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How to subscribe to Apple One services bundles

20 hours ago

How to subscribe to Apple One services bundles

Apple has launched its Apple One bundle. Here's how to find the right version for you, and how to subscribe to it.

By William Gallagher | 20 hours ago

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Apple One services bundles are now available

20 hours ago

Apple One services bundles are now available

You can now choose to pay one flat fee for a number of Apple services, such as Apple Music, Apple Arcade, and extra iCloud storage, with Apple One.

By William Gallagher | 20 hours ago

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How to watch 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown' for free today

22 hours ago

How to watch 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown' for free today

After decades of regular airings, it appears that "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" won't be on broadcast television — but this and every "Charlie Brown" annual viewing tradition can continue. Here's how just about anybody can watch, for free, using Apple TV+ and a browser.

By William Gallagher | 22 hours ago

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Zuckerberg: Apple's ad-tracking block will impair COVID-19 economic recovery

22 hours ago

Zuckerberg: Apple's ad-tracking block will impair COVID-19 economic recovery

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called out Apple for how he claims the ad tracking block in iOS 14 will damage economic recovery from COVID-19 for years to come.

By William Gallagher | 22 hours ago

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John Hancock life insurer offers Apple Watch Series 6 at $25 for regular exercisers

23 hours ago

John Hancock life insurer offers Apple Watch Series 6 at $25 for regular exercisers

The life insurance firm John Hancock's long-running Vitality Program now includes deals with either an Apple Watch Series 6, or an Apple Watch SE, for customers who commit to exercising regularly.

By William Gallagher | 23 hours ago

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Apple's Cook expects work from home, remote learning trends to continue

1 day ago

Apple's Cook expects work from home, remote learning trends to continue

CEO Tim Cook says that Apple has seen growth in sales to remote students and home workers, and believes that trend is going to continue

By William Gallagher | 1 day ago

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Tim Cook reveals 'a few more exciting things' coming from Apple soon

1 day ago

Tim Cook reveals 'a few more exciting things' coming from Apple soon

Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed that the company is to bring out more products or services during the rest of 2020 than it has so far announced.

By William Gallagher | 1 day ago

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Apple's earnings in China drop nearly 30% in Q4

1 day ago

Apple's earnings in China drop nearly 30% in Q4

Apple has revealed it achieved $7.9 billion in sales in China, down considerably from last year's $11.1 billion. However, Tim Cook says that was better than Apple's expectation.

By William Gallagher | 1 day ago

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Germany's antitrust authority examining Apple and Amazon deal

1 day ago

Germany's antitrust authority examining Apple and Amazon deal

Amazon's "brandgating" practice of excluding other resellers when a manufacturer like Apple sells their devices on the service s being investigated by Germany's Federal Cartel Office.

By William Gallagher | 1 day ago

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'Apple Glass' may help users see better in low light using radar and LiDAR

1 day ago

'Apple Glass' may help users see better in low light using radar and LiDAR

With a combination of radar, and the LiDAR now present in the iPad Pro and iPhone 12 Pro, "Apple Glass" could sense the environment around the wearer when the light is too low for them to see clearly.

By William Gallagher | 1 day ago

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Future AirPods may detect gestures, and feature a rotary volume control

2 days ago

Future AirPods may detect gestures, and feature a rotary volume control

Apple is investigating how to make AirPods respond to gestures, have more touch sensitive areas, and even feature physical buttons or scroll wheels.

By William Gallagher | 2 days ago

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Apple updates Clips with HDR recording for iPhone 12

2 days ago

Apple updates Clips with HDR recording for iPhone 12

A revamped Clips 3.0 brings landscape recording and new effects to the social media video app, plus the ability to record in HDR with the new iPhone 12 range.

By William Gallagher | 2 days ago

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French advertisers file complaint over Apple's iOS 14 privacy plan

2 days ago

French advertisers file complaint over Apple's iOS 14 privacy plan

A collection of advertisers and publishers in France have filed a complaint with the country's competition authority, claiming that iOS 14's blocking of automatic ad tracking will severely affect revenues.

By William Gallagher | 2 days ago

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European Union antitrust chief warns against breaking up Big Tech firms

2 days ago

European Union antitrust chief warns against breaking up Big Tech firms

EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager says breaking up tech giants like Apple and Google, could have unintended consequences and legal ramifications.

By William Gallagher | 2 days ago

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Evidence mounting that Apple is preparing alternative to Google search

3 days ago

Evidence mounting that Apple is preparing alternative to Google search

Industry sources, plus changes to how iOS 14 returns web search results, back up previous reports that Apple is working on its own universal search engine.

By William Gallagher | 3 days ago

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Seoul wireless carrier to sell iPhone & accessories in unmanned store

3 days ago

Seoul wireless carrier to sell iPhone & accessories in unmanned store

SK Telecom is opening "T Factory," an unmanned 24-hour, where it claims partnerships with Apple, Microsoft, and more, mean customers will be able to buy an iPhone in under five minutes.

By William Gallagher | 3 days ago

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More than a billion people are using an iPhone today

3 days ago

More than a billion people are using an iPhone today

A new estimate claims that the number of current, active, iPhone users passed one billion in September 2020, fewer than 5,000 days since the first one went on sale.

By William Gallagher | 3 days ago

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How to run Aperture, iPhoto, and older versions of iTunes on macOS Big Sur

3 days ago

How to run Aperture, iPhoto, and older versions of iTunes on macOS Big Sur

Despite long being abandoned by Apple, it's still possible to launch — and run — apps without 64-bit support like Aperture and older versions of iTunes on both macOS Big Sur and Catalina. Here's how to do it.

By William Gallagher | 3 days ago

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Early 2021 Apple Silicon iMac said to have 'A14T' processor

4 days ago

Early 2021 Apple Silicon iMac said to have 'A14T' processor

Supply chain sources claim that Apple is to make a new desktop processor, the "A14T," plus its own GPU, for forthcoming Apple Silicon Macs, both of which are to be 5nm processors.

By William Gallagher | 4 days ago

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How to remove HP printer driver 'malware' from Mac

4 days ago

How to remove HP printer driver 'malware' from Mac

Your Mac does not have malware, it's just got printer drivers that HP mistakenly asked Apple to block. Here's how to work around the problem.

By William Gallagher | 4 days ago

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UK Ban on selling locked iPhones begins in late 2021

4 days ago

UK Ban on selling locked iPhones begins in late 2021

Saying the practice discourages users from switching carriers, the UK's Ofcom regulatory body has ruled that all phones will have to be sold unlocked from late 2021.

By William Gallagher | 4 days ago

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How Steve Jobs's unorthodox management continues to make Apple a success

4 days ago

How Steve Jobs's unorthodox management continues to make Apple a success

When he returned to Apple, Steve Jobs dismantled its typical corporate structure and radically changed how the entire business was managed. The benefits of that rethinking about corporate structure are still being leveraged today.

By William Gallagher | 4 days ago

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Some Mac users being warned that Amazon Music app and HP drivers are malware [u]

1 week ago

Some Mac users being warned that Amazon Music app and HP drivers are malware [u]

Some users are reporting that they can no longer print to HP printers, or can't continue playing Amazon Music through the dedicated app, because of a macOS error that claims the software is malware. Update: HP is reportedly working with Apple to fix the problem.

By William Gallagher | 1 week ago

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Apple's Kaiann Drance promotes 5G speeds in iPhone 12 interview

1 week ago

Apple's Kaiann Drance promotes 5G speeds in iPhone 12 interview

Vice President of iPhone Marketing, Kaiann Drance, has given an extended interview discussing the new iPhone 12, and iPhone 12 Pro, dealing principally with 5G, battery life, and MagSafe.

By William Gallagher | 1 week ago

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Apple's iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPad Air 4 are now available

1 week ago

Apple's iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPad Air 4 are now available

Customers who pre-ordered the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, or iPad Air 4 are now beginning to receive their shipments, plus Apple Stores have the new devices in stock.

By William Gallagher | 1 week ago

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