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 for watching videos and listening to music together with your friends, a unique task manager, and a podcast client built for being social. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
The iPhone has once again been named the best-selling tech product of the year. According to a report from USA Today, Apple's popular handset outsold Samsung's Galaxy devices and all other consumer electronics in 2017, and it wasn't even close.
In the wake of all the iPhone throttling drama, iFixit has announced that it is dropping the price on all of its DIY iPhone battery fix kits to $29 or less. The news follows Apple's own announcement yesterday that it is going to be discounting out-of-warranty battery replacements to $29 in 2018.
An Italian apparel company has won the right to use the name Steve Jobs, reports Italian site la Repubblica Napoli (via The Verge). After a lengthy legal battle with Apple, the clothing co can now freely use the name of the iPhone-maker's beloved founder in its designs.
Apple on Thursday posted an apology letter to its website regarding its slowing down of older iPhones. In addition to the apology, the company says that it wants to clarify what it's really been doing to older handsets and it even makes a peace offering for disgruntled customers: $29 out-of-warranty battery replacements for the next year.
Apple CEO Tim Cook earned just over $100 million this year, Bloomberg reports. The news was spotted in the company's latest proxy statement, which was filed Wednesday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ahead of its February shareholders meeting.
The Korea Communications Commission has asked Apple for an explanation regarding its practice of slowing down older iPhone models, reports The Korea Herald. It's not a formal investigation yet, but it could be indicative of things to come.
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features a new app for watching and recording jokes, an app for sending video greetings and a new digital journal. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
Today's entry into our 2017 Holiday Gift Guide focuses on MacBook accessories. Whether the person you're shopping for has a MacBook Air, Pro or Retina MacBook, you're bound to find something for them in the curated list below. But you better get to shopping, Christmas is less than a week away!
Apple on Tuesday released the second betas of iOS 11.2.5 and watchOS 4.2.2 . Registered developers can install the new betas from Apple's Developer Center, or by using each platform's respective over-the-air update mechanism.
Today's entry in our 2017 Holiday Gift Guide focuses on gift ideas for iPhone-controlled fun. This is actually a pretty broad category (toys, smart home accessories, etc.), so we narrowed it down to 10 of our favorite products that can be remotely controlled using Apple's popular handset.