Brand: MacNews

2TB Mac mini returns to Apple’s online store

A 2TB version of the Mac mini has popped up again at the Apple online store. After the most recent revision of Apple’s smallest desktop, the option had vanished.

The new 2TB model is limited to the high-end, $999 configuration. It uses an Apple Fusion Drive instead of a conventional hard drive. It also packs a 2.8GHz dual Intel Core i5 processor and 8GB of memory.

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Kinsa thermometer to integrate with Apple’s HealthKit

Kinsa (www.kinsahealth.com), the company behind a FDA-cleared smartphone-connected thermometer, has announced the integration of its app with Apple’s HealthKit for iOS 8.

Through the free Kinsa app, users can create individual profiles for each member of the family and track fever, symptoms and illness history within the app itself.  Kinsa’s integration with HealthKit further allows for individual users to track temperature as part of their broader personal health and fitness context, says Inder Singh, founder and CEO of Kinsa.

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Apple sues Ericsson for LTE wireless tech patents

Apple is suing Ericsson for charging excessive royalty rates on certain wireless Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, arguing that the company’s patents aren’t essential to overarching industry standards, reports Reuters (http://tinyurl.com/lqjqcty).

Currently, the two companies have a license agreement that covers many of Ericsson’s allegedly standard-essential patents. The agreement was signed in 2008 soon after Apple launched the iPhone, according to the court filing.

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