05-23-19 -

U.S. Senate Passes Bill to Cut Down on Robocalling
The United States Senate today voted almost unanimously to approve an anti-robocalling bill that would cut down on the number of illegal robocalls that people receive. The TRACED Act (Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence...

05-23-19 -

Snap Employees Have Used Internal Snapchat Tools to Spy on Users
Some employees of Snap have access to internal tools that allow them to access Snapchat user data and have in the past abused those tools to spy on Snapchat users, reports Motherboard. According to two former employees, a current employee, and ...

05-23-19 -

New 8-Core MacBook Pro Offers Solid Performance Improvements According to Ben...
The new high-end 8-core 15-inch MacBook Pro that was announced on Tuesday offers significant performance improvements over the previous high-end 6-core MacBook Pro from 2018, according to new benchmarks. In a Geekbench benchmark uploaded this m...

05-23-19 -

Samsung Rumored to Supply OLED Displays for 16-Inch MacBook Pro and Future iP...
Samsung is in talks with Apple about supplying OLED displays for a 16-inch MacBook Pro and future iPad Pro models, according to Korean site The Elec, which does not have a proven track record in terms of Apple rumors. We first heard about a p...

05-23-19 -

71% of College Students Prefer Macs Over PCs According to Jamf Survey
Students pursuing higher education prefer to use Macs over PCs, according to new data shared today by Apple device management company Jamf. 71 percent of students surveyed said they would either use a Mac or prefer to use a Mac if cost were not...

05-23-19 -

Man Who Tricked Apple into Replacing 1,500 Fake iPhones Pleads Guilty to Traf...
A Chinese man on Wednesday pleaded guilty in Oregon to one count of trafficking in counterfeit goods, after he managed to trick Apple into replacing hundreds of fake iPhones with authentic handsets through its warranty program (via Bloomberg). ...

05-23-19 -

Apple Registers Eleven New iPhone Models in Eurasian Database
Apple has registered eleven unreleased iPhone models in the Eurasian Economic Commission database this week, including models A2111, A2160, A2161, A2215, A2216, A2217, A2218, A2219, A2220, A2221, and A2223, according to the Indian blog MySmartPric...

05-22-19 -

Hands-On With the New 4K 23.7-Inch LG UltraFine Display
Apple this week began stocking a new 4K 23.7-inch LG UltraFine Display, which replaces the original 21.5-inch 4K LG UltraFine Display that was pulled from retail stores and the online Apple Store earlier this year. We picked up one of the new 2...

05-22-19 -

Apple Updates WWDC App With Customizable Icons, Hidden Session Info and iMess...
Ahead of the 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference, which kicks off on Monday, June 3 with a keynote event, Apple has updated its official WWDC app for iOS devices. There have been no design changes to the app aside from a new neon icon that bet...

05-22-19 -

Apple Releases macOS Mojave 10.14.5 Supplemental Update for 2018 and 2019 15-...
Apple today quietly released an updated version of macOS Mojave 10.14.5, which is designed for 15-inch MacBook Pro models that feature a T2 security chip, aka the 2018 and 2019 machines. The new version of the software can be downloaded through...

05-22-19 -

Apple Sends Out Media Invites for WWDC Keynote on June 3
Apple today sent out media invites for the keynote event of its 30th annual Worldwide Developers Conference, which takes place at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. The WWDC keynote will provide a ...

05-22-19 -

Apple Pledges to Be 'Clearer and More Upfront' With iPhone Users About Batter...
The UK's competition watchdog today announced that Apple has formally agreed to be "clearer and more upfront with iPhone users" about battery health and performance to ensure compliance with consumer law, as the BBC reports. In a pl...

05-22-19 -

FTC Wins Antitrust Lawsuit Against Qualcomm [Updated]
The FTC today won its antitrust lawsuit against chipmaker Qualcomm over anticompetitive business practices. As first reported by legal expert Florian Mueller on his blog FOSS Patents, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has ruled that Qualcomm's so...

05-21-19 -

Seven Safari Tricks on iOS You Might Not Know
Safari on iOS has a surprising number of hidden tricks, letting you manipulate tabs, conduct page-specific searches, and more, and not all of these features are immediately obvious due to the gestures involved. We've rounded up some useful must...

05-21-19 -

Apple Named Cannes Lions' 2019 Creative Marketer of the Year
Cannes Lions today announced that Apple has been named the Creative Marketer of the Year, marking the first time the Cupertino company has won the award. Apple was named the Creative Marketer of the Year to honor its "world class creative ...

05-21-19 -

Apple's Online Store Now Offering New 4K 23.7-Inch LG UltraFine Display
The Apple online store and Apple retail stores in the United States are now offering a new 4K 23.7-inch LG UltraFine Display, which replaces the previously available 4K and 5K displays from LG. Priced at $700, the new display was discov...

05-21-19 -

Apple Debuts New 8-Core MacBook Pro With Updated Keyboard
Apple today announced the surprise launch of a new MacBook Pro model, which it is calling the fastest Mac notebook ever. The new machine features Intel's 8th and 9th-generation processors, with high-end models featuring eight cores for the first t...

05-21-19 -

Apple Launches New Backlight Service Program for 2016 13-Inch MacBook Pro Dis...
Alongside the launch of new MacBook Pro models, Apple today introduced a new Backlight Service Program for the 13-inch MacBook Pro. According to Apple, a "very small percentage" of 2016 13-inch MacBook Pro displays can exhibit vertica...

05-21-19 -

2018 and Newer MacBook Pro and MacBook Air Now Eligible for Apple's Keyboard ...
Apple today extended its Keyboard Service Program to all MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro models equipped with any generation of its butterfly mechanism keyboard, not long after apologizing over the issues. This means 2018 MacBook Air, 2...

05-21-19 -

Apple Said to Have Made 'Serious Bid' of ~$240 Per Share to Acquire Tesla Aro...
It has long been rumored that Apple plans to compete in the electric vehicle market in some capacity, ranging from supplying other automakers with underlying technologies to developing its own vehicle entirely, and new information suggests that Ap...

05-21-19 -

Vizio's 2019 Smart TVs Now Available With AirPlay 2 and HomeKit Support Comin...
Vizio today announced that its 2019 smart TV models with forthcoming AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support are now available at various retailers in the United States, including Amazon, Best Buy, Costco, Sam's Club, Target, and Walmart. The lineup in...

05-21-19 -

Apple Highlights 'Great Feedback' Received From Hundreds of Apple News+ Publi...
While the highlight of last week's iOS 12.3 release was a revamped TV app with a new "Channels" feature, the release notes also mentioned a minor change to the Apple News+ interface that did not receive as much attention. Ensuring t...

05-21-19 -

Health Canada Gives Green Light to ECG App on Apple Watch
Health Canada has cleared the ECG app and irregular heart rhythm notifications on the Apple Watch Series 4, suggesting that both features will make their much-anticipated debut in Canada in the near future. As spotted by the blog iPhone in Ca...

05-21-19 -

Apple Sued by Estate of 'Over the Rainbow' Composer for Alleged Piracy
Apple and other tech firms are being sued for piracy by the estate of composer Harold Arlen for offering unauthorized copies of his songs, reports the BBC. Arlen's son, Sam Arlen, says he has found more than 6,000 unauthorized copies of his father...

05-21-19 -

Apple Pay Launches in Hungary and Luxembourg
Apple Pay officially launched in Hungary and Luxembourg today, enabling bank card holders there to use Apple's mobile payment system for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch wherever they see the contactless logo. In Luxembourg, BGL BNP Pariba...

05-20-19 -

Contact Info for Millions of Instagram Influencers, Celebrities, and Brand Ac...
A database that contained contact information for millions of Instagram influencers, celebrities, and brand accounts was recently leaked online, reports TechCrunch. The database, which was hosted by Amazon Web Services and contains more than 49...

05-20-19 -

U.S. Justice Department 'Leaning Against' Approving T-Mobile/Sprint Merger
The United States Justice Department is "leaning against" approving the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, reports Bloomberg. The merger might not be approved because the two companies "don't go far enough" to resolve antit...

05-20-19 -

Google Launches New $999 Glass AR Headset for Enterprise Customers
Google today announced the launch of a new enterprise-focused Google Glass headset, the Glass Enterprise Edition 2. The Glass Enterprise Edition 2 looks more like a traditional pair of glasses than a futuristic headset thanks to safety frames d...

05-20-19 -

Apple Seeds Second Beta of iOS 12.4 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Availa...
Apple will today seed the second beta of an upcoming iOS 12.4 update to developers, almost one week after seeding the first iOS 12.4 beta, and two weeks after releasing iOS 12.3, a major update that introduced a revamped TV app. Registered deve...

05-20-19 -

Apple Stores Quietly Carrying New LG 23.7-Inch UltraFine Display
Over the past few months, supplies of the LG UltraFine 4K and 5K displays have dried up at Apple's retail and online stores, leading to speculation on the future of Apple-approved displays beyond a rumored ultra high-end 6K display perhaps coming ...

05-20-19 -

Some Apple Watch Series 3 Repairs Can Now Qualify for Series 4 Replacement
Apple has informed its retail staff that it will substitute some Apple Watch Series 3 repairs with the Apple Watch Series 4, due to low inventory on the older model. The announcement was spotted by an internal memo delivered to staff and Authorize...

05-20-19 -

Google and Other Suppliers Begin Cutting Off Huawei Following U.S. Trade Ban
Last week, president Donald Trump signed an order to restrict Huawei Technologies from selling its equipment in the United States in an attempt to curb Huawei's access to U.S. markets. This included placing Huawei on a blacklist that could forbid ...

05-20-19 -

Toshiba Planning to Buy Back Memory Unit Shares Purchased Last Year by Apple ...
Last June, Toshiba completed the sale of its memory chip unit to a global consortium of companies led by Bain Capital and including Apple, Dell, Kingston, and Seagate Technology. Today, The Wall Street Journal reported that Toshiba is now set to b...

05-19-19 -

iOS 13: Everything We Know So Far
iOS 13 is expected to be announced at WWDC in just a few weeks. The leaks so far have suggested a number of new features: dark mode, iPad tweaks, new gestures, speed improvements, Live Photo improvements and a whole lot more. Read our full roundu...

05-17-19 -

Powerbeats Pro Water Resistance Test: Find Out What Happens if You Drop Apple...
Apple's new Powerbeats Pro earbuds feature a "reinforced design" for improved "sweat and water resistance" along with an official IPX4 water resistance rating, which means they should be able to hold up to a good amount of mois...

05-17-19 -

Some 2018 Lexus Vehicles Eligible for $199 Software Update to Add CarPlay Sup...
Lexus recently announced that it is bringing CarPlay to some older vehicles, following the launch of CarPlay in new 2019 Lexus vehicles last September. CarPlay can be installed in the 2018 LS, LC, RC, RC F, and NX, and as pointed out by iPhone ...

05-17-19 -

Apple Park Decorated With Rainbow Colors in Celebration of Steve Jobs and For...
Apple Park is decorated with the colors of Apple's classic rainbow logo today in celebration of the formal opening of Apple's new headquarters, and as a tribute to its late co-founder Steve Jobs, who helped conceptualize the spaceship-like design ...

05-17-19 -

Google Pixel 4 Leaks Suggest Punch-Hole Selfie Camera and Total Lack of Physi...
Google may have only just announced its Pixel 3a and 3a XL smartphones, but rumors about this year's forthcoming Pixel 4 are already appearing, and the latest alleged leak suggests the search giant's redesigned handset will lack physical buttons. ...

05-17-19 -

Apple Promotes Music-Making on Mac in New Ad
Apple today shared a new "Behind the Music" ad in the United Kingdom that promotes music-making on the Mac with portraits of artists. "From bedroom studio to stadium tour, the British music scene is alive," the video descrip...

05-16-19 -

Apple's U.S. iPhone User Base Sees Slowing Growth in Q1 2019
Apple's estimated U.S. iPhone installed base saw little growth in the first calendar quarter of (second fiscal quarter) of 2019, according to new data shared today by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP). As of March 30, 2019, the U.S...

05-16-19 -

How AirPlay 2 and the Apple TV App Work on a Samsung TV
When iOS 12.3 and tvOS 12.3 launched earlier this week with the updated TV app that Apple first teased at its March event, Samsung also rolled out support for both AirPlay 2 and the new TV app, making it the first third-party company to launch the...

05-16-19 -

Apple's Former Retail Chief Angela Ahrendts Named to Airbnb's Board of Directors
Apple's former retail chief Angela Ahrendts, who left the company last month after five years, has joined Airbnb's board of directors. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced last year that he planned to appoint at least one woman to the company's ...

05-16-19 -

Apple Highlights Global Accessibility Awareness Day With Front-Page Feature [...
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, an event that promotes inclusion and access to technology for anyone with a disability. As it has over the past few years, Apple is marking the day by updating Apple.com in a few regions around the worl...

05-16-19 -

Apple Rises to Third in Annual Fortune 500 List of America's Largest Companies
Apple has ranked third in the annual Fortune 500 list of the highest-revenue-generating companies in the United States, with $265.5 billion revenue in fiscal 2018, trailing only Walmart and oil giant ExxonMobil. Apple moved up one spo...

05-15-19 -

Valve's 'Steam Link' App Now Available on iOS
Valve's Steam Link app, which is designed to let you play Steam games on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV has finally made its way to iOS and is available for download as of today. Valve first announced the Steam Link app in May 2018 and planned ...

05-15-19 -

Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 12.4 to Developers
Apple will today seed the first beta of an upcoming iOS 12.4 beta to developers, a few days after the launch of iOS 12.3, a major update that introduced Apple's revamped TV app. Registered developers can download the new iOS 12.4 beta from Appl...

05-15-19 -

Alexa Now Supports Apple Music in Australia and New Zealand on Echo, Sonos, a...
Alexa now supports Apple Music in Australia and New Zealand on Amazon Echo and Amazon Fire TV devices, and compatible Sonos speakers, as reflected in a recently updated Apple support document. This means Apple Music subscribers who own one of...

05-15-19 -

Apple-Designed iPhone Modems Could Take Until 2025, Intel Confirms Interest i...
The Information has published a lengthy look into Apple's frustrations with Intel's struggles with iPhone modems, leading to its rekindled relationship with Qualcomm. In the report, Intel confirmed that many companies have expressed interest in ac...

05-15-19 -

Apple Pay Will Soon Launch in 16 More Countries, Including Bulgaria and Croatia
Apple Pay has been gradually expanding across Europe and the Middle East, launching in Poland, Norway, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, Austria, and Iceland over the last year. Now, mobile banking service Monese has...

05-14-19 -

Hands-On With the OnePlus 7 Pro's New Pop-Up Camera and Bezel-Free Display
OnePlus today unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 7 Pro, which offers an impressive feature set at a price that beats out flagship devices from other smartphone manufacturers, including Apple. We were able to go hands-on with t...