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Apple had its strongest quarter for iPhone sales in India yet in the December quarter, a sign the company is finally making progress in the world’s fastest-growing smartphone market, according to Bloomberg.  Sales increased to 2.3 million units in the fourth...

JumpCloud has announced the addition of Patch Management to its cloud directory platform, coming in the first quarter of 2022.  The new offering extends the JumpCloud Directory Platform to help small to midsize enterprise (SME) IT admins have greater insight into...

The new Apple Yas Mall opened this Thursday, February 3, at the shopping destination in Abu Dhabi. Nearly doubling the size of the original location that opened in 2015, the store serves as a reimagined space for customers to browse Apple’s latest products and...

A federal judge, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan, has dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Apple of misleading consumers about how resistant its iPhones are to water exposure, reports Reuters. Apple’s advertisements claimed the smartphone...

South Korea’s telecommunications regulator wants better compliance plans from Apple and Alphabet’s Google before finalizing rules for a law banning app store operators from forcing software developers to use their payments systems, reports Reuters. In August...

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time. ° From AppleInsider: Apple’s board of directors recommends voting against all shareholder proposals. ° From Bloomberg: Apple says sideloading would...

After nearly two years of explosive growth, streaming adoption has slowed, showing just a 1% increase in North America in the final quarter of 2021, according to the “Q4 2021 State of Streaming” report from Conviva, a continuous measurement platform for streaming...

Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft hold the top three spots (again) in Fortune’s ranking of corporate reputation: the “World’s Most Admired Companies” list. It’s Apple’s 15th consecutive year in the top spot. Here’s what Fortune has to say about the tech giant: Apple, the...

StarTech.com has released its first Certified Thunderbolt 4 enabled laptop docking station: the US$439 Thunderbolt TB4CDOCK. It’s designed to harness the performance and flexibility offered by Thunderbolt 4, including 40Gbps high-bandwidth transfer speeds,...

Even though chipmaker Qualcomm and Apple settled a global dispute over smartphone chips in 2019, the matter isn’t over. Qualcomm got another chance Tuesday to show that one of its smartphone-chip patents challenged by Apple is valid, setting up another round of...

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time. ° From MacRumors: An unreleased iPhone, an entry-level iPad, and what is likely to be the next-generation iPad Air have been imported into India...

Apple News is introducing its first daily local newsletter for the Bay Area (California) and is “actively exploring expanding the offering to other cities,” reports TechCrunch.  The article says the Bay Area daily local newsletter is reminiscent of a daily local...

Apple TV+ has announced a series order for “Dear Edward,” a new 10-episode drama series based on the novel by Ann Napolitano that will be written, run and executive produced by Jason Katims (“Friday Night Lights,” “Parenthood,” “As We See It”), and marks the first...

Apple has been granted a patent (number 11,236,895) for an “invisible, light-transmissive display system.” It involves Mac laptops that would only display certain features when they’re needed. About the patent The idea is for a laptop with display systems hat become...

The semiconductor shortage and the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)’ production in 2021, but the top 10 OEMs — including Apple —   increased their chip spending by 25.2% and accounted for 42.1% of the total market,...

Apple TV+ has shared a first look at the highly anticipated second season of “Foundation,” the epic saga from storyteller David S. Goyer and produced for Apple by Skydance Television. The streaming service also announced new cast members who will star alongside Emmy...

Apple has released watchOS 8.4.1, which provides bug fixes and security updates for the Apple Watch Series 4 and later. watchOS ‌8.4.1 can be downloaded for free through the dedicated Apple Watch app on the iPhone by going to General > Software Update. To install...

Apple TV+ has announced the premiere date and a first look at the bilingual thriller series “Now and Then,” which will make its worldwide debut on Friday, May 20, 2022.  Set in Miami, the eight-episode series was shot in Spanish and English, and will premiere...

JOBY has introduced two new products to its range of vlogging and content creation tools: the JOBY Spin and the JOBY Swing.  The JOBY Spin (US$89.95) Designed in partnership with Syrp Lab, the JOBY Spin gives users 360° motion control that’s navigated with a...

Apple is “apparently” filing a lawsuit against a Kickstarter-funded action comedy called “Apple-Man,” reports iPhone in Canada. It seems, to me, like an unnecessary legal action. Here’s the summary of the film: Apple-Man is an action comedy film, that pays homage to...

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time. ° From the New York Times: Some Meta (i.e. Facebook) are defecting to competitors such as Apple. ° From iMore: Some Apple Watch owners report that...

Apple’s Mac sales scored an all-time record in the company’s history by shipping more than 6.6 million Mac laptops during the holiday quarter (quarter four of 2021), according to Strategy Analytics. That’s an 11% growth from quarter four of 2020. The Mac now has 9% of...

Riding the wave of the launch of its first 5G iPhone, Apple has started the year on a high with a market leading 34% share in the European smartphone market, according to new data from Counterpoint Research. The iPhone saw 6% year-over-year growth in the region, notes...

Worldwide tablet shipments reached 46 million units during the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21), posting a decline for the second time since the pandemic began in 2020, according to Strategy Analytics. The iPad saw year-over-year shipments decline 8.6%, but Apple’s...

Apple TV+ has announced and premiered a trailer for a new animated preschool series, “Pretzel and the Puppies,” that premieres Friday, February 11.  Based on the beloved canine from the classic book “Pretzel” by award-winning authors Margret and H.A. Rey,...

A developer’s lawsuit against Apple over cloned apps and scams in the App Store is being allowed to proceed, with a court allowing some of the claims to proceed to trial, reports AppleInsider. FlickType developer Kosta Eleftheriou sued Apple inn September over the...

JOBY is releasing a new lineup of flagship audio mics for pro, on-the-go and desktop creators and streamers. They’re available today online at JOBY.com and in select retailers, with products and kits ranging from US$79.99 – $299.95. Here’s how the product line is...

Apple has announced that it’s rolling out a series of new heart health resources in February to support users’ health journeys in the US to stay moving and informed.  Marking Heart Month, Apple is offering custom compilations across Apple Fitness+, the App Store,...

The Dougherty County School System in Albany, Georgia, has announced that it’s launching a new technology initiative for its students, teachers, and staff as part of a collaboration with Apple and educational non-profit Ed Farm. “When it comes to innovation, the...

According to MacRumors, some Mac users who have installed the macOS Monterey 12.2 software update are experiencing excessive battery drain during sleep mode, apparently due to Bluetooth accessories frequently waking the computers. Affected users say their Mac’s...