It's not uncommon to hear that Apple has acquired a company, especially when it comes to start-ups that Apple may be interested in. In most of those cases, Apple has a canned response that basically confirms an acquisition without actually coming out and saying it. That hasn't happened this time, though, as a new rumor crops up suggesting Apple has bought a self-driving startup.
While Apple launched a second-generation truly wireless AirPods model earlier this year, the company didn't completely forget about the earphones at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference. Quite the opposite, actually, as Apple announced a pair of new features for AirPods coming along with iOS 13.
Learn how to check the status of the various Apple services to confirm whether there are any downtime, or to make sure all services are operating normally.
As is par for the course, Apple announced a ton of new features that will be coming along with brand new versions of its various operating systems. And while the company takes time on stage during the WWDC keynote to go over many details, not everything can be covered with the time allowed. But that's why Apple executives are more than willing to shed some details after the keynote.
Apple is making some big changes to macOS in the coming update, named Catalina. Perhaps none are as big as the break up of iTunes, which effectively gets separated into three separate apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple TV. In an effort to clarify what's actually changing, and what might not be, the company has a new dedicated page to tackle the issue.
Apple didn't miss a chance to help spice up its Apple Watch lineup, offering up new watch faces along with plenty of new features tied to watchOS 6 and its public launch later this year after the big WWDC unveil.
Apple on June 3, 2019 released developer betas of the new iOS 13 and iPadOS software. You're advised to avoid deploying the betas onto your daily drivers, but if you do happen to have a spare iOS device laying around somewhere - or you're the type who prefers to live on the bleeding edge of technology - follow the instructions in our step-by-step guide to learn how to download and install the iOS 13 beta on your iPhone and the beta of iPadOS 13 on your iPad.
One of the major new announcements at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference was the unveiling of a brand new operating system: iPadOS. This is built upon the bedrock of iOS, but Apple sees plenty of room for the iPad to really differentiate itself in the years to come. To help with that, a new OS was launched.
Using Siri to control music playback, or other media controls depending on the first-party app, is pretty helpful. However, if your app of choice is a third-party option like Spotify, then using Siri to handle playback controls isn't an option. But it looks like that can change in iOS 13.
iOS 13's Photos app brings new ways to browse and edit not just images, but videos too.
iTunes is dead. Long live iTunes (in Windows). While Apple was happy to ring the death knell for iTunes in macOS, there was still some speculation swirling around as to what it all meant for Windows users out there using iTunes. Had Apple just killed syncing in Windows? Turns out that, no, Apple did not do that.
The keynote for this year's Worldwide Developers Conference is finished, which means Apple executives are making the rounds to discuss some of the aspects in greater detail. As such, a pair of the company's higher-ups have sat down with CNET to discuss iPadOS and privacy in two separate reports.