Apple made the new colour version of the HomePod mini available in the United States, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan a few weeks ago and delayed the release a few weeks for Austria, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Now as of today, the HomePod mini in orange, yellow and blue is now available in those countries. The colour versions, like the M1 iMac come […]
Late last week, a robotics student by the name of Ken Pillionel had modified an iPhone X to have a USB-C port rather than the standard Lightning port Apple ships. It has been listed on eBay and has now been sold for $86,001 on eBay. The video from Ken is below where he explains how he made the “the world’s first USB-C iPhone.” The winning bider will get the 64GB […]
This week, alongside a minor iOS release for iPhone 12 and iPhone 13, Apple has also released watchOS 8.1.1 specifically for the Apple Watch Series 7. Users have been reporting that the watch doesn’t charge and some reported that it also charges slowly. watchOS 8.1.1 addresses the charging issue and it can be downloaded now by going to the Apple Watch app on iPhone, then General > Software Update.
Apple has this week released iOS 15.1.1 for iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 only. Being for those two models only, it is a minor release but an important one nonetheless. Apple says this release improves call drop performance, as a lot of users have seen issues with dropped calls recently. It can be updated by going to Settings > General > Software Update.
Last week, Apple’s software engineering chief Craig Federighi spoke about his and Apple’s views on privacy and sideloading on the iPhone at the Web Summit conference, saying that allowing sideloading on iPhone would be “a criminals best friend.” Apple CEO Tim Cook has followed up on this to cement this saying that with iPhone, Apple focuses on users security and privacy. Cook said that allowing sideloading on iPhone was not […]
Apple has today announced that Alex Gorsky, the CEO and chairman of Johnson & Johnson has joined its its board of directors. Gorsky has been working at Johnson & Johnson since 1988, eventually working his way up the chain to become CEO in 2012. He is scheduled to step down as CEO on 3rd January 2022, but will run as executive chairman afterwards. “Alex has long been a visionary in […]
It has been recently reported by Bloomberg that Apple in the US may no longer require customers to wear masks in some of its retail stores across the country. Apple has 270 stores state side and over 100 stores are reported to start dropping the requirement from tomorow. After careful review, the Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) team, along with leadership, have determined it’s safe to update our guidance on […]
It has been reported by Strategy Analytics that the M1 MacBook Air has helped ship around 6.5 million laptops in the third quarter of 2021, thanks to strong demand for the fan-less, M1 machine. Thanks to the boost in sales, Apple is now number four in the world, in terms of laptop shipments. Lenovo was third place for Q3 2021, with 5% year on year growth, but Apple saw 10% […]
Apple has today released software version 15.1.1 for HomePod and HomePod mini, which addresses an issue that could cause the Podcasts app not to play any podcasts. You can update the HomePod OS on your device from the Home app, otherwise it’ll happen automatically.
Apple this week has released tvOS 15.1.1 for the Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K. This minor update brings support for Siri, App Store and the TV app to South Korea. tvOS usually updates automatically, but if you want to manually upgrade, it can be done so by going to Settings > System > Software Update.
