Some U.S. Apple Store employees are working to unionize, part of a growing worker backlash, according a Feb. 18 report by the Washington Post. And Apple is getting ready to fight back, informing store managers to tell retail workers that they could …
Lees meerPersonally, I prefer a 3-in-1 wireless charger such as Mophie’s US$89.95 3-in-1 stand for MagSafe Charger. However, if you only need to charge two devices, you may want the Velox Wireless Duo Stand from iOttie.com. It will also save you 20 bucks as …
Lees meerChristine Lin has joined the cast of Apple TV+’s Surfside Girls from Apple TV+ in a recurring role, according to Deadline. No word on what role she’ll play. About ‘Surfside Girls’ The 10-episode show is a a live-action kids and family series based o…
Lees meerActor-comedian Ken Jeong is set as a new series regular for the second season of Apple TV+’s “The Afterparty.” On March 3, Apple TV+ announced an early season two renewal of the series. Created and directed by Miller, “The Afterparty” is a series ce…
Lees meerApple has released Safari Technology Preview 145. The upgrade includes bug fixes and performance tweaks for Web Inspector, CSS Subgrid, CSS Container Queries, CSS, Web Animations, Rendering, JavaScript, Forms, Shared Workers, Workers, Dialog Element…
Lees meerYesterday Apple announced that the iPod touch is being discontinued. Now 9to5Mac reports that it’s completely sold out in the Apple’s online U.S. store. From the article: As for other countries like Brazil, Canada, France, and the UK, you can still …
Lees meerSiân Heder, who directed and won an Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Best Picture winner CODA for Apple TV+, will receive the American Film Institute’s 2022 Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal. The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American film organi…
Lees meerApple has lost its “World’s Most Valuable Stock” title to Saudi Aramco, according to Bloomberg. The last time Aramco was bigger than Apple was in 2020. Saudi Aramco, officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is a Saudi Arabian public petroleum and n…
Lees meerThe National Park Foundation has announced that it’s investing more than $4.1 million in service corps programs in fiscal year 2022, including support from Communities and Workforce program partners such as Apple. “From addressing habitat degradatio…
Lees meerApple has been granted a patent (number 11,330,241) for “focusing for virtual and augmented reality systems.” It involves the rumored “Apple Glasses,” an augmented reality/virtual reality head-mounted display (HMD). About the patent In the patent f…
Lees meerSynology’s original RT1900ac Wi-Fi router and its successor, the RT2600ac, were extremely popular. However, now the company has released the RT6600ax. It’s a — woo hoo! — Wi-Fi 6 router with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of US$299.99. Appl…
Lees meerBrandon Flynn (“13 Reasons Why”), Betty Gabriel (“Get Out”), Will Harrison (“Daisy Jones & The Six”), Hamish Linklater “(Midnight Mass”), Damian O’Hare (“Perry Mason”), Patton Oswalt (“Gaslit”), and Lili Taylor (Outer Range) join previously announce…
Lees meerThe last surviving iPod, the iPod touch, is apparently on its way out. In an online article, Apple says that customers can purchase the iPod touch through apple.com, Apple Store locations, and Apple Authorized Resellers “while supplies last.” The or…
Lees meerIf you want to make the WiFi setup as seamless as possible, you need the US$109 Meraki Go. You can just unpack it, plug it in, and go. Well, okay, it’s not instantaneous. It will take about 10 minutes to set up your WiFi. More if you’re mounting th…
Lees meerEddie Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, plans to restructure Apple Services management with the aim of focusing more on streaming and advertising, according to Business Insider (a subscription is required to read …
Lees meerCell phone prices are soaring, but trade-ins remain low, with 66% of consumers never considering, according to MCE Systems, a device lifecycle management firm. The report says that over 550 million phones sit in drawers collecting dust, equating to …
Lees meerApple has been granted a patent (number 11,320,659) for moving about in a computer-generated reality setting. It involves the rumored “Apple Glasses,” an augmented reality/virtual reality headset. About the patent In the patent Apple notes that conv…
Lees meerThis is my (mostly) weekly column in which I write about whatever’s on my mind — which may have nothing to do with Apple. Today’s column doesn’t, so feel free to skip it unless you just want to read 10 of my random thoughts from this week. Have you,…
Lees meerApple has been granted a patent (number 11,321,116) for “systems and methods for integrating third party services with a digital assistant. That assistance being, of course, Siri. About the patent In the patent, Apple notes that a digital assistant …
Lees meerYou can prepare for Mother’s Day (and you haven’t forgotten that Sunday, May 8) is Mother’s Day, have you?) with a variety of iOS/iPadOS apps. Mix on Pix 1.0 (free, in-app purchases) for the iPhone and iPad is an app for adding just about anything o…
Lees meerApple’s Mac laptop sales continued to rise in the first quarter of 2022, as Chromebook market share hits its lowest point in five years, according to a new report by Strategy Analytics. Apple’s Mac carried the momentum from last two quarters as ship…
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