rapid pace. With Emmy-winning original content like Orange is the New Black and House of Cards, Netflix has quickly become a major power player in Hollywood. Filmmakers and media moguls have raved about the creative freedom the Netflix models allows for. From Stranger Things’ Duffer Brothers to Chelsea Handler, feelings of gratitude for the direct-to-consumer style of storytelling abound....

Today, Apple unveiled its new Apple TV 4K. Almost four years after its original release, the company introduced the new set-top-box with the A12 chip, a new Siri Remote, and HDMI 2.1 support for a better 4K HDR experience. With the new Apple TV 4K using HDMI 2.1, it’s unclear why Apple hasn’t yet implemented the 120Hz refresh rate support. During the presentation, the company explored how the new set-top-box improved the 4K HDR experience but without getting too much into specs....

We reported last fall that a revamped Apple TV set-top-box is in the works, and then we learned earlier this year that the new box would likely be introduced in the first half of 2014. Sources said at the time that the new model would be redesigned (at least on the inside) and would sport new content (perhaps a true App Store or gaming functionality). Since that time, sources indicated that internal prototypes for the new device include AirPort Express-like functionality, a form of enhanced iOS gaming integration, and a TV tuner component for connecting to existing cable setups....

iPhone 8 rendering above, new schematic below A new image shared online appears to show a preview of the iPhone 8 design with vertically stacked dual cameras and a rear Touch ID fingerprint sensor. The schematic shared on Twitter by Sonny Dickson features a cut out on the backside presumably used for Touch ID with dimensions matching schematics leaked earlier by a different source. The newly leaked illustration (seen below) shows new dimensions for width and height that align with previously leaked dimensions as well....

In January, following a meeting with Samsung Storage solutions at CES 2012, we told you that Apple’s next-gen MacBook Air would likely make the switch to the speedier 830 series SSDs from Samsung alongside an update to Ivy Bridge. This was of course before we revealed some major changes coming to Apple’s new MacBook and iMac lineups. In addition to Retina displays for almost the entire new lineup, the new ultra-thin 15-inch MacBook Pro will be getting a complete redesign, losing the optical drive, and bringing it closer to to the thin design of current Airs....

Apple’s Sept. 9 iPhone event may be just around the corner, but the leaks continue to flow. Custom iPhone creators Feld & Volk have shared a set of photos with Sonny Dickson that depict what is claimed to be the 4.7-inch iPhone 6’s logic board with an A8 processor and NFC chip in tow… There’s no way to tell if these claims are legitimate, but as shown in the image above, the chip labeled with “NSD425” is said to be the NFC module from NXP....

Update: These look to be fake… Leading up to Apple’s rumored October iPad event, Youtube user UnboxTherapy has posted what he claims to be the next generation Smart Cover for the upcoming iPad 5. Although design-wise, the cover appears to be similar to the current 9.7″ iPad Smart Covers, upon closer inspection, the dimensions are smaller than that of the current cover, and fit perfectly onto leaked parts from the iPad 5, which, like the iPad mini, sheds its large bezel in favor of a much thinner edge, to make the device more comfortable to hold....

Here’s a guide to the main cast and characters of spinoff NCIS: Los Angeles. NCIS came from humble beginnings, starting as a backdoor pilot during JAG season 8. Agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and DiNozzo first appeared in a two-parter episode, which was popular enough for CBS to greenlight a solo series. While the first few seasons of NCIS had respectable ratings, it grew over time to become one of the most-watched shows in America....

This week, Netflix is opting for new seasons of both live-action and animated series, as well as a Christmas romantic comedy to get the holidays vibe going. Netflix is enjoying its final week of calm before the (supposed) biggest threat in the streaming world arrives: Disney+. However, one of Netflix’s biggest strengths is that it adds new content to its catalogue every week – both licensed and original – so it doesn’t have much to worry about (for now, at least)....

Apple released the first tvOS 9.1 beta to developers earlier this week, but it lacked the addition of one major feature many have been calling for: folder support on the homepage. Now, well-known developer Steve Troughton-Smith has discovered that out of the box, the tvOS user interface features “pretty complete” folder support… Smith dug deeper into the tvOS 9.0 build and was even able to hack folders into working. He has since been playing around with it and has shared images of the feature on Twitter....

Apple appears to be planning to further expand its data center presence in Northern Nevada according to a newly surfaced building permit. An application that was filed and withdrawn on February 2 points to a $50 million data center codenamed Project Isabel with Apple listed as the client. According to the permit (via Buildzoom), Project Isabel is a 372,893 square foot data center with an administration building, parking garage, and generator yard valued at $50,720,906....

ALERT: Ignore previous records; ignore previous records – the iPhone this weekend achieved the new record of approving over 100,000 apps for sale through the App Store. That’s another 15,000 applications since Apple last confirmed how many software titles it is making available through the store, and confirms the velocity with which developers are throwing titles at the company’s next-gen mobile devices. As reported by AppShopper, there were 101,561 approved apps, though availability of these varies by territory and just 92,870 of them are currently available through the App Store....

With the recent success of Eddie Murphy’s brilliant Rudy Ray Moore biopic Dolemite is My Name, Netflix has confidently decided to announced another sequel to Murphy’s flagship franchise, Beverly Hills Cop. A fourth movie in the adventures of Detroit’s most charismatic detective, Axel Foley, has been in and out of development for years. Murphy has always remained committed to one day making another movie, and it seems that now, as he returns to standup and receives awards buzz for his recent turn in Dolemite, is the perfect time....

– Mobile usage is up approximately 20% worldwide – Facebook engagement is DOUBLE what it was this time last year, with over 14 billion posts engaged with – Engagement for Facebook pages is up more than 70% vs this time last year Who is Facebook Autoposting available to? Facebook Autoposting is available on the desktop to all of our paid Plann’rs right now. If you’re a paying member, we’ve automatically added the new social media platform to your Plann workspace at no extra cost....

Alongside the iOS 7 beta 4 and iTunes 11.1 with iTunes Radio betas, Apple has provided developers with a new Apple TV OS 5.4 seed. Below are the release notes. Thanks to everyone who sent this in. A tipster sent in the video below showing that iTunes music purchasing has returned in the latest beta, a feature that was only available on the first generation Apple TV: Fixed in Seed 3...