Apple

iPhone 12 MagSafe Wallet video hands-on: Should you buy it and why others are wrong?

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 12, 2020

The MagSafe Wallet is arguably the most polarizing Apple accessory for the latest iPhone 12 family of smartphones, and it takes full advantage of built-in magnets! You've probably seen some negative reviews online and complaints about this case. Our own Harris Craycraft himself has run into several issues on day one and got confused by a few aspects of this case. But when he actually started using it, it became clear to him what Apple was trying to achieve with this wallet accessory. We thought you might like to learn more about why Harris changed his initial opinion about the MagSafe Wallet, so we created a video about it.

Apple engineers explain how the M1 silicon came to exist

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 12, 2020

Apple’s most senior engineers and its marketing chief sat down with The Independent to discuss the company's new M1 laptop chip that's replacing Intel silicon in Macs.

Philips Hue brings HomeKit Adaptive Lighting support to its Ambiance smart lights

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 12, 2020

Following a period of beta testing, Philips Hue customers can now take advantage of HomeKit’s new Adaptive Lighting feature in the company's Ambiance smart light products.

HomePod mini reviews roundup: great sound for a compact design

Evan Selleck ∙ November 12, 2020

Apple announced its newest smart speaker, the HomePod mini, earlier this year. It went up for pre-order last week, and launches Monday, November 16.

A teardown confirms that the iPhone 12 Pro Max battery is only 3,687 mAh

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 12, 2020

A user in China posted on the country's microblogging site Weibo images of an iPhone 12 Pro Max that has been torn apart to reveal a 3,687 mAh battery inside the device.

Instagram adds Reels and Shop tabs, its first home screen redesign in years

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 12, 2020

Facebook-owned Instagram is adding the Reels and Shop tabs to the home screen of its mobile app for iOS and Android, a major change to the app's layout for the first time in years.

Early benchmarks show M1 outperforming every Mac ever made in single-core scores

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 12, 2020

Just how much faster Apple's new M1 chip is when pitted against its Intel silicon counterparts? Well, someone with access to Apple's new M1-powered Macs submitted alleged Geekbench 5 scores showing the chip outperforming every Mac ever made in single-core performance.

The highly-anticipated mythic adventure “The Pathless“ launches on Apple Arcade

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 12, 2020

The mythic adventure “The Pathless“ is now available on the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV as part of the $5 per month Apple Arcade game-subscription service.

Oprah’s interview of Barack Obama will air November 17 on Apple TV+ show ‘The Oprah Conversation’

Evan Selleck ∙ November 11, 2020

We first heard about The Oprah Conversations way back in July of this year. The new series premiered at the end of that month, and now an upcoming free episode will center around former President of the United States, Barack Obama.

Apple’s TestFlight app for iOS adds support for automatic updates and more

Evan Selleck ∙ November 11, 2020

Apple has issued a relatively minor update to its TestFlight app, but has added a new feature to the mix anyway.

Windows emulation for M1-powered Macs is in active development, Parallels confirms

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated December 1, 2020

When Apple announced the switch away from Intel chips this summer, many people have been wondering about Boot Camp's future. And while Apple has only said that Boot Camp will not work with the new M1-powered Mac computers, companies that build virtualization software may provide a solution down the road. Parallels Desktop, a popular virtualization app for Mac systems with Intel chips, announced today that a new version of the app that can run on these new Mac computers equipped with the Apple M1 chip is in “active development.”

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says a new iPhone SE probably won’t be announced in early 2021

Evan Selleck ∙ November 11, 2020

Apple announced a brand new iPhone SE earlier this year, but renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo doesn't believe a successor will see the light of day soon.