Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Covid-19 makes Face ID a nuisance - will that make Apple bring back Touch ID for iPhone 12?


Covid-19 has transformed the habits of our society and, with the widespread (and in some cases mandatory) use of face masks, it also reveals that companies that went all-in on facial recognition systems as a way to unlock smartphones, as is the case with Apple with its Face ID, made the wrong move.


Monday, December 11, 2017

Apple secretly slows down iPhones with older batteries


If you have an iPhone 6 or 6S and get the feeling that your iPhone has been slower than normal... it may not be just a sensation, but rather a very real phenomena caused by a "fix" Apple has deployed to prevents problems with worn out batteries.

Monday, November 6, 2017

Samsung pokes fun at 10 years of iPhones


Thee's nothing better than a good "ad war" between huge companies such as Samsung and Apple (even if Apple rarely takes time to answer back) and there's a new ad poking fun at all the iPhone users have been missing for the past 10 years.

Monday, October 23, 2017

iPhone X users will be beta-testers for app design issues


The new iPhone X is arriving next week, and should you be one of the lucky few to get one, be prepared to become a beta tester whether you want it or not.

Monday, October 2, 2017

iOS 11.0.1 is crashing iPhones and draining battery faster than ever


Apple's latest iOS 11.0.1 did fix the Outlook bug, but unfortunately seems to have kept (or worsened) lots other iOS 11 bugs, leaving lots of users in despair.

Friday, July 28, 2017

Apple discontinues the iPod Nano and Shuffle

The iPod is a special product that Apple owes a lot to, but everything must come to an end, and as Apple ends the iPod Nano and Shuffle series, it's definitely the end of the line for the iPod.

Monday, June 5, 2017

Apple unveils iOS 11


Apple has opened WWDC 2017 with iOS taking up most of the time, and there are many improvements made to this system that is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

Monday, May 1, 2017

Apple has $250 billion in cash


It's not easy to try and imagine just how much money a billion is, but Apple makes it even harder, by having $250 billion in the bank.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

iPhone 8 leak shows Touch ID on the back


Apple fans that made fun of Samsung for being forced to place the fingerprint sensor on the back of the Galaxy S8 may have to prepare for a similar backlash, as a leaked specification design sheet shows a similar setup for this year's high-end iPhone.

Monday, April 17, 2017

Apple may replace your broken iPad 4 for a brand new iPad Air 2


The iPad 4 is way past its warranty date, but should you need to have it serviced, you may end up receiving a brand new iPad Air 2.

Friday, March 24, 2017

Apple envisions iPhones and iPads as MacBook "brains"?

Lots of companies have been trying to bridge the gap between smartphones and regular computers, and it seems Apple has also some ideas about it for the future.

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Apple buys Workflow and turns it free


The Workflow app is one of those tools every power user should have, and Apple seems to finally caught up with its potential, buying the small group of developers behind it.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Apple launches new (cheaper) iPad, red iPhones and double the iPhone SE's storage

We all knew new iPads were coming, but Apple took this opportunity to simplify it's entire iPad line and make it even cheaper; while at the same time giving us (RED) iPhones and doubling the SE storage.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Apple's patent shows display that can read your fingerprint


Going for a full-display iPhone (as expected for the next iPhone 8) comes with a lot of side-effects, and finding a way to read your fingerprint without having a TouchID "button" is one of them. Thankfully, Apple seems to be working on displays that can read your fingerprints no matter where you touch them.

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Apple orders extra 60M OLED displays from Samsung


It seems Apple has definitely fallen in love with OLED screens for its next iPhone, and confirming it is an order for an additional 60 million OLED displays won by Samsung Display.

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

LG UltraFine 5K doesn't work near WiFi routers



LG's UltraFine 5K monitors are Apple's recommended Thunderbolt 3 monitors for their MacBook Pro... but be aware you might not be able to use this ultra-high resolution screen if you have a WiFI router nearby.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Apple finds bug causing battery life woes found by Consumer Reports


Apple has found out the culprit of the widely varying battery life tests done by Consumer Reports, which found the MacBook Pro to last as long as 19h and as litte as 4h in the exact same test.

Monday, January 9, 2017

Steve Jobs revealed the iPhone 10 years ago


Love it or hate it, no one can deny the iPhone has significantly changed the world we live in, and it was 10 years ago today that Steve Jobs went up to the stage to show us the first iPhone. The phone that made giants fall and now grabs 90% of the profits of the entire smartphone market.

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Apple's AirPods finally on sale


Just yesterday we wrote about the missing AirPods and how Apple seemed to struggle with handling the audio synchronization between both earpieces... but it seems Apple has finally sorted it out, and the AirPods are now available.


Monday, December 12, 2016


Users with iPhones and Macs are experiencing a new form of spam via calendar invites, and now Apple is finally doing something about it, adding a report junk option on icloud.com.


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