Apple to report Q1 2018 earnings on February 1

Apple on Tuesday announced that it will be sharing its earnings for its first fiscal quarter of 2018 on the first of February. The company has scheduled a conference call with analysts and investors to share the results on Thursday, February 1 at 2pm PT (5pm ET).

Apple acquires developer tool startup Buddybuild

Apple has acquired Canadian startup Buddybuild, according to a blog post on the company's website. The firm has developed a "continuous integration, continuous deployment, and user feedback platform for development teams," and they will be joining the Xcode team at Apple.

Hands-on with Sid Meier’s Civilization XI for iPad – Video

Launching as somewhat of a surprise, Civilization VI has made it onto the iPad. This wasn't some early version of the Civilization series, it was actually the newest iteration, released only in 2016. I was a bit skeptical of such a big, and power hungry game coming to mobile so I took the plunge (you know, for science) to see how the tablet-centric version of this turn-based strategy game holds up.

Apple will actually replace the battery of your iPhone 6 and later regardless of its condition

Last week, and following the iPhone performance throttling fiasco, Apple announced it would replace batteries of iPhone 6 and newer devices for a discounted $29. At the time, it was understood that to qualify for the battery replacement, your iPhone had to go through a battery diagnostic. That diagnostic would then dictate whether your battery was bad enough for Apple to replace it.