Some users who iCloud for their calendar have been seeping invite spam in the last few weeks. This meant that users were seeing calendar periods being blocked up by unwanted events from unknown senders. It's been widely reported that spammers are trying any combination of iCloud email address rather than targeting specific users. Apple has now issued a...
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Today Apple has updated its website where customers are able to recycle their old device, which now includes the Apple Watch. But unlike the iPhone, iPad, or Mac, customers will only be able to recycle their device but won't be able to get a gift card or any credit in exchange. When the original Apple Watch launched, customers had concerns regarding...
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A little over two weeks since the previous beta, Apple today seeds its fourth tvOS 10.1 beta to developers. The new beta adds support for the limited Single Sign-On feature, and the much anticipated TV app. It's highly not recommended to run this beta as it may cause problems with your Apple TV down the road. However, to proceed: head to Apple's...
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In an email a customer sent to Tim Cook (obtained by MacRumors), Apple is preparing to ship the long-awaited AirPods as Cook anticipates they will be shipping within the next few weeks. Customer's comment: "Give us a release date. I really bought in to the wireless vision you painted. Now I'm stuck waiting with my EarPods but can't charge my 7 at the...
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As it has for the past decade, Apple is supporting the (RED) campaign to support the fight against HIV/AIDS. Each year the company turns their Apple logo red at their retail locations, and offers special-edition (RED) products in which all of the proceeds goes to the cause. This year 20 popular App Store apps and games are offering exclusive (RED)...
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Back in June at Apple's WWDC event, the company announced that Apple Pay would be coming to Spain some time this year. Now, Spanish site Applesfera is reporting that the service could launch as soon as tomorrow for Banco Santander customers. The mobile payment system Apple Pay will definitely come to Spain this Thursday, December 1, for Banco...
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Today Apple has begun offering its Apple Music Student Memberships in 25 additional countries, cutting the cost for Apple Music by roughly 50 percent for students enrolled in a college or university. The student discount varies by country. As of today, the Apple Music Student Membership is now available in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China,...
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On December 31, 2016 Apple will add select 2009 to 2011 Mac models to its vintage and obsolete products list, according to MacRumors. The report says that the following Macs will be either vintage or obsolete in the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region: MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) MacBook Pro...
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As Apple has done in past years, the company will be shutting down its iTunes Connect service on December 23 through 27. The company advises developers to make sure their apps are up to date by Thursday, December 22 as updates submitted afterwards will not be seen until December 28. Developers looking to have updates during this period should have...
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Today Apple has expanded its carrier billing system in Belgium and Norway. This is in addition to Germany, Japan, Russia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Of course, the feature is available on select carriers within the country. This feature allows customers to pay in the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, and even...
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With the iPhone 7 only being out for a few months now, Apple is now preparing to launch a major update to the iPhone lineup, possibly being the largest iPhone sales success in history, according to KGI. It expects Apple to sell between 120-150 million units in the second half of 2017, noting that it'll be 'unprecedented' demand. The firm reiterates...
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Even with declining sales, the iPhone is still the most popular gift on people's 2016 Christmas wish lists, according to a survey from Piper Jaffray. In addition to the iPhone, which 7.2 percent of people wanted, the MacBook has a 2.1% interest among the surveyed people. One thing noticeably missing from the list is any sort of tablet whether it be an...
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It looks like Apple Pay won't be available in Australia any time soon, at least in banks other than ANZ and American Express. Earlier today, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) declined an application submitted by several local banks to negotiate with Apple with the technology. The four banks that submitted the request included the...
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A little over two weeks since the last beta, Apple has now released watchOS 3.1.1 beta 4 to developers. We're unsure at the moment what's new in the beta but we'll update this post with new information when available. If you're a developer and want to get it yourself, you can get it from the Developer Portal. If you're already on the beta, go...
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Today Apple has seeded its fourth beta of macOS 10.12.2 to developers. We're unsure what's new in the beta but we'll keep you updated if we find more information. The update is currently available for only developers. It's not recommended to install this beta unless you're an actual developer as there's no reverting back without data loss. Those...
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It's been two weeks since Apple seeded iOS 10.2 beta 3 to developers, Apple is now seeding its fourth beta of iOS 10.2 to developers. iOS 10.2 beta 4 is now available for download via Apple's Developer Center. The beta is currently only available for developers. We expect a public beta coming soon. It is highly unrecommended to run this beta on...
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A report from the WSJ notes that Apple is testing a high-resolution, curved-screen iPhone for its next generation of smartphones. Particularly, it says that this setup will only be available as the top end model, known as iPhone Pro. Rumors of the addition of a third iPhone tier have been floating around even before the iPhone 7 had arrived. Though now...
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Macotakara reports that the new 10.9-inch iPad will be the same footprint as the existing 9.7-inch iPad Pro, despite having a larger screen area. The report cites an 'informed' supply-chain source in Taiwan, noting that the larger screen size will be made up with smaller bezels. It says that the top bezel which houses the FaceTime camera will remain,...
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In iFixit's teardown of the new MacBook Pros, they discovered a mystery connector on the logic board that wasn't connected to anything. As it turns out, that port is used to recover data from a dead MacBook Pro. Yes, you read that right. With the new MacBook Pro's not having a removable SSD, some were concerned that if the logic board of the computer...
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Apple has always been known for not being the best place to shop on Black Friday. The company typically lets its third-party retailers give the discounts. To the point where in 2015 Apple did not participate in Black Friday at all. This year, however, the iPhone maker returns with no discounts, but with Apple Store gift cards on older products. This...
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Digitimes reports that Apple will be updating its iPad line with a new 10.5-inch model. It says the new iPad will begin production in December at the earliest, with a launch as early as January 2017. Though, a March event would fall more in line with Apple's release schedule. Earlier this year KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo released a similar report stating that...
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The New York Times reports that president-elect Donald Trump has talked to Apple CEO Tim Cook regarding making its products in the United States. Trump said: I got a call from Tim Cook at Apple, and I said, ‘Tim, you know one of the things that will be a real achievement for me is when I get Apple to build a big plant in the United States, or many big...
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Well known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI Securities reports that the 2017 iPhone will add wireless charging for the first time. Kuo believes we will be getting a charging setup similar to the Apple Watch. Many Android phones support wireless charging with plastic and metal chassis, but the 2017 iPhone will switch to an all glass casing which would...
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As Apple's TV app continues to be in beta within iOS 10.2 and tvOS 10.1, the service has gained some more apps over the last few weeks and ow it has gained a new cable provider for Single Sign-On. Today, AT&T's DirecTV is now an option to sign in via Single Sign-On. With the addition of DirecTV, it makes the provider the largest provider to support...
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While those residing in the United States have received their MacBook Pros for almost a week now, the first batch of UK orders have began shipping now. As of this morning, orders are switching from 'Processing' to 'Preparing for Shipment', and some are even showing the 'Shipped' status with tracking details. There have also been reports of shipment...
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Every now and then we'll see some bizarre bug that will cause a device to misbehave. Almost two years ago there was the infamous "effective power" bug that caused a device to infinitely reboot. Now, there's a certain video that will cause any iOS device to slow down to a crawl and eventually freeze it altogether. A video from YouTuber...
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Apple has never been huge on Black Friday deals. However, the company today has published a new webpage teasing the upcoming one-day shopping event. If this webpage is any indication, Apple may be returning to the scene as the company may be preparing to reenter the Black Friday game this year. The webpage teases that "Friday can't come soon...
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There's been lots of hate going towards the latest generation MacBook Pros, one of which is the lack of 32GB of RAM. Earlier this month Phil Schiller noted that the reason the new MacBook Pros max out at 16GB of RAM is due to battery life concerns, however the exec has responded to an email in which he goes into a bit more detail. Ben Slaney from...
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For someone who’s never used an iPhone dock before, or any dock rather, (aside from the first-party Apple Watch dock), one could say I don’t have much experience in this field. Having played with Twelve South’s HiRise 2 Deluxe dock for Lightning device for a month, it’s definitely opened my eyes. Practicalities The first thing that strikes...
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In a new ad, Apple wants you to "Open your heart to everyone." The ad, titled "Frankie's Holiday" features an iPhone-toting Frankenstein feeling a tad left out. This year's holiday ad is limited to a single iPhone 7 with Voice Memos being used with a small music box. In previous years, Apple has included entire families using their Apple...
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With some of Apple's more recent moves, the company is now moving away from its router accessory business, according to Bloomberg. This means we won't be seeing an update to the AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, or Time Capsule products. The company is reportedly reallocating employees to focus on its core consumer products. The latest AirPort devices...
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Apple Watch owners in the U.S. can get a special Activity Challenge on Thanksgiving. To obtain the reward, a user must run or walk 5K (3.1 miles) on November 24 using Apple's Workout app or any third-party app that integrates workouts within HealthKit. If achieved, users will receive an Achievement medal within the iPhone Activity app, and a special...
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A few days after Apple launched its repair program for the iPhone 6 Plus' "Touch Disease" issue, the company is now starting another repair program for its iPhone 6s users. The program is focused on iPhone 6s devices that have a battery flaw that could cause the device to unexpectedly shutdown. According to Apple, the issue affects “a very small...
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Earlier today, Apple launched a new repair program for iPhone 6 Plus devices that were affected by the hardware flaw called "Touch Disease." The program is Apple's swift action to address the hardware issue that affected the display of the iPhone 6 Plus and rendering it unresponsive to its user's touch. At the same time, a thin gray flickering line can...
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With the MacBook Pros with Touch Bar coming to consumers this week, Apple's website is now letting customers order the notebook and have it available for in-store pickup the same day. As per typical launch times with new products, pick up times may vary depending on store. In general, the base $1799 Touch Bar model is available for same-day pickup in a...
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Apple has just published a new TV commercial on its YouTube paged, titled 'Bulbs'. The ad shows a series of exploding lightbulbs around the world, ending with the tag line 'ideas push the world forward' with a few seconds showing the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. The idea of the ad is to look at human invented things such as fire, woodwork, trains,...
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Apple's annual Hour of Code workshop will be kicking off this year at Apple Stores around the world during the week of December 5. This year, the company is adding Swift Playgrounds to the agenda. Apple introduced the user-friendly coding app to the iPad earlier this year when it launched alongside iOS 10. Its focus was to introduce new developers to the...
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Major French retail chain FNAC is now claiming that they will have AirPods in stock on November 30, as they are now taking pre-orders for the wireless earbuds, (via Mac4Ever). While the pre-order page itself only says available in November, the order confirmation (seen above) specifically mentions November 30 in two different places. Whether this is...
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KGI is now reporting that Apple will shelve the two phone strategy next year with yet another high-end model. It says that Apple is planning on releasing one new iPhone, dubbed iPhone 8, with a major design change, component upgrades, and will feature an OLED display that is 5.2-inches in size. In addition, the company will make two new iPhones with 4.7...
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A new Apple patent describes how Siri could work inside iMessage chats to do things like schedule meetings based on location and availability of those in the chat (via Apple Insider). In one of the illustrations, one chat participant asks "How long till you guys get here?' and Siri is able to check everyone's location and answers the question...
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One of the larger features for next year's iPhone is making the switch from LCD to OLED for its display technology. While the Apple Watch and the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar use OLED for their displays, the iPhone has been stuck with the traditional LCD panels. Bloomberg now reports that Apple has plans to switch to OLED next year. The report says Apple's...
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Tim Cook has long expressed Apple's interest in augmented reality and its capabilities. Now, a report from Bloomberg suggests Apple will be integrating the tech in its iPhone. Apple is reportedly working on integrating augmented reality into the iPhone's Camera app, using tech acquired by various startups, including Metaio. In this scenario, Apple...
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The Information has a new report that outlines details concerning Apple's efforts in the original content realm. The report mainly focuses on the company's "quixotic" attitudes in its deals. The report explains that Apple isn't looking to completely commit to original video. Apple has reportedly told entertainment industry execs that it's not looking...
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There are reports circulating online that Apple has plans of changing the way it handles third-party subscriptions for video streaming services using its platform. The report comes from Bloomberg, which stated that Apple is planning to cut down its revenue percentage from these video streaming apps as a way of improving its relationship with those who...
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Originally unveiled during Apple's iPhone 7 event in September, with a release date of late October, then being delayed even further after Apple said it needed 'a little more time' to make sure they're ready for customers, the much anticipated AirPods may have a release date according to a retailer. The latest guess comes from Czech Republic retailer...
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The WSJ says president-elect Trump's campaign promise to 'get Apple to start making their computers and their iPhones on our land, not in China' is impractical. When Jabil Circuit, the world’s third-largest contract manufacturer by revenue, needed to quickly ramp up production of its electronics components a few years ago, the company was able to...
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With the new MacBook Pros beginning to ship to customers, iFixit has gotten their hands on the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and have, of course, tore the computer open. There are a few interesting tidbits tidbits that they've found that you may not have known.. For starters, most of the internal component layout has been adjusted to...
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As most of us know, Apple is expected to dramatically redesign its iPhone in 2017, with at least one model featuring an OLED display. Now, KGI Securities analyst is reporting that Apple's flagship iPhone lineup will feature two 5.5-inch variants. The report says Apple is expected to introduce three new iPhone models in 2017. One of which will include...
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A little over a week since the last beta, Apple has now released watchOS 3.1.1 beta 3 to developers. We're unsure at the moment what's new in the beta but we'll update this post with new information when available. If you're a developer and want to get it yourself, you can get it from the Developer Portal. If you're already on the beta, go ahead...
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Last September, Apple announced that they will be cleaning up the App Store of any problematic and abandoned apps. It looks like Apple is keeping true to its word as there have been reports of apps being removed from the App Store. According to reports, the number of apps removed from the App Store has drastically increased to 238 percent in just the...
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