On Monday, Apple decided to start the week off with operating system updates. The company released iOS 10.2, watchOS 3.1.1, and tvOS 10.1 to the general public. Each update is available as an over-the-air download. Before installing the updates,…
Lees meerOne of Apple’s major suppliers of iPhone displays is poised to make a major investment in OLED screens. Japan Display plans to acquire Joled, a joint OLED screen maker owned by Sony and Panasonic, according to Japan’s Nikkei newspaper. The deal …
Lees meerApple promised to put a stop to those irritating iCloud Calendar spam invites, and now the fix is in. The company just added a “Report Junk” option the Calendar app on iCloud.com, and that feature may soon be coming to iOS and macOS. The junk-re…
Lees meerNew cases on the scene This week’s roundup of new iPhone and iPad cases brings us iPhone 7 models of two of our favorite cases—LuMee’s fabulous Duo case for photography, and Mophie’s slim Juice Pack Air battery case. Plus, a nice assortment of other…
Lees meerRobots are becoming more and more ubiquitous in our daily lives, but these seven bots stole the show in 2016.The Zenbo personal assistant robot can be a caretaker and entertainer. While Boston Dynamic's SpotMini will help you do the dishes, prese…
Lees meerWhen Apple rolled out tvOS 10 in September we couldn’t help but notice that single sign-on—a feature that lets you enter your cable provider details once and then use them across multiple apps—didn’t make the cut. Apple promised that the new feat…
Lees meerPeople are still lining up to snag a brand new iPhone 7, but that won’t stop anyone from speculating about next year’s iPhone. Why so early? Well, 2017 marks the iPhone’s 10th birthday, so Apple is reportedly gearing up to make its anniversary ed…
Lees meerNew goodies for your MacThis week’s roundup of accessories includes several new devices that provide every port your Mac will ever need. Read on!OWCThe most notable feature on this Thunderbolt 3 Dock ($279 MSRP) is that it has 13 different ports. “D…
Lees meerWhere other social networks struggle to give users tools to fight abuse (ahem, Twitter), Instagram is doing its part to make the photo-sharing platform a safer space. How so? By letting you turn off comments altogether. InstagramBefore Tuesday, I…
Lees meerChrome version 55 rolled out late last week and drove another nail in the coffin for Flash on the web. Google announced in August that Chrome 55 would default to HTML5 video instead of Flash, effectively blocking Adobe’s web plugin from running …
Lees meerAn apparently huge number of iOS and macOS users received calendar invite spam starting late last week. If you began seeing an invitation to an event in your calendar listings for Ugg Boots, Ray-Ban sunglasses, and other products, it’s because s…
Lees meerApple doesn’t always get in on Black Friday, the unofficial shopping holiday the day after Thanksgiving. In some previous years, the company has offered modest discounts on some products, or a free gift card with purchase, but last year the comp…
Lees meerEvery day, Macworld brings you the essential daily news and other info about all things Apple. But staying on top of that torrent of information can be a constant challenge. One solution: the Macworld Digital Edition.In the December issue We ta…
Lees meerScams to keep an eye out forImage by ThinkstockIt always happens this time of year, an influx of holiday related scams circulating the interwebs. Scams don't wait for the holidays, but scammers do take advantage of the increased shopping and distrac…
Lees meerIt’s an old philosophical question: “If a tree falls in the forest, and there’s an LED screen embedded in it for some reason, can it run Doom?” Okay, that metaphor got away from me, but the fact remains that there’s a time-honored tradition to “…
Lees meerA proof of concept from security researcher and software developer Samy Kamkar shows that macOS, Windows, and Linux computers can have any previously active Web logins hijacked merely by plugging in a tiny Unix device via USB or Thunderbolt, eve…
Lees meerInstagram Stories started a bit inauspiciously as a very obvious Snapchat Stories clone. But three months in and it’s clearly a success: 100 million people use Stories every day to check their friends’ disappearing photos or add their own. Now t…
Lees meerApple is reportedly done with routers. While the company hasn’t said anything publicly, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman (who has an excellent track record with Apple rumors) reports that Apple’s wireless router division has been disbanded. The engineers…
Lees meerApple has said that a few iPhone 6s smartphones are unexpectedly shutting down, confirming a problem reported last week by a Chinese consumer protection group.The company said the problem is restricted to a small number of phones within a limited…
Lees meerNew iOS cases of the weekThis week’s roundup of new iPhone and iPad cases brings us new picks just as we’re gearing up for the holiday shopping season. Read on!BelkinThe Air Protect SheerForce (iPhone 7 and 7 Plus; $25 to $30 MSRP, $21.75 on Amazon)…
Lees meerApple headlines for the week ending Nov. 18, 2016In case you missed it, Apple had a major product release. As this video from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert puts it, “There was the iBook, the MacBook, and now…the Apple Book.” When you’re done wa…
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