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Mariah Carey has a Christmas special launching on Apple TV+ this week

This Friday on Apple TV+, a new holiday special from Mariah Carey is coming, titled Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special and starring Carey herself as well as guests such as Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Misty Copeland, Snoop Dogg, Jermaine Dupri, Billy Eichner, Tiffany Haddish and Mykal-Michelle Harris. Carey has a new single out, called “Oh Santa!” which will make its debut on the show as well as on Apple Music this […]

LIFX working on Adaptive Lighting feature for HomeKit

When Apple launched iOS 14, a new feature called Adaptive Lighting was introduced and the support for it is down to the light manufacturers to update their lights, so far Philips is the only company who has added support and it seems LIFX is working on it, according to a thread on Reddit. Adaptive Lighting will allow the lights to adjust the temperature over the course of the day with […]

Apple TV app is now coming to more Sony TVs

The Apple TV is yet again rolling out to more TVs, this time Sony is acting on its promise from 2019 to add to the app to its line of smart TVs, the app was started to roll out, but as it happens only one line of TVs received the app, the X900H line of TVs. Apple TV app, when on non Apple platforms provides access to Apple TV Channels, […]

Apple is moving some MacBook and iPad production to Vietnam from China

Apple has asked its contractor Foxconn to move some production of iPads and MacBooks to Vietnam instead of China due to some trade tensions between the US and China lately and it would make sense as Apple already assembles the AirPods in Vietnam. Foxconn is building assembly lines for Apple’s ‌iPad‌ tablet and MacBook laptop at its plant in Vietnam’s northeastern Bac Giang province, to come online in the first […]

Some new M1 Macs are seeing Bluetooth issues

The new M1 based Macs have been out with customers for about a week now and some users are reporting issues with Bluetooth. Issues with some accessories not working all together or some devices being intermittent. Originally reported by MacRumors who have said that users affected have been sharing the issues on Reddit and the MacRumors forums and that the models affected are the M1 models so the MacBook Air, […]

HomePod mini is now available in Mexico and Taiwan

The HomePod mini launched in a handful of countries early last month and now it is expanding to more, much quicker than the original HomePod did. As of yesterday, it has launched in Mexico and Taiwan with China coming later on. When the HomePod launched on 6th November, it was available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Spain, the UK, and the US. In Mexico the HomePod […]

HomePod mini delivery times slip into next year in Europe and UK

The HomePod mini went on sale earlier this month, alongside the iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 mini and within not much time, the estimates for delivery had slipped a few months ahead but now this week, estimates for delivery stretch into January 2021. Here in the UK for example, if you ordered one today the delivery date is ’15 Jan – 21 Jan.’ This is the case too […]

Apple is shutting down App Store Connect over Christmas

Every year, Apple takes a break of Christmas and stops accepting submissions of new apps or app updates, this usually takes place a couple days before and after Christmas Day and 2020 is no different. App Store Connect will shut down between 23rd and 27th December. Developers wishing to have apps ready for Christmas will need to submit them in the next few weeks.

Waze is testing support for CarPlay Dashboard

Apple added the CarPlay dashboard last year with iOS 13 and so far, only Apple Maps and Google Maps support it, and Google only added it a few months ago. Now popular maps app Waze is testing support to it, according to users in the beta testing process. The Verge also reported the news, and as the feature hasn’t been officially announced yet, information is limited but it looks like it […]

New rumour suggests that iOS 15 could remove support for iPhone 6s and 2016 iPhone SE

A new rumour from The Verifier in Isreal has predicated that when Apple releases iOS 15 next year it’ll be dropping support for the iPhone 6s and first generation iPhone SE. Taking this rumour with a pinch of salt, it would actually make sense, the iPhone SE is based on the iPhone 6s, it has the same A8 SoC. The iPhone 6s was launched in September 2015 and the iPhone SE followed […]