Rene Ritchie has been covering Apple and the personal technology industry for almost a decade. Editor-in-chief of iMore, executive editor for Mobile Nations, video and podcast host, you can follow him on Snapchat or Twitter @reneritchie.

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Google has revealed the name of its next-generation Android operating system, and it’s… Nougat!

The next version of Android, the software provided by Google that runs most of the world’s phones, tablets, and increasingly other consumer electronics systems, will be — wait for it! — Nougat!

There’ll be a bunch of previously revealed new features in Android Nougat when it goes public later this year, presumably with some hot new Nexus and partner devices.

What’s in a name?

Personally, I’m non-plussed by the choice of name. Nougat was always the candy my grandmother would give us that no one wanted to eat. I’m not sure how popular it is in the U.S. and Google’s other big markets, but then I’m not sure how many…

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, has been hosting the North American Leadership Summit this week in Ottawa Ontario. As it wound down last night, Justin Trudeau decided to share one final selfie with Barak Obama, his counterpart from the U.S.

Shot and sent from iPhone, of course.

Enjoy your long Canada Day and Fourth of July weekends, folks!
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If you’ve always wanted to own a super rare sports car, CSR Racing 2 is the closest you will get without having to spend a few hundred grand.

CSR Racing 2 is NaturalMotion’s second edition drag racer, and it’s just launched on the App Store. If you thought the first version looked incredible, your mind is going to be blown when you see what they’ve done with CSR Racing 2.

Just like the original, the development team has gone to the extreme to create painstakingly detailed, super realistic cars. With four years of advancements in mobile gaming technology at their disposal, NaturalMotion has turned virtual car collecting into art.

We’ve taken CSR Racing 2 through its paces and have the definitive guide to getting the most respect and gold to put you into a collector class all your own.

Your first car
How to race
Solo racing
Online racing
Gassing up
Upgrading
Tuning
Fusing
Customizing
Joining a Crew
Car collecting
Final Thoughts

Your first car

One of the biggest features of the…

It’s time again for yet another drone flyover of Apple’s Campus 2, showing the progress being made on the company’s new headquarters. The big highlights this month’s video, once again from Matthew Roberts on YouTube include the exterior of the research and development facility, which is nearly complete. Solar panel installation of the parking structure is almost finished as well.

Additionally, the cranes have once again moved to new positions around the campus, foundation work has begun at a facility on Tantau Avenue, while other buildings on that street are growing quickly. The auditorium is under even more construction foam now.

The video also highlights some facts about the upcoming campus. When it’s finished, 3,000 glass panels will have been used to build it, totaling 1.23 million square feet of glass. Additionally, the solar panels will generate 16 megawatts of power, with another four coming from fuel cells.

Construction on Campus 2 is expected to finish this year, and …

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has accused a number of large technology companies, including Apple, of using their platforms to lock out competition from smaller rivals. In a recent speech, Warren targeted Apple, Google, and Amazon for what she believes is the abuse of their dominant industry positions. Particularly, she said Apple made it difficult for rivals to compete with Apple Music.

From Recode:

Google, she said, uses ”its dominant search engine to harm rivals of its Google Plus user review feature;” Apple ”has placed conditions on its rivals that make it difficult for them to offer competitive streaming services” that compete with Apple Music; and Amazon ”uses its position as the dominant bookseller to steer consumers to books published by Amazon to the detriment of other publishers.”

While the three companies didn’t respond to Warren’s speech, Jonathan Prince, communications head for Spotify did, specifically calling out Apple over its subscription practic…

AT&T has officially started its new rewards program by offering all of its post-paid wirelss customers a free movie ticket if they buy one for a Tuesday showing at an AMC or Regal movie theater.

AT&T says:

Via (the Ticket Tuesdays page) the customer will simply validate their mobile number and will then be directed to movietickets.com where a coupon code for their free ticket will automatically be applied at checkout when they buy one full price ticket. The free tickets are available to qualifying customers, one per account, once a week during the length of the AT&T THANKS program—while supplies last each week. Participating theaters are AMC Theatres and Regal Entertainment Group – the two largest movie theatre chains in the country. That’s nearly 1,000 theaters and 13,000 movie screens.

AT&T also plans to offer pre-sale tickets for select Live Nation concerts later this year as part of the rewards program.
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T-Mobile’s no-contract subsidiary MetroPCS will begin selling Apple’s iPhones, starting with a select number of stores in Florida, on July 1. The program will expand nationwide in the coming weeks and months.

T-Mobile states:

iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, the most advanced iPhones ever, will be available for $649 and $749, respectively. iPhone SE, the most powerful phone with a four-inch display, will be available for $349. iPhone 5s will also be available for $199.

T-Mobile did not offer a specific timeline for when iPhone sales will be available at all MetroPCS stores.
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