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News Roundup – February 17, 2017

These are our top iPhone, iPad, Apple and apps news stories from the last week

1. Apple announces WWDC dates 

Does it offer any clues for what iOS 11 will look like?

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2. Exciting Apple Patents 

Cracked screen prevention might be coming to Apple devices. How will this work?

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3. New Apple TV 

Apple is reportedly working on a fifth-generation Apple TV. What it’s set to feature is pretty exciting.

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4. Facebook iOS update 

Facebook has announced some very exciting (…and some very much less exciting) video updates for its iOS app.

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5. Apple… Cafe?!

In the 90s Apple almost built a series of Apple Cafe. See what they would have looked like.

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6. Carpool Karaoke clips

Apple has released some exclusive clips from its forthcoming exclusive Carpool Karaoke series. Watch them now!

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7. 4th most innovative

Apple has been named the fourth most innovative company in the world. What for? And who placed higher?

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8. Wireless Power Consortium

Apple joins wireless power group, what does this tell us about the wireless tech Apple is working on?

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Elsewhere…

Microsoft Office for Mac gets Touch Bar support – via engadget

Where Cards Fall, a new game from Alto’s Adventure developer, lands this fall – via AppAdvice

Apple reportedly wanted to buy Ron Howard’s and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment – via iPhoneHacks

iPhone 8 to boot Retina resolution to 2436×1125 at 521 PPI – via iDownloadBlog