Cody Lee, iDownloadBlog.com’s longest-serving Editor, joined the site in 2008. He specializes in uncovering the best deals on Apple products, apps, and accessories. With years of experience in technology journalism, Cody helps readers save money while staying informed about the latest trends and updates in the Apple ecosystem.
Cody’s history with smartphones goes almost as far back as he does. As the son of a Nokia employee, he was exposed early on to handsets like the N91 and the Communicator. He has since been involved in nearly every aspect of the mobile phone industry. While going to college, he worked at a Nokia factory, building handsets, and later moved on to a sales position at a major wireless carrier.
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features an app that wants to help you achieve your goals, a political informer, and Tinder for TV shows. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
Popular accessory-maker Satechi this morning unveiled a new Type-C Mobile Pro Hub for the refreshed iPad Pro. Its aluminum design matches well with Apple's latest tablet and it features both a 4K HDMI port for video output, and a USB-C PD 3.0 port so you can keep your iPad charging.
Following the release of macOS Mojave 10.14.2 beta 2, Apple on Wednesday released new betas to developers for iOS 12.1.1, tvOS 12.1.1 and watchOS 5.1.2. It's the second beta for the iOS and tvOS updates, and the first for watchOS.
Apple has seeded the second beta of its upcoming macOS Mojave 10.14.2 to developers this morning. The release is marked with build number 18C38b, and it comes a week after Apple issued the first beta of 10.14.2—which it subsequently pulled and then reposted on Thursday.
Apple on Wednesday released an update to its Clips app, bringing the video editing software to version 2.0.5. The update features several additions and improvements, including 6 new Selfie Scenes—360-degree backgrounds that seemingly transport users into different worlds, 3 new filters, and 17 new soundtracks.
The next model of Apple's popular AirPods has surpassed another milestone on its way to release. As noted by MySmartPrice, the wireless earbuds have received certification from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), essentially giving them the green light to move forward.
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup includes an AR app that takes face-swapping to the next level, a digital piano teacher, and a beautiful interval timer. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
Spotify may finally be adding its official app to Apple Watch. A thread popped up on the r/Apple subreddit this morning with users noting that the latest Spotify app build in TestFlight includes an app for the popular wearable.
Following the release of its Q4 financial results, Apple's CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri hopped on a conference call to talk about the company's performance over the past 3 months. As usual, we've put together a roundup of some of the more interesting points for you below.
Apple this afternoon disclosed its [fiscal] Q4 earnings report, offering a look at its performance over the past 3 months. During the period, the company sold nearly 47 million iPhones and earned just under $63 billion in revenue. Here's a full breakdown of the numbers.
Earlier today Apple released an update for watchOS, bringing the version number to 5.1. Users are typically encouraged to install software updates—they can bring about new features, security fixes and other improvements—but you may want to hold off on this one. We are seeing reports that watchOS 5.1 is bricking some Apple Watches.
The well-known developer and tinkerer Steve Troughton-Smith has discovered evidence that you can get the new iPad Pro with 6GB of RAM. Unfortunately, it looks like you'll have to fork over quite a bit of money to get it: it's only available on the 1TB models.