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Starting next week, Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers will have access to a new AirPods Firmware Updater diagnostic tool for updating AirPods Pro to the latest firmware, according to an internal memo obtained by MacRumors. Here’s the info: Apple is...

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time. ° From MacRumors: So-called mobile phone “roaming” will remain free within the European Union for another decade, the European Commission has...

An email to Apple Card users announces that if they convince folks to sign up for an Apple Card, Apple will give them US$75 in Daily Cash. Here’s the email I received: “Hey, Dennis, you probably know this already, but we love having you as an Apple Card customer....

Apple TV+ has given a formal 10-episode series order to Surfside Girls, a live-action kids and family series based on the best-selling Top Shelf Productions (IDW Publishing) graphic novel series by author Kim Dwinell, reports Variety. Miya Cech (“Rim of the World”)...

Apple, Netflix, Amazon, and Disney+ have signed a long-gestating agreement with France’s broadcasting authority, the Conseil superieur de l’audiovisual (CSA) to start investing 20% of their annual revenues on French content, reports Variety. The CSA expects the...

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“Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne” is now streaming on Apple TV+. It’s the first new original holiday special to come from Apple’s expanded partnership with WildBrain.  About ‘Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne’ In the special, after Lucy experiences a...

Apple has released the second release candidates of macOS 12.1, iOS 15.2, iPadOS 15.2, and tvOS 15.2 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 the...

Users in Australia can experience the new Apple Maps, with faster and more accurate navigation, comprehensive views of roads, buildings, parks, airports, and shopping centers, and three-dimensional landmarks of locations like the Sydney Opera House. “Apple Maps is the...

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time. ° From MacRumors: Following its acquisition of the classical music service Primephonic earlier this year, Apple’s work on a new music app dedicated...

Another day, another lawsuit. As noted by MacRumors, a class action lawsuit has been filed against Apple over alleged swelling issues with Apple Watch batteries. According to the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Apple touts the Apple Watch as a safe wearable device meant to...

New data from the Mixpanel analytics company shows that 58.24% of all iPhones are running iOS 15.  Thirty-six percent are running iOS 14, and less than 5% of iPhones are running software older than iOS 14. As noted by MacRumors, Apple’s last publicly reported...

On a regular basis, Apple World Today posts a list of notable new apps or app updates that have been released. They may not necessarily be new, but they deserve mention. Here are today’s picks. macOS CS Odessa has released a new Green Energy...

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 introduced a redesigned website for its Open Source projects, which houses Apple’s open source work like Swift, WebKit,...

Apple has informed developers of upcoming price changes on the App Store in Turkey due to changes in taxes in the country. In the next few days, prices of apps and in-app purchases (excluding auto-renewable subscriptions) on the App Store will increase in Turkey....

JumpCloud an U.S.-based enterprise software company headquartered in Denver, Colorado —has announced the findings from its “Q4 Biannual 2021 State of the SME IT Admin Report.” Among the findings: when asked about the device type breakdown, 21.3% of SME [small to...

Apple TV+’s “CODA” was among the films on the American Film Institute’s Top 10 list for 2021. The movie is also nominated for nine. Hollywood Critics Association awards. Other films that made the cut were “Dune,” “King Richard,” “The Power of the Dog,” “West Side...

Apple TV+ has announced a second season pick-up for “Invasion,” its character-driven science-fiction drama series from Academy and Emmy Award nominee Simon Kinberg (“X-Men” films, “Deadpool” films, “The Martian”) and David Weil (“Hunters”). The news arrives ahead of...

Apple doesn’t have to change its App Store rules to allow developers to embed links to their websites inside iPhone apps to take credit cards directly, an appeals court in San Francisco has decided.  According to CNBC, the stay means that the App Store can...

Satechi is launching a Thunderbolt 4 Dock and two new M1 Adapters. What’s more, they’re available now at Best Buy. The US$299.99 Thunderbolt 4 Dock was designed for M1 Max MacBook Pro users. It offers 11 ports from a single connection, including three Thunderbolt...

Apple is offering customers who have faced out-of-pocket repairs for an iPhone or Mac a second chance to purchase AppleCare+ coverage for the device, according to MacRumors, noting info from an internal Apple memo. Here are the details for such folks wishing to buy...

Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced the introduction of room keys in Apple Wallet across the first six participating U.S. hotels: Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, Hyatt Centric Key West Resort & Spa, Hyatt House Chicago/West Loop-Fulton Market, Hyatt House...

After the boom in adoption and spending for both mobile games and non-game apps in 2020, market trends began normalizing in 2021 as worldwide consumer spending is projected to reach approximately US$133 billion on in-app purchases, premium apps, and subscriptions...

Apple is looking to hire an AR/VR frameworks engineer as evidenced by a new job posting initially shared by Hayden Lee, an AR/VR software engineering manager at Apple.  The person hired will be “researching and developing an entirely new application paradigm – a...

Apple’s built-in Time Machine backup solution for macOS is causing problems for some Mac users running the latest versions of Monterey and Big Sur, based on a reports on both the MacRumors Forums and Reddit. From MacRumors: The issue seems to occur when Time Machine...

Actor Chris O’Dowd (“Bridesmaids,” “This is 40”) is set to star in the upcoming Apple TV+ series “The Big Door Prize,” according to Variety. About ‘The Big Door Prize’ The 10-episode series is based on the M.O. Walsh novel of the same name. It tells the story of a...

On a regular basis, Apple World Today posts a list of notable new apps or app updates that have been released. They may not necessarily be new, but they deserve mention. Here are today’s picks. Screencast-O-Matic— a screen recording and video editing...

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time. ° From CNBC: In a note to investors on Tuesday, Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty raised Apple’s price target from $164 to $200 and maintained the...