You gotta feel for an average consumer who has to be nothing if not confused about the meaning of the "Apple TV" brand name. Is it just a media streamer or an app or both? if you suffix "Apple TV" with "+", it becomes a brand name for a new video-streaming service from Apple. One thing is certain: Tim Cook & Co. surely aren't making things any easier for non-techies who are left to figure this stuff out on their own.
Privacy-focused Internet search engine DuckDuckGo has announced the re-release of Internet Privacy Essentials for Mac Safari. It's available for free download from the Mac App Store.
Apple closed the signing window for two different iOS versions for various handsets Wednesday evening, including 13.1.2 and 13.1.3.
It’s regular practice for Apple to stop signing older versions of iOS after a newer release has been available for some time. Doing so both prevents software downgrades by the jailbreak-savvy and encourages software updates for everyone else to ensure users take advantage of the latest features and security patches.
Going back to work after you've had a kid, or kids, can be pretty rough. But some companies out there try to make the transition back to the work day a little easier, and Apple is making some changes in that regard.
On Friday, November 1, Apple launched its video streaming service, Apple TV+. With it came a handful of shows including one called See, which stars Jason Momoa (Aquaman, Game of Thrones) and Alfre Woodard (The Lion King), among others.
Apple's recent announcement that it's partnered with the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA) to make the VA's own Health Records system accessible within the Health application on the iPhone got me thinking: What the hell is wrong with my own health care provider? I'm not a vet but I almost wish I were, if it would simplify this process. Because the way I access my own information is a raging dumpster fire.
If you've liked Niles Mitchell's "Will It Work" video series in which he attempts to make his iOS devices work with all sorts of retro computer equipment, like an Iomega Zip drive, you're going to love this one showing connecting a magneto optical disk to his iPhone.
One of the more exciting new additions coming to Apple TV+ is a psychological thriller from M. Night Shyamalan (Split, The Sixth Sense) called Servant. And now we have an official trailer.
The Potential-x team has created a pair of productivity-boosting earbuds, called FocusBuds, that take advantage of EEG neurofeedback to help users get into the flow state.
As previously suspected, Amazon appears to be in an early testing phase of a new feature that'd let customers track workouts with their Echo Buds earbuds, which unveiled in September.
Before the end of October, it was reported that iOS 13.2 --which launched to the public not too long ago-- boasts some pretty "aggressive" RAM management, leaving many users to helplessly watch as their apps and Safari tabs reload constantly.
Screen Time is a way for Apple to try and let iOS users keep tabs on their digital health on a regular basis. And now there's a new tool being baked into the feature.