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AWT News Update: May 11, 2016

iPhone 8 rumors, translator updates, a new Apple Store in a historic building, and crazy App Store statistics – they’re all part of today’s Apple news:

  • Apple is looking at the historic Tower Theatre in LA as the location for a new Apple Store
  • Just 1% of the monetized apps in the iOS App Store account for 94% of the revenue generated
  • Daring Fireball’s John Gruber says the 2017 iPhone will look radically different
  • Google Translator can now be used to translate text offline

The text of this podcast can be found below.

After years of making a big deal about the safety of the MagSafe power connector for the various models of MacBooks, Apple totally ignored the connector in the 12-inch MacBook design. That opened the slim laptop to being dragged to the floor if someone happened to trip over the power cord. Fortunately, Griffin Technology created the BreakSafe Magnetic USB-C Power Cable to bring back the safe breakaway capability, and you can get it for 12% off the usual price through the Apple World Today Deals Shop

The BreakSafe is usually priced at $40, but AWT readers can pick it up for just $34.99 with free shipping. For anyone who owns the 12-inch MacBook, this is inexpensive insurance! But hurry, because this special price won’t last.

Steve Sande
the authorSteve Sande
Steve is the founder and former publisher of Apple World Today and has authored a number of books about Apple products. He's an avid photographer, an FAA-licensed drone pilot, and a really bad guitarist. Steve and his wife Barb love to travel everywhere!