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Illustrated is now available on Apple Arcade, Apple’s U.S. $4.99/month or $49.99/year game streaming service that has over 200 games. Apple Arcade is also available as part of the Apple One bundle. Illustrated is available for the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV...

The fourth and final season of M. Night Shymalan’s “Servant” series premiers today on Apple TV+. It debuts with the first episode of its 10-episode season. This will be followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday through March 17, 2023, on Apple TV+. Here’s how...

Apple Music exec Oliver Schusser (pictured) has taken over the business side of Apple TV+, reports Business Insider. This follows the upcoming departure of services exec Peter Stern.  Apple will revamp of its services division as services executive Peter Stern is...

The Producers Guild of America has announced its film and TV nominees for the 2023 Producers Guild Awards. Apple’s TV+’s “Severance” is nominated for the Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama. The series also landed two Directors...

Mobvoi Inc., an AI company and creator of TicWatch smartwatches, has  released TimeShow, a new watch face application built for all smartwatch users and watch face creators that offers” the freedom and fun to differentiate and rejuvenate their daily timepiece,”...

Rio SEO, an all-in-one local marketing platform, has announced integration with the Apple Business Connect API [application programming interface].  This new integration enables Rio SEO to streamline local listings management for its multi-location clients by...

Yext, Inc., the “Answers Company,” has announced integration with Apple Business Connect, a new, free tool that allows businesses of all sizes to claim their location place cards and customize the way key information appears to more than a billion Apple users across...

Apple has released Safari Technology Preview 161. The update includes includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Inspector, CSS, Rendering, JavaScript, Web Assembly, Media, Fullscreen API, HTML, Web API, WebGL, and WebDriver. Safari Technology Preview...

Since I can’t cover everything, I like to offer a daily roundup of must-read articles from some other great websites: ° From MacRumors: A short time ago, preview versions of Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Devices apps for Windows were discovered in the Microsoft...

Apple is cutting CEO Tim Cook’s compensation by more than 40% to $49 million in 2023, citing investor guidance and a request from Cook himself to adjust his pay, reports Bloomberg. Here’s the breakdown of he’ll be paid this year, equaling out to a total compensation...

Apple TV+ series and movies have received nine nods as the 2023 NAACP Image Awards nominees have been revealed. “Emancipation’ is nominated for Outstanding Motion Picture. Will Smith is up for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, while the movie’s cast is up for...

Both the IDC and Canalys research groups have said that global personal computer (PC) sales are down, but that Apple’s Mac is doing better than most. And a new report from the Gartner research group agrees, though some details differ. Worldwide PC shipments totaled...

Apple is working on an updated version of the Apple Store app for the iPhone, adding augmented-reality capabilities that activate when a user enters one of its retail locations, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.  The idea is that customers could...

Apple TV+ has unveiled the launch date and cast for “Jane,” a new 10-episode mission-driven series for kids and families inspired by the work of Dr. Jane Goodall. From Emmy Award winner J.J. Johnson (“Dino Dana”, “Endlings,” “Ghostwriter”), Sinking Ship Entertainment...

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Apple has promised to enhance disclosures about why it kicks certain apps off the App Store, following claims that the tech giant’s secretive decision-making process threatens freedom of expression in countries such as China and Russia, reports Ars Technica. Activist...

Just one week into the new year, Apple has filed projects totaling IS$240 million for an expansion of its north Austin, Texas campus, reports My San Antonio. Capstone Phase Two AC09 and Capstone Phase Two AC07, as the projects are called, are a four-story and a...

Synology has announced the new 2-bay Synology DiskStation DS723+, the smallest expandable option in its lineup of all-in-one solutions for home offices and small businesses. Powered by the Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) operating system, the DS723+ offers...

Apple has released the second public betas of macOS Ventura 13.2, iOS 16.3, and iPadOS 16.2. Public betas are available on Apple’s Beta Software Program website.  Just remember that beta software is unfinished software, so proceed with care. Apple does public...

Cisdem Data Recovery for Mac has been updated to version 13.9. This new version supports the video repair feature and improves the function of saving recovered files to Cloud services. Cisdem Data Recovery is designed to restore document, video, audio, photo, email,...

Since I can’t cover everything, I like to offer a daily roundup of must-read articles from some other great websites: ° From The Wall Street Journal: In an op-ed piece, President Biden wants more bipartisan efforts against tech giants such as Apple. ° From VNExpress:...

Apple TV+ series continue to rack up awards nominations. The Writers Guild of America has revealed the nominations for its 75th anniversary WGA Awards in the television, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional categories and Apple’s streaming service has 10 nods....

Apple has introduced Apple Business Connect, a free tool that allows businesses of all sizes to claim their location place cards and customize the way key information appears to more than a billion Apple users across Apple Maps, Messages, Wallet, Siri, and other...

The Screen Actors Guild has unveiled nominations Wednesday. Apple TV+ garnered four nominations. “Severance” is nominated for “Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.” Adam Scott of “Severance’ is nominated for “Outstanding Performance by a Male...

For the 15th year in a row, Glassdoor has named the 100 Best Places to Work in America. And Apple didn’t make the cut. It’s the first time Apple hasn’t made the list since Glassdoor began releasing it in 2009. Last year the tech giant placed 31st on the list. ...

Paul Walter Houser of Apple TV+’s “Black Bird” won “Best Supporting Actor-Television Limited Series/Anthology/TV Movie” at at the 2023 Golden Globes. Houser’s co-star in the series, Taron Edgerton, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor-Television Limited...

Apple infringed on medical technology company Masimo’s pulse oximeter patent when it launched Apple Watch models that use light sensors to measure the amount of oxygen in the blood, an International Trade Commission (ITC) judge has ruled, reports MacRumors. This is...

Yesterday a report by the IDC research group says that personal computer (PC) sales are down, but that Apple is doing better than most. Now a report by Canalys backs that up, though its report was a bit less favorable regarding the Mac. The global PC market ended 2022...

Workers at Apple’s first unionized retail store (in Towson, Maryland) began collectively bargaining with management on Wednesday, reports CNN. The worker group, based out of a mall near Baltimore, is organized with the International Association of Machinists and...

The Casting Society’s annual Artios Awards, which recognize superior achievement in the casting of film, TV and theater projects, has announced the nominees for its film categories. Apple TV+’s “Cha Cha Real Smooth” is nominated ion the category of best Studio or...