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RIP AirPort? Apple may abandon wireless routers and Time Capsule

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Apple is reportedly done with routers.</p><p>
While the company hasn’t said anything publicly, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-21/apple-said-to-abandon-development-of-wireless-routers-ivs0ssec) (who has an excellent track record with Apple rumors) reports that Apple’s wireless router division has been disbanded. The engineers who were working on products like the AirPort Express (http://www.macworld.com/article/1167395/networking/new-airport-express-a-tiny-wi-fi-base-station-powerhouse.html), AirPort Extreme (http://www.macworld.com/article/2033878/review-apples-airport-extreme-is-a-safe-choice.html), and AirPort Time Capsule (http://www.macworld.com/article/2044247/review-speedy-networking-makes-apples-new-airport-time-capsule-a-good-buy.html) have been moved to work on other projects over the past year, according to Gurman.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3143604/network-router/rip-airport-apple-may-abandon-wireless-routers-and-time-capsule.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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