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03-24-19 -
Apple Teases Tomorrow's Special Event With Humorous 'Live Stream' of Steve Jo...
Apple is teasing its media event tomorrow with a tongue-in-cheek "live stream" of the Steve Jobs Theater on its website. We've been watching the stream at a glance for around six hours now, over which time we've seen everything from...
03-24-19 -
WSJ on Apple's Video Service: Starz, Showtime, and HBO to Cost $9.99 Per Mont...
The Wall Street Journal has outlined its expectations for Apple's media event tomorrow at Steve Jobs Theater, where the company is expected to introduce subscription-based services for movies and TV shows, magazines and newspapers, and possibly ga...
03-23-19 -
Apple 'Netflix for Games' Subscription Service May Be Shown Monday
A previously reported "Netflix for Games" subscription service that Apple has been working on may be shown at the Apple Event scheduled for Monday, March 25th. Bloomberg reports that beyond Apple's News and Video services which are...
03-23-19 -
2019 iPhones May Include 18W Fast Charger and USB-C to Lightning Cable
Japanese Mac blog Macotakara posted a new report tonight which indicates that Apple will maintain the Lightning connector on the 2019 iPhones but may finally be including a 18W Fast Charger and USB-C to Lightning cable. In addition, the next iP...
03-22-19 -
Apple's Beats Brand to Debut New Wire-Free Powerbeats in April
Apple's Beats brand will soon release an entirely wire-free version of its Powerbeats Wireless Earphones designed for workouts, reports CNET. The updated earphones will be similar to the AirPods, in that there will be no wire between them. Appl...
03-22-19 -
AT&T's '5GE' Service No Faster Than LTE From Verizon and T-Mobile
Starting with the iOS 12.2 beta, AT&T began displaying a 5G Evolution or 5GE icon on iPhones, misleading AT&T subscribers into thinking they're getting 5G transfer speeds when in fact, 5G on iPhone is not supported and AT&T has no 5G n...
03-22-19 -
AirPower to Launch in 'Late March' According to DigiTimes Sources
Apple plans to release its long-awaited wireless charging mat AirPower in "late March" according to Taiwanese publication DigiTimes: The report cites unnamed "industry sources" within Apple's supply chain:Lite-On Semicondu...
03-21-19 -
Apple Secures Rights to AirPower Trademark Amid Launch Rumors [Update]
Amid launch rumors that Apple is preparing to release the AirPower sometime soon, the Cupertino company has finally secured the rights to the AirPower trademark. To get the AirPower trademark, Apple had to jump through quite a few hoops over th...
03-21-19 -
Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions Passwords in Plain Text, Thousands of Em...
Facebook today announced that during a routine security review it discovered "some user passwords" were stored in a readable format within its internal data storage systems, accessible by employees. As it turns out, "some user pa...
03-21-19 -
Apple Plans to Sell Bundles of Cable TV Channels Through New Streaming Service
While Apple's new TV streaming service will include its own original content, Apple will also be offering customers access to video streaming subscriptions from third-party services, such as HBO and Showtime. Part of this effort could potential...
03-21-19 -
Apple's WWDC 2019 Ticket Lottery Ends, Winners Begin Receiving Confirmation E...
The ticket lottery for Apple's 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference ended yesterday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, and following the end of registration, Apple has started sending out confirmation emails to winners. Developers who scored ...
03-21-19 -
Apple Has Reportedly Acquired Italian Startup Stamplay
Apple has acquired Italian startup Stamplay, which offered an API-based back-end development platform, according to Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. The report does not disclose how much Apple paid for the small company. The report also does...
03-21-19 -
New AirPower Image With iPhone XS Appears Within Source Code on Apple's Website
Based on source code from the AirPods page of Apple's website in Australia, we've uncovered what appears to be a new image of the AirPower with an iPhone XS on it, serving as yet more evidence that a release is still forthcoming. More details...
03-21-19 -
New iPad Mini Reviews: Capable Small Tablet With Nearly All Features of New i...
Early reviews and hands-on impressions of the new iPad mini came out today. Most publications agree that the iPad mini is a great update for fans of the smaller 7.9-inch tablet with almost identical tech specs to the new iPad Air. That includ...
03-20-19 -
AltConf 2019 Offers San Jose Alternative for Developers Unable to Attend WWDC...
AltConf, a popular alternative conference that takes place at the same time as Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, is returning in 2019. Developers unable to get a ticket to WWDC can instead attend AltConf to meet and mingle with others in th...
03-20-19 -
Wall Street Journal to Join Apple's News Subscription Service, but NYT and Wa...
The Wall Street Journal plans to join Apple's subscription news service that's set to be announced Monday, reports The New York Times. Other publications like the Washington Post and The New York Times itself are not on board, however, due to the ...
03-20-19 -
AirPods With Wireless Charging Case Delivery Date Slips to April
Just hours after Apple unveiled new second-generation AirPods with "Hey Siri" support and a new Wireless Charging Case, they've started selling out. At launch, Apple listed a U.S. delivery date of March 27 to March 29 for the new &...
03-20-19 -
WSJ Says Apple Approved Production of AirPower Earlier This Year as Previousl...
The Wall Street Journal today reports that Apple approved production of its long-awaited wireless charging mat AirPower earlier this year after facing challenges with developing the accessory. This supports previous supply chain rumors. From...
03-20-19 -
Roundup: AirPower Removed From AirPods Page, AirPods 3 Possibly 2020, iOS 12....
Apple today unveiled second-generation AirPods with a new H1 chip that enables hands-free Siri and up to an extra hour of talk time, and there are a handful of details worth mentioning surrounding the announcement. Apple removed this AirPower i...
03-20-19 -
Apple Launches New Spring Colors for iPhone Cases and Apple Watch Bands
Alongside the second generation of AirPods, Apple today refreshed its iPhone case and Apple Watch band lineup for spring. In Silicone cases for iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max you can now choose from Spearmint, Papaya, and Delft Blue. The iPhone ...
03-20-19 -
New AirPods Launch With H1 Chip, Hey Siri, Up to 50% More Talk Time, and Opti...
Apple today announced second-generation AirPods with an H1 chip for "Hey Siri" and an optional wireless charging case. The new AirPods are available to order starting today for $159 with a standard charging case and for &...
03-20-19 -
Disney Completes $71.3 Billion Acquisition of 21st Century Fox
After first confirming its plan to acquire certain parts of 21st Century Fox in December 2017, today The Walt Disney Company has officially closed its $71.3 billion acquisition of Fox (via The Hollywood Reporter). The deal had to go throug...
03-20-19 -
Kaspersky Lab Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple Over App Store Policy
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service relating to the company's App Store distribution policy. The action comes less than a week after Spotify filed its own co...
03-19-19 -
Apple Drops Prices on MacBook Air and Mac Mini SSD Upgrades, Lowers Cost of 6...
As we reported this morning, Apple today cut the prices of higher-end MacBook Pro SSD upgrades by up to $400, and as it turns out, there have been pricing changes to components in other Mac machines as well. For the MacBook Air, release...
03-19-19 -
Code in Latest iOS 12.2 Beta Suggests AirPower Launch Coming Soon
Apple's long-awaited AirPower could be launching in the near future, based on coding changes that 9to5Mac's Guilherme Rambo says he found in the latest iOS 12.2 beta, released yesterday morning. There have been "significant changes" t...
03-19-19 -
Eddy Cue Says Apple Isn't Interested in Exclusive Rights to Live Sports Games
A new Sports Illustrated article offers a look inside Apple's so-called sports surveillance room at its Results Way office complex in Cupertino, California, where a team of Apple employees have been monitoring sports events for newsworthy and unpr...
03-19-19 -
Apple Lowers Price of MacBook Pro's High-End SSD Upgrade Options
Alongside a refresh of the iMac and new Radeon Pro Vega graphics options for the iMac Pro, Apple today quietly lowered the price of some of the storage upgrade options for the MacBook Pro. 2TB and 4TB SSD upgrade options for 13 and 15-inch mach...
03-19-19 -
Apple Courting Publishers by Comparing News Service to Apple Music, but Most ...
With less than one week to go until Apple's "It's Show Time" media event, the company is said to still be courting major news companies to join its revamped Apple News subscription service (via Business Insider). The debut of this servic...
03-19-19 -
New iPod Touch Expected as Early as Tomorrow
Apple may have plans to announce a new seventh-generation iPod touch in a press release as early as tomorrow. MacRumors received a tip earlier this month claiming that Apple would announce new iPads, iMacs, and iPods on Monday, Tuesday, and Wed...
03-19-19 -
Prototype Development Board of Original iPhone Surfaces in Never-Before-Seen ...
The Verge has obtained never-before-seen photos of a development board for the original iPhone, providing an interesting look back at the measures Apple took to ensure the smartphone remained as much of a secret as possible. The large circuit...
03-19-19 -
iMac Pro Updated With 256GB RAM and Radeon Pro Vega 64X Graphics Options
Alongside a spec bump to standard iMac models, Apple today quietly added 256GB RAM and Radeon Pro Vega 64X graphics options to the iMac Pro. Upgrading to 256GB of 2,666MHz DDR4 ECC memory will set you back a steep $5,200, more than th...
03-19-19 -
Apple Updates iMac Lineup With Up to 8-Core 9th-Gen Intel Processors and Rade...
Nearly two years have passed since Apple last refreshed the iMac, but updates are finally here for both 4K and 5K models. Apple today announced that its iMac lineup has been updated with Intel's latest 8th-generation and 9th-generation Core p...
03-19-19 -
Apple Updates Events App for Apple TV Ahead of March 25 'It's Showtime' Event
Apple today updated its Events app for the fourth and fifth-generation Apple TV in preparation for the March 25th "Show Time" event that's expected to focus on the company's upcoming TV and Apple News services. The updated Events a...
03-19-19 -
Netflix CEO Confirms Netflix Won't Be Part of Apple's Upcoming Video Service
Apple is set to unveil its long-rumored TV service next Monday, and ahead of the event, Netflix has confirmed that it won't be participating in Apple's streaming offering. At a briefing at the company's headquarters in Hollywood, Netflix CEO Re...
03-18-19 -
A12 Bionic in New iPad Paired With 3GB RAM, Clocks in at Same Speed as Latest...
Apple's new fifth-generation iPad mini and resurrected iPad Air were announced this morning, and both of the new tablets are equipped with Apple's latest A12 Bionic processors, initially introduced in the 2018 iPhones. The first Geekbench bench...
03-18-19 -
2019 10.5-Inch iPad Air vs. 2017 10.5-Inch iPad Pro
Apple has launched a new 10.5-inch iPad Air that can be viewed as a lower-priced successor to the second-generation 10.5-inch iPad Pro, which has been discontinued. Below, we compare tech specs and features. Pricing is key, with the new iPad ...
03-18-19 -
Apple Releases Sixth Developer Beta of iOS 12.2 [Update: Public Beta Available]
Apple will today seed the sixth beta of an upcoming iOS 12.2 update to developers for testing purposes, one week after seeding the fifth beta of iOS 12.2 and two months after the release of iOS 12.1.4. Registered developers can download the new...
03-18-19 -
LG Announces Additional TVs With AirPlay 2 and HomeKit Launching Between Apri...
LG today detailed upcoming availability of its 2019 NanoCell LED 4K Ultra HD smart TVs with AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support. The new NanoCell lineup is divided into the Nano 8 and Nano 9 series, with 11 models in total ranging in size from 49 i...
03-18-19 -
Apple Launches New 10.5-Inch iPad Air With A12 Bionic Chip and Apple Pencil S...
Apple today introduced an all-new iPad Air with a 10.5-inch display, A12 Bionic chip, and Apple Pencil support. The new iPad Air is available to order on Apple.com and at Apple Stores and select resellers starting today with 64GB and 256GB st...
03-18-19 -
Apple Announces New Fifth-Generation iPad mini With Apple Pencil Support, Rev...
Apple today launched a new fifth-generation iPad mini, featuring an upgraded A12 Bionic processor, Apple Pencil support, a new advanced Retina display panel, and the same price tag as the previous model. The new iPad mini starts at $3...
03-18-19 -
Apple Has Wrapped Filming on Five Original TV Shows Ahead of Streaming Servic...
In one week, Apple will host a media event in California focused mainly on details about its upcoming TV streaming service. This week, The New York Times published a report about the state of a few shows on the service, hinting at which ones might...
03-18-19 -
Apple's Online Store Goes Down Amid New iMac and iPad Rumors
Apple's online store has unexpectedly gone down this morning. Apple typically takes the site down pending changes to its product range, although it's not clear whether that's the case this time around. Apple has several rumored products debut...
03-16-19 -
Spotify on Apple's Response to App Store Dispute: 'Every Monopolist Will Sugg...
Spotify on Wednesday announced it filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with the European Commission over unfair App Store practices. Apple responded two days later, labeling the complaint as "misleading rhetoric" and arguing that &...
03-16-19 -
Over 2,000 Participants Received Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification in Apple...
Stanford Medicine researchers presented their findings of the Apple Heart Study at the American College of Cardiology's 68th Annual Scientific Session and Expo in New Orleans today, as noted by Apple in a press release. Apple and Stanford cre...
03-15-19 -
Samsung's More Affordable Galaxy S10e Compared to iPhone XR
In the 2018 iPhone lineup, Apple introduced the iPhone XR, an iPhone that shares many of the same hardware advancements added in the XS and XS Max, but at a more affordable $749 price tag. Samsung followed in Apple's footsteps with its ...
03-15-19 -
Jury Rules in Favor of Qualcomm, Says Apple Infringed on Three Qualcomm Paten...
Apple and Qualcomm this week wrapped up a patent trial where Apple was accused of infringing on three of Qualcomm's patents, and the verdict from the jury is in -- Apple violated Qualcomm's patents in its iPhones. According to CNET, the jury to...
03-15-19 -
First LG TVs That Will Support AirPlay 2 and HomeKit Coming in April
LG today announced that its first 2019 OLED TVs with AI ThinQ will be debuting in April. These models, like other TVs in the 2019 lineup, will support AirPlay 2 and HomeKit later this year. The 65-inch E9 and C9 models will be the first to laun...
03-15-19 -
Rumors Persist of Triple-Lens Camera in Square Bump on Higher-End 2019 iPhones
The next iPhone XS Max and possibly iPhone XS will feature a triple-lens rear camera system within a square bump like the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, according to Japanese blog Mac Otakara, citing information from Chinese suppliers. The report includes a ...
03-15-19 -
Apple Will Reportedly Screen Original Content for Top Awards Like Oscars and ...
Ahead of its widely expected video service unveil on March 25, Apple is hiring awards strategists to arrange screenings and other publicity events for Hollywood insiders and others who vote on which movies and TV shows win prestigious awards like ...
03-15-19 -
Apple Says Spotify Seeks to Keep All Benefits of App Store Without Making Any...
Apple today responded to Spotify's recent complaint with the European Commission over its App Store practices in a press release, referring to it as "misleading rhetoric." Apple added that Spotify "seeks to keep all of the benefits ...

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