India’s smartphone sales declined 9% year-over-year (YoY) in the first nine weeks of 2026, but iPhone sales grew 12% according to Counterpoint Research. Apple’s success was supported by discounts and sustained demand for its iPhone...
Apple has released the first round of new developer betas for its operating systems. They include macOS Tahoe 26.5, iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, tvOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, and watchOS 26.5. Registered developers can download the betas via Apple’s developer...
Apple’s Irish subsidiary has been fined £390,000 (about US $516,110) by the UK government for making payments to Okka, a sanctioned Russian streaming platform in 2022, reports MacRumors. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) said it imposed the...
In a research note to clients — as noted by MacRumors — Barclays analysts Blayne Curtis and Tom O’Malley said the iPhone 15 will support Wi-Fi 6E. However, they didn’t know whether the feature will be available on all models or limited to the Pro models. Apple has...
It’s been rumored for some time that Apple planned to make its own search engine (Apple Search, perhaps?) to compete with Google’s search engine. A new report from the Financial Times (a subscription is required to read the entire article) claims that former Apple...
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Apple has filed for a patent (number 20220326777) for a “device having an integrated interface system.” It involves a future MacBook Pro made of a single pane of glass that could have a virtual keyboard, virtual trackpad, be able to charge an iPhone, and have a spot...
VerticalScope has published a follow-up study regarding what services fans would be most and least likely to subscribe to NFL’s Sunday Ticket on. The platform surveyed 5,018 NFL fans, 1,527 of which expressed a specific preference in the service that wins the bid....
Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (number 1465578) for safety systems for a vehicle. About the patent In the patent Apple notes that vehicles include passenger safety systems that control passenger motion and absorb energy during a...
In his latest “Power On” newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple next iPad Pro (in both 11-inch and 12.9-inch versions) is “arriving in a matter of days.” They’ll include the same M2 processor found in the latest MacBook Air and will offer a nearly...
This is my (mostly) weekly column in which I round up my weekly musings about whatever’s on my mind. Sometimes it will have nothing to do with Apple, though this week it does, at least peripherally. If you’re a country music fan (and I am, though I like almost...
Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) analyst Ross Young predicts that Apple is planning to launch an external monitor with a 27-inch mini-LED display in the first quarter of 2023. How about an iMac with such a display? Such a ProMotion screen would be great for...
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Kensington is one of the largest computer accessory manufacturers, creating a number of accessories for Apple products in particular. Recently I had the opportunity to review the impressive StudioDock, a charger and hub designed for the iPad Pro. The StudioDock makes...
Now that Apple Pay and other contactless payments are pretty much everywhere, some folks can leave home with just their iPhone and ID. Twelve South’s US$49.99 The SurfacePad for iPhone 12 is great for such folks and those who don’t need a bulky, super-protective...
05AquaFold’s Aqua Data Studio 22, an upgrade to the universal database management and analytics software, adds several new features, including: Support for new cloud database platform SingleStore (MemSQL)Expanded support for PostgreSQL 13.1 and Teradata...
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