How to get free Apple TV+ with half-price Apple Music in student deal
If you are a student you may already be aware that you can get Apple Music for half the usual price. But did you know that a student Apple Music subscription comes with Apple TV+…
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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 might release a larger iMac this year
It’s been more than three years since Apple launched the M1 iMac, two years since the 27-inch iMac was discontinued, and about six months since Apple told us they weren’t making a new 27-inch model…
How much more are we willing to pay Apple for the things we love?
For nearly a decade, Apple has been progressively growing the revenue it makes from services–not just its search-engine deal with Google and its cut of App Store revenue, but everything from AppleCare support plans to…
Apple’s September iPhone event: Date, time, and what will Apple launch
Apple is likely to take the wraps off the new iPhone 16 range and new Apple Watches at an event in September 2024. We don’t know yet exactly which day, but we know September is…
It’s time for Apple to hit this reset button
In the interest of an abundance of safety, the Macalope believes it’s time to shut down the App Store until we can figure out what’s going on. It is the year 2024. The Bell Riots…
Apple is up to its old tricks again–will they work this time?
Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a…
Good bad news for Apple: The iPad Pro is soaring—and killing other iPads
Is the iPad dead? No, or at least not yet. And a new report suggests Apple’s tablet strategy is getting more things right than wrong. CIRP (Consumer Intelligence Research Partners) has posted to Substack an…
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…