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Apple’s New iPhones Have A Nasty Surprise
While Apple AAPL +0.84% seems keen to tease its biggest iPhone plans (for obvious reasons), the company will be a lot less happy that this penny-pinching decision has leaked out… ‘Great Secret Features’ and ‘Nasty Surprises’ are my regular columns investigating the best features / biggest problems hidden behind the headlines.Apple iPhone XI conceptCONCEPT CREATORSpeaking to official accessory makers,...
Apple disables Group FaceTime following major security flaw
Apple has temporarily disabled its Group FaceTime feature in iOS and macOS to fix a major security flaw. A bug in Apple’s FaceTime video calling feature has allowed anyone to call a phone or Mac and listen in before the other person picks up. The flaw works by adding yourself to a...
Apple employees met with AR waveguide technology suppliers at CES 2019
Apple engineers and key personnel were at the Consumer Electronics Show in January to preview parts and technology integral to the creation of augmented reality glasses, lending credence to rumors that the iPhone maker intends to launch a pair of branded AR glasses as soon as 2020. More than half a...
The Mac App Store welcomes Office 365
Today, Office 365 is available for the first time on the Mac App Store, making it easier than ever for Mac users to download Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and the whole suite of Microsoft’s popular apps. Users can also purchase a subscription for Office 365 from within the apps, so they...
Apple predicts you’ll use your iPhone as a flashlight when the world ends
Climate change is a disaster, but at least it might make people value their iPhones more.That’s the key prediction in Apple’s environmental impact report, filed last year to the British nonprofit Carbon Disclosure Project and surfaced by Bloomberg’s Christopher Flavelle this week. CDP collected these impact reports — which include “risks and...
Apple’s new 13-inch entry-level MacBook to launch in September, will cost $1,200
Apple is speculated to launch its entry-level MacBook with Intel’s 14nm Kaby Lake processor in September. As per a Digitimes report, which quotes industry sources, the MacBook variant could be priced at $1,200 (or approx Rs 83,700). The laptop is expected to be unveiled alongside three new 2018 iPhone models...
Independence Day in Pakistan
Pakistan’s Independence Day, which is annually held on August 14, celebrates the country’s independence from the British rule on that date in 1947. This day is an occasion to promote patriotism and national unity.Pakistan Independence Day
Many people dress in or use the colors green and white, which are Pakistan’s official...
Apple gives MacBook Pro keyboard rubber pants
Teardown drills into new design
By Andrew Orlowski 16 Jul 2018 at 12:30 18 Reg comments SHARE ▼
Apple has applied a prophylactic to its butterfly MacBook Pro keyboard, teardown specialist iFixit discovered after taking apart a model from the refreshed line.Apple said that the new range, announced last week, would...
Apple celebrates World Emoji Day
New emoji characters including redhead and bald options make it even easier to personalize every message.
More than 70 new emoji characters are coming to iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac later this year in a free software update. The new emoji designs, created based on approved characters in Unicode 11.0,...
Trillion-dollar companies – will Apple get the first bite?
The race to become America’s first trillion-dollar company is likely to be settled sooner rather than later, with Apple in pole position to finally cross the 13-digit threshold.Recently valued at $950 billion, the iPhone maker is within touching distance, and might well attain trillionaire status when it announces its second-quarter...