Apple

Hands-on video walkthrough: Apple Watch Series 4 vs Series 3—worth the extra $120?

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 5, 2018

Apple Watch Series 4 is a seriously praised smartwatch for a good reason, but last year's Series 3 is no slouch and it comes with some pretty compelling features. You can get a baseline 38mm aluminum Series 3 with a sport band from Apple right now for as low as $279 versus $399 for a 40mm aluminum Series 4. The new Series 4 watch has been redesigned from top to bottom and offers even better features than the last year's model, but is it worth the extra $120? iDownloadBlog's video editor Harris Craycraft does the comparing for you, boys and girls, in his hands-on video walkthrough of Apple Watch Series 4 vs Series 3.

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Apple responds to Businessweek’s Chinese hacking story

Bryan M. Wolfe ∙ October 4, 2018

Earlier today, Oct. 4, Bloomberg Businessweek published a lengthy story about apparent hacking that took place against some of the biggest companies in the United States at the hands of China, including Apple and Amazon. The iPhone maker has now gone on record to discount much of what the story said. 

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Some 2018 MacBook Pro users can’t install macOS Mojave

Bryan M. Wolfe ∙ October 4, 2018

Imagine buying a 2018 MacBook Pro only to find it can't be updated to the latest operating system, macOS Mojave. Instead, you receive a weird error message during the installation process. This issue is affecting various users who have posted messages about their woes in recent days on Apple's support forums, according to AppleInsider. 

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Wi-Fi is adopting a simplified naming scheme based on version numbers

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 4, 2018

The various implementations of the ubiquitous Wi-Fi wireless protocol used to be denoted by inscrutable letters and numbers, like 802.11b, 802.11ac and so forth, confusing a lot of people who do not follow technology on a daily basis. But that's changing as Wi-Fi Alliance, the non-profit that manages the implementation of Wi-Fi, has now simplified the naming scheme by adopting comprehensible version numbers, such as Wi-Fi 5 or Wi-Fi 6.

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