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The second season of the animated series, “Pretzel and the Puppies,” premieres today on Apple TV+. The series stars the voice talents of Emmy Award winner Mark Duplass (“The Morning Show”), Nasim Pedrad (“Chad,” “Aladdin”), Milo Stein, Alex Jayne Go, Max Mitchell,...

Students, faculty and staff at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, can now add their digital student IDs to their Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. As the mobile credential solution provider, Transact is offering these NFC-enabled digital IDs for Monash...

Crayola Create and Play, the creativity app for kids, is launching into space on February 24 with a whole new galaxy of creative learning activities. The new area takes players on an interstellar adventure through a galaxy of creativity and exploration. They’ll craft...

Apple has announced new episodes of the Emmy Award and Writers Guild Award-nominated Apple TV+ original series “The Problem With Jon Stewart.”  Returning Friday, March 3 and airing weekly, the second season continues with six all-new episodes on topics including...

mophie, announced three additions to its powerstation lineup of portable power devices, including a 27K mAh powerstation pro AC that can charge laptops.  The new additions, with their descriptions from mobie, include:   Powerstation ($49.95) – The...

Since I can’t cover everything, I like to offer a daily roundup of must-read articles from some other great websites: ° From 9to5Mac: Apple has removed scam authenticator apps from the App Store. ° From Bloomberg: The European Union is weighing a proposal to make...

Apple TV+’s Martin Scorsese-directed “Killers of the Flower Moon” may debut at the Cannes Film Festival, reports Deadline.  However, the publication hedges its bets by saying that “the notion of a Cannes bow for the Western crime drama, marking Scorsese’s latest...

As You Sow —a shareholder advocacy nonprofit — and Corporate Knights today released their 10th update of the Carbon Clean 200, a list of 200 publicly traded companies worldwide that are leading the way among their global peers to a clean energy present and...

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The Threat Labs team at Jamf, which specializes in managing and securing Apple at work, has shared new findings around a largely undetected family of malware which infects pirated, often costly, macOS applications to secretly mine cryptocurrency.  Jamf says the...

Smartphone shipments in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region fell 12.1% year-over-year in 2022 to 148 million units, the lowest shipment level since 2015, according to the latest research from Counterpoint Research. Apple’s iPhone shipments dropped year-over-year...

A collection of nearly half-a-century’s worth of Apple computers that traces the evolution of one of the world’s most influential companies is going to be auctioned off on March 30 in California, reports Barron’s.  Aficionados of Steve Jobs’ groundbreaking firm...

Assurant — a global business services company “that supports, protects and connects major consumer purchases” — has revealed that US$3.8 billion was returned to U.S. consumers through mobile device trade-in programs in 2022.  This is nearly 25% higher than the...

2022 saw a 13% year-over-year (YoY) decline in smartphone shipments in key Southeast Asian countries, according to the latest data from Counterpoint Research. All countries witnessed a YoY drop in shipments through 2022 with the gap widening to -17% in quarter four,...

OmniFocus for the Web was added to the OmniFocus 4 testing efforts. It’s described as “the final piece of the platform puzzle for those folks not on Apple devices at work.” OmniFocus 4 TestFlight participants who also use OmniFocus for the Web can now try out these...

Korea’s Samsung Display and LG Display and China’s BOE are competing for a bigger share of Apple’s order for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for tablets and laptops, reports Business Korea. The tech giant is rumored to be planning iPad Pros...

Since I can’t cover everything, I like to offer a daily roundup of must-read articles from some other great websites: ° From AppleInsider: Despite what remains an incredibly challenging environment for computer hardware manufacturers, Morgan Stanley thinks Apple stock...

Apple TV+’s “For All lMankind” and “Severance” are nominated in the third annual Critics Choice Super Awards, which revealed nominees Wednesday for the year’s best across the superhero, sci-fi/fantasy, horror and action genres in film and on TV. “For All Mankind” is...

In 2022, Apple’s shipments increased 17% year-over-year as the Apple Watch Series 8, Ultra and SE 2022 enjoyed strong sales, according to a new report from Counterpoint Research. Apple continues to dominate the smartwatch market. Counterpoint notes that annual...

Apple Watch owners are better iPhone customers — or at least customers of better iPhones, according to a new paywalled report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP). The research groups says that the smartwatch is, essentially, an accessory, mostly used...

As noted by MacRumors, Apple has filed a new listing in the Bluetooth Launch Studio database that lists the Bluetooth 5.3 standard and which could hint at the release of the rumored MacBook Air and Mac Pro updates. Apple is purportedly working on a 15-inch or...

Since I can’t cover everything, I like to offer a daily roundup of must-read articles from some other great websites: ° From AppleInsider: Apple continues to be the best stock pick among computer producers, according to Morgan Stanley, with the overall PC market...

Apple TV+ is emerging as a potential landing spot for Pac-12 college football rights, according to The New York Post. With ESPN, Amazon Prime Video and Fox Sports lukewarm on the league, Apple could end up being the platform for the Pac-12, according to sources. The...

The International Trade Commission’s ruling about an Apple Watch import ban has been upheld by President Biden.  The ITC had imposed a Limited Exclusion Order (LEO) and a cease and desist order on Apple Watches infringing on AliveCor patent; the LEO has cleared...

The biggest tech companies may be facing relatively tough times, but the 25th edition of the Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies All-Stars list suggests that the giants’ peers respect them as much as ever. For the 16th consecutive year, Apple finished first in...

According to The Wrap, in 2021 and 2022 combined, some 662 new scripted series premiered across 24 networks and streamers. Of those 662, about 15% were canceled after their freshman season. The Wrap says that BET+ is the safest streamer, having cancelled none of its...

While overall customer satisfaction with the Retail Trade sector slips 0.5% to a score of 74.7 (out of 100), customer satisfaction with specialty retailers such as Apple rises 3% to an ACSI score of 79, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index’s (ACSI®)...

Twelve South has released the US$99.99 HiRise Pro, a height-adjustable, MagSafe Charger-ready stand for Mac laptops. It adjusts up and down to your desired height for eye-level video calls or to align with your favorite external display. The HiRise Pro is also,...

On its Newsroom web page, Apple is spotlighting the cutting-edge work of health researchers around the world “who are using Apple Watch to study the heart like never before.” Since Apple launched ResearchKit and CareKit in 2015, researchers, clinicians, and developers...

Republican Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody wants Apple and Google to be required to notify their customers when a mobile app on their respective platforms is foreign owned or developed before it’s downloaded, reports Fox Business.  In letters that she is...