• Band of thieves swipe $13K in iPhones from busy Apple store

    Band of thieves swipe $13K in iPhones from busy Apple store
    Continuing in a string of Apple retail thefts, a bold band of burglars earlier this week made off with 19 iPhones worth some $13,000 from a busy store in Natick, Mass., according to local reports.
  • Apple opens fourth Developer Academy in Indonesia

    Apple opens fourth Developer Academy in Indonesia
    Apple has announced a new Apple Developer Academy for Bali, which will have a nine-month program teaching coding, marketing and all the skills to create apps.
    Members of the Apple Developer Academies in Indonesia
    In 2018, Apple opened its first Apple Developer Academy in Indonesia, and since expanded it from Jakarta to Surabaya and Batam. Over 2,000 students have attended and Apple says that 90% of its graduates have gone on to what it calls meaningful employment."We've seen many times over that
  • How to add a Quick Link for locations in Apple Maps in macOS

    How to add a Quick Link for locations in Apple Maps in macOS
    Apple Maps on macOS allows you to add Quick Links to locations in the sidebar for easier access. Here's how to add the shortcuts.
    Apple Maps
    Recent improvements in Apple Maps on macOS provide a host of new features. One of the recent improvements in Apple Maps is the ability to click some points of interest and then add them to the Maps sidebar as shortcuts, which Apple calls Quick Links.When you add a Quick Link to the sidebar in Apple Maps, you can later single-click it and zoom quickly to tha
  • Spotify listeners may finally get lossless audio -- but at a cost

    Spotify listeners may finally get lossless audio -- but at a cost
    Spotify is preparing to unveil its long-rumored lossless audio feature, but the company won't be taking Apple Music's approach.
    Lossless audio & AirPods optimization coming to Spotify
    The concept of Spotify offering lossless audio isn't new. Initially dubbed "Spotify HiFi," the idea was first teased in 2021, hinting at a premium subscription model named "Supremium." However, it seems Spotify has revised its strategy, opting for an add-on model instead.The new feature, "Music Pro," isn't a re
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  • Deals: get a free $40 gift card with a Costco membership

    Deals: get a free $40 gift card with a Costco membership
    For a limited time, score a free Costco Shop Card valued at $40 with a 1-year Gold Star Costco membership.
    Get a free Costco gift card with membership.
    The best Costco membership deal we've seen is back, delivering a free $40 digital Shop Card with a 1-year $60 Gold Star membership. This offer is hosted by StackCommerce and is valid for new members only (or members whose memberships have been expired for more than 18 months) located in the U.S. or Puerto Rico.Grab the deal
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  • Apple's iOS 18 AI will be on-device preserving privacy, and not server-side

    Apple's iOS 18 AI will be on-device preserving privacy, and not server-side
    Apple's AI push in iOS 18 is rumored to focus on privacy with processing done directly on the iPhone, that won't connect to cloud services.
    Siri is expected to get a big upgrade with iOS 18
    Over the past few months, we've heard a lot about Apple's endeavors in Artificial Intelligence and the features it aims to introduce later this year with iOS 18 and macOS 15. Various sources have all claimed that Apple would introduce AI-related enhancements.It looks like the initial batch of features will fu
  • Japan to seek up to 20% fine for monopolistic practices by Apple

    Japan to seek up to 20% fine for monopolistic practices by Apple
    Japan is poised to dramatically increase the penalties for tech giants accused of monopolistic practices like Apple.
    New Japanese laws could slap Apple with up to 20% sales penalty
    In an extensive global effort to limit the power of major technology companies, the Japanese government plans to revise its antitrust regulations. The strategy could lead to fines for anti-competitive activities such as unfairly restricting access to app markets, potentially increasing to 20% of pertinent sales.Simila
  • Apple's iPhone 16 Pro Camera Will Reportedly Produce Less Lens Flare - CNET

    Apple's iPhone 16 Pro Camera Will Reportedly Produce Less Lens Flare     - CNET
    Details about Apple's iPhone 16 lineup continue to leak ahead of its expected launch this fall. Here's a look at what we might see.
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  • Best Apple iPhone SE Case for 2024 - CNET

    Best Apple iPhone SE Case for 2024     - CNET
    The iPhone SE might be old, but if you're still rocking one, protect it with one of these gorgeous and budget-friendly cases.
  • Got an iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max? You'll Want to Explore These 3 New Features - CNET

    Got an iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max? You'll Want to Explore These 3 New Features     - CNET
    Take advantage of all that your iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max has to offer.
  • Drama about emulators on the App Store has only just begun

    Drama about emulators on the App Store has only just begun
    The weekend drama surrounding emulation on the App Store isn't the first one, and it won't be the last. Here's what you need to know about emulators in the App Store and the complexities surrounding them.
    Emulation is coming to the App Store - eventually
    To make a long weekend saga short, a developer released a GameBoy Advance emulator called iGBA onto the App Store. However, this was, in essence, a clone of GBA4iOS and the follow-on Delta. The latter of which has already been approved for distr
  • Australian court is the latest to attack Apple on behalf of rich corporations

    Australian court is the latest to attack Apple on behalf of rich corporations
    Apple Fellow Phil Schiller has been testifying in an Australian Federal Court about the origins of the App Store in 2008, and it's just the latest example of pointless attacks on the company.
    Phil Schiller (left) and Steve Jobs with the first online App Store promo
    Let's be clear — Apple has apparently shafted suppliers, and its illegal anti-union measures are shameful, but it doesn't get criticized for any of that. What it gets hauled over courts for is the fact that it has the temerity t
  • Morgan Stanley fires back at iPhone doomsday research

    Morgan Stanley fires back at iPhone doomsday research
    One investment firm isn't so sold on tales of disastrous iPhone order cuts, and instead, is bullish on what they see as better than expected order volume across Apple's supply chain.
    iPhone 15 Pro Max — Apple's current sales leader
    In what has become an annual tradition, reports have emerged out of China of a potentially terrible year of iPhone sales. In the spring, supply chain estimates are made, and they are invariably said to be deep cuts in estimated sales volumes, beyond what investm
  • Apple uses a unique method to stream and present immersive video

    Apple uses a unique method to stream and present immersive video
    Apple's take on immersive video for the Apple Vision Pro is a departure from typical fisheye projections, incorporating an interesting twist for the high-resolution headset.
    A fisheye lens on an iPhone
    Headsets providing VR and AR experiences often offer immersive video to users as well. This can take the form of Spatial Video, providing a 3D effect, but also 360-degree video that favors surrounding the viewer with content.Apple has also released immersive video clips, namely 180-degree 3D video
  • Deals: Apple's M2 Mac mini (16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) plunges to $899

    Deals: Apple's M2 Mac mini (16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) plunges to $899
    The lowest price of 2024 is in effect now on a top-selling Mac mini configuration, with bonus savings available on three years of AppleCare with promo code.
    Get a well-equipped Mac mini for $899.
    The current Mac mini is $100 off in the latest price war, bringing the price down to $899 for the M2 configuration with 16GB of unified memory and a 512GB SSD at multiple Apple resellers.Buy for $899
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  • iPhone 15 Series Compared: Which Model Suits You? - CNET

    iPhone 15 Series Compared: Which Model Suits You?     - CNET
    Apple's latest iPhone 15 series has four different models, each with its own price and set of features. Here's how the lineup stacks up.
  • Smart coffee maker, Qi2 chargers, Aqara P2 motion sensor, & more on HomeKit Insider

    Smart coffee maker, Qi2 chargers, Aqara P2 motion sensor, & more on HomeKit Insider
    On this episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, we dive into the new Google My Devices network, Aqara's motion sensor, Fellow's new smart coffee machine — Aiden, and look at more Qi2 devices.
    HomeKit Insider Podcast
    Since the last episode, Google officially launched its Find My Devices network. This is the Android-equivalent to Apple's own Find My program.Some devices, like the Pixel 8 can be found while offline and devices can be put into lost mode when you're unable to locate them.
    Conti
  • Adobe's generative AI video tools are coming soon to Premiere Pro

    Adobe's generative AI video tools are coming soon to Premiere Pro
    Adobe is expanding its AI offerings in video, including generative AI tools for Premiere Pro as well as creating a video model for its Firefly model collection.
    Adobe Premiere Pro's generative AI can remove items from a scene
    Adobe has been increasing its use of AI in its creative tool suite, providing artists and designers with ways to use the fast-developing technology for images. Now, Adobe is turning its attention more towards video.In a preview of its AI changes on Monday, Adobe claims it w
  • Adobe's generative AI video tools are coming soon to Premier Pro

    Adobe's generative AI video tools are coming soon to Premier Pro
    Adobe is expanding its AI offerings in video, including generative AI tools for Premiere Pro as well as creating a video model for its Firefly model collection.
    Adobe Premiere Pro's generative AI can remove items from a scene
    Adobe has been increasing its use of AI in its creative tool suite, providing artists and designers with ways to use the fast-developing technology for images. Now, Adobe is turning its attention more towards video.In a preview of its AI changes on Monday, Adobe claims it w
  • Rumor: iPhone 16 Pro camera coating could reduce lens flare

    Rumor: iPhone 16 Pro camera coating could reduce lens flare
    A leak about the iPhone 16 Pro claims that a new coating will be used on the camera lens, which could cut back flares and improving image quality.
    The cameras of the iPhone 15 Pro Max
    It's already been repeatedly rumored that the iPhone 16 Pro will get the tetraprism lens that was previously exclusive to the iPhone 15 Pro Max. A new rumor says that the next Pro models will get the new lens coating.According to leaker Yeux1122 on their blog, Apple will use a technology called Atomic Layer Deposit
  • Removal of App Store's first emulator leaves more questions than answers

    Removal of App Store's first emulator leaves more questions than answers
    The controversial GBA4iOS that hit the top of the App Store is gone, and the rules Apple cited for its removal leave us with more questions than answers about the future of emulators on the platform.
    Emulator app iGBA is accused of copying another developer's work without license
    Shortly after Apple changed its App Store rules to allow for game console emulators to be submitted, the first few are beginning to become available. However, one of them, iGBA, is now accused of being a knock-off of GB
  • iPhone sales drop 10% as Samsung steadies and Chinese rivals grow

    iPhone sales drop 10% as Samsung steadies and Chinese rivals grow
    New figures show that Apple's global iPhone sales declined by over five million in the first quarter of 2024, compared to the same time in 2023.
    Apple's iPhone 15 Pro (left) and Samsung's Galaxy S24
    In March, it was reported that Apple had cut its iPhone orders because of reduced demand in China, but IDC now says that the decline is worldwide. The research firm also says that of all the major smartphone makers, Apple had the sharpest year on year decline.IDC's research claims that Apple shipped
  • Tim Cook visits Vietnam as Apple looks to boost supply chain relationships

    Tim Cook visits Vietnam as Apple looks to boost supply chain relationships
    Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Hanoi, Vietnam for a two-day trip in which he is due to meet suppliers, app developers and students.
    Tim Cook (left) with musicians My Linh and My Anh in Hanoi
    Vietnam is one of the countries, along with India, that are benefitting from Apple's moves to reduce its over-reliance on China. As well as increasing manufacturing for AirPods and Apple Vision Pro, Apple has also moved some iPad development work there.According to local publication VNExpress, Cookarrived in Hanoi
  • App Store's first emulator looks like it's an ad-loaded knockoff [u]

    App Store's first emulator looks like it's an ad-loaded knockoff [u]
    The developer of Gameboy emulator GBA4iOS says the top-ranking version on the App Store is a fraudulent knock off of his work that Apple should not have approved.
    Emulator app iGBA is accused of copying another developer's work without license
    Shortly after Apple changed its App Store rules to allow for game console emulators to be submitted, the first few are beginning to become available. However, one of them, iGBA, is now accused of being a knock-off of GBA4iOS by Riley Testut.
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  • App Store's first emulator looks like it's an ad-loaded knockoff

    App Store's first emulator looks like it's an ad-loaded knockoff
    The developer of Gameboy emulator GBA4iOS says the top-ranking version on the App Store is a fraudulent knock off of his work that Apple should not have approved.
    Emulator app iGBA is accused of copying another developer's work without license
    Shortly after Apple changed its App Store rules to allow for game console emulators to be submitted, the first few are beginning to become available. However, one of them, iGBA, is now accused of being a knock-off of GBA4iOS by Riley Testut.
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  • Apple Music execs reveal months of work behind releasing Taylor Swift's new album

    Apple Music execs reveal months of work behind releasing Taylor Swift's new album
    Apple Music teams were working extensively with Taylor Swift to ready her new album and its promotion long before "The Tortured Poets Department" is due to be released.
    Taylor Swift (Source: Apple Music)
    Taylor Swift was Apple Music's artist of the year for 2023, so naturally it was going to put some effort into promoting her next release on the streamer. Bringing out a new album on Apple Music is never just about pressing a button, however.Ahead of the actual launch on April 19, 2024, the most
  • Crash Detection helps police locate teenagers killed in New Zealand

    Crash Detection helps police locate teenagers killed in New Zealand
    New Zealand authorities say that Apple's iPhone Crash Detection was instrumental in helping them find the site where two teenage women were killed in an off-road crash.
    Apple's Crash Detection feature
    Teenagers Joanna Beach and Bondi Reihana Richmond died in a crash in Mount Richmond Forest Park, toward the northernmost of New Zealand's south island. They were in a four-wheel drive (4WD), driving through Beebys Knob Track at 11:00 P.M. local time on Monday, April 8, 2024, when the accident happe
  • When to expect every Mac to get the AI-based M4 processor

    When to expect every Mac to get the AI-based M4 processor
    Apple will reportedly update its entire Mac line to the M4 processor, beginning in late 2024 and concluding with the Mac Pro in the second half of 2025.
    The 14-inch MacBook Pro is to be the first to gain the M4 processor
    Following reports that Apple is planning an M4 processor with AI features for the Mac, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has revealed an expected release schedule for the whole range. Writing in his "Power On" newsletter, he says that the transition will, unsurprisingly, start with the Ma
  • Crime blotter: Arrests made in Naperville Apple Store theft

    Crime blotter: Arrests made in Naperville Apple Store theft
    In the latest Apple Crime Blotter, NASA iPad thefts were investigated, stolen credit cards were used at an Apple Store, and iPhones were stolen from a Philadelphia AT&T Store.
    The Apple Store in Naperville, Ill.The latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of Apple-related crime.
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  • Game emulators arrive in App Store following rule changes

    Game emulators arrive in App Store following rule changes
    Just over a week after Apple changed rules to allow game emulators on iPhone and iPad, the first have made their way into the App Store.
    Emulators arrive on iPhone
    Apple made a change to guideline 4.7 of the App Store Review Guidelines in early April, reversing a rule that effectively banned the submission of console and classic game emulators for iOS and iPadOS.The change, which specifically allows apps to run "software that is not embedded in the binary," with "retro game console emulator apps

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