You can turn your iPhone, iPad or Mac into a piano teacher with Flowkey’s interactive lessons, real-time feedback and song-first approach to learning.

Flowkey is designed to meet you where you are, whether you’ve never touched a keyboard or you already know your way around one. And it costs just $48 for three years with code DEAL20. A flesh-and-blood piano teacher might charge that much for a single lesson!

November 6, 2003: After porting iTunes to Windows, Apple sets a new record for digital music sales: a massive 1.5 million downloads in one week.

Bringing the iTunes Music Store to PC users opens up a new, lucrative market for Apple — and blows away 

Apple finally dropped the mandatory Siri AI waitlist in iOS 27. This means eligible iPhone users can now download and begin using Apple’s updated AI assistant automatically.

There’s one catch, though: Apple can still queue you up when demand spikes. But after launching with a compulsory line, getting in is now quicker than ever.

Apple’s first touchscreen Mac finally hits stores today. The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display go on sale today, Friday, November 6, alongside three other new products: the OLED iPad mini, the M6 iMac and an M6 version of the regular 14-inch MacBook Pro.

Apple announced all five across three days last month, wrapping up with its “Pro and Tell” event in Los Angeles on October 28.

Early reviews of the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display are absolutely gushing with praise for the active OLED screen, the first in an Apple laptop. Reactions to the touchscreen are much more muted, despite how much attention the feature drew before the product’s release.

Here’s what some reviewers said about the new computer.

The creators of Crossy Road are back! Crossy Road Rush offers high-speed adventure filled with environmental hazards, challenging obstacles and boss encounters as players zoom through more than 50 hand-curated levels.

The game from Atari and Hipster Whale launched Thursday, and brings the familiar Crossy Road Crew to the colorful island setting of Crossy Cove for an all-new platforming runner available exclusively on Apple Arcade.

Freeing yourself from HDMI cables doesn’t have to mean giving up 4K. The Nyrius Phoenix Prime 4K30 Wireless HDMI Transmitter and Receiver can take the place of a clumsy cable, and it’s small enough to carry on a business trip or holidays.

Even better, the adapter establishes its own direct wireless connection so it doesn’t need access to a Wi-Fi network. And there’s no software driver needed.

One version plugs into an HDMI port on the source device, but Mac, iPad and iPhone users will likely prefer the USB-C version.

I tested the wireless HDMI video adapter with my TV and a 4K monitor, and it came through brilliantly.

November 5, 2009: Fortune magazine names Steve Jobs “CEO of the decade.” The accolade comes just four months after Jobs returned to Apple after undergoing a liver transplant.

The business publication credits Jobs with transforming multiple industries, as well as continuing Apple’s meteoric rise. These achievements seem particularly noteworthy considering the tough economic conditions of the 2008 financial crash.

You can download movies and TV shows from Netflix, YouTube, TikTok and 1,000-plus other sites and services with SameMovie. The video downloader lets you save them to your Mac or PC as standard MP4 or MKV files so you can watch them offline whenever you want.

With this deal, you can grab a SameMovie lifetime license for just $99.99. That’s a 33% discount off the regular price of $149.90.

App Store retention messages are a new tool that lets developers try to dissuade their customers before they cancel a subscription.

These pop-ups can carry text, images and even special offers. They give app makers one last shot at keeping you… and could change how canceling feels.

The touchscreen MacBook Pro’s display is special not just because it supports touch input. It’s an OLED panel that brings a major leap in picture quality and brightness. It’s so good that it invites comparison with Apple’s flagship desktop monitor, the Studio Display XDR.

So, how does the MacBook Pro’s PROLED XDR display stack up against the Studio Display XDR? Find out in this comparison.

Apple’s HomeView will reportedly include an anti-spoofing protection that locks a profile after three attempts to fool the display’s face recognition. After that, users will apparently need an iPhone to get back in.

That matters because HomeView will sit in a kitchen or hallway, showing personal messages and calendars. The security protection should keep siblings from spying on each other.

And a tougher lockout cooldown system is reportedly on the way, too.

/While some companies are going all in on encouraging their employees to use AI, Apple is taking the opposite route. The iPhone maker is cutting what some engineers can spend on AI tools as part of a broader effort to rein in costs.

Bloomberg reports that Apple lowered the daily AI spending cap for some engineers by $100 to $200 in October.

There is no shortage of multiport USB-C chargers with 140W or higher output, but Ugreen’s latest Nexode Pro 160W stands out with its built-in customizable display, compact design (for the power it can deliver), and ability to charge up to four devices at once.

As if that’s not enough, the charger even packs Wi-Fi connectivity and supports firmware updates — features I never expected to talk about in a power adapter.

November 4, 1997: Apple unveils its plan to open small “store within a store” areas inside CompUSA outlets around the United States. Apple-trained employees will staff these mini-stores and sing the praises of the Mac and other Apple products.

The move gives Cupertino more control over the way its products are displayed and demoed to consumers. While ultimately disappointing, Apple’s CompUSA experiment paves the way for the flagship Apple Stores that will launch four years later and become the world’s most profitable retail outlets.

Apple Music is getting Selfie Sing, an upcoming feature that films you belting out a hit with lyrics scrolling on your iPhone’s screen. It builds on Apple Music Sing, the singalong feature introduced in iOS 16.2. And no extra app is needed to shoot the clip.

The feature debuts with iOS 27.3, currently in beta.

PDFs are arguably one of the most-used document formats by professionals, students and casual users alike. However, while they might be the best way to transmit documents, they’re not entirely easy to work with unless you own a capable PDF editor for Mac like PDF Expert.

Fortunately, this award-winning app makes handling, organizing, annotating, merging and editing PDFs effortless. And you can get a lifetime license to PDF Expert for just $79.99 (regularly $139.99).

The upcoming iPhone 18 could pack a bigger battery and a faster processor, but shoppers might also face a price hike. 

Apple already raised the iPhone 17’s starting price from $799 to $899 in September. And the iPhone 18 Pro models launched with higher prices, as well. 

It seems likely that base-model iPhone 18 buyers will face another price jump in a few months.

The first iOS 27.3 developer beta, which Apple released Tuesday, brings lots of big changes to the iPhone.

Some of the new stuff — like the redesigned Health app and the Apple Watch’s Audio Intelligence features (which work with watchOS 27.3 beta 1, also out now) — we’ve heard about before. But other additions come out of the blue. And Siri AI takes another step toward greatness as Apple ramps up its capabilities.

Here’s everything new in the iOS 27.3 beta (and the related releases, iPadOS 27.3 and watchOS 27.3).

Beta testing for iOS 27.3, macOS 27.3 and more began on Tuesday, and a highlight is Apple allowing all developers to experiment with connecting their apps to its much more capable Siri AI. This has the potential to revolutionize the iPhone. 

Beyond that, the betas bring a collection of other new features to the iPhone, Apple Watch and other devices. The update includes support for two new AI-powered features that let the latest Apple Watch models listen to nearby conversations. And Apple’s redesigned Health app returns to iPhone.

Just be aware, with the betas so new, many of the features in these upcoming OS upgrades are still being found.

November 3, 2017: Apple releases the iPhone X, a sleek device with a futuristic feature called Face ID. The innovative biometric security system lets a user unlock the iPhone X just by looking at it.

Powered by the iPhone X’s new TrueDepth camera system, Face ID also lets users authenticate and pay using their devices. The technology offers a great leap forward over the fingerprint scanner in previous iPhones. It makes using iPhone X feel incredibly seamless.

MacMagic is the Swiss Army knife of Mac utilities: It can perform scores of optimization tasks, from clearing gigabytes of storage to batch processing hundreds of files.

For a limited time, you can pick up a MacMagic lifetime upgrade license on sale for just $29.99. That’s a whopping 70% discount off the usual price of $99.99.

iPhone Duo supply constraints aren’t going away anytime soon, and Apple currently has no timeline for when they will.

If you missed the preorder rush for Apple’s first-ever foldable device, expect a long wait. Orders placed now won’t be delivered until late January. And the problem isn’t going away. 

Apple rolled out a new tvOS 27.2 build for the upcoming fourth-generation Apple TV 4K.  The new hardware is getting a different version of the update than current Apple TV owners got last week. Apple hasn’t explained what changed, but it leaked out.

The new version of the streaming box is scheduled to launch in mid-November. 

Peak Design already sells Qi2 charging stands and car mounts for its magnetic iPhone cases. Now, it’s completing the lineup by launching four new products.

This includes a Qi2.3 magnetic power bank with a built-in kickstand, a 65W GaN wall charger, a folding 2-in-1 charging station and braided USB-C cables.