Apple has this afternoon announced a new media event taking place next week on 8th March, the event titled ‘Peek Performance’ will take place at the usual time of 10:00am Pacific Time (6pm UK time) and will once again be conducted remotely with no in person guests, as Apple did in 2020 and 2021. Apple has likely already pre-recorded it and it’ll be taking place from the Steve Jobs Theatre within […]
Microsoft has announced this week that its OneDrive client for macOS has now been updated to support Apple’s latest Apple Silicon Mac computers. Microsoft has been testing this new version since last year and should run faster as the emulation from Rosetta 2 will no longer be needed as the app is now native to the new chips. Microsoft provided a statement on the OneDrive Blog this week: “We’re excited […]
Apple has announced recently that at many of its US based stores, it will no longer been enforcing the requirement for customers to wear face masks. This news comes from a Bloomberg report and states that this relax in the rules is due to the local guidelines and several US states changing as well as an overall drop in COVID-19 cases in the country. Apple says that its employees have been told […]
Apple is now classing its fourth-generation iPad from 2012 as obsolete. This model was announced in November 2012 and was the very first iPad Apple released with the then new Lightning connector. At the same event, Apple released the very first iPad mini too. The fourth-generation iPad was marked as obsolete back in November 2021, but this week the company has now updated its public list of obsolete devices and […]
Apple has recently and rather quietly, released a new web extension for Chrome. The Shazam extension is available now for both Windows and Mac Chrome users and allows quick access to the app to help you identify and songs you have playing. Since Apple acquired Shazam in 2017, the company has slowly been integrating the service into a lot of places. Apple has integration with Apple Music in the Shazam […]
Apple has recently announces a new feature for the iPhone, which will allow remote merchants and shops to take credit card payments while on the road, similar to how dedicated hardware from Square and SumUp works. The new ‘Tap to Pay on iPhone’ feature will allow businesses and contractors to take payments for goods and services without the need for additional hardware, customers just tap their card, watch or phone […]
According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple is giving many of its US based retail staff a pay rise. The company is said to be increasing wages for many of its store based staff in the country by around 10 percent. The main reason for this being, staff complaints, inflation and more. The increases in pay were announced earlier this week during store meetings, says Bloomberg. However, not all members of staff will […]
Apple is leading the headphone market in the US right now, thanks to its success with AirPods and Beats. Apple debuted AirPods in 2016 alongside the iPhone 7 which was the same year the company removed the 3.5mm headphone jack from it. Since then, Apple has been expanding its product line of wireless headphones, with now the third generation of AirPods on sale, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max. Beats is […]
Since Apple announced its Apple Music service in 2015, it has offered a three month free trial for new users. However, starting this week Apple has now reduced this down to just one month, this is affecting users in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Japan and more. Apple is still offering a six month free trial with a qualifying purchase of a HomePod, Beats or AirPods product and the pricing […]
Apple has this week released a minor update for the Apple Watch, with watchOS 8.4.1. This release is only available for Series 4 and later and addresses some fixes for the ongoing charging issue some users are seeing. To update, go to the Apple Watch app on iPhone, then General > Software Update.
