Tag: Apple

Visa now supports Apple Pay in Japan

Starting today, Visa will now be supporting Apple Pay in Japan for its credit and debit cards. This means that for Visa cards that have been issued by Aplus, SMBC Finance Service, NTT DoCoMo, Credit Saison, JACCS, Mitsui Sumitomo Bank Card, and Rakuten will now be able to add cards to iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch and iPad. Japan as a culture is a cash prominent society, despite this the country […]

Facebook is telling iOS 14.5 users to enable tracking, to keep its apps ‘free of charge’

Apple released iOS 14.5 last week and it added support for App Tracking Transparency, a set of rules for app developers Apple has instigated after much delay as it was supposed to launch with iOS 14 back in September. App Tracking Transparency gives control back to the users on whether or not apps can collect information about you and then use it to track you on other apps and even […]

Apple releases minor update, iOS and iPadOS 14.5.1 with bug fixes

Today, Apple has released minor updates to iOS and iPadOS which follow on from iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 it released last week. This new update address one main bug fix with App Tracking Transparency where users wouldn’t actually get the prompt for apps to request tracking, even if it was enabled. Apple has also released watchOS 7.4.1, its changes are yet unknown – as well as iOS 12.5.3 for […]

Apple had AirTag ready two years ago, at least

Apple launched AirTag last week and today was the day the product was made available to those who pre-ordered last week. However AirTag has been rumoured for two years at this stage wit multiple leaks claiming that Apple was working on a Tile like device for tracking keys and more. It turns out, Apple was working on this for at least two years, as customers received AirTag today and the […]

Apple makes new iMac, iPad Pro and Apple TV 4K available to order

Earlier today, Apple made the new M1 iMac, M1 iPad Pro and the refreshed Apple TV 4K available to order as well as the first shipments of AirTags made it to customers. The M1 iMac starts at £1,249 / $1,299, M1 iPad Pro at £749 / $799 and the new Apple TV 4K at £169, with that new redesigned Siri remote. Orders went live earlier today, so naturally shipment times […]

Apple now has to offer three years warranty in Spain

Soon, Apple will have to start offering longer warranties on its products when sold in Spain to customers. Warranties will have to be for three years total soon as the Spanish Council of Ministers has approved the change. There will also be some new regulations in place to govern how long companies must keep spares for too, extending that from five to ten years. The policy will come into effect soon, […]

Apple releases iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 with support for Apple Watch unlocking and more

Yesterday, Apple released iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad with a whole host of new features including Apple Watch unlocking for iPhone if you’re wearing a mask, 5G dual SIM support and more. Apple Maps users can now report speed cameras, localised incidents on the road, Apple Music now has the ability to share lyrics with friends and Apple Fitness+ supports AirPlay 2 – as […]

Tim Cook says Apple is now selling more M1 Macs than Intel ones

During the most recent Apple event this week, where the company unveiled the all new M1 powered iMac, AirTags, new Apple TV and purple iPhone 12, Tim Cook revealed that Apple is now selling more M1 powered Macs than Intel based ones, despite only releasing the other models not that long ago. Apple revealed the M1 chip in the MacBook Air, Mac mini and 13-inch MacBook Pro around 5 months […]

Apple AirTags and purple iPhone 12 now available to pre-order

Following Apple’s announcements earlier this week with the new AirTags, new iMac, new iPad Pro and a new colour option for the iPhone 12 – Apple has now put the purple iPhone 12 and AirTags up for pre-order starting today with both to be generally available next week on 30th April. AirTags are the new small circle device trackers which are £29 / $29 each or for a pack of […]

Apple Pay to launch in Israel next month

According to some reports in the country, Apple Pay is due to launch in Israel next month. As highlighted by MacRumors, the site Calaclist has reported that Apple is now expected to launch the payment service in Israel in the first week of May, which is due to a last minute change. Some reports that have come out recently have at the time, suggested that Apple Pay was due to […]