AppleCare+: How to extend your Apple warranty
Your Apple gear wasn’t cheap. And if you drop your iPhone, your iPad stops turning on, or you smack your Apple Watch into something and shatter it, getting it repaired probably won’t be cheap either.…
Jason Cross
Jason Cross
Get three months of Apple Music free, no purchase necessary, until September 23
Apple runs a lot of promotions to give you a few free months of Apple Music, but most of them require you to make a certain purchase. You can get up to six months if…
Leaker shows off the four new iPhone 16 Pro colors
The iPhone’s Pro-model colors are rarely exciting. Leaker Sonny Dickson has revealed a new image of dummy units that purportedly show off the new colors for the upcoming iPhone 16 Pro models, due to be…
Apple has ‘several hundred people’ working on HomePod with robotic display
According to a new report from reliable Apple tipster Mark Gurman, Apple now has a team of several hundred people working on a new home device. Code-named J595, the tabletop device would use a thin…
Apple will allow third-party NFC transactions beginning with iOS 18.1–by request
One of the biggest points of contention between EU regulatory bodies and Apple has been the company’s restricted use of NFC in iPhones for payments, keys, and other functions that Apple requires go through Apple…
Apple updates terms and fees for EU apps that link to external payments
Earlier this year, Apple complied with Europe’s new Digital Markets Act and its requirement to allow for app distribution outside the App Store, along with letting developers use outside payment methods by enacting a complex…
Apple releases iOS 17.6.1 to fix Advanced Data Protection bug
Advanced Data Protection is a feature introduced in iOS 16.2 that brought end-to-end encryption to nearly all iCloud features, seriously raising the privacy and security of Apple’s cloud services. Apparently there’s a serious bug with…
iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro: Where to get the best deals
It’s been a long time since you could only get the original iPhone directly from Apple or from AT&T. Today, it’s offered by all major carriers and big retailers, and many of them want to entice you…
Federal judge rules Google an illegal search monopoly
A federal court ruled on Monday that Google has illegally maintained a monopoly over internet search, entering into exclusivity agreements to build and maintain its monopoly over search services. The ruling said that Google “enjoys…
Everything coming from Apple in August 2024
August is a predictable time on the Apple calendar. In September, the company will unveil its new iPhones and Apple Watches, which are accompanied by new versions of iOS/iPadOS and watchOS. On occasion, there will…