July 21, 2011: Apple officially passes Nokia to become the world’s top smartphone vendor. It’s a major milestone for Apple, which launched the iPhone just four years earlier. For Nokia, which dominated the cellphone market during the 1990s and early…
Lees meerWhether you’re working on a laptop or a desktop computer, it means being tied to the machine. That is, unless you go wireless with Apple’s Magic Mouse and Keyboard. Apple’s wireless mouse and keyboard are about as innovative as any other product the…
Lees meerThis week, the Cult of Mac Store got some massive new deals on useful apps, instruction and digital tools. Below you’ll find a bundle of 10 Mac apps, to a tool for converting websites to searchable text, 10 terabytes of backup storage, and more. Dea…
Lees meerTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company will begin volume production of 5nm chips in the first half of 2020, according to the company’s chief financial officer. The Taiwanese foundry manufactures all Apple’s processors. TSMC’s move to 5nm comes r…
Lees meerFifty years after the Apollo moon mission, the leaps in mankind’s computing power continue to amaze. For instance, did you know an iPhone could manage 120 million moon missions at once? Get the story behind that astonishing stat, plus the latest on …
Lees meerJuly 20, 2007: Just a month after the original iPhone goes on sale, the first third-party app gets compiled and launched for the new platform. Called “Hello World,” the software serves more as a proof of concept than a serious tool. But it demonstra…
Lees meerTreat yourself to some new Apple Watch bands and accessories and enjoy some big discounts on the Cult of Mac Watch Store. We have gorgeous aluminum link bracelets, premium charging stands that work with Apple Watch and iPhone, and speedy wireless ch…
Lees meerCanadians should start polishing up their credit ratings, as they soon may be able to apply for a shiny new Apple Card. The US launch of this credit card will happen in the coming weeks. Canada might not be far behind. Apple filed a trademark applic…
Lees meerClear cable clutter with the brilliant HiRise Duet stand from Twelve South. It charges your iPhone and Apple Watch simultaneously, and it looks darn gorgeous while it’s doing it. Order yours today and get $20 off the usual price. No one wants their …
Lees meerLos Angeles designer Ian Delucca customized AirPods with gold and diamonds for a series that “guides us into new relationships with the material world.” And you can have that relationship with the blinged-out AirPods for $20,000. Apple’s mobile devi…
Lees meerDozens of airplanes still have equipment subject to cellular phone interference. This is one of the reasons why iPhones and Androids have to be in airplane mode during flight. Fortunately, this danger will soon go away. The best-known cockpit system…
Lees meerIn iOS 13, Safari can save all your open tabs into a new bookmark folder, so you can open them all again with a single tap. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)
Lees meerAustralia’s leading Instagram influencers expressed a range of feelings this week over the photo-sharing app’s experiment with hiding “likes.” Some fear it starts the clock counting down toward the end of their moment of fame. Australia is one of se…
Lees meerSomeone needs to get the Apple Watch its own comic book series, because right now it’s saving more lives than most DC and Marvel superheroes put together. The latest case involves a 48-year-old U.K. man who underwent lifesaving heart surgery after a…
Lees meerTim Cook has sent his condolences to the Japanese animation studio targeted in a suspected arson attack. The attack resulted in the deaths of 33 people. It is Japan’s worst mass killing in 20 years. “Kyoto Animation is home to some of the world’s mo…
Lees meerThere’s so much to learn about the world around us. So when you sit down to watch Netflix, keep in mind you could be streaming content that informs as well as entertains — and at a small fraction of the price. CuriosityStream is an award-winning str…
Lees meerA new spyware tool reportedly can harvest data from iOS devices and their connected cloud accounts. The tool, called Pegasus, also works with Android devices. The data it is able to gather even reportedly includes encrypted messages from third-party…
Lees meerThis week on The CultCast: Why some say FaceApp, the mega-viral app that ages your face, might also be stealing your data. Plus, why your next iPhone or Mac may feature Apple’s rainbow logo; Apple might soon make a big move into original podcasts; a…
Lees meerApple Music has switched the names of one of its most popular playlists. “A-List: Hip-Hop” is now branded as “Rap Life,” and comes with a new show on Beats 1 radio. The change was orchestrated by Ebro Darden, global editorial head of hip-hop and R&B…
Lees meerJuly 19, 2004: The fourth-generation iPod brings neat innovations to the popular audio device, including the Click Wheel interface recently introduced on the iPod mini. “The best digital music player just got better,” says Steve Jobs on the day the …
Lees meerEpic Games has told Fortnite players on iOS that they will need to delete and reinstall the game to keep on playing. Disgruntled iPhone and iPad users quickly discovered they were unable to load into Battle Royale after a game-breaking bug was intro…
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