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LG Electronics (LG) has announced the availability of the Apple TV app, Apple Music, AirPlay and HomeKit on its webOS Hub in over 100 countries and regions.  By offering a greater range of customization options to smart TV manufacturers and giving more...

Finally, Apple Pay has been approved in South Korea and should launch in the first half of this year, reports The Korea Herald. “Having taken into consideration relevant rules and regulations and their interpretations, we confirm that credit card companies can push...

“Dear Edward,” a drama series written and executive produced by Emmy Award winner Jason Katims, and starring Emmy nominee Connie Britton and SAG Award winner Taylor Schilling, is now streaming on Apple TV+. It debuts with the first three episodes of its 10-episode...

Since I can’t cover everything, I like to offer a daily roundup of must-read articles from some other great websites: ° From MacRumors: Apple appears to be preparing an iOS 16.3.1 update for the iPhone, based on evidence of the software in our website’s analytics logs...

Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2023 first quarter that ended December 31, 2022. The company posted quarterly revenue of US$117.2 billion, down 5% year-over-year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.88. iPhone sales tallied $65.78...

Zazie Beetz and Tom Hardy are set to star in Apple TV+’s upcoming “Lazarus” series, according to Deadline.  The series is based on the Joona Linna book series by Lars Kepler (pseudonym for Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril). Here’s how...

Apple’s new “Shot on iPhone” promo is a 30-minute film, “Fursat,” by director Vishal Bhardwaj. It’s described as “a magical story about a man so obsessed with controlling the future that he risks losing what he holds most precious in the present.” “Shot on iPhone” is...

The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 7.5 Community, an update of the volunteer-supported free office suite for desktop productivity.  It’s available from https://www.libreoffice.org/download for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel processors), Windows...

A new Apple Card promo was to to welcome a co-owner to the family with US$100 in Daily Cash. Apple Card Family allows two people to co-own an Apple Card, and share and merge their credit lines while building credit together equally. Apple Card Family also enables...

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) has penned a letter to the chief execs of Apple and Google demanding that they ban Chinese-owned TikTok from their app stores on national security grounds, according to The New York Times (a subscription is required to read the...

A South Korean court has ruled that Apple didn’t deliberately slow down the performance of its iPhones, dismissing some 9,800 Korean smartphone buyers’ lawsuit for 2 billion won (about US$1.64 million) against the tech giant, reports The Korea Herald. “The lawsuit is...

Since I can’t cover everything, I like to offer a daily roundup of must-read articles from some other great websites: ° From 9to5Mac: In macOS Ventura, there is a range of problems impacting the reliability and usefulness of notifications.  ° From MacRumors:...

After receiving numerous submissions from freelancers all around the world about what Apple’s rumored AR headset would/should look like, Freelancer.com selected a detailed render created by Ahmed Chenni, a talented freelance 3D artist from Ain Azel, Algeria. The...

Even as its grapples with a lose of subscribers, Netflix has increased the amount of its most-popular content with support for Apple’s spatial audio. Well, for some users, anyway. Apple’s spatial audio is basically the tech giant’s take on Dolby Atmos for headphones...

Apple TV+’s “Severance” has been nominated for two of the 73rd ACE Eddie Awards from the American Cinema Editors. The awards celebrate the best in television and feature film editing. “Severance” is nominated in the television category, along with “Barry,” “Euphoria,”...

Snap’s ads business is cratering, partly because of privacy changes by Apple, according to Business Insider. The Cupertino, California-based company has made it easier for users to opt out of ad-tracking, hurting revenue for firms like Snap. ​Snap stock plunged 11%...

Last night, at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, Apple TV+ held the premiere event for this Friday’s premiere of “Dear Edward.” Creator, executive producer and showrunner Jason Katims was joined by series stars Connie Britton, Taylor Schilling and Colin...

As noted by 9to5Mac, an Apple Maps privacy bug fixed in iOS 16.3 may have allowed apps to collect user location data without permission. At least one app appears to have done so, and a security reporter has speculated that the same privacy bug could have been...

Recently, the security team at Sophos says they discovered CryptoRom apps that defeated Apple’s and Google’s app-store security review processes, making their way into the official stores.  This type of fraud uses social engineering in combination with...

Apple charges between US$50 and $200 for each incremental increase in storage capacity over a base level. The component cost to Apple is a fraction of that.  Increased reliance on the cloud for storage and streaming (rather than stored) media consumption should...

Major League Soccer Season Pass debuts today ahead of the 2023 soccer season, which kicks off on Feb. 25. You an subscribe via the Apple TV app for US$14.99 per month or $99 per season. According to Apple, MLS Season Pass will feature every match of the regular...

Pulling No Punches is coming to the Mac today on Steam today for US$9.99, together with an art book for the game. Pulling no Punches is a classic beat’em up game with frame-by-frame animations, where players will try to survive a fictional pandemic in a city filled...

Since I can’t cover everything, I like to offer a daily roundup of must-read articles from some other great websites: ° From MacRumors: Following the launch of iOS 16.3 on January 23, Apple is no longer signing iOS 16.2, the previously available version of iOS. Now...

Apple is selling sponsorships for its soccer programming on Apple TV+, but advertisers shouldn’t expect any traditional viewership data, reports Bloomberg. The article says that the tech giant hasn’t been seeking buyers for individual ads during the games, but is...

The world will always need innovators. To understand why, you need look no further than today’s shifts in global health, economics, and geopolitics. Digitalization is accelerating, the global population is aging rapidly, and the legislative landscape continues to...

The latest research from Canalys shows that global smartphone shipments fell 18% to 296.9 million units in quarter four (Q4) of 2022. As demand dwindled, vendors shipped fewer than 1.2 billion units in full-year 2022, leading to a 12% drop in annual shipments, adds...

Apple TV+ has announced that it’s checking back in to Las Colinas for “Acapulco” season three.  The Apple Original comedy series, starring and executive produced by Emmy and SAG Award winner Eugenio Derbez, has been picked up for a 10-episode third season, set to...

Since I can’t cover everything, I like to offer a daily roundup of must-read articles from some other great websites: ° From Apple TV+’s YouTube channel: The Apple TV+ ad campaign starring actor Timothée Chalamet has a second spot in which Chalamet praises Apple’s...

Comments by Apple execs (including CEO Tim Cook and policies imposed on employees have been deemed illegal by US National Labor Relations Board prosecutors, who say they violate workers’ rights, reports Bloomberg. The NLRB general counsel’s office has determined that...