The color iMac G3 is classic, but could it be a classic car? Photo: NeoMam Studios
Part of you wishes you still had a blueberry iMac G3 sitting on your desk. But would you buy a car that looked just like it?
A marketing company, joining in on the excitement surrounding longtime rumors of an Apple car, came up with five concepts that are inspired by landmark Apple products.
Reality show Planet of the Apps is coming soon to Apple Music. Photo: Apple
Prepare yourself for Apple’s first teaser trailer for Planet of the Apps, because it’s a total cringe-fest.
Billing Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow as some of “the world’s most culturally influential entrepreneurs,” the Shark Tank ripoff pairs budding app developers with tech luminaries and venture capitalists who can help make their App Store dreams a reality.
Samsung's de facto boss is (potentially) in trouble. Photo: Samsung
South Korean prosecutors are taking a second go at gaining an arrest warrant for Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, the heir apparent to the Samsung Group.
Lee Kun-hee, the only son of Samsung’s incapacitated chairman, has been accused of using Samsung subsidiaries to make possible bribery-related payments of millions of dollars as part of a scandal involving South Korea’s impeached president Park Geun-hye and a confidante.
That weird place where Minecraft-type graphics meet slasher movies. Photo: Blue Wizard Digital
Slasher movies and Apple were two of my favorite cultural entities to come out of the 1970s and 80s, which is why I’m so happy to see Slayaway Camp — a loving ode to the former — arrive in the App Store.
Previously available on PC via Steam, the game is a sliding puzzle game which owes more than a passing nod to the heyday of Friday the 13th, The Prowler, Prom Night and other legendary teen slashers.
Don't expect to get the new glass enclosure on Apple's smaller iPhones. Photo: Imran Taylor
Size won’t be the only thing separating Apple’s next-gen 4.7-, 5.5-, and 5.8-inch iPhones, claims a new report.
According to sources in Apple’s supply chain, the rumored glass exterior form factor will only be available on the larger of Apple’s new iPhones. The smaller sized iPhone will meanwhile continue using an aluminum-alloy chassis, while the mid-sized 5.5-inch iPhone (the current iPhone Plus size) has yet to be determined.
Apple doesn't have a fix, Cue says, but it is working on it. Photo: Recode
Eddy Cue has promised that Apple is working on a solution to keep fake news out of the Apple News app for iOS.
During an interview on Monday night, Cue said companies in the technology industry are responsible for ensuring their services are free from hoax stories.
Apple stock prices spent the whole year on the rise and ended trading Wednesday with a $1 trillion valuation. Photo: Buster Hein/Cult of Mac
It’s a great time to be an Apple shareholder.
Aided by a increased confidence rating from Goldman Sachs, Apple shares hit an all-time high today, with the price jumping to $133.76 per share before closing just above the company’s previous record of $132.54, set on May 17, 2015.
Portrait Mode turns ordinary pics into extraordinary photos. Photo: Apple
Apple launched a new ad campaign this week with two new short spots that showcase the superior shooting skills of the iPhone 7 Plus’ new Portrait Mode.
Both of the new ads highlight how to use Portrait Mode to elevate your pictures of people or pets to an all-new level. The new feature is technically still in beta, but it looks like Apple thinks it’s ready for its close-up.
You can still use Apple Pay on Target's online store. Photo: Ste Smith
Target shoppers will have to keep dreaming of the day they’ll be able to pay with their iPhones.
After rumors spread on social media over the weekend that Target planned to finally add Apple Pay to its checkout counters, the company came out with an official statement today saying it doesn’t plan to embrace Apple’s contactless payments anytime soon.
This ingenious "reverse platformer" is one heck of a game. Photo: Stagehand
To achieve maximum success, iOS game developers need an idea that’s both reassuringly familiar and strikingly new. That’s exactly what Stagehand delivers: The new platform game employs a clever twist on the popular endless-runner genre, with a sprinkle of ’90s classic Lemmings thrown in for good measure.
“Stagehand is a game that looks like a side-scrolling platformer, but instead of controlling the character, you move the stage,” developer Matt Comi told Cult of Mac. “We call it a ‘reverse platformer.’ The protagonist, Frank, runs and jumps all by himself. It’s the player’s job to make sure he doesn’t run into walls.”
The iPhone 8 will have killer battery life. Photo: Ste Smith
Apple reportedly plans to pack a much bigger battery inside the new 4.7-inch iPhone set to be revealed later this year.
In his latest research report, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims the smaller iPhone will be the first device to feature a stacked logic board design to bring better battery performance.
A ceramic iPhone would look spectacular. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
It’s the iPhone’s tenth anniversary this year, which means there’s no chance Apple is going to deliver another incremental upgrade with an all too familiar design. We’re expecting big things from the so-called iPhone 8 — including a complete face-lift.
Here are our gorgeous concepts for the iPhone 8 based on everything we know so far.
This one-click VPN is a powerful way to stay safe and anonymous even on public Wi-Fi networks. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Going online means being exposed to all kinds of hazards and headaches. From data snoops, to identity thieves, location restrictions on streaming content, you’re going to want protection when you hop onto a public or private network. Protection is what a good virtual private network (VPN) offers, and we’ve got a great opportunity for just that. Right now you can get two years of Private Internet Access VPN for just $59.99 at the Cult of Mac Store.
Name your price for this bundle of twelve productivity-boosting apps. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Our Macs come out of the box full of capabilities, but there’s a lot more they can do. That means having the right apps. The 2017 Superstar Mac Bundle, containing a dozen apps, will add a wide variety of super useful features to your Mac. It includes apps for visual editing and blogging, trading stocks and taking more effective notes, to name just a few. The best part? Right now you can get the 2017 Superstar Mac Bundle for whatever you’re willing to pay.
Could OLED displays be coming to all new iPhones in September? Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Mac
Apple has reportedly inked a deal with Samsung Display to supply it with an extra 60 million OLED panels for the upcoming iPhone.
Apple previously agreed a deal with Samsung to produce 100 million OLED panels for the iPhone 8, suggesting that this handset could turn out to be even more popular than Apple originally thought it would be — or that Apple’s planning to expand OLED displays beyond merely its top-line flagship handset.
More evidence that wireless charging is on its way. Photo: Ivo Marić and Tomislav Rastovac
Apple has been added to the Wireless Power Consortium, a group dedicated to developing and promoting mass-market adoption of the wireless charging interface standard Qi.
The addition of Apple to the group, currently consisting of 213 members, is the latest piece of evidence that the company will adopt wireless charging for this year’s iPhone refresh.
Apple’s iconic “1984” Macintosh ad, directed by Ridley Scott, debuted 33 years ago last month, but that doesn’t mean it’s not still being ripped off by other tech companies.
The latest culprit is Sonos, which just debuted a new 90-second commercial in which a rebel with a cause (and apparently enough money to throw around perfectly good speakers) hurls a hammer… err, we mean Sonos speaker through the windows of her neighbors, who have the audacity to be enjoying a music-free evening.
It’s the weekend, which means that it’s time to ditch all the chores you had planned and instead sit down and try out some of the week’s most significant new apps.
From a tremendous “reverse platformer” to a nifty attempt at revolutionizing your magazines-reading experience, here are the apps and app updates that intrigued us this week.
This week's newest deals include a decked out Arduino starter kit, a pair of iOS restoring apps, and more. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Winter’s is starting to head for the door, but the great new deals keep coming into the Cult of Mac Store. This week, we’ve got a brimming bundle of Arduino parts and lessons, a pair of apps for cleaning out and maintaining your iOS devices, powerful downloader for YouTube videos, and lifetime access to a comprehensive VPN. Everything is discounted by well over half off. Read on for more details:
From a massive bundle of Mac apps to a set of clip-on mobile camera lenses, check out the week's best deals at the Cult of Mac Store. Photo: Cult of Mac
Another week, another raft of deals on gear and gadgets at the Cult of Mac Store. This go around we’ve got a massive bundle of Mac apps for whatever you want to pay, an AI-powered document manager, five years of instruction in mobile phone photography, and a set of lenses for any smartphone camera. Everything’s half off or more, read on for more details:
Whatever happened to Nike+? Photo: Graham Bower/Cult of Mac
At the most essential level, a running app should provide a reliable way to log your workouts: when, where, how fast and how far you run. Fancy features are all very well and good, but let’s be honest — if an app doesn’t get the basics right, it sucks.
Nike has been busy adding new bells and whistles to its Nike+ Run Club app recently. Which is great if you want stuff like photo sharing and news feeds. But all I want is to log my runs, and thanks to my Apple Watch Nike+, that critical function has become pretty unreliable.
Enter to win one of two top shelf drones from DJI, the Phantom and the Mavic. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Drones are getting more and more common, but they haven’t become any less cool. Sitting at the sweet spot between affordability and awesomeness is DJI, makers of the uber popular Phantom and Mavic drones. You’ve seen them before, they’re the drones that look like they flew straight from the future. Now you can get one of these two drones, among the best money can buy, for no money. Enter to win a DJI Phantom 4 Pro or Mavic for free at Cult of Mac Deals.