Amazon has today launched a new app on the Mac App Store. Prime Video is now available to download, free of charge and it works on Intel machines as well as M1, with full support for offline viewing too, just like its iOS and iPadOS counterparts. Many of the iOS features are supported, such as Picture-in-Picture and AirPlay as well as in app purchases for rentals and other items. The […]
Last week, Apple’s software engineering chief Craig Federighi spoke about his and Apple’s views on privacy and sideloading on the iPhone at the Web Summit conference, saying that allowing sideloading on iPhone would be “a criminals best friend.” Apple CEO Tim Cook has followed up on this to cement this saying that with iPhone, Apple focuses on users security and privacy. Cook said that allowing sideloading on iPhone was not […]
Apple has today announced that Alex Gorsky, the CEO and chairman of Johnson & Johnson has joined its its board of directors. Gorsky has been working at Johnson & Johnson since 1988, eventually working his way up the chain to become CEO in 2012. He is scheduled to step down as CEO on 3rd January 2022, but will run as executive chairman afterwards. “Alex has long been a visionary in […]
It has been recently reported by Bloomberg that Apple in the US may no longer require customers to wear masks in some of its retail stores across the country. Apple has 270 stores state side and over 100 stores are reported to start dropping the requirement from tomorow. After careful review, the Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) team, along with leadership, have determined it’s safe to update our guidance on […]
It has been reported by Strategy Analytics that the M1 MacBook Air has helped ship around 6.5 million laptops in the third quarter of 2021, thanks to strong demand for the fan-less, M1 machine. Thanks to the boost in sales, Apple is now number four in the world, in terms of laptop shipments. Lenovo was third place for Q3 2021, with 5% year on year growth, but Apple saw 10% […]
Apple has today released software version 15.1.1 for HomePod and HomePod mini, which addresses an issue that could cause the Podcasts app not to play any podcasts. You can update the HomePod OS on your device from the Home app, otherwise it’ll happen automatically.
Apple this week has released tvOS 15.1.1 for the Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K. This minor update brings support for Siri, App Store and the TV app to South Korea. tvOS usually updates automatically, but if you want to manually upgrade, it can be done so by going to Settings > System > Software Update.
Speaking at the Web Summit conference today in Portugal Apple’s software engineering chief Craig Federighi spoke about his and Apple’s views on privacy and sideloading on the iPhone. This follows the recent provision from the EU with the Digital Markets Act that would force Apple to allow sideloading on the iPhone. Federighi said that sideloading is a criminals best friend and that it would open the floodgates to malware on […]
Beats this week has culled a handful of products from its line up, including the Powerbeats, Beats Solo Pro and the Beats EP. The Beats Solo Pro are on ear headphones and were introduced in 2019, with ANC, a Lightning port and the folding mechanism for a way to turn on and off the headphones. Powerbeats were introduced last year and replaced the older Powerbeats 3, with a design similar […]
Apple has this week marked the iPad 4th generation from 2012 as officially obsolete. The fourth generation was introduced just a few months after the third generation, which itself was the first iPad to feature the now standard Retina display, which at the time the only other devices to feature it was the iPod touch 4th and 5th generation and the iPhone 4 and 4s. As of 1st November the […]
