Joe Rossignol

Joe joined MacRumors in January 2015, and is now a Senior Reporter. Based out of Stoney Creek, Canada, he has been writing about Apple since 2008, with a focus on breaking news coverage.

Joe Rossignol's Articles

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Apple Outlines Fix for Unresponsive 'Slide to Upgrade' Screen on iOS 9

Friday September 18, 2015 11:15 am PDT by
Apple has published a new support document on its website that outlines a fix for users experiencing an unresponsive "Slide to Upgrade" screen after updating to iOS 9 (via iPhoneHacks). The issue has affected a growing number of users on the Apple Support Communities, MacRumors discussion forum and social media. Apple recommends restoring your device from an iTunes backup to resolve the...
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Apple News to Offer Exclusive Early Access to Select Content

Friday September 18, 2015 9:01 am PDT by
Apple News launched on iOS 9 this week in the U.S., delivering the latest stories from large publications and independent blogs alike in one mobile-friendly format on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Apple has set attractive monetization terms for Apple News, allowing publishers to collect 100% of revenue earned from ads they sell and 70% of revenue from iAds inventory sold by Apple. In return, ...
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Apple Accepting Red Cross Donations Through iTunes to Support Migration Crisis

Friday September 18, 2015 5:12 am PDT by
Apple has added a banner to its U.S. website that allows customers to donate to the American Red Cross through the iTunes Store to support the refugee and migration crisis across the Mediterranean Sea and Europe. The donation tiers available include $5, $10, $25, $50, $100 and $200. All of the proceeds from donations, which are processed as regular iTunes Store transactions, are sent to the...
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Apple Met With California DMV to Review Autonomous Vehicle Regulations

Friday September 18, 2015 4:48 am PDT by
Apple senior legal counsel Mike Maletic held an hour-long meeting with the California Department of Motor Vehicles last month to review "autonomous vehicle regulations," according to internal documents obtained by The Guardian. The revelation comes amid widespread rumors that Apple has hired hundreds of employees to develop an electric vehicle over the past several months. California DMV ...
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Apple Watch Sales Expand to Additional Resellers

Thursday September 17, 2015 5:56 pm PDT by
Apple Watch sales are expanding to additional authorized resellers in a trio of countries this month, including The Good Guys in Australia, Stormfront in the United Kingdom and Media Markt and Saturn in Germany (via iFun.de). The Good Guys, Media Markt and Saturn have begun selling the Apple Watch as of this week, while Stormfront is expected to start selling the wrist-worn device next week....
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Appeals Court Rules Apple Was Entitled to Sales Ban on Samsung Products in Earlier Trial

Thursday September 17, 2015 9:38 am PDT by
A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that Apple was entitled to an injunction on multiple Samsung products that a lower court ruled to be infringing on the iPhone maker's patented technologies in an early 2014 trial. As noted by Bloomberg, the ruling sets an important precedent, since it could have an impact on how damages are awarded in future trials involving patented inventions from large ...
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Best Buy Rolling Out In-Store Apple Pay Support in U.S.

Thursday September 17, 2015 7:16 am PDT by
Best Buy has accepted Apple Pay for in-app payments since April, and now the U.S. electronics retailer has begun rolling out the iPhone-based mobile payments service in stores. A new YouTube video and Reddit thread confirm customers making successful debit and credit card purchases using both Apple Pay and Android Pay at separate Best Buy stores in California. Best Buy is now permitted to...
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T-Mobile Expands Simple Global Coverage to All of Europe and South America

Thursday September 17, 2015 6:03 am PDT by
T-Mobile has announced the expansion of its Simple Global coverage to an additional 20 countries to now cover all of Europe and South America. Simple Global is now available in the Bahamas and 145 total countries worldwide, covering more than 90% of the areas that Americans travel abroad each year. Simple Global provides Simple Choice postpaid customers with unlimited low-speed data and...
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Honda Introduces 2016 Civic With CarPlay and Android Auto Support

Thursday September 17, 2015 4:58 am PDT by
Honda on Wednesday at YouTube Space LA introduced the redesigned 2016 Civic with CarPlay and Android Auto support. The tenth-generation sedan will be the second Honda vehicle to support CarPlay alongside the 2016 Accord as the Japanese car maker continues its 2016 vehicle rollout. Apple has listed Honda as a CarPlay partner on its website for quite some time, but the car maker waited until...
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Inside iOS 9: Apple News Delivers the Latest Stories to Your Device

Wednesday September 16, 2015 12:12 pm PDT by
Apple News is an all-new app on iOS 9 that aggregates stories from several sources into one mobile-friendly format for reading on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The app is very similar to existing news apps such as Flipboard and Zine, displaying a list of news articles and personalized stories based on publications that interest you. International readers should note that Apple News is currently ...
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Inside iOS 9: Notes Gains Checklists, Photos, Sketches and More

Wednesday September 16, 2015 11:17 am PDT by
Apple has made the Notes app a lot more useful on iOS 9 by integrating it with several other stock apps, including Photos, Mail, Maps and Safari. In addition to traditional note-taking, users can now create checklists, draw sketches and insert photos, videos, links, maps, Pages documents and other attachments into notes. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Checklists ...
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Inside iOS 9: Apple Maps Gains Transit Mode and Nearby Search

Wednesday September 16, 2015 10:45 am PDT by
Apple Maps launched in September 2012 as the default mapping app on iPhone, but soon faced widespread criticism for having incomplete data, providing incorrect directions and lacking features over Google Maps. The controversial launch resulted in Apple CEO Tim Cook issuing a rare public apology, while former iOS chief Scott Forstall was ousted from Apple just one month later. While there is...
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iPhone 6s and 6s Plus Orders Begin Shifting to 'Preparing for Shipment'

Wednesday September 16, 2015 7:03 am PDT by
The first batch of customers that pre-ordered the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are beginning to see their order statuses change from "Processing Items" to "Preparing for Shipment" on Apple's website, less than nine days before the new smartphones launch on September 25. The customers that have seen early movement on their iPhone 6s pre-orders all appear to live outside of the United...
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Apple Pay Now Supports Citizens Bank, E-Trade Bank and Over 40 Other U.S. Issuers

Tuesday September 15, 2015 8:37 am PDT by
Apple updated its Apple Pay participating issuers list today with 46 additional banks, credit unions and financial institutions supporting the contactless payment service in the United States. Apple Pay now has over 500 participating issuers nationwide, and several more plan to support the NFC-based mobile payment service in the future. Citizens Bank and E-TRADE Bank highlight the complete...
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Apple Building Unified Cloud Platform for iCloud, iTunes, Siri and More

Tuesday September 15, 2015 8:22 am PDT by
Apple is moving forward with plans to build a unified platform for cloud-based web services such as iCloud, iTunes and Siri over the next few years, according to The Information. The new platform is based on Siri, which itself is powered by open source infrastructure software called Mesos on the backend, according to the report.The system will be what’s called an “orchestrated...
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iPhone 6s and 6s Plus Weigh More Primarily Due to 3D Touch Display

Tuesday September 15, 2015 4:58 am PDT by
While the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are designed with Series 7000 aluminum, which has a stronger and marginally thicker composition compared to Series 6000 aluminum used on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the new smartphones weigh more primarily due to their 3D Touch displays. Apple published Environmental Reports for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus that reveal the devices are about 11%...
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Apple's Company Store at Infinite Loop Reopens on September 19

Tuesday September 15, 2015 4:30 am PDT by
Apple has announced the grand reopening of its Company Store at its One Infinite Loop headquarters in Cupertino, California will take place on Saturday, September 19 at 10 AM Pacific. The store has been closed for renovations since June 15. The Company Store is open to the public and sells Apple logo t-shirts, caps and accessories, but unlike traditional Apple Retail Stores it does not offer ...
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How to Purchase an iPhone 6s or 6s Plus From an Apple Store on September 25

Monday September 14, 2015 1:55 pm PDT by
iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s pre-orders began on September 12 at 12:01 AM Pacific, with two options to receive your new smartphone: home delivery or in-store pickup. Customers that do not place a pre-order or reservation for in-store pickup can also try their luck by standing in line at an Apple Store on September 25, but expect long lines. Most retail locations will open early at 8:00 AM local time. ...
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Job Listing Lends Further Credence to Apple's Acquisition of Faceshift

Monday September 14, 2015 9:22 am PDT by
Earlier this month, we reported that Apple may have acquired Swiss real-time motion capture firm Faceshift, based on the company's corporate directors stepping down in August and being replaced by Martin Frey, a mergers and acquisitions attorney at Baker & McKenzie. Apple has frequently used Baker & McKenzie's services around the world, including management of some of Apple's Swiss trademarks. ...
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iPhone 6s Plus in Short Supply Due to Backlight Module Production Issues

Monday September 14, 2015 8:26 am PDT by
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has issued a note to investors that claims the iPhone 6s Plus is facing supply shortages amid pre-orders due to backlight module production issues at Japanese supplier Minebea. Kuo says that Apple is looking to resolve the problem by transferring backlight module orders to alternative supplier Radiant. The supplier will see its orders increase by 70-80% to...