Month: June 2022

The Coalition for App Fairness (CAF) claims that the majority of Americans want to see App Store competition, alongside other antitrust legislation. CAF commissioned two polls which show strong support for antitrust bills, one of which would mean opening up Apple and Google app stores to third-party competitors and/or sideloading … more… The post Most…

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An OLED iPad is not a question of whether it will happen, but when it will come to life. And according to a report, while Apple hasn’t even still announced its first OLED iPad, Samsung DIsplay is already working on a second-generation panel for Apple’s tablets. more… The post The first OLED iPad hasn’t launched,…

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June is coming to a close and bringing with it a collection of the best Apple deals. Today’s highlights kick off with an Amazon clearance sale on the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro at $199 off. That’s alongside Apple’s official iPhone 13 Pro MagSafe Clear Case hitting $39 and the annual Twelve South July 4th sale….

Read More “Deals: 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro $199 off, Twelve South July 4th Apple accessory sale, more” »

“Best Foot Forward” is an Apple TV+ family comedy series based on the true story of paralympic athlete Josh Sundquist, premiering July 22.’Best Foot Forward’ coming to Apple TV+The series is based on the book “Just Don’t Fall,” written by Josh Sundquist. The series follows 12-year-old Josh Dubin as he goes from homeschool to public…

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CleanMyMac X is one of the more popular utilities for helping rid your Mac of junk by uninstalling apps, deleting old files, and more. In a new update today, CleanMyMac X is adding an all-new menu bar app that lets you control and monitor the health of your Mac right from your menu bar. more……

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The M2 MacBook Air doesn’t hit shelves until July, but rumors about a new MacBook Air with a 15-inch display, have already begun. Here’s everything rumored, and what it will probably look like.The rumored 15-inch MacBook Air could arrive in late 2023Apple hasn’t offered two sizes of the MacBook Air since the 11-inch model was…

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At WWDC 2022, Apple unveiled the new M2 chip and a new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro model powered by the new chip. While the company started accepting pre-orders for the M2 MacBook Pro, the MacBook Air hasn’t reached consumers’ hands yet. A recent report suggests you will have to wait for around two weeks…

Read More “Apple Could Launch the M2 MacBook Air on July 15” »

Delivery startup Enjoy today filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), less than one year after raising over $250 million in growth capital and going public on the stock market. Founded by Apple’s former retail chief Ron Johnson, Enjoy provided what it called a “commerce-at-home experience”…

Read More “Apple Stores Will No Longer Offer ‘Delivery With Setup’ as Enjoy Files for Bankruptcy” »

The Coalition for App Fairness with Epic Games at its head has commissioned a pair of polls showing that the majority of respondents want App Store competition and antitrust legislation.Coalition for App FairnessFounded in 2020 by Epic Games, Spotify, and others, the Coalition for App Fairness (CAF) is a lobbying group created specifically to advocate…

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Apple suppliers are already working on display panels for second-generation OLED iPad models, The Elec reports. Samsung Display is said to be in the process of negotiating prices for new Gen 8.5 OLED deposition equipment designed to make OLED display panels for devices like tablets. Samsung is reportedly planning to use the equipment to mass-produce…

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Most previous rumors have centered on Apple making a 12.9-inch iPad Pro with an OLED display, but new evidence suggests that will just be the first of many.Eventually, Apple is going to put OLED displays in all iPads, because it provides brighter screens that last longer. The transition is not straightforward, though, with an OLED…

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The iPhone 15 was expected to be the first lineup to use an in-house Apple 5G chip instead of the Qualcomm ones used in current models. A recent report suggested that this won’t be the case because Apple has hit problems with the design, but a new analysis suggests that this is only half-right. Which…

Read More “Apple 5G chip problem in iPhone 15 is likely legal, not technical” »

Following the launch of great new additions this year like a music Sequencer, Shops toy, and much more, Pok Pok Playroom for kids has received another major update today. Marble Machine is now available which offers fun open-ended play while encouraging growth with imagination, planning, problem solving, cause and effect, number sense, and much more….

Read More “Award-winning Pok Pok iOS app for kids gets ‘Marble Machine’ in newest update” »

At WWDC, much of the attention was on the fancy next-generation CarPlay Apple previewed, but those experiences won’t appear in cars for several years. Near term, something new for CarPlay in iOS 16 is the addition of new supported app categories for “fuel and driving tasks,” according to the iOS 16 feature preview page. A…

Read More “New iOS 16 CarPlay feature could let you pay for fuel from your car’s screen” »

Initially believed to be a guide for drivers to gas stations, future CarPlay apps will be able to pay for fuel right from the dash — and they may arrive as soon as the launch of iOS 16.Apple’s sneak peek at the future of CarPlay included the news that it was adding two new categories…

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