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Huguet Quayle has been named Apple’s new vice president of worldwide corporate communications, following the departure of Stella Low. She’ll answer directly to CEO Tim Cook. Quayle has been at Apple since 2005 and has been on Apple’s communication team. Prior to...

Apple TV+ has released a trailer for the upcoming “The Sky is Everywhere” on its YouTube Channel. About ‘The Sky is Everywhere’ The film is an adaptation of Jandy Nelson’s young adult model. Nelson will adapt and write the script from her novel. and Josephine Decker,...

Apple has rolled out the first release candidates of macOS iOS 15.3, iPadOS 15.3, tvOS 15.3, 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...

Apple TV+ has optioned the rights to develop a series based on the 1998 black comedy,”Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown” by Pedro Almodovar, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The film won the writer-director his first Oscar nomination (for foreign-language film)....

Chase Sui Wonders has joined the upcoming “City on Fire” series at Apple TV+, reports Variety. She was most recently seen in the HBO Max series “Generation.” Prior to that, she appeared in the Apple film “On the Rocks” alongside Rashida Jones and Bill Murray and...

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time. ° From MacRumors: Apple has since prepared a fix for a Safari bug, according to a WebKit commit on GitHub, but the fix will not be available to...

The global base of music subscribers continues to grow strongly with 523.9 million music subscribers at the end of the second quarter (Q2) of 2021, which was up by 109.5 million (26.4%) from one year earlier, according to new data from MIDiA. Spotify remains the...

Illinois state senators have filed a bill aimed at stopping tech giants like Apple and Google from taking a cut of profits from Illinois app developers, according to a WGEM report. Currently, whenever an in-app purchase is made through Apple or Google’s payment...

Screenwriter Joel Coen and playwright William Shakespeare for Apple TV+’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” are among the finalists for the 34th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors “the year’s most accomplished film and episodic series adaptations, as well as the...

Twelve South has released the US$69.99 BookBook Cover for iPad, a handcrafted genuine leather cover for iPad and the Magic Keyboard or a Smart Keyboard Folio. It offers six-sided protection, an interior pocket for small essentials and a microfiber interior...

Apple TV+ has unveiled the teaser trailer and premiere date for “WeCrashed,” a new limited series from Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, based on the hit Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork.” It stars Academy Award and SAG Award winners Jared Leto...

fuboTV Inc., a sports-first live TV streaming platform, has announced that it’s expanded its Multiview mode on the Apple TV app to support elements of its FanView feature. Starting today, subscribers can create their own custom sports viewing dashboard on Apple TV...

An Apple challenge against the US Patent and Trademark Offices has been denied, according to iMore. The U.S.Supreme Court tossed out Apple’s challenge on Tuesday. The petition sought to establish whether the USPTO decisions to throw out patent challenges could be...

The online Apple Education store has been revamped to require verification through the Unidays student or staff education status, reports AppleInsider. Students, teachers, and other education workers now required to verify their status before ordering. For the U.S.,...

As noted by MacRumors, Apple has reduced the estimated top dollar amounts that customers can receive when trading in Android smartphones for an iPhone.  The company has also adjusted trade-in values for certain iPad and Mac models. More information on Apple’s...

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time. ° From iMore: A new rumor says that Apple will round out 2022 and the Apple silicon transition with a new Mac Pro that will feature a new M1 that...

The NAACP has announced that Apple has been recognized with nine nominations for the 53rd Annual NAACP Image Awards across five Apple Original films and three series. They include Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for stars Denzel Washington and Mahershala Ali in...

Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (number 11,226,625) for “guidance of autonomous vehicles in destination vicinities using intent signals.” About the patent In the patent data, Apple notes that motorized vehicles capable of sensing...

After spending the past five years as president of Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions, Kevin Walsh is leaving for a multi-year deal with Apple TV+ to produce films and TV shows for the streaming service, reports Deadline. Under his own company, The Walsh Company,...

Apple had updated the firmware for its AirPods 3. The tech giant doesn’t provide release notes for its firmware, so it’s assumed they provide bug fixes and performance tweaks. Regarding the audio devices, installation is automatic when the AirPods are in their...

Apple accounted for 22% of worldwide smartphone shipments in quarter four of 2021, thanks to strong demand for the iPhone 13. The helped the tech giant regain its crown as the top smartphone brand globally. However, overall smartphone shipments for the quarter grew...

Belkin’s Boost Charge Pro Portable Wireless Charger Pad with MagSafe is now available for US$149.99. According to the folks at Belkin, it delivers fast and efficient charging speeds for iPhone 13 and iPhone 12 models, Apple Watch Series 7, and AirPods. It’s engineered...

Apple TV+ has unveiled a new trailer for its upcoming drama series “Severance,” from director and executive producer Ben Stiller (“Escape at Dannemora,” “Tropic Thunder”), and creator Dan Erickson. It will launch globally on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on...

AEye, Inc. — which specializes in adaptive, high-performance lidar solutions — has announced the appointment of former Apple global marketing executive Sue Zeifman to its board of directors.  She has spent her career managing global marketing and multi-layered...

Another day, another lawsuit. Sweden’s Ericsson has filed another set of patent infringement lawsuits against Apple in the latest round between the two companies over royalty payment for use of 5G wireless patents in iPhones, reports Reuters. This is the second time...

Microsoft has updated Office with 100% native support for Apple Silicon Macs. In other words, M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max-equipped Macs. Here are the release notes: Excel Import data from local files with Power Query: You can now import data from local Excel workbooks,...

Foxconn, Apple’s largest manufacturing partner, is wooing workers with “fat bonuses” amid the Omicron outbreak to beef up recruitment at its Zhengzhou campus, according to the South China Morning Post. The campus is one of the company’s biggest iPhone plants. What’s...

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time. ° From Rolling Stone: The UK government is set to launch a multi-pronged publicity attack on end-to-end encryption ° From AppleInsider: Apple...

Apple has honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a full-page tribute on its website. It has a photo of the civil rights leader and the following quote: “I believe that we can transform dark yesterdays of injustice into bright tomorrows of justice and humanity.”...

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time. ° From Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter, Apple’s CarKey feature is set for its first expansion beyond BMW ° From Euroweekly News: A number of...