Camo uses your iPhone or iPad as a pro webcam for your Mac

Camo is a new app for iPhone and iPad that allows you to repurpose your mobile device's camera as a pro-quality webcam for your Mac that works with all your favorite applications. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Apple expands Apple News & Apple News+ with audio, local news

Apple has introduced audio versions of select feature stories from Apple News+, a daily audio news briefing hosted by Apple News editors, and the beginning of curated local news collections in select areas. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

WFH

Apple on Monday shared a new video in its "Apple at Work" series, this time focused on the use of Apple gear and products to overcome the struggles of working at home. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Apple allocates $400M towards $2.5B California housing crisis initiative

Apple is proceeding in its $2.5 billion commitment to help fight the housing crisis in California, with the allocation of more than $400 million going towards affordable housing projects and homeowner assistance programs in the state in 2020. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Arm Macs won't support (real) Target Disk Mode

Apple Silicon Macs are changing some long-time user interface methods, and startup key combinations for restore or Target Disk Mode have been significantly changed. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Apple suspends app updates for unlicensed games in China's App Store

Apple freezes updates for thousands of mobile games in the App Store in China while facing pressure to comply with the government's local regulations. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Apple wants your iPhone to replace your passport and driver’s license

The next step in Apple's goal of making the iPhone the sole thing anyone has to carry, continues with the device being able to securely replace passports, driver's licenses, and other physical forms of identification. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Rosetta lacks support for x86 machine virtualization, Boot Camp not an option

Mac users who rely on Windows virtualization software might be left in the lurch when Apple transitions to its own custom ARM processors later this year, as the company's Rosetta Intel-to-ARM translator does not support virtual machine apps. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Safari now blocks Google Analytics on sites, new Privacy Report feature shows

Apple's new Safari Privacy Report feature in macOS Big Sur shows that the browser now completely blocks Google Analytics from tracking users on websites. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

iOS 14 supports all devices that ran iOS 13

Apple on Monday announced the first iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 developer betas, revealing which iPad and iPhone models are compatible with the forthcoming operating systems. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

House antitrust committee chair calls Apple App Store fees 'highway robbery'

The chairman of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Antitrust characterized Apple's App Store fees as a "highway robbery" in a recent interview. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

OpenCore Computer attempts sale of Hackintosh systems

OpenCore Computer has launched its first desktop computer billed as a "zero-compromise Hackintosh" preinstalled with macOS Catalina and Windows 10 Pro, a project highly likely to face intense scrutiny from Apple's legal team. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Apple's shift to ARM Mac from Intel at WWDC will define a decade of computing

Next week, Apple's 2020 Worldwide Developer Conference is expected to detail a migration away from Intel's x86 chips to new processors of Apple's own design. Here's how that could dramatically affect the next decade of computing. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Former Apple, NeXT, and General Magic marketer says Facebook is "peddling in an addictive drug called anger," and many modern tech firms are "flawed," or "devious." | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Apple announces WWDC keynote timeline, week-long conference schedule

Apple CEO Tim Cook and company will launch the 2020 WWDC with a "special event keynote" on June 22, at 1 PM Eastern Time — with sessions following on how to build "the next generation of apps." | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Apple to discontinue iBooks Author in July, plans the same for iTunes U in 2021

Apple is discontinuing its iBooks Author platform in July and plans to do the same for iTunes U in 2021, the company said Wednesday. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

ARM has already saved Apple – twice

Apple may be transitioning to ARM processors in the Mac soon, but the company has been closely connected to ARM in multiple ways for thirty years — and those connections contributed to why Apple survived the dark days in its history. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Apple, other tech firms back Harvard in legal battle over race in admissions

Apple is one of more than a dozen companies backing Harvard University in a fierce legal battle concerning race in college admissions. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Australian hacker fined for leaking Apple employee details online

A 24-year-old Australian has been convicted by a local court of hacking Apple and reportedly posting both employee details, and firmware, to Twitter and GitHub. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

HBO pulls Apple TV Channels integration following HBO Max debut

Hours after HBO launched its long-awaited HBO Max app on iOS, Apple TV and other platforms on Wednesday, the AT&T-owned company has pulled streaming integration with Apple TV Channels. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

Contact tracing app vetted by Apple found to share data with Foursquare/Google

North Dakota's Care19 app, one of the first digital coronavirus contact tracing solutions to hit market in the U.S., contradicts its own privacy policy to share user information with third party companies like Foursquare and Google, according to a study released on Thursday. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 3 years ago

iOS 14 reveals 'Gobi' AR commerce app, Find My app with AR user feedback

A new dump of data hidden within an internal iOS 14 build has surfaced online, revealing some of Apple's future plans for augmented reality on the iPhone. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple might have exclusive on Intel's 28W 'Ice Lake' processors

Intel appears to have made its speediest 10th-generation Ice Lake mobile processors exclusive to Apple's MacBook lineup. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple renews effort to induce authors to publish with Apple Books

Eight years after it released tools to make what were then called iBooks, Apple has launched Apple Books for Authors, a new effort to get writers publishing on its platform. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Initial failures of Apple's butterfly keyboard doomed it from the start

Apple's "bold" butterfly keyboard will not be missed, but it's a bit unfair to scorch the earth behind it -- and there's a strong case for buying a 2019 model MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple still depends on traditional American engineers, and is slowly losing them

Apple and all technology firms outsource work to around the globe, yet it's crucial that they keep key skills in America -- and no one is training the new generation. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple looks to make editing sent Messages possible at last

Apple has conducted extensive research into every aspect of Messages, that all hints at editable text in the short term, and perhaps a WeChat-like series of mini-applications in the future. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

French carrier pressing Apple to loosen privacy protections for Covid app

French telecom company Orange says that it is still in discussions with Apple over allowing its COVID-19 contact tracing app greater access to iOS core features, potentially risking users' privacy. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple planning flexible batteries for foldable iPhone or iPad

New research from Apple details many different ways of making batteries flexible enough to be used with foldable displays in an iPhone or iPad, or to save space inside regular devices. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Cellebrite pitching iPhone hacking tools as a way to stop Covid-19

Multiple smartphone surveillance and data extraction companies, including iPhone hacking firm Cellebrite, are pitching their products to governments as an alternative method of tracking the spread of COVID-19. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

iOS 13 notification 'text bomb' crashes iPhone, iPad

A new so-called "text bomb," a string of characters that could crash iOS devices if received in a notification, has surfaced online. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple celebrates Earth Day with new App Store stories

It's Earth Day, and Apple is celebrating by highlighting apps that celebrate and protect our planet, helping you to get back to nature, and give back to the environment. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

iOS vulnerability exploited to spy on Uyghurs in China

Cybersecurity firm Volexity on Tuesday said it discovered a new iOS exploit that was recently used to surveil the Uyghur Muslim minority in China. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

XCode May Come to iPhone and iPad in iOS 14

Apple could be in the process of developing a version of XCode to run on iPhones and iPads in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, a leaker claims, a rumor that could lead to mobile apps being developed on the devices they will be ultimately used on in the future. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple engineers reportedly testing new prototype AirPower with A11 processor

An AirPower device codenamed C68 is allegedly now in testing with engineers, and Apple is said to have fixed its previous problems by adding an A11 processor to manage the device's overheating. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple creates iPad-based at-home learning program for kids enduring COVID-19 lockdowns

With many children out of school due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple on Thursday published a collection of 30 educational activities that leverage iOS technologies to teach young learners a range of useful lessons. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple’s sleep and health tracking ambitions extend to blankets and mattresses

Following many suggestions that Apple is bringing sleep tracking to the Apple Watch, the company appears poised to further delve into its Beddit purchase and develop bedding and blankets to monitor vital signs. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple to stream ‘One World: Together At Home’ live broadcast in support of coronavirus relief

Apple, along with a slew of major media platforms, will later this month air "One World: Together At Home," a special broadcast featuring celebrities and musical performances in support of COVID-19 relief efforts. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Facebook tried to buy NSO Group's iOS spyware to monitor iPhone users

NSO Group, the team behind the 2019 WhatsApp spyware attack, says Facebook proposed buying "Pegasus" software to better keep tabs on iOS users' activity. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

An iPhone you can use underwater, and one that uses your face to guide rotation

Future iPads and iPhones could adapt to actually being used underwater, and a new way to sense orientation using the Face ID camera could see display rotation guided by the angle of your face in relation to the device. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Russia ban on iPhones, computers without government mandated apps postponed

New legislation in Russia that will mandates all smartphones, computers and smart televisions to have Russian-made software pre-installed has been postponed, with provisions not kicking in until January 2021. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple Pay and COVID-19

Publix, a popular grocery store chain in the U.S. south, has begun rolling out contactless payments in several of their locations including support for Apple Pay. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple to debut multiple ARM MacBook, desktop models in 2021

Apple is predicted to integrate its custom ARM processors into multiple Mac models in 2021, with designs spanning both Mac desktops and MacBooks, according to TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple offers 10% bonus when you add funds to Apple IDs

Apple is giving iPhone and iPad users in self-isolation a way to save money on App Store and other Apple ecosystem purchases, by offering a 10% bonus when customers add funds to their Apple ID. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple Pledges Substantial Donation to Italy

Apple CEO Tim Cook has offered support to local Silicon Valley initiatives supporting citizens and local business, and has promised donations to Protezione Civile in Italy to aid both during the coronavirus pandemic. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

Apple sets global purchase limits on iPhones, new iPads, and Macs

Apple has set limits on the number of new iPad Pro and Mac devices, as well as current iPhone models, that users can order from its online storefront across the globe. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

What you get for $1500 — MacBook Air versus MacBook Pro versus iPad Pro

Apple's hardware lineup never sits still, but the announcements of both new iPad Pro and MacBook Air models has made it harder than ever to choose which to buy. Here's how to work out your decision. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago

What you need to know about Apple’s LiDAR Scanner in the iPad Pro

Apple on Wednesday unveiled two new iPad Pro models that come equipped with a LiDAR Scanner, which will offer major improvements to ARKit and photography. | Continue reading


@appleinsider.com | 4 years ago