It’s easy to underestimate how much we rely on our smartphones — until we can’t use them. One time you definitely don’t want that to happen is when you’re in an unfamiliar country. But that’s precisely what awaits travelers who don’t plan ahead. The aloSIM Mobile Data Traveler plan is a cheap and easy way for vacationers to ensure they don’t get cut off from their data.

For a limited time, you can get aloSIM for only $24.99 (regularly $50). And on top of that, you’ll also get $50 of credits for international data. Staying in touch while abroad — whether that’s through social media, email or any other online communication method — has never been easier.

WhatsApp is working on allowing you to transfer your chat history from one iPhone to another without iCloud. A local transfer tool will make WhatsApp chat migration faster and easier.

Currently, your WhatsApp history must be backed up to iCloud before it is transferrable to another device. This is a time-consuming process and also requires you to have enough free space in your iCloud account.

Refurbished iPhones are “selling like hot cakes” in India. This is despite Apple not officially selling pre-owned iPhones in the country.

iPhones already dominate the premium smartphone market in India. However, its share in the secondary market is 2x higher.

If you’ve got a dream vacation (or a few) in mind, things can become complicated when it’s time to actually turn that trip into reality. Rather than do it alone or rely on an expensive travel agent, put the power of professional travel planning in your own hands.

A lifetime subscription to “ultimate travel buddy” VacayGo will give you access to travel-planning tools and unbeatable deals. It typically costs $1,119, but for a limited time, you can gain complete access to VacayGo for only $49.99 — the best price online.

After that deal, your savings are just getting started, though. This comprehensive tool will send you to your favorite destinations for less.

The mophie powerstation XL offers 20,000mAh that goes with you anywhere, always ready to charge up your iPhone, iPad or MacBook. It stores enough juice to keep devices going for days.

It comes at a relatively low price for such a high-capacity battery, especially one made by a very reputable company.

I put the consumer-grade power bank through testing to make sure real-world performance lives up to the specifications.

A check that Steve Jobs signed in the earliest days of Apple is up for auction. The Apple co-founder sent the check to a consulting firm way back in 1976, when the upstart computer company still operated out of Jobs’ garage.

Also up for auction: a Steve Jobs business card from when he ran NeXT in the early 1990s.

iPad mini, the most compact iPad in Apple’s lineup, is available with a whopping $170 discount. The deal knocks selected iPad mini 6 configurations to their lowest-ever price.

You can grab the entry-level iPad mini 6 with Wi-Fi for $399.99, a sweet $99.01 discount on its $499 price tag. The more significant discounts are available on the Wi-Fi + Cellular model with 256GB storage.

Cable Matters unveiled a foldable 4K USB-C hub Tuesday for hybrid workers to use on the road or in a home office.

“The Cable Matters Foldable USB-C Multiport Adapter with HDMI & USB Power Delivery (PD) converts a single USB-C port into a multimedia powerhouse, all in a small and ultra-portable form factor,” the company said.

Apple TV+ dropped the official season 2 trailer for the award-winning natural history series Prehistoric Planet Tuesday. It explores new dinosaur discoveries and diverse habitats from 66 million years ago.

And that’s not all. The streaming service said a new companion podcast looking at the science and filmmaking behind the series launches May 8, ahead of the May 22 season 2 debut.

Nobody likes dealing with online passwords, but a future without them has yet to arrive. So, instead of limping along with weak passwords you use over and over again for different websites — a huge security risk — you should get a password manager with top-notch security like pCloud Pass.

Apple and Google jointly proposed an industry specification Tuesday to help fight the misuse of Bluetooth location-tracking devices. Their proposal would make it easier for both iPhone and Android users to detect that they are being surreptitiously followed by a tracking device.

The proposal enjoys support from other makers of location trackers, too.

If you want to show your mom how much you care, take her out for a nice dinner on Mother’s Day. You might not have to set aside much if you use a $100 Restaurant.com eGift Card to purchase gift certificates at restaurants in all 50 states. 

The high interest rates offered by Apple Card Savings reportedly brought an enormous rush of deposits in the first days after the financial service became available in mid-April. The savings accounts for iPhone users pulled in nearly $1 billion in only the first four days.

And that was weeks ago, so it’s almost certainly well over the billion dollar milestone by now.

Whether you want to take incredible aerial photos or give the ultimate gift to gadget lovers, a 4K camera drone fits the bill perfectly.

Right now, you can grab a two-for-one deal with this awesome bundle that includes the Alpha Z Pro 4K and Flying Fox 4K. Typically $398, this drone bundle is on sale for only $149.99. Save one for yourself and give one to a friend. Or, keep both for the ultimate nature photography kit.

You’ll find plenty of multiport GaN chargers in the market. Unfortunately, most of them will struggle to charge your MacBook Pro at full speed alongside other devices.

When traveling, this could force you to carry an extra power brick. This is where Chargeasap’s Zeus 270W USB-C charger comes in. It packs enough power to charge multiple devices simultaneously. As a result, it’s become my go-to travel charger on road trips and vacations.

Apple will announce iOS 17 in about a month, and the details are leaking out at a furious rate. For those who can’t wait, here’s what we already know about the next major update to the iPhone operating system.

Expect a significant revamp the Control Center, along with tweaks to the Lock Screen, Wallet, Dynamic Island and more. And sideloading of apps, but not for everyone.

More people use Apple Safari as their desktop web browser than Microsoft Edge. In the battle of the default browsers, Apple is now winning.

Of course, there’s a third competitor that’s really in first place.

If you want to give visitors to your website or app a personalized experience and also boost your bottom line, it pays to use a fast and versatile geolocation application programming interface (API) like IPWhoIs.io.

We’ll get into the benefits of geolocation services via IPWhoIs.io below. And it even has a free version that suits many users, or a flexible choice of inexpensive plans.

One of the first major studies of the surge in remote work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic suggests out-of-office workers face a “hidden penalty.”

It’s a reduction in feedback and guidance, which may harm people early in their careers the most. The study looked at engineers at a large technology company and the way they offered feedback on each other’s code.

Many computer setups check all the functionality boxes at a cost of thousands of dollars. But who doesn’t love a complete setup that comes in at bargain-basement cost? Today’s featured MacBook Air workstation seems to cover all the bases without breaking the bank for the user, a nursing student.

How is the setup so affordable? In large part, because it relies on lesser-known brands and, in some cases, older equipment.

Car thefts are on the rise in New York City, and Gotham’s finest are turning to Apple’s AirTag trackers for help. On Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD said 500 free AirTags would go to residents by request in the police precinct hardest hit by car thieves.

“This simple device, this simple AirTag, hidden in a car location that a person is not aware, of is an excellent tracking device,” Adams said. “It’s easy to monitor. You can see in real-time where the vehicle is located.”

You can use a free Mac app called LocationSimulator to hide your real location on your iPhone. It works great as a Pokémon Go spoofer. Just set it up, then plug your phone into a Mac and tell it where you want to “be.” You don’t need to jailbreak your phone or install anything on it.

When using LocationSimulator, every app on your iPhone will use this new GPS location. It’s useful for maintaining privacy — for instance, if you’re posting screenshots online, it’ll mask your real home address. Developers can use it, too, for testing location features in their apps.

Best of all, you just need a Mac. LocationSimulator is free and open-source.

As iPhone 14 Pro owners already know, the latest generation of Apple’s signature device can do a whole lot. But just because you’ve got the “next big thing” doesn’t mean you can’t go bigger. This six-piece iPhone 14 Pro accessory bundle will make your sexy smartphone cooler and easier to use in multiple ways.

Apple reportedly will make meaningful improvements to the Stage Manager multitasking feature in iPadOS 17. Tweaks and additions include support for streaming multiple audio/video sources simultaneously, external monitor webcam support and more.

These changes should make Stage Manager much more useful, especially when connecting your iPad to an external monitor.

Production on the second season of Severance, the Apple TV+ thriller about a profoundly creepy workplace, has seen delays because the series’ two showrunners hate each other, according to a recent report.

Scripts were scrapped amid the two not speaking to each other as director Ben Stiller searched for help. And it seems he finally found it. Stiller also downplayed on-set drama in a tweet.