Carriers generally dislike Apple's stringent terms of business, but they rarely complain out of fear of losing access to the company's iconic smartphone. And now, a new report citing multiple unknown sources alleges that the Cupertino technology giant strong-armed cable companies into selling more iPads and Apple TVs in return for access to iPhone.
iOS 13 has brought detailed street view imagery to Apple Maps thanks to the company's LiDAR-outfitted vehicles that have been roaming the streets of major cities in the US and around the world for years now, dutifully capturing high resolution street-level imagery.
Huawei has postponed launching Mate X, its first foldable smartphone, after seeing rival Samsung pull pre-orders for its Galaxy Fold device. Meanwhile, US carrier AT&T has cancelled all pre-orders for Samsung's ill-fated foldable after reviewers experienced various screen failures and a teardown revealed baffling engineering incompetencies and design flaws.
Apple is showing off a handful of new additions to the Home app and HomeKit in general, offering up more iCloud-backed secure options for the smart house.
iOS 13 brings a more advanced Files app for iPhone that lets you access external storage devices, including SD cards and USB flash drives, as well as use file servers, archive and unarchive files, share iCloud folders via a link, manage Safari and Mail downloads, and more.
If you have a Fusion Drive-equipped Mac running macOS Mojave and you've run into Boot Camp issues, then Apple has a quick patch to help iron the issues out.
Supporting custom fonts in iOS has been an oft-requested feature by some for years, and Apple is finally going to introduce support later this year.
Later this year, Apple is going to launch the brand new, ridiculously powerful Mac Pro. Ahead of that, Apple has decided to update Logic Pro X to tap into the new desktop workstation's "tremendous power".
Spam calls are annoying, and annoyingly abundant. But Apple is making a change to the phone app that aims to help with that.
While it was brief, Apple discussed a new feature coming to the music listening experience with iOS 13 (and tvOS 13) later this year.
Apple has taken a bit of an irregular update approach to its MacBook lineup over the last few years, with the company leaning away from a yearly refresh for most models. As a result, some, like the 12-inch MacBook, haven't been upgraded for quite some time. But it looks like Apple is gearing up to offer new choices in the near future.
Apple took some time at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote to discuss HomePod, and how iOS 13 will help improve the company's first smart speaker.