Interview: Eddy Cue talks Apple News curation, ad revenue models, and more with CNN Money

Continuing a series of video segments of an interview with Apple's SVP of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue, CNN Money has released its latest portion, with interviewer Brian Stelter, on Apple News. First focusing on the curated "For You" section of Apple's News app, Stelter asked an increasingly important question in the age of digital news:...

Report: Apple is testing multiple variations of iPhone 7

The iPhone 6s launched just a hair over two months ago, yet the rumor mill will not stop. According to G for Games Apple is testing multiple variations of the iPhone 7, five to be exact. This includes a model that replaces the lightning port with a USB-C port. Not only that, Apple is also testing model without a home button, wireless charging technology,...

Apple working with Supercell for 2015 World AIDS Day Campaign

Apple is one of the largest companies that support World AIDS Day and this year they're teaming up with iOS developer Supercell with a (SUPERCELL)RED promotion. The developer will offer special purchasable in-app items where all of the proceeds will go directly to the Global Funds to help fight AIDS. Supercell is known for one of the most profitable...

(PRODUCT)RED leather cases for iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus now available

Today Apple has released an official version of its (PRODUCT)RED leather cases for iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus in at least one store today, according to French blog iGeneration (Google Translate). The cases were originally introduced in September alongside the new iPhones but (PRODUCT)RED was only offered in silicone. The (PRODUCT)RED leather case has...

Apple Music streaming coming to Sonos on December 15

In June Sonos announced that they will support Apple Music streaming later this year. Several months later and the company has finally given a date on that promise, December 15. With this support, Sonos is bringing a massive catalog of music over all of its devices. The company previously supported music streaming services such as Beats Music and...

Redesigned MacBook Airs being announced at WWDC 2016, 13 and 15-inch models

Many of us thought that the MacBook Air was dead after Apple announced the 12-inch Retina MacBook earlier this year. But according to Economic Daily News it seems as though Apple is planning to do a major revision of the MacBook Air this year. The line is expected to be refreshed during Apple's World Wide Developer Conference in June of 2016. Considering...

Amazon Prime Video will be available on Apple TV in coming weeks

Last month Amazon removed all Apple TV and Chromecast devices from its online store because such devices didn't support Amazon Prime Video which the online retailer believed would cause confusion to customers. One month later and the service is still unavailable on the latest generation Apple TV. However, the service may be coming to Apple's set-top box...

The TiP Weekly: iPhone 7 rumors, iPad Pro with 3D touch, and more!

Welcome to The TiP Weekly, where we summarize the week's news and suggest some of our favorite apps, podcasts, albums, and more! This week there's a mixture of iPhone 7 rumors, iPad Pro hacks, and T-Mobile unveils Uncarrier Unwrapped. Top Stories Report: Apple will get rid of headphone jack in iPhone 7 The current generation iPhone 6s...

Report: Apple will get rid of 3.5mm port in iPhone 7

According to a report from Macotakara, Apple is planning to slaughter the 3.5mm headphone jack in its next generation iPhone. Getting rid of the port would shave 1mm off of the current iPhone 6s. Of course, this would make it Apple's thinnest iPhone ever, however if you want to use headphones it'll have to be over Bluetooth or via the lightning...

Black Friday roundup: Apple deals and discounts

Many people were up late after Thanksgiving to wait in line and take advantage of early Black Friday deals. But, if you're like most people, you want to find the best deals online. Well, here's a compilation of deals you can still take advantage of today. Now is a great time to consider buying that new Apple Watch or iPad. Several retailers have...

Facebook announces tvOS SDK to allow users to login to apps on Apple TV

We all know it. Logging into pretty much anything on the Apple TV 4 is a pain, there's no bluetooth keyboard support and the remote app for iOS hasn't been updated. But Facebook wants to fix that. In a blog post on the company's website, Facebook says their new SDK for tvOS will allow developers to build immersive social experiences on Apple TV. The...

Sony: You’ll be able to play PS4 games on Mac, but you’ll still need the PS4

With the launch of the PS4 several years ago Sony announced that you'll be able to start playing games as they're being downloaded in the background. This allowed users to download the first part of games, play it, and let the rest download as the user is playing the rest. Today, via Twitter, Sony's president of worldwide studios announced that they're...

Banks in Australia accused of being anti-competitive by refusing to accept Apple Pay

If you're wondering why the only card that works with Apple Pay in Australia is American Express you may be in for a treat. Apple itself is trying its hardest to get the mobile payment service working in the country, but there's a large setback, Australian banks are refusing to sign up for the service. The opposition Labor Party spokesman on digital...

Apple said to begin shifting to OLED displays for iPhone in 2018

According to Nikkei Asian Review, Apple is said to be switching away from its current LCD displays to OLED displays in 2018. Currently, the Apple Watch is the only device in Apple's lineup that uses OLED displays while every other product is using older LCD technology. OLED displays have greater power efficiency as pixels are only lit when needed. For...

Apple begins rolling out Apple TV billboards across the United States

We can now officially take the "hobby" tag off of the Apple TV as Apple begins rolling out Apple TV billboards across the U.S. The billboards use simple SMPTE color bars, used to test televisions, as a backdrop to the Apple TV logo in the middle. These color bars are also featured in the most recent Apple TV ads. So far, the billboards have been...

iFixit tears open iPad Pro’s Smart Keyboard, lowest repairability rating ever

If you thought the Apple Pencil had the lowest reparability rating ever given by iFixit you have another thing coming. Today, iFixit completely tore down the other iPad Pro first-party accessory, the Smart Keyboard. Before anything, iFixit noted that the "high tech fabric" used to protect the Smart Keyboard may be nylon to the similar tactile feedback...

T-Mobile will give an extra $200 to switch away from Sprint

According to T-Mobile, Sprint is "the nation’s slowest and smallest 4G LTE network," and nobody is arguing with that. Continuing the Uncarrier unwrapped campaign, today T-Mobile will give an extra $200 per line for those who are stuck on Sprint and are looking to switch to T-Mobie via a bill credit. "No strings.  No hassle.  And, no trade-in...

Apple Pay in China reaches first crucial agreement for rollout in early 2016

Despite the rather slow Apple Pay rollout, Apple is still working hard to get its mobile payment service out to the world. According to Bloomberg, Apple has completed their first agreement with UnionPay, China's largest payment processor. However, it's a small step because now it's up to all of the banks whether or not they want to hop on board. The...

Apple publishes ‘Someday at Christmas’ holiday ad featuring Stevie Wonder and Andra Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjBZoOs_dXg In spite of the holiday season, today Apple has published a holiday ad titled 'Someday at Christmas.' The ad filled with subtle product placements stars recording artists Stevie Wonder and Andra Daye. In the 90 second ad, Steve Wonder gathers up his family for the holidays by using a handful of Apple...

Apple TV App Store expanded to have more categories

Initially, the Apple TV's App Store only had two categories, Games and Entertainment. Today Apple has added more categories to the App Store to better aid you in what you're looking for. The new categories include: Education, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, News, and Sports. Of course, under each category Apple has handpicked a handful of quality...

iPad Pro hacked to have 3D Touch capabilities via Apple Pencil

One of the biggest drawbacks of the iPad Pro for me, personally is the lack of 3D Touch capabilities. A lot of the time I'm finding myself peaking into an image preview, or 3D touching a home screen icon and nothing happens. Well, well known hacker/developer Hamza Sood has been able to hack the iPad Pro to allow the Apple Pencil to invoke 3D touch...

Some Pebble smartwatch owners on iOS can now respond to text messages directly on the Watch

I've personally ditched my Pebble smartwatch over half a year ago for the Apple Watch because as lots of people have said, the Pebble smartwatch is a one-way communicator on iOS. The Pebble is able to push you notifications but you can't respond to any of them. However, the team over at Pebble has been hard at work trying to change that. As of today,...

T-Mobile giving all existing Simple Choice customers free unlimited data for three months

T-Mobile is known as the "uncarrier" in the United States, and for a good reason. They're trying to change the mobile industry and they've been disrupting the market in the United States. And as always, T-Mobile CEO John Legere won't stop. Today, Legere announced via Twitter that all existing Simple Choice customers will be getting free LTE data for...

Apple Pay compatible Square reader begin rolling out

Around the time of WWDC, Square announced that they will begin offering Square readers that are compatible with contactless payment services such as Apple Pay. As of today, Square will offer 100 small businesses with Apple Pay equipped payment terminals. While Square may have claimed they have 100 terminals ready, the customers who pre-ordered told USA...

The TiP Weekly: Apple Watch dock, Apple Pencil teardown, Apple smartphone profits, and more!

Welcome to The TiP Weekly, where we summarize the week's news and suggest some of our favorite apps, podcasts, albums, and more! Weeks after the new Apple TV became available, Apple has started selling and shipping the new iPad Pro. While the smart accessories are still in short supply, we're learning a lot about Apple's newest iPad. Will it...

Apple: We are aware of iPad Pro becoming unresponsive

As of today Apple is now acknowledging that they are aware of a rare issue where iPad Pros became unresponsive after long charging times. We've seen it several times with iPad Pro demos at an Apple Store, the employee tells us to look away as he do a hard restart on the iPad. Of course, most users won't see this issue but for those who do, they may not...

Apple looking for one more manufacturer for Apple Watch 2

According to DigiTimes, Apple is looking for a second manufacturer to help manufacture the unannounced second-generation Apple Watch. Apple is looking at one of their three largest manufacturers Foxconn, Wistron and Inventec to manufacturer the Watch. With the second iteration of the Apple Watch already in development, the report says that Apple is...

iFixit: Apple Pencil has smallest logic board ever, have to shred pencil to repair

The Apple Pencil may be a small product on its own, but iFixit will tear down any Apple gadgetry no matter how small. However, Apple didn't make it easy for the company to break down the pencil as iFixit had to use a saw to open up the pencil. The casing itself is plastic on the outside, metal on the inside. The tip contains to separate emitters which...

First party Apple Watch magnetic charging dock now available

Earlier this week we reported Apple may be working on an Apple Watch charging dock. As of today, the charing dock is now available to purchase for $79. However, Apple's Online Store says that the charging dock will not be available in-store or fore in-store pickup until Friday, November 20. The charging dock is powered through an external lightning...

tvOS 9.1 beta 3 seeded to developers

Alongside iOS 9.2 beta 4, today Apple seeds tvOS 9.1 beta 3 to developers. It seems as though Apple is pushing weekly beta updates for all of its software across the board and this includes tvOS. We're unsure what's in the beta, but we presume Apple is still hard at work on the first major tvOS update for Apple TV since it debuted less than a month...

Apple seeds iOS 9.2 beta 4 to developers and public beta testers

It's been less than a week since Apple released the second iOS 9.2 beta to developers and public beta testers. Today, Apple seeds its third iOS 9.2 beta to developers. The beta firmware will be available through Apple’s iOS Developer Center. As of right now, there is no update for public beta testers. So far, it seems as though iOS 9.2 fixes...

Apple took 94% of smartphone profits last quarter

While Android has had the majority control of smartphone market share for some time now, Apple has continued to lead in the area that matters most to companies: profit. In fact, for the previous quarter, Apple took in 94% of all smartphone industry profits. That is compared to 92% of all profits in the quarter before last. Samsung was the only other...

Apple publishes Apple TV ads showing off gaming

Today Apple has launched a new Apple TV campaign to promote entertainment and games on the new set top box. As you any know, the fourth-generation Apple TV is bundled with an App Store. In a series of 15 second clips, each video starts and ends with the same multi-color graphic shown above and highlights multiple popular apps such as Netflic, HBO Now,...

First party Apple Watch dock may be coming soon

Pictures which appear to be a first party Apple Watch dock from Apple leaked today, suggesting that the iPhone maker has been working on an Apple Watch dock and may be releasing the dock soon. The circular dock has a magnetic charging puck in the middle. The dock itself has a lightning port on the side to provide power. The puck in the middle allows...

Some iPad Pro’s have a gold Touch ID ring with silver back due to rare manufacturing error

Last Wednesday the iPad Pro was made available through Apple's Online Store and to their retail stores. The device launched with now the old trio of colors: silver, gold and space grey. The Touch ID ring on the space grey model is black, while the ring on silver and gold match the aluminum back of the device. However, at least one customer has gotten an...

First batch of Apple Pencils are now ‘Preparing for Shipment’

Good news for anyone who managed to get an early order in for the Apple Pencil. It looks like the first batch of Spple Pencils are going into the 'Preparing for Shipment' stage, according to MacRumors. The earliest ship dates for the Apple Pencil were November 20 to November 24. Those customers are now getting 'Preparing for Shipment' notifications...

Is Apple moving their apps up the charts?

it seems as though some iOS devices may be incorrectly ranking Apple's apps such as Keynote, Numbers, Pages, and iMovies. Discovered by Sensor Tower, and reported by TechCrunch, some iOS devices are ranking these apps much higher than on other iOS devices or on the App Store on desktop. MacRumors did some testing and found that older devices such as...

Tim Cook once again says Apple will not merge iOS and OS X

Tim Cook has told us time and time again that Apple is not interested in merging iOS and OS X. Cook spoke with Irish blog Independent and noted that merging the two would have too many compromises. “We feel strongly that customers are not really looking for a converged Mac and iPad,” said Cook. “Because what that would wind up doing, or what...

Apple Pay coming to Canada tomorrow, limited to American Express

American Express representatives have confirmed that Apple Pay will be launching tomorrow in Canada, according to the iPhone in Camada blog. The mobile payment service will be supported by merchants such as McDonalds, Walmart, Apple Stores, and many more. And again, Apple Pay will be limited in the country because it will only support those who have...

The TiP Weekly: iPad Pro release, Apple Music for Android, Firefox for iOS, and more!

Welcome to The TiP Weekly, where we summarize the week's news and suggest some of our favorite apps, podcasts, albums, and more! Apple's biggest release of the week was likely iPad Pro, but it wasn't the only new product released by Apple this week. Android users can now use Apple Music on their devices, as the music service released an Android app...

Tim Cook says Melbourne Apple Store incident ‘unacceptable’ in company wide email

Today Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out an email to all employees addressing the Melbourne incident. The store in question kicked out a group of teens by the store management due to their race. The incident, which was captured on video, appeared online this week. In Cook's email, he called the situation "unacceptable" and noted that no one in Apple's...

Apple: Stores are receiving ‘regular shipments’ for iPad Pro accessories

Both the Apple Pencil and the Smart Keyboard for iPad Pro are currently on back order for 4-5 weeks. What's even worse is that you can't walk into an Apple Store and pick one up, either. However, Apple has issued a statement to Mashable explaining the issue. Customers are very excited for iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and the Smart Keyboard. We have limited...

Beats Music will be going away on November 30

Earlier this week Apple Music landed on Android. Following suite, today Apple is telling users of Beats Music that the service will be officially shutting down on November 30. According to the Beats Music support document, all Beats Music subscriptions will be canceled 0n that date and all users will be prompted to switch over to Apple Music. Of...

Apple shuts down popular app f.lux

After two days of being available on iOS, Apple has shut down popular screen modifying app, f.lux. The app which was previously available on jailbroken devices was made available through 'side loading', which was introduced in iOS 9 to allow users to download apps that aren't available on the iOS App Store. From the outside it looks like the developers...

Some Mac users are experiencing Mac App Store ‘Damaged’ issues

Over the last day or so multiple users on Twitter have been having issues with apps downloaded from the Mac App Store. Every time you would try to open an application an error message would pop up saying that the app is "damaged" and must be redownloaded from the Mac App Store. Heere is the error message: “App Name” is damaged and can’t be...

Firefox is now available for iPhone and iPad

The long awaited Mozilla Firefox is now available for iPhone and iPad. But unlike other versions of the web browser, Firefox for iOS uses WebKit rather than Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine. This is because Apple requires all browser submitted to the iOS App Store to run on Safari's WebKit. Which is what Google Chrome for iOS is using as well. One of...

iPad Pro available in select stores today

If you were like me and didn't wait until midnight to order an iPad Pro, you might be in luck. Even though Apple said that the iPad Pro will be available later in the week, a few select stores are carrying the iPad Pro today and you're able to arrange an in-store pickup for the device. I've personally tested this myself and am picking one up at my...

Apple Music for Android now available to download

Apple Music for Android was first announced at WWDC, slated for a fall release. After much anticipation, Apple has finally released a version of Apple Music for Android, somewhat. The app's description says the application is still in beta and is missing some small functionality such as starting a family account, which requires an iOS device or a Mac and...

Apple debuts new iPad Pro ad ahead of Wednesday’s launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AZR8a5XVSs Ahead of the launch of iPad Pro on Wednesday, Apple has debuted a new ad for the device. The ad is titled "A Great Big Universe" and it shows off the benefits of a larger screened iPad. The ad is heavily focused on the solar system and using apps like Star Walk and Star Guide Pro to browse it. The ad also...

Apple seeds tvOS 9.1 beta 2 to developers

Alongside iOS 9.2 beta 2, today Apple seeds tvOS 9.1 beta 2 to developers. It seems as though Apple is pushing weekly beta updates for all of its software across the board and this includes tvOS. We're unsure what's in the beta, but we presume Apple is still hard at work on the first major tvOS update for Apple TV since it debuted less than a month...