• Apple Created These Five Different Designs for Apple Pencil Pro's Box

    In addition to new features like a squeeze gesture, gyroscope, and Find My support, it turns out that the Apple Pencil Pro has a fun packaging twist. As noted by Arun Maini and Nikias Molina, Apple has created five different box designs for the Apple Pencil Pro, each with the word "Pro" in a unique style. When you buy an Apple Pencil Pro, you will receive one of the five boxes at random. Thought this was pretty funThe Apple Pencil Pro has 5 different types of box and you have no idea...

  • Apple Watch gains new features designed for Golfers

    Apple last week announced new features for Apple Watch designed to improve the golfing experience for users. These features are targeted towards golfers who use their Apple Watch to track performance and receive information while on the course.

  • EU says Booking.com is a gatekeeper under DMA rules

    This means that Europe’s most popular holiday accommodation booking service will now join the ranks of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. : EU says Booking.com is a gatekeeper under DMA rules

  • Apple Releases iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5

    Apple has released iOS 17.5 for the iPhone and iPadOS 17.5 for the iPad. The updates bring a range of new features to the iPhone and iPad and also a range of performance improvements and bug fixes. Included in this release of iOS 17.5 are a new Pride Radiance wallpaper for the Lock Screen, updates […]

  • Booking.com now falls under same EU rules as Google, Apple

    Booking.com now falls under the same strict European Union rules that apply to large internet companies like Google, Apple, and Amazon. According to the EU, the booking platform for accommodation has the same gatekeeper role as these internet giants, and that creates obligations.

  • After Apple, EU goes after Microsoft and Booking.com (but not X, for now)

    After Apple was required to make big changes in Europe to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Microsoft and Booking.com have also been ruled to be subject to the antitrust law more

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    Meta slapped with child safety probe under sweeping EU tech law

    Facebook parent company Meta on Thursday was hit with a major investigation from the EU into risks of its platforms to minors.

  • Apple loses another designer who worked in Jony Ive's core team

    Duncan Kerr, a designer who has been a part of Apple's journey since the late 1990s is now departing, marking another loss for the design team in a relatively short span of time. Jony Ive In February, Apple lost designer Bart Andre, who had been with the company since 1992. He was Apple's longest-serving industrial designer. On Wednesday, it was learned that Kerr would also be departing, though his plans are currently unknown. Kerr had worked at Apple since 1999 and was heavily...

  • Quilt heat pump sports sleek design from veterans of Apple, Tesla and Nest

    The heat pump startup unveiled its first products and revealed details about performance, pricing and availability. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Concept imagines Apple Watch X with Ultra-inspired design and FaceTime camera

    We’ve been hearing a lot of rumors about a completely redesigned “Apple Watch X” to be introduced later this year, as the Watch is about to turn 10. We still don’t know for sure what this new Apple Watch X will look like, but a group of designers have created a concept imagining something like a thinner with a FaceTime camera. more

  • The dominant EU music streamer by far is still complaining Apple has too much power

    Spotify by far has the largest music streaming share in the EU and has now enlisted smaller services to go in with it on a complaint saying that Apple is defying the Digital Markets Act. Spotify's app in the EU Digital Music Europe is a trade group that contains the EU's streaming powerhouse Spotify, alongside smaller services Deezer, Qobuz, Soundcloud, Soundcharts, and Hamendo. According to its own mandate it aims to "support policies that promote fair competition and innovation for...

  • Apple makes it impossible for developers to test third-party web engines outside the EU

    Apple has made significant changes to the App Store guidelines in the European Union in order to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust legislation. One of these changes allows developers to release iPhone web browsers with their own engine, but the company is making it difficult for developers to test their apps before releasing them to users in the EU. more