“Lockdown Mode” – Coming to the iPhone, iPad and Mac this September! In a newsroom post, Apple on July 6 announced the new feature which will be coming to iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura in autumn. The tech giant describes the new feature as “an extreme, optional protection for the very small number … Read more →
Netflix has announced plans to introduce an ad-supported version of its streaming product. The company is experiencing a downward trend in subscriber numbers due to rising prices and the onset of a new streaming landscape, with players like Apple TV+ and Disney+ taking a bite into the streaming giant’s subscription revenue. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos … Read more →
For a limited time only, Apple is offering double cashback promotion on its Apple Card. The tech giant is offering consumers the chance to earn 4% cashback on purchases at select retailers throughout the entire month of July 2022. This is up from standard 2% cashback reward it normally offers for in-store purchases on Apple … Read more →
Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of tech giant Apple, shall be posthumously awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, The White House said on a press release Friday. On Friday, July 1, President Joe Biden announced the seventeen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which includes the Apple co-founder who … Read more →
Apple brings back Apple Camp sessions with an all-new two-hour format for families. Apple Camp, a free program available at all Apple store locations worldwide, will run starting from June 20 to August 31. Apple Camp is a summer program at the Apple Store that teaches kids ages 8-12 how to do fun stuff. Now … Read more →
Apple has announced on Tuesday that they have formed a partnership with Major League Soccer that involves every single MLS match being streamed via the Apple TV for the next 10 years, starting in 2023. Avid soccer fans would be able to stream every live match, without any local blackouts or restrictions (the need for … Read more →
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicked off on Monday, June 6, with keynote from Apple CEO Tim Cook. WWDC 2022 shall run from June 6 to June 10. This is the 33rd WWDC since it started. This year’s conference had a first-of-its-kind special event held at the Apple Park, which welcomed developers, students and … Read more →
Apple has featured three of the 350 winners of their 2022 Swift Student Challenge who are using their coding skills to create apps that help solve problems in their communities. The Swift Student Challenge is a coding contest for young developers, which is held every year as part of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). In … Read more →
Oil giant Saudi Aramco surpassed Apple to become the world’s most valuable company on Wednesday, May 11. Aramco’s market valuation settled at around $2.43 trillion on Wednesday. More than 5% of Apple shares fell on the same day, bringing the cap to $2.37 trillion. Energy prices and stocks continue to rise as investors sell off … Read more →
Apple’s last iPod version, the 2019 iPod touch, has now been officially sold out on the official US online storefront, with a few more units remaining in Brazil, Canada and the UK. On Tuesday, May 10, Apple announced in a newsroom post that their iPod line has been discontinued, with the iPod touch available via … Read more →
Thanks to this nifty gadget by Apple, a man from Australia was able to recover his things that were stolen from his car. Graham Tait, a resident of Sydney, discovered he was robbed while he was on a holiday vacation in South Australia this week, when $10,000 worth of items was stolen from his car … Read more →
The first Thursday of every May is World Password Day, and it’s the perfect time to beef up your password security habits. Apple, Google and Microsoft announced Thursday, May 5, their plans to adopt features that would support passwordless sign-ins for websites and apps. The FIDO Alliance (FIDO is the acronym for “fast identity online”) … Read more →
Apple on Thursday announced their financial results for the second fiscal quarter of 2022, which relates to the first calendar quarter of the year. For its fiscal year second quarter that ended March 26, 2022, the Cupertino company posted a revenue worth $97.3 billion and net quarterly profit of $25 billion, or $1.52 per diluted … Read more →
When Chris Lattner set out to design Swift, he had one thing in mind, total domination. Imagine how easy and clean a language has to be to break into the top 25 list in the language rankings, let alone the top 10. Swift managed that in as little time as 4 years. Safe to say … Read more →
On 13 September 2021, Apple both won (and partly lost) a patent infringement lawsuit started by Firstface in 2018. This article will look at the details of the popular case from last year… Firstface, established in 2006, is a certified Recruitment and Executive Search Company who launched an IP dispute in 2018 with multinational technology … Read more →
Apple on Wednesday unveiled a total of ten winning photos from the Shot on iPhone Macro Challenge which the company first announced in January of this year. People can submit unedited macro photos shot on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max straight from the camera, but the company said they can also … Read more →