macOS Big Sur 11.3 includes all-new gaming layouts with a dedicated interface for mapping buttons on the paired controller to custom keyboard and mouse combinations.
macOS Big Sur 11.3 brings customizable keyboard and mouse layouts for gaming
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Multi-user accounts with ‘Apple Card Family’ feature teased again in latest iOS 14.5 beta
Back at the beginning of February, Apple seeded the first beta of iOS 14.5 to developers. As is par for the course, new features were discovered soon after. That includes new multi-user account support for the Apple Card.
Kuo doesn’t see the iPhone nixing the Lightning port as a portless model may be in the works
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo at TF International Securities, a financial services group in the Asia-Pacific region, has predicted in a new note to clients seen by MacRumors that Apple will most likely be sticking with the Lightning port on iPhones for the “foreseeable future.”
Apple seeds third betas of iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 to developers [Updated: public betas now available]
Apple continues to march ahead with the next software updates for iOS and iPadOS. The company today seeded yet another beta of the upcoming software.
Jodie Comer rumored to star as Josephine in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon Bonaparte film ‘Kitbag’ for Apple TV+
We first heard about Kitbag, an upcoming film centered on Napoleon Bonaparte for Apple TV+, back in January of this year. The upcoming film will be directed by Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner), and star Joaquin Phoenix (Joker). And now we know who will be playing Josephine in the picture.
Apple may lose its podcast dominance to Spotify by the end of 2021
For a long while now, Apple has been the leader in podcast distribution. However, Spotify has been climbing that ladder, and that may lead to Apple being dethroned sooner rather than later.
The MLB app is no longer available for the third-generation Apple TV
Spring Training is underway right now for Major League Baseball. However, if you have a third-generation Apple TV and rely on the set-top box for watching games (when available), you'll run into a problem.
Samsung’s rotatable Sero TV finally gains AirPlay 2 compatibility with orientation support
Samsung at its virtual Unbox & Discover event showed off its 2021 lineup of TVs, monitors and soundbars, confirming that its rotatable Sero television set will soon pick up support for AirPlay, Apple's device-to-device media streaming protocol. Samsung's implementation of the feature is pretty interesting—When AirPlay 2 is used, switching between portrait and landscape on an iPhone or iPad will affect the orientation of your rotating Samsung screen.
Apple offers new insights regarding hearing health from the ongoing Hearing Study
Way back in November of 2019, Apple launched the Research app. Along with it, three separate health-related studies. One of those is the Hearing Study, which Apple is offering up some relevant information on today.
An overhauled Google TV app is getting a built-in remote control for Android TVs
A revamped Google TV app (formerly known as Google Play Movies & TV), could soon double as a remote control for Android-power TVs and, possibly, the new Chromecast with Google TV.
Apple’s Music Memos is officially dead
Keeping true to its promise, Apple has officially removed the Voice Memos app from the App Store. The app launched in 2016 to give musicians ways to capture song ideas on their iPhone.
Apple’s rumored MagSafe battery pack for iPhone 12 may feature reverse charging
Word on the street is that Apple is developing a battery pack with MagSafe technology. The upcoming accessory would attach to the back of the iPhone 12 lineup (and future iPhones), charging the device without the need for a full case. And now a new report says that accessory will boast another feature, too.