Watching television is still a dreadful experience, according to Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior VP of internet software and services.
The Apple exec sat down for a joint interview with HBO CEO Richard Plepler at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit in San Francisco today. The two media titans discussed the rapidly changing landscape of television, but Cue told the audience that more changes are needed to make the experience better.
When it comes to LTE speeds, not all iPhone 7 devices are created equal.
A new study found performance differences between the Intel and Qualcomm modems used in the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus that can result in a serious dip in data speeds when owners encounter a weak signal.
We’ve got everything from hardware and accessories to freebie downloads in this week’s best Apple deals. Read on for the best iPhone 6 Plus deal we’ve seen, an all-time low on a popular game, and more.
Apple has been hiding a one-handed keyboard on your iPhones for years. There’s just one downside: You can’t actually use it.
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple does things one way. LeEco chooses a radically different path — in fact, you might call it the Anti-Apple.
What, you’ve never heard of LeEco, the Chinese company with the French-sounding name that’s gunning for American millenials?
After a big, splashy press conference on Wednesday that unveiled a raft of Android-based products, you’re about to hear a lot about LeEco, which calls itself “the best-kept secret in tech.” And if you’re working for Cupertino, you might be getting a little bit anxious as LeEco storms into the U.S. market.
Automatic today delivered its latest Bluetooth-connected car adapter, Automatic Lite. The low-cost alternative to the hugely successful Automatic Pro requires no subscription and promises to save you a pretty penny on gas.
Kanye West blames Apple and Tidal “bullshit” for causing a feud between him and Drake. Kanye was supposed to appear alongside Jay Z on the final “Pop Style” track of Drake’s Views album — an Apple Music exclusive at launch — but that didn’t happen.
Keeping track of all the files you upload, download, that live locally on your computer or on the cloud can take a lot of work. Many people develop their own systems for file management and movement, but with this bundle of four Mac apps you won’t have to. It includes Folx 5, Commander One PRO Pack, Uplet Bulk Instagram Uploader, and CloudMounter, each of which offers a new degree of control and clarity over the files on (or off) your Mac. Get it now for $15.99 at Cult of Mac Deals.
Jony Ive might have his hands full with, you know, being the top designer for the world’s most-admired company, but he’s taking a bit of time out of his busy schedule to team up with BFF Marc Newson to design the Christmas tree at London’s famous Claridge’s hotel.
What’s the most you’ve ever spent with Apple Pay? I’ll bet it’s nowhere near as much as $1 million. That’s how much one user spent to claim a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 that was recently auctioned off through Coys of Kensington.
Apple’s adaptive OLED touchbar for its next-gen MacBook will be called the “Magic Toolbar,” according to a trademark filing made earlier this year.
The trademark filing was made by a dummy corporation called “Presto Apps America LLC” on February 5, 2016. Interestingly, said corporation happened to use the same lawyers as those who applied for the trademark “AirPod” in Indonesia, Canada and Malaysia.
New Macs are officially on the way.
Apple finally announced that it will be hosting a keynote on October 27th where the company is expected to unveil a new MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and other new hardware.
We’re still trying to decode Apple’s invites for clues on what’s to come, but you can get your iPhone, iPad and Mac ready for the big day with this collection of wallpapers based on Apple’s invite.
Mark your calendars: New Macs are coming on October 27.
Apple sent out invites to the press on Wednesday afternoon to a keynote at Apple HQ that is widely expected to bring a bunch of new Macs, including a redesigned MacBook Pro with an OLED touchbar.
David Bunnell, the founder of Macworld and all round good guy, died Tuesday night at age 69 at his home in Berkeley, Calif.
Google has struck a deal with CBS to provide content for its upcoming streaming television service, according to a new report that reveals the search engine giant plans to release its product for cord-cutters next year.
The new service dubbed ‘Unplugged’ will cost customers $25 – $40 to access a bundle of channels available on YouTube.
A good night’s sleep could start with a good pillow. But the part of our bed designed to rest our head doesn’t do anything to shut it off.
But what if it could?
The Dreampad along with an iPhone app promises to do just that. The firm and fluffy pillow uses a patented technology that delivers relaxing music through the pillow that can be heard only by you and not the sleeper next to you.
Apple is clamping down on counterfeit cables and chargers being sold on Amazon. The company this week filed a lawsuit against Mobile Star, claiming almost 90 percent of its accessories are fakes and pose a risk to users.
The FCC ruled today that T-Mobile has been throttling customers on its ‘unlimited data’ plans after receiving complaints from customers.
T-Mobile agreed to pay $48 million to settle the FCC’s investigation which discovered ‘the un-carrier’ slows down data speeds of the top 3% of its heaviest users during times of congestion without notifying customers that they were being throttled.
Apple has dropped yet another beta build of iOS 10.1 to developers today as the company works to finalize the software update before making available to the public.
Along with iOS 10.1 beta 5, Apple also seeded the fifth beta of macOS Sierra 10.12.1 that is rumored to include support for the new MacBook Pro that will be unveiled at the end of October.
IBM has now deployed over 90,000 Macs since joining forces with Apple in July 2014, and it is on track to surpass the 100,000 milestone in early 2017. As its Mac user base rises, the company has found that the need for technical support has fallen.
If you’re not feeling iOS 10, it’s too late to downgrade, since Apple has stopped signing iOS 9.3.5 for compatible iPhone, iPad and iPod touch models — thereby bringing an end to users’ ability to revert to iOS 9.
Forget about a mere adaptive OLED touchbar for future Macs! According to a new report, Apple is working with an Australian startup to turn future Mac keyboards into a blank slate for users to customize.
The company in question is Sonder Design Pty Ltd., a startup with ties to Apple manufacturer Foxconn. It develops E Ink keyboards, which let users customize keys to include letters from more than one language, or even emojis.
Check out a video showing how its keyboards work below.
If you work at the computer, you probably work a lot with PDFs. They’re a convenient and visually rich format, but they can be less than friendly if you’re trying to do much more than just view them. That’s where PDFpen Pro steps in. Called the “crème de la crème of PDF editing and annotating applications” by Macworld, it’s a powerful tool for editing, merging, marking up, and converting PDF documents. And right now you can get a copy for $62 at Cult of Mac Deals.
If you don’t like using cases, you might be tempted to slap a skin on your jet black iPhone 7 to prevent its shiny surface from getting scratched. Here’s why that’s a bad idea.
For the second quarter in a row, Chinese smartphone makers produced more phones than market leaders Apple and Samsung, according to a new Q3 shipment volume report from global market research firm Trendforce.
Apple saw its iPhone volume production fall 5.3 percent from the three months previous, while Samsung registered minor growth of 1.3 percent. Chinese smartphone makers on the other hand? A quarterly increase of 18 percent.
This doesn’t quite tell the whole story, though.