As expected, the European Union antitrust regulators have officially approved Apple's planned acquisition of Shazam, the British music discovery app, for a reported $400 million.
Developer Epic Games this morning officially responded to the numerous reports on Reddit which are describing various performance issues that have been plaguing Fortnite on the iOS platform lately, making the battle royale title practically unplayable.
AirPort Utility, the Apple-made iPhone, iPad and Mac app used to manage the company's now-discontinued line of AirPort-branded wireless appliances, has been updated on App Store earlier this week with native display support on iPhone X and iPad Pro.
Adware Doctor for Mac is the No. 1 paid utility app on the Mac App Store. It's also logging browser history of users without their permission and sending it to a service in China, according to ThreatPost.
Rakuten-owned Viber for iPhone has been refreshed on App Store with an upgraded architecture, an in-chat translation feature, new storage settings and other perks.
Pixelmator Pro, a very capable Photoshop alternative for Mac computers, in its most recent update has picked up Core ML-powered auto selective color adjustment and several new filters, such as the Light Leak effect and a bunch of wonderfully simulated depth-of-field looks.
We know that Apple's OLED smartphones to be released this year will be most likely named “iPhone Xs” and “iPhone Xs Max.” As for Apple's third new phone this year, the 6.1-inch budget device, the name “iPhone Xr” has reportedly been circulating as its supposed title.
To better handle data requests from law enforcement agencies, Apple plans on introducing a dedicated website for this purpose before the end of the year. This online portal will become the one-stop location law enforcement agencies worldwide can go to submit requests for data, track requests, and obtain responsive data from Apple. The company's plans were recently added to a government privacy page on the Apple website.
Apple is making it clear iOS 12 is the future of the iPhone and iPad. On Thursday, the company began alerting iOS 11 users through the Tips app about some of the new iOS 12 features coming soon. The move comes just days before the company's Fall media event on the Apple Park Campus in Cupertino, California.
The Apple-owned headphone brand Beats by Dr. Dre yesterday announced a global marketing and merchandising partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA).
French site Mobile24 published a listing of iPhone accessories. On this page, it calls the upcoming 6.1-inch LCD iPhone, the iPhone XI. This comes just days after another site, 9to5Mac, said Apple's 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch OLED iPhone models will be called the iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max, respectively.
Just days ago, 9to5Mac published what it called the first official marketing image for the next Apple Watch. Today, the site says it has figured out the "probable screen resolution" for the 42mm version of the new device. Not surprisingly, it appears the resolution on this year's model is going to improve.