The next iPhone is going to be gorgeous. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Upgrading to Apple’s next iPhone won’t come cheap.
The price of the top-of-the-line iPhone is set to increase to more than $1,000, according to a new report that claims the device will pack an OLED display that stretches across the entire front of the phone.
Smart Magazines are available on Android and iOS now. Photo: Flipboard
Flipboard is rolling out a big update to its mobile apps today to introduce Smart Magazines, a new feature that puts the best stories from your favorite sources in one place.
Smart Magazines are tailored to your personal interests and completely customizable, so you get the content you’re most interested in more easily.
Clessant's Blue Batik Strap is a beautiful blend of ancient Indonesian art, batik, and French leather-making. Photo: Clessant
Make Apple’s most personal device as unique as you are with a truly distinctive, statement-making strap worthy of a double take. The exotic Batik Strap for Apple Watch from Clessant is a refreshing take on an everyday accessory. No two are ever alike. And, you can get ahold of it now in Cult of Mac’s new Watch Store!
Vintage tech collectors Lonnie Mimms, left, and Alex Jason pose with an Apple e-Mate prototype, part of a collection Alex sold to Mimms. Photo courtesy of Bill Jason
Alex Jason, the Maine teenager who used lawn-mowing money to build one of the most impressive collections of rare and historical Apple devices, recently packed it all in a 26-foot truck and made a heartbreaking trip to deliver it to a new owner.
The dream of creating a museum with the collection had hit a snag. Alex had the building and even an impressive board of directors that included Mac designer Jerry Manock. But raising capital to renovate the site proved near impossible in sparsely populated Maine.
Premium entertainment network EPIX today launched its new Apple TV app.
Subscribers get access to the complete catalog of content, including original series like Berlin Station and Graves, while new users can enjoy a limited-time free trial.
iPhone growth is slowing, but still healthy. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
The iPhone user base is expected to surpass 1 billion units by 2019, according to new estimates.
Growth is so healthy right now that analysts expect the number of active users to be around 80 percent bigger when iPhone 8 goes on sale this fall than it was when the iPhone 6 arrived in September 2014.
Let this handy AI help you get to the documents you need, when you need them. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Our computers are great at keeping all our data and documents in one place, but when it comes to staying organized we’re on our own. Not so with DEVONthink Pro, which uses a built-in AI to learn our habits and float the most useful files and information in real time.
All Office users will be able to enjoy it soon. Photo: Microsoft
Microsoft has started testing support for the MacBook Pro’s new Touch Bar in Office. Preview testers can enjoy it in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook starting this week — and it’s scheduled to rollout to everyone in the coming months.
Dr. Dre is a major force in Apple’s push toward offering original video content, according to a new report from Variety.
“Dre’s purpose in life is to come up with something that moves the needle,” co-founder Jimmy Iovine says. “He’s done that really seriously a bunch of times. And now he’s experimenting with video. And what he does will be unique, and he will get there. My responsibility to Apple and to him is to put him in that position where he can.”
Apple TV just got a new experienced negotiator. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Apple has hired the former head of Amazon Fire TV, Timothy Twerdahl, as a new vice president for Apple TV. Alongside Amazon, Twerdahl has also previously worked for Netflix and Roku.
In Twerdahl’s previous role at Amazon, he was in charge of negotiating media deals. This is an area Apple has struggled with, with one previous report claiming that content dealmaker Eddy Cue was viewed as arrogant by TV execs during negotiations.
Help turn these awesome ideas into reality! Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Worried that prying eyes are reading your sexts on the subway? You can make your iPhone’s display unreadable to everyone but you with a Peek Screen 2.0 protector.
It’s just one of the awesome projects in this week’s Crowdfund Roundup. We’ve also got a solar-powered lantern doubles as a phone charger, the world’s first non-contact sleep monitor for babies, and more!
The Moment battery case and wide lens for the iPhone 7. Photo: Moment/YouTube
The iPhone camera is good right out of the pocket. Mobile lens company Moment Inc. launched three years ago believing it could make it even better.
It’s lens attachments have become favorites for many serious iPhone photographers trying to expand the range of the device’s fixed lens. Now, Moment is mounting an ambitious Kickstarter campaign with three new products to bolster the performance of iPhone cameras, from 6 through the 7 Plus.
Prepare yourself for Kaby Lake. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Apple’s next-generation MacBook Pros with Intel Kaby Lake processors have been all but confirmed by references in the latest macOS beta release.
Files point to a trio of new machines that are likely to make their debut in the coming months, succeeding the existing models powered by Skylake CPUs.
Twitter has announced that it’s ramping up its efforts to stop online abuse by implementing new tools designed to banish trolls and make itself into a “safer place.”
The microblogging company will introduce measures designed to stop repeat offender users from making new accounts to troll people who have blocked them. It will also change its search function to get rid of “potentially sensitive” content from showing up in regular search results.
Coming this Friday to an Apple store near you. Photo: Apple
After leaving us hanging for five months, Apple’s new BeatsX headphones will finally go on sale this Friday, according to a new report.
The $150 wireless headphones will be available in white and black, as well as previously unannounced gray and blue options — although these will ship further down the line.
Because who wants to just run in an endless runner? Photo: Goodnight Games
Do you like your endless runners with a dose of run-and-gun action, a sprinkle of old world steampunk style, and a whole lot of pixel-art charm?
If so, you’ll probably get a kick out of Malevolent Machines, a new auto-runner game from Goodnight Games, which promises to take gamers of a certain age back to their misspent youths playing Metal Slug and Altered Beast — and to drag younger players along for the ride, too.
Seriously, were you expecting anything else? Photo: Apple
The inside of Apple’s forthcoming “spaceship” campus — now entering the final stages of construction — demonstrates typically Apple level of design perfectionism, according to a new report.
Apple’s demands for the project reportedly include rules that no vents or pipework be reflected in the massive glass windows which run around the campus. There are also copious details on the special wood used throughout the building, nitpicks about minimalist signage, and much, much more.
Be wary when using Wi-Fi. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Dozens of popular iOS apps are vulnerable to spilling your sensitive data through silent “man-in-the-middle” attacks, according to a reliable mobile security expert.
During testing, Will Strafach, one of the first to hack open the iOS platform, found 76 apps that were guilty of accepting invalid certificates that could be used to intercept data.
'One Night' proves iPhone 7 is a great shot in the dark. Photo: Apple
iPhone 7’s improved iSight camera has a wider f/1.8 aperture lens that lets in more light. Coupled with optical image stabilization, it’s better than ever for shooting in darker environments — as Apple demonstrates in its new iPhone 7 ad titled “One Night.”
The Ultra Accessories Connector will be better than Lightning. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
The Lightning connector may soon get replaced as the go-to port on Made for iPhone devices, according to a new report that reveals Apple is currently working on an even smaller connector.
Apple’s tiny new connector is called the Ultra Accessory Connector, or UAC for short, and will soon be used by iPhone and iPad accessory makers, allowing them to save space by ditching Lightning and USB-C.
Whether you're wishing your iPhone were jet black, or it is and you want to protect it, this insanely slim case it what you're looking for, Photo: Totallee
There’s something utterly drool-worthy about a jet black iPhone. A black mirrored finish first wowed us on the iPhone 3. It quickly gained a reputation as being super-sexy — but also super-susceptible to scratches. Even Apple warns in the fine print that iPhone 7 units with this highly sought after finish are prone to micro-abrasions. Now the phone case wunderkinds at Totallee have created a way to go to the dark side without risking a scratch.
There are a lot of new goodies in iOS 10.3. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
The second beta of iOS 10.3 is now available for download. Apple seeded the new software update to developers this morning, alongside watchOS 3.2 beta 2 and tvOS 10.2 beta 2.
All three updates contain under-the-hood improvements as well as new features, including Theater Mode for Apple Watch, Find My AirPods and some UI tweaks for Apple TV.
An iPhone you can see through? Yes, please! Photo: ConceptsiPhone
How many times have you tripped over because you were too engrossed in your iPhone? That wouldn’t happen if this insane iPhone 8 concept with a “transparent” display became a reality.