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The Apple AirPort router is no more.
The company officially discontinued the AirPort products on Thursday, when it confirmed the news in a statement to 9to5Mac.
All three AirPort products that Apple is currently selling — AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Time Capsule — will remain available in Apple’s online store, in retail stores and with authorized resellers while supplies last, the company has confirmed.
This is hardly a surprise: Apple reportedly shut down its AirPort team in November 2016, and none of these products have been updated for years. Read more…
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