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For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with BiteMyApple.Co to give MacRumors readers a chance to win an iPhone-connected Bionic Bird, which was originally an Indiegogo project. BiteMyApple.Co didn’t develop the Bionic Bird, which actually comes from French company XTIM, but it is a site that is a one-stop shop for all manner of successfully funded Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns that resulted in products that are now available for purchase. The site…

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Well-known Windows backdoor malware “Snake” has been ported to the Mac for the first time, according to MalwareBytes. Described as “highly-sophisticated,” Snake (also called Turla and Uroburos) has been infecting Windows systems since 2008 and was ported to Linux systems in 2014 before making its way to the Mac. The Snake malware was found earlier this week in an installer masquerading as Adobe Flash Player, buried inside a file named “Install Adobe…

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Apple reported its second quarter earnings results earlier this week, and during its subsequent conference call, CEO Tim Cook said Mac revenue hit a new March quarter record due to “strong demand” for the latest MacBook Pro with Touch Bar models, released in October 2016. We had great Mac results during the quarter. Revenue grew 14 percent to a new March quarter record, and we gained market share thanks to strong demand…

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An unreleased Prince concert film and a documentary about the making of the film could be heading exclusively to Apple Music, according to sources close to the Prince estate (via Billboard). The late singer’s estate is said to be shopping around the rights to the concert film and doc to a variety of streaming services, namely including Apple Music and Spotify. The agreement for the two films is said to potentially be…

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Apple became the world’s largest wearables vendor in the first quarter of 2017 with an estimated 3.5 million Apple Watch shipments, according to new research data shared this afternoon by Strategy Analytics. Apple Watch shipments overtook Fitbit shipments during Q1 2017, allowing Apple to capture 15.9 percent global marketshare to become the top wearables vendor. Fitbit shipped an estimated 2.9 million wearable devices during the quarter, while Apple’s closest competitor, Xiaomi, shipped…

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Apple today seeded the fifth beta of an upcoming tvOS 10.2.1 update to developers for testing purposes, one and a half weeks after seeding the fourth 10.2.1 beta and more than one month after releasing tvOS 10.2, an update that included improved scrolling and iPad support for the Apple TV Remote app. The tvOS 10.2.1 beta is designed for the fourth-generation Apple TV. It can be downloaded by connecting the Apple TV…

Zipzap

Puzzle game Zip-Zap has been named Apple’s App of the Week, and as a result, it is available to download for free for the next seven days. Zip-Zap is normally priced at $1.99 and this is the first time it’s been free since its September 2016 launch. Zip-Zap is a puzzle game that asks users to solve puzzles using Rube Goldberg-style hinges and levers that are put into place via well-timed taps….

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GE today announced that its connected LED light bulbs C-Life and C-Sleep will gain Apple HomeKit compatibility this summer. A new C-Reach hub with HomeKit support will allow homeowners to turn on and off their “C by GE” lights, dim them, and control bulbs individually or in groups by rooms with Siri voice commands. The lights also should be able to be controlled with the Home app on an iPhone, iPad, or…

Appanalytics

Apple today announced that its App Analytics platform in iTunes Connect now provides developers with insight into where customers discover apps, a welcome change that will give developers more information on where app referrals are coming from. Developers will be able to see if customers are finding apps from App Store browsing and search, from within other apps, or from web referrals. App Analytics in iTunes Connect now provides insight on where…

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Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down with Mad Money host Jim Cramer this evening, where he discussed Apple’s recent earnings results and delved into topics like an upcoming investment fund, the company’s plans for television, the iPhone’s impact on consumers, and Apple’s overall impact on the world. During the show, Cook said Apple plans to create an advanced manufacturing fund with a $1 billion investment. Apple’s first investment, which is already in…