Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
As expected, Apple today was hit with an official Statement of Objections from the EU competition commission over the dominance of Apple Pay. The EU says that it has come to the preliminary view that Apple unfairly abused its dominant position in the ‘market for mobile wallets’ by restricting access to the NFC chip to…
Bloomberg has echoed concerns about Apple’s dependence on China for what the company terms FATP: final assembly, test, and pack. Mark Gurman observes that it was Tim Cook who was responsible for the decision to use China as an assembly hub, back in the days when he was the company’s chief operations officer … more……
Today we’re tracking a pair of discounts on AirPods models offered by Amazon, including solid markdowns on the AirPods 2 and AirPods Max. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site…
Read More “Deals: New AirPods Sales Include AirPods 2 for $99 and AirPods Max for $449” »
Analysts seem generally happy with the AAPL outlook despite the company’s stark earnings call warning, but one has warned that iPhone prices may rise outside the US. While this could happen across the complete range of Apple products, it’s likely to be especially problematic for the iPhone 14. Apple reported record earnings for Q2, but…
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Apple said that AirTags batteries should each last about a year, so if you bought one at launch, it’s now time to check how much charge you’ve got left.The battery is a commonly available CR2032 one.It’s impossible to predict with any certainty how long a battery will last, because it depends chiefly on how much…
Read More “One year on, how to check your AirTags battery level” »
Amazon today has the Space Gray version of the latest 64GB Wi-Fi iPad mini available for a record-low price of $399.99, a savings of $99 off the regular price of $499. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a…
Read More “Deals: iPad Mini 6 Drops to All-Time Low Price of $399.99 ($99 Off)” »
A family’s trip to Disney World turned sour after it was discovered they may have been stalked throughout the theme park using AirTag.Members of the Gaston family from Tennessee had spent a full day enjoying themselves at Disney World, but a notification on an iPhone about an AirTag they didn’t own tracking their movements darkened…
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Tripp Mickle, a technology reporter who recently moved from The Wall Street Journal to The New York Times, is releasing a new book on Apple this week, entitled “After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul,” and an adapted excerpt of the book was shared today that provides a look at…
Read More “‘After Steve’ Examines the Tensions That Led to Jony Ive’s Departure From Apple” »
MacRumors is pleased to announce our Thirteenth Annual MacRumors Blood Drive, throughout the month of May 2022. With your help we can save lives by increasing the number of donations of blood, platelets, and plasma. While most blood drives are specific to a geographic location, our blood drive is online and worldwide. Over the past…
Everyone expected a significant redesign and feature boost to iPads with the iPadOS 15 update last year. The improvements were minimal at best, and now that the highest-selling iPad Air has an M1 CPU inside, we expect Apple to deliver much-needed changes at this year’s WWDC. Here’s our top iPadOS 16 features wishlist. 1. Better…
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Apple’s former design chief Jony Ive left the iPhone maker burnt out and tired in the wake of CEO Tim Cook’s numerous structural changes, an article based on a book on Apple’s transformation claims, with the film “Yesterday” becoming part of Ive’s announcement to leave to his design team.Jony Ive left Apple in 2019, after…
Read More “Jony Ive’s exit from Apple caused by company culture changes and growing frustration” »
Applying for jobs can feel like a job of its own. Finding a killer job opportunity is hard enough, but when you have to attach your resume, then enter in that same info a minute later, your time gets eaten up fast. The LazyApply app lets you automate some of the most exhausting steps of…
Read More “This job-application app can save you hundreds of hours of grunt work” »
Apple’s rumored body temperature sensing feature is expected for the Apple Watch Series 8, but analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes software issues prevented it from arriving earlier in the Series 7, and is the main factor for inclusion in the next model.The Apple Watch has been the subject of many different rumors about its fitness tracking…
Read More “Kuo: Apple Watch Series 8 will gain body temperature sensing if its algorithm works” »
A few years ago, WhatsApp launched Status, an Instagram Stories-like feature, to its app. Now, it seems the company is really pushing hard for users to start taking advantage of this function more and more. more… The post WhatsApp for iOS to show Status updates in chat list in future update appeared first on 9to5Mac….
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Last week, Apple released its earnings report for the second quarter of the year, which ended in March. While the company just launched a new iPad Air with the M1 chip, Center Stage, and 5G support, numbers show that the iPad is generating less money and it’s suffering from a year-over-year sales decline. Personally, I…
Read More “Opinion: iPad sees year-over-year sales decline, I blame iPadOS for that” »