While some may argue that HomePod will fail in the market due to Siri’s performance compared to other voice assistants, many seem to discount the value of a smart speaker focused on high end sound quality. From the start, Apple has positioned HomePo…
Lees meerOver the weekend, Facebook announced that it will be bringing a refreshed privacy center to make it easier to find and customize the settings. The post also goes over some tips for keeping your data safe along with the company’s privacy principles w…
Lees meerReliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities has cast new doubt on the potential launch of an iPhone SE 2 with wireless charging or any other notable new features. In an interesting rebuttal to recent rumors, KGI questions the authenticity of rec…
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Lees meerApple has today shared a new video celebrating Carnival in Brazil that showcases the iPhone X’s Portrait Lighting camera feature. more…
Lees meerApple has entered two new product categories in the last few years — wearables and smart speakers — with dramatically different levels of hype. Apple Watch was one-half of the iPhone 6 keynote and warranted a second event before its debut. HomePod w…
Lees meerIf I asked you to name a few common technology products, office chairs probably wouldn’t make the list. The act of sitting down is such a fundamental human activity that chairs are often overlooked entirely, and rarely thought of as technology. Yet,…
Lees meerWhen a brand new Apple product goes on sale, early adopters tend to aim to hit the Apple Store app and website within the first few minutes to secure delivery on day one. But in the case of the HomePod, it seems this wasn’t necessary … more…
Lees meerThe locations and layouts of U.S. military bases in countries like Syria and Afghanistan have been revealed by Strava heatmaps … more…
Lees meerFollowing the news just last weekend that Apple would be closing their Green Hills retail location in Nashville, Tennessee for renovations on February 11th, the company has posted a similar message on their retail website announcing the temporary cl…
Lees meerApple is said to be working on new Mac laptops and a desktop with Apple coprocessors, similar to the T2 chip seen in the iMac Pro and the T1 chip introduced with the 2016 MacBook Pro, according to Bloomberg. The publication also reports that a new i…
Lees meerThe Trump administration is considering nationalising the 5G network in what has been described as ‘an unprecedented federal takeover of a portion of the nation’s mobile network.’ The proposal is said to be in response to perceived cyber security th…
Lees meerA federal copyright ruling will see streaming music services like Apple Music paying higher rates to songwriters and music publishers. The ruling by The Copyright Royalty Board was made in the light of evidence presented during a court case last yea…
Lees meerApple’s 2017 semiconductor spend increased by more than a quarter year-on-year, according to Gartner. It said that Apple spent $38.754B on chips in 2017, up 27.5% on the previous year. It left Apple as the world’s second-largest chip buyer after Sam…
Lees meerA report today claims that Apple is cutting its iPhone X production targets in half in response to ‘disappointing holiday season sales.’ Apple is said to have notified suppliers that it has cut its production target for the first quarter of this yea…
Lees meerWith its latest update, WhatsApp users are finding a new icon app appear when they connect to CarPlay. A WhatsApp icon and basic on-screen app interface are now part of the CarPlay experience, beyond what was already offered by WhatsApp’s SiriKit in…
Lees meerApple continues to support Logic Pro X (and its other flagship software), and the latest update has even more than we expected after having some hands-on time for the last couple days. The completely free version 10.4 upgrade hit this week with load…
Lees meerReliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities is today out with a trio of new investor notes that offer some addition color on the supplier breakdown for this year’s new iPhones. The analyst has previously stated that Apple will introduce th…
Lees meerDespite the fact that HomePod went up for preorder on Friday, there are still a few details about the device left unknown. While we explained last week that HomePod can play purchased iTunes Music, podcasts, and stream Beats 1, we couldn’t confirm h…
Lees meerIn this week’s top stories: Apple’s HomePod goes up for preorder as new details emerge, Apple pushes out the latest iOS, watchOS, macOS, and tvOS releases and betas, Logic Pro X gets a major update, and much more. Read on for all of this week’s top …
Lees meerFollowing a pair of hands-on looks earlier this week, Wired is the latest to share their initial thoughts on the HomePod following a “first listen.” Wired seems to have been given the same demo as other news outlets, but has slightly different thoug…
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