Tag: Apple

Samsung launches new world cup themed ad, mocking the iPhone’s inability to fold

Samsung has today released new advert, focusing on mocking the iPhone for not having the ability to hold, like the Galaxy Z Flip4. The ad mainly focuses on a crowd of smartphones, clearly iPhone and Galaxy Z Flip4 devices, with the iPhones showing a sad emoji when they realise they can’t take part in the Mexican wave. The new ad was released on one of Samsung’s Weibo accounts, with the […]

Apple facing outage with iCloud Mail and other services

This evening (UK time), Apple is facing an outage with iCloud Mail, along with other services such as iCloud Calendar and iCloud Keychain which may be seeing slower than usual speeds. However, iCloud Mail is facing an issue since 08:57 PM BST. Just from having a check on Twitter, other users are seeing the same issue with symptoms relating to emails unable to be sent and received, with macOS showing […]

Apple Music now, finally supported natively on Tesla cars

Tesla this week, has announced that Apple Music is now available on Tesla vehicles, as part of the new holiday update that is rolling out to Tesla owners this week. The version ID is 2022.44.25 and allows support for Apple Music natively from within the Tesla UI, without having to use bluetooth from a smartphone. To access it, it will be required that the car has a subscription to Premium […]

HomePod 16.2 now available, revamps Home app architecture

Apple has today released new updates for pretty much all of its products, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad but we also get a new update for the HomePod and HomePod mini. The software release, 16.2 has limited release notes simply stating it includes “performance and stability improvements” – but this update includes much more than that. HomePod 16.2 adds support for the new and improved Home app architecture, […]

Apple releases iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2

Apple has today released iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 to the general public, which is now the second major update to the operating system since they were released back in September. iOS 16.2 follows on from iOS 16.1 which brought support for Matter, the new smart home standard, iCloud Shared Photo Library and Live Activities. iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 are both available now and can be downloaded by going […]

The latest macOS beta now lets you ring your AirTags

Apple has today released a new beta version of macOS, with 13.1 and it now adds the ability to ring your AirTag devices, directly from the Find My app. Previously, this was only possible when using the Find My app on iOS or iPadOS so it is good to see this rollout to Mac users. macOS Ventura 13.1 is expected to be released to everyone out of beta, alongside iPadOS […]

Apple to launch Emergency SOS via Satellite in the UK next week

Apple is expected to launch its new Emergency SOS via Satellite feature here in the UK next week, after it has been available in the US and Canada since mid November. We reported at the same time that Apple was planning on bringing the feature to the UK at some stage, but it now seems that Apple is gearing up to make it live as soon as next week, on […]

Tim Cook announces that Apple will be using US produced TSMC chips

Apple CEO, Tim Cook has this week announced that Apple will will soon purchase chips from TSMC that have been made in the United States. TSMC will start making chips at its factories in Arizona once they have been built, with a target to have them completed by 2026, with the first one opening in 2024. Apple has been using TSMC for a long time to produce chips for the […]

Apple is reported to start iPad production in India

Apple is reported to be starting production of the iPad in India sometime soon, as the company looks to reduce its huge reliance on China. A new report has come out this week from CNBC which outlines that Apple is currently in talks with officials from India about the manufacturing of iPad models in the country. However, so far the progress is slow and Apple does not have any “concrete plans” in […]

Elon Musk says that Apple has started advertising on Twitter again

Last week, Twitter CEO Elon Musk hit out against Apple publicly after the company had stopped running advertising on the social media platform. Musk accused Apple of hating free speech and that the company was making new demands about the moderation on Twitter. Musk also claimed that Apple was threatening to remove Twitter from the App Store. However, within a few days of saying all this, Apple CEO Tim Cook […]