First things first, here's a quote from Apple on the bill: The Telecommunications Business Act will put users who purchase digital goods from other sources at risk of fraud, undermine their privacy protections, make it difficult to manage their …
Lees meerApple: Apple today announced that it is working with several states across the country, which will roll out the ability for their residents to seamlessly and securely add their driver’s license or state ID to Wallet on their iPhone and Apple Wat…
Lees meerM.G. Siegler: For the 11th straight year that Apple has been making iPads, there will be no native Weather app for the device. This despite the fact that such an app launched on day one with the iPhone, fourteen years ago. And despite the fact t…
Lees meerBradley Chambers, 9to5Mac: While Apple does allow you to create shared albums in iCloud Photos, it doesn’t allow a way for families to create a single library for all of their family photos or even easily give another person access to copy photo…
Lees meerCNBC: South Korea’s parliament has approved a bill that will make it the first country to impose curbs on Google and Apple’s payment policies that force developers to only use the tech giants’ proprietary billing systems. And: The bill, ap…
Lees meerJoanna Stern, Wall Street Journal, on her water damaged MacBook Pro: See, with no AppleCare+ to cover accidental damage, Apple said it would repair the machine in five to seven days…for $999. Nearly its original price! The Apple Genius said buyi…
Lees meerApple: Apple today announced it has acquired Primephonic, the renowned classical music streaming service that offers an outstanding listening experience with search and browse functionality optimized for classical, premium-quality audio, handpic…
Lees meerFrom Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac, yesterday: In an investor note, Ming-Chi Kuo today said that he expects the upcoming iPhone 13 models to feature a low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite communication mode. This would allow an iPhone 13 user to send messag…
Lees meerJosé Adorno, 9to5Mac, quoting this Billboard Pro post: Those numbers make Donda Apple Music’s third-most streamed album ever in the first 24 hours of release, and it set another record by topping Apple Music’s top albums charts in 152 countries …
Lees meerIf you are into music, especially the tree of musical influences, this looks to be worth watching. The Velvet Underground, especially Lou Reed, were major influences of the underground/alternative music genres. Also part of this documentary is the a…
Lees meerApple today announced it has acquired Primephonic, the renowned classical music streaming service that offers an outstanding listening experience with search and browse functionality optimized for classical, premium-quality audio, handpicked expe…
Lees meerDeadline: Apple Studios has set a high profile project that will reteam Marvel stalwarts Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans in Ghosted, a romantic action adventure that will be directed by Dexter Fletcher. He helmed Rocketman and finished Bohemi…
Lees meerMark Gurman, from the weekly PowerOn newsletter: Cook, who turns 61 in November, is all but assured to be Apple’s CEO into 2025, when 1 million shares designed to keep him at the helm finish paying out. And: The belief inside Apple is that…
Lees meerSami Fathi, MacRumors: While the feature was previewed at WWDC in June, it's yet to make an official appearance in any developer beta of macOS Monterey or iPadOS 15, leading to speculation that the feature may be delayed to a future update t…
Lees meerApple: Heralded by a teaser video, Apple today announced that acclaimed host, writer, producer, director and advocate Jon Stewart's hotly anticipated new current affairs series “The Problem With Jon Stewart” is set to debut globally on Apple TV+…
Lees meerBenjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac: In an investor note, Ming-Chi Kuo today said that he expects the upcoming iPhone 13 models to feature a low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite communication mode. This would allow an iPhone 13 user to send messages and make phon…
Lees meerVariety: After being delayed a week and switched from an in-person event to a virtual ceremony, the Hollywood Critics Association revealed the winners for its first-ever HCA TV Awards — and Apple TV Plus’ “Ted Lasso” led the pack with four victo…
Lees meerGoogle paid Apple around $10 billion in 2020 to have it as the default search engine on Apple devices. That is expected to go up to $15 billion in 2021, and even higher in years to come. Samsung had an interesting week with its ability to block stol…
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Lees meerApple: Apple today announced a number of changes coming to the App Store that, pending court approval, will resolve a class-action suit from US developers. Key there is "pending court approval", so this could still change. Key changes: Th…
Lees meerApple today introduced the News Partner Program, a new slate of initiatives to expand Apple’s work with and support for journalism. The News Partner Program aims to ensure Apple News customers maintain access to trusted news and information from …
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