When creating an iCloud account, you can use any email-based Apple ID or your existing iCloud account.

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Apple hasn't been as direct about what's going on, but Wired believes there's been a 24-hour hold on phone-based Apple ID password resets while the company marshals its resources and decides how much extra strictness is required.

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This development is made possible by a new wave of technology: radio-frequency ID chips the size of pepper grains, broadband wireless and Web-based "dashboards" enabling monitoring and management.

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Upgrades to the SpareOnePlus include a location-based service which identifies the exact location of the cell ID, accessible through a free smartphone app, as well as audible numeric feedback which reads the number dialed and incoming calls aloud.

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In Moscow old-age pensioners carry a chip-based smart card from Visa that acts as a subway pass and id card and affords them discounts at pharmacies.

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