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The team at Reelgood, a U.S. movie and TV streaming search engine,  just published the Weekly Top 10 Titles in streaming for this past week. Apple TV+’s “Severance” nabbed the second spot on the list. That’s up from the 10th spot a week ago. The top 10...

Monument Valley 2+ 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. The game is available for the iPhone and iPad, but not, alas,...

The new iPhone SE and iPad Air announced at Apple’s “Peek Performance” event are now available for pre-order. iPhone SE The new iPhone SE comes in three colors — midnight, starlight, and (PRODUCT)RED. It’s available in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB models in midnight,...

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“The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” a limited series executive produced by and starring Oscar-nominated Samuel L. Jackson, and based on the novel by best-selling author Walter Mosley, debuts today on Apple TV+.  Mosley adapts the story for the screen and serves as...

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles of interest. ° From AppleInsider: Meta has announced a new fitness feature for its Oculus Quest 2 that will allow users to send workout data to the Apple Health app and other third-party...

Future AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max may sport bone conductor transducers as evidenced by a new Apple patent filing (number 20220076662). About the patent filing In the patent filing, Apple notes that (obviously) headphones can include a pair of speakers, each...

The Ukrainian army has been fighting Russian aggression for 14 days. One of the ways the world can help Ukraine is to support Ukrainian tech products.  Paying to Ukrainian developers would help Ukraine keep up its economy and finance the Ukrainian army while it...

According to the latest Canalys estimates, true wireless stereo (TWS) shipments grew 21% to reach 103.8 million in quarter four of 2021, passing the 100 million mark for the first time. Apple drove the return of double-digit growth on the back of its third-generation...

Satechi has released USB4 C-to-C Cables (US$24.99 and $29.99) that are compatible with Apple’s new Studio Display and a new 30W USB-C PD GaN Wall Charger ($29.99) that purportedly charges 3x faster than the 5W chargers that accompany Apple products. Here’s how Satechi...

The Apple TV+ and Skydance film “Ghosted” has added four more to its cast: Mike Moh, Amy Sedaris, Tim Blake Nelson and Tate Donovan, reports Deadline. Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Adrien Brody are set to star, with Dexter Fletcher directing. About ‘Ghosted’...

Apple has confirmed to MacRumors that the Studio Display introduced at Tuesday’s “Peek Performance” event works with PCs, but critical new features of the display won’t carry over and the experience will be lacking compared to using the display with a Mac. Features...

When Apple published the spec sheets for its new Mac Studio, folks wondered why the model with the M1 Ultra processor weighed two pounds more than the version with an M1 Max.  Here’s what the company said in an email to The Verge: They have the same 370W power...

PopSockets has debuted its first-to-market portable battery charger that doubles as a phone grip. The US$35 Jumpstart was designed specifically for the on-the-go PopSockets consumer, a compact power bank that boosts a phone battery up by approximately 50%...

ZAGG has announced screen protection and cases for the third generation iPhone SE announced on Tuesday. The accessories, as described by ZAGG, include: ZAGG InvisibleShield Glass Elite ($39.99) – The foundation of InvisibleShield’s strongest tempered glass screen...

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles of interest. ° From MacRumors: Apple has pgraded its base model Mac Pro to include 512GB of storage and AMD’s Radeon Pro W5500X graphics for the same $5,999 starting price. Previously, this...

Apple TV+ has landed the rights to a new feature documentary about the life and career of seven-time Formula 1 World Champion, Sir Lewis Hamilton, reports Deadline. The documentary will feature full access to Hamilton and his team, on and off the track, and an...

The MacPaw Development Foundation has begun raising funds for humanitarian aid to Ukrainians in war zones. It’s been two weeks since Russia invaded the country. Since then the MacPaw team has been supporting Ukraine and the Ukrainian Army through the MacPaw...

Newly launched streaming service HBO Max keeps expanding its market share due to launching its service in Europe, according to JustWatch. The international streaming guide says Apple TV+ is close to overtaking HBO Max globally. JustWatch says Peacock and Peacock...

The worldwide wearables market hit a new record high in the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21) as shipments reached 171 million units, up 10.8% from the same quarter last year, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable...

Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for season two of the Peabody and Daytime Emmy Award-winning series, “Stillwater,” which is set to premiere with six episodes Friday, March 18. A seventh episode, “One Drop Makes an Ocean,” will launch on Friday, April 15 in...

Apple TV+ has unveiled the teaser trailer for season two of its international Emmy Award-winning hit espionage thriller “Tehran.” Starring two-time Emmy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Glenn Close, and returning cast Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Shervin Alenabi,...

As noted by AppleInsider, iPhone cases and Apple Watch bands in new colors are now available at the Apple Store. The US$49 MagSafe silicone cases compatible with all models of the iPhone 13 and 13 Pro lines now come in Lemon Zest, Nectarine, Blue Fog, and Eucalyptus...

Apple’s new Studio Display comes with three different mounting options, but, alas, they’re not interchangeable. As noted by MacRumors,  the stands are built into the display so you are committed to whichever one you order. Your choices: a built-in stand allows...

According to Apple’s iMovie page, its consumer video editing software will add two new features in April: Magic Movie and Storyboards. Both features will, it seems, be available on the Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Here’s how Apple describes the new features Magic Movie...

AMD has introduced the AMD Radeon PRO W6600X GPU for the existing Intel-based Mac Pro lineup. Here’s how it’s described by AMD: The AMD Radeon Pro W6000X series graphics cards powered by AMD RDNA 2 architecture, featuring up to 80 powerful enhanced Compute Units and...

Yesterday at the Regency Bruin Theatre in Los Angeles, Apple TV+ held the world premiere event for “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” the highly anticipated limited series executive produced by and starring Oscar-nominated Samuel L. Jackson, and based on the novel by...

Apple has released release candidates of macOS 12.3, iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4, tvOS 15.4, and watchOS 8.4 to developers. A release candidate (RC), also known as “going silver”, is a beta version with potential to be a stable product. Registered developers can download...

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles of interest. ° From the Apple TV Newsroom page: In 2022, Apple Original Films will debut new films hailing from today’s most renowned, award-winning storytellers and stars, including Alfonso...

Now this is the external display I’ve long wanted for my MacBook Pro: the Studio Display that Apple debuted today at its “Peek Performance” event. (Look for my upcoming review.) In a nutshell, it features an expansive 27-inch 5K Retina display, a 12MP Ultra Wide...