Apple has given the boot to a messaging app called ToTok. This app was reportedly an United Arab Emirates spy tool used for tracking users’ conversations and movement. ToTok has been very successful in the UAE. The country limits access to other pop…
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Lees meerDecember 22, 2013: After months of false starts, Apple finally secures a deal with China Mobile to bring the iPhone to the world’s largest telecom company. With 760 million potential iPhone customers in the offing, the deal shapes up as Apple’s most…
Lees meerDecember 21, 1994: Mac gamers get their hands on Marathon, a sci-fi first-person shooter designed as an answer to the massive success of PC title Doom. Created by Bungie, the team that would later make the Halo games, Marathon introduces important f…
Lees meerApple Shortcuts are an easy and powerful tool to automate actions on iOS devices. A new ‘how-to’ from the people at Take Control Books walks users through setting up and building customized shortcuts with step-by-step ‘recipes’. Take Control of Shor…
Lees meerLego’s latest Apple Arcade entry builds an atmospheric puzzler brick by brick. Lego Builder’s Journey is “a story about play, connections and adventure.” It’s available only to those who subscribe to Apple’s gaming service. Lego Builder’s Journey: N…
Lees meerApple’s new 10.2-inch iPad is now more affordable than ever, thanks to a $100 discount from Amazon. You can get the 128GB model with Wi-Fi connectivity for just $329 — down from $429. And that’s just one of the awesome offers in today’s Deals & Stea…
Lees meerElcomsoft claims its iOS Forensic Toolkit can now extract certain pieces of data from an iOS device before it has been unlocked. Almost all of the data stored on an iPhone or iPad is securely encrypted after a reboot or restart — until a passcode ha…
Lees meerAs your loved ones gather for the holidays, have some family fun with Apple Arcade. A new video shows off games that can be enjoyed no matter your age. Watch it now: Try these six Apple Arcade games This video draws attention to a half dozen of the …
Lees meerEven if you’re a die-hard Apple fan, there’s still plenty you most likely don’t know about the company’s most popular product. And, whether you want to wow your Apple-loving in-laws over the holidays or just feel the need to fill your brain with som…
Lees meerThe iPhone might still be Apple’s biggest product by a wide margin, but the AirPods have a good claim to being Cupertino’s MVP of the year. Accord to Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi, Apple sold $6 billion worth of AirPods in 2019. And it could sel…
Lees meerYou can order Apple’s all-new Mac Pro with a whopping 8TB of storage. Just like every other Mac Pro upgrade, however, it isn’t cheap. Maxing out your SSD space will cost you more than a high-end iMac with Retina 5K display — or even a brand-new 16-i…
Lees meerSpotted a vulnerability in Apple software, but not among Cupertino’s chosen developers tasked with seeking out bugs? No problem. As of today, Apple’s $1.5 million bug bounty program is available everyone who wants to participate. Previously, it was …
Lees meerApple today stopped signing iOS 13.2.3. It’s no longer possible to downgrade devices that have already been updated to iOS 13.3, which rolled out to everyone just over one week ago. Every iOS update Apple rolls out is supposed to be faster, more sta…
Lees meerAccording to Digitimes, some 2020 iPhones will feature special sensor-shift stabilization technology for their cameras. This technology would help further reduce camera shake on the next-gen iPhone. It is a separate approach to reducing camera shake…
Lees meerThis week on The CultCast: From the hottest gift of 2019, to our favorite tech and travel locations, catch our picks for Best of the Year! This episode supported by Easily create a beautiful website all by yourself, at Squarespace.com/cultcast. Use …
Lees meerIt’s the last Friday before the holidays, and appropriately enough, two of Apple’s most popular Apple TV+ Originals are wrapping up. On Friday, Apple debuted the season finale for both The Morning Show and For All Mankind. There are new episodes of …
Lees meerDecember 20, 1996: Apple Computer buys NeXT, the computer company Steve Jobs founded after leaving Cupertino a decade earlier. The deal costs Apple $429 million. It’s a massive price to pay for the failing NeXT, which already saw its hardware divisi…
Lees meerIf you’ve beaten the computer a thousand times on Mario Kart Tour (which, let’s face it, is pretty tough not to do), you can finally pit your Mario and Luigi-steering abilities against other flesh-and-blood players. That’s because Nintendo has launc…
Lees meerSome AirPods Pro owners report an unusual smell emanating from the plastic and rubber casings of Apple’s hot new earbuds. Of all things, they say they detect a whiff of … blueberries. One expert tells Cult of Mac the aroma could be deliberate, or si…
Lees meerIf you thought using Apple Pay was already easy, prepare to be amazed. It’s even easier when you enable Express Transit mode. In New York City, Portland and London, you can now pass the ticket barrier with just a wave of your wrist. And even if your…
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