• Apple M3 vs Apple M2: The Apple processors compared

    It’s been a good number of months since Apple first announced the Apple M3 and the processor has only expanded to more devices since.  The question is, how does the Apple M3 compare to the Apple M2 chip that came before it? Keep reading to discover all the big differences between the Apple M3 and the Apple M2 to help you decide whether it’s worth upgrading.  Specs  The Apple M3 features the exact same core configurations as the Apple M2, including 8 CPU cores and 10 GPU cores as well as...

  • Teens Love iPhone and Apple Watch, But Not Apple Music and Apple TV+

    The iPhone continues to be overwhelmingly popular with teens, according to Piper Sandler's biannual teen survey. 85 percent of U.S. teens surveyed own an ‌iPhone‌, and 86 percent plan to purchase an ‌iPhone‌ as their next smartphone. While the ‌iPhone‌ is still the most popular smartphone among teens, ownership is down from the October 2023 survey where 87 percent of teens owned an ‌iPhone‌ and 88 percent planned to purchase one.Both the 85% iPhone ownership and 86% intention to purchase an...

  • The App Store is down, along with Apple TV, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Music

    Apple’s online services appear to be having some problems, with an outage cutting many of us off from the App Store, Apple TV, and Apple Music. The system status page for Apple’s online service has noted an outage beginning at 6:31PM ET affecting those services, as well as Arcade, Audiobooks, Books, Podcasts, Fitness Plus, and its new Apple Sports app. Others have noted problems accessing services like TestFlight and Apple Business Manager. Apple: > Today, 6:31 PM - ongoing > Some users are...

  • EU regulators assess Apple's plan for complying with music streaming order

    EU antitrust regulators are checking if an Apple proposal would comply with their order to let Spotify and other music streaming services inform users of payment options outside its App Store, the European Commission said on Monday. The iPhone maker risks antitrust charges and fresh fines if its proposal announced last Friday fails to satisfy the EU competition enforcer, which issued its order together with a 1.84 billion euro ($2 billion) fine last month Under Apple's proposal, the Swedish...

  • EU regulators assess Apple's plan for complying with music streaming order

    EU antitrust regulators are checking to see if an Apple proposal would comply with their order to let Spotify and other music streaming services inform users of payment options outside its App Store, the European Commission said on Monday. The iPhone maker risks antitrust charges and fresh fines if its proposal announced last Friday fails to satisfy the EU competition enforcer, which issued its order together with a 1.84 billion euro ($2 billion) fine last month Under Apple's proposal, the...

  • Russian antitrust regulator asks Apple about banking apps while ignoring Ukraine war

    Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service has asked Apple why Russian users cannot access full banking and payment services, while seemingly ignoring how banks in the country were sanctioned over the Ukraine war. Moscow, Russia FAS wrote to Apple on Thursday, requesting the company to explain how banks operating in Russia, as well as payment services, cannot take full advantage of apps on iPhone. Unlike most of the rest of the world, Russian banking services are severely limited in how they...

  • apple watch import ban reverse: Apple asks US appeals court to reverse Apple Watch import ban

    Apple urged a US appeals court on Friday to overturn a US trade tribunal's decision to ban imports of some Apple Watches in a patent dispute with medical-monitoring technology company Masimo. Apple told the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that the US International Trade Commission's decision was based on a "series of substantively defective patent rulings," and that Masimo failed to show it had invested in making competing US products that would justify the order. Representatives...

  • Today in Apple history: Apple-1 starts a revolution

    On April 11, 1976, Apple released its first computer, the Apple-1. With only 200 made, these remain the rarest Apple computers ever. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

  • What is Apple ProMotion? Apple’s screen technology explained

    Apple ProMotion technology was first featured in the iPad Pro back in 2017 and has continued to roll out on select Apple devices. But what actually is Apple’s ProMotion technology and how does it work? Read on to learn more about the technology, why it’s useful and which devices it’s currently featured in. What is ProMotion? Most screens are equipped with a 60Hz refresh rate, but devices with Apple ProMotion technology offer double this with 120Hz. This means that the screen will...

  • Apple finally allows used Apple parts in repairs

    Apple today made a huge announcement about the upcoming changes to its existing repair processes. With this upcoming process change, customers and independent repair providers can now utilize used Apple parts in repairs. This process change will be supported starting with select iPhone models this fall. Apple mentioned that the used genuine Apple parts can […]

  • Apple spotlights how businesses are adopting the Apple Vision Pro

    Working to promote the Apple Vision Pro as a business tool instead of solely an entertainment one, Apple has highlighted half a dozen firms from Porsche to Microsoft, who have incorporated the headset into their work. Apple Vision Pro While perhaps most attention that the Apple Vision Pro has received concerns its immersive video for entertainment, Apple has always aimed it equally at businesses. Now Apple wants to press hard on the idea of Apple Vision Pro being a tool that companies...

  • Apple appeals US trade ban on Apple Watches

    Apple has now argued before a US appeals court that the ITC's US ban on Apple Watches with the pulse oximetry feature should be overturned. The company has been involved in a patent dispute with medical technology company Masimo for over a year. The case, which doesn't affect previous Apple Watch models, claimed that Apple copied patented Masimo technology in its implementation of the blood oxygen detection feature in Apple's two most recent models. Apple's appeal The US Court of...