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Apple is now asking developers to return the Mac mini DTK by end March

Back in June last year, right at the very start of the announcement for Apple’s own silicon for Macs, the company announced the DTK for developers to help them transition to the new line of Macs which were announced late last year. The DTK Mac mini had the A12Z chip, from the current iPad Pro, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, two USB-C ports, one HDMI port an two legacy USB-A ports. […]

ECG on Apple Watch now approved in Australia

The Apple Watch has now been approved for ECG use in Australia this week by the government meaning all Apple Watch users, who have Series 4 or later will soon have access to the ECG feature once Apple releases it. The ECG app on Apple Watch Series 4, Series 5 and Series 6 can run an electrocardiogram which looks at the timing of the heartbeat, the Apple Watch spits out […]

Apple has now reopened of its stores in the US

In the US, Apple has 270 physical retail stores and as of Monday this week, that have all reopened up again, following on from when Apple, along with other retailers started closing stores temporarily back in March 2020. Throughout the pandemic in the US all of Apple’s stores have been opening and reopening on a regular basis. However this isn’t a sign that everything is back to normal, Apple is […]

iOS 14 is now installed on 86% of devices that were launched in the past four years

From time to time, Apple provides information to developers about what percentage of devices in a given time frame are running what operating system. In recent years, the rate at which a new operating system has been adopted is simply staggering, even more so with iOS 14 which introduced home screen widgets which allowed users to customise the look and feel as well as icons on the phone. Last week […]

macOS is no longer the world’s second most popular desktop OS

For a long time, the top two desktop operating systems in the world have been Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS. However despite a very popular and well received launch of the new range of M1 Macs last year, Apple’s place has now been relegated to third place now sitting behind Google Chrome OS, which powers Chomebooks and Chromeboxes. Windows is still way out in front, at 80.5% market share worldwide, […]

Apple Pay launches in Mexico today

Today, Apple Pay has launched in Mexico, adding support for customers to pay for items online and in store using iPhone and Apple Watch, with in app and online supported by iPad and Mac too. Supported banks and card companies ware accepting registrations too from today and they include – Citibanamex, Banorte, American Express, and MasterCard. Apple Pay launched back in 2014 alongside the original iPhone 6 and then launched in […]

Apple is now the world’s largest smartphone vendor

In the fourth quarter of 2020, Apple has become the worlds larger vendor of smartphones, overtaking previous top spot holder, Samsung. According to data from Gartner Apple hasn’t been at this status, since 2016. Apple sold a lot of new iPhones in the last quarter of 2020, with 80 million sold an increase of 20 million when compared to that same quarter in 2019. This extra demand has come from […]

Mitsubishi is starting to support wireless CarPlay

Mitsubishi just recently announced the all new Outlander, which for the first time won’t be making its way to the UK and Europe, instead only launching in the United States. However, this is a big release for Mitsubishi as this is the company’s first vehicle to come with wireless Apple CarPlay integrated as standard. Wireless CarPlay is nothing new, it has been around on other vehicles for the past few […]

Second seasons of a number of Apple TV+ shows are coming soon

Apple launched a lot of new shows on Apple TV+ in the past year and a half the service has been around and we’re coming up to seeing some season two editions of those shows, including Ted Lasso, which a lot of people are looking forward too following from the debut last August. Apple confirmed the news yesterday that a number of its shows will be coming back for second seasons […]

Apple adding cycling directions to Portland and San Diego

With iOS 14 last September, Apple added cycling directions to Apple Maps for the first time, as well as city guided tours, EV route optimisation and much more. With cycling directions it was only launched in a few select cities such as London and New York but this week Apple has now expanded the service to a couple more cities in the west coast of America, with San Diego in […]