Apple botched the notch on the MacBook Pros by leaving out Face ID; the bezels are smaller but not ultrathin like on Dell and HP rivals
All the downsides of the notch, without the Face ID benefits — The day that many have been dreading has finally arrived. Apple has added a notch to its new MacBook Pros.
Review of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, which are now available: focus modes are great, Safari update is an acquired taste, and iOS' Dark Sky-style Weather is excellent
Apple's latest updates lay good groundwork, but don't add many big new features — iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 are strange updates.
Amazon announces its next hardware and services event will be on September 28 at 9am PT
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge :
A fair reading of the Epic vs. Apple injunction suggests that Apple needs to allow third-party payment methods in the app and not just links to ones on the web
it specified buttons and external links, which means they are presumed to be distinct. So a button can't just be an external link that kicks you to Safari.” - good read by @reckle...
Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple, ruling that Apple can't prohibit developers from linking to external purchase options in addition to IAP
A major win for Epic Games and Fortnite — Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers issued a permanent injunction in the Epic v. Apple case … Source: United States District Court .
Samsung announces Galaxy Z Flip3 with an internal 6.7" 120Hz display, a 1.9" external screen, 8GB RAM, and Snapdragon 888, starting at $999, shipping August 27
One of the first thoughts around foldable smartphones is a high price tag, but that tune is changing.
The current version of Apple's Weather app won't show 69 degrees, rounding a degree, potentially due to sourcing data in Celsius and converting to Fahrenheit
It's not so nice — If you're an iPhone user, the weather is always a particularly nice 70 degrees. Or 68 degrees.
The current version of Apple's Weather app won't show 69 degrees, rounding a degree, potentially due to sourcing data in Celsius and converting to Fahrenheit
It's not so nice — If you're an iPhone user, the weather is always a particularly nice 70 degrees. Or 68 degrees.
Nintendo unveils an updated Switch with a larger 7" 720p OLED display, 64GB storage, improved audio, but the same CPU and RAM, on sale starting Oct. 8 for $350
As iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 public betas arrive, an in-depth look at Focus, Safari's revamped UI, iPad multitasking, SharePlay, and other new features
Federico Viticci / MacStories :
As iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 public betas arrive, an in-depth look at Focus, Safari's revamped UI, iPad multitasking, SharePlay, and other new features
Federico Viticci / MacStories :
A timeline of Google's long list of mostly-defunct messaging apps and services, starting in 2004 with Gmail and progressing to Google Talk, Hangouts, and Allo
the company's latest shot at revamping its messaging strategy into a cohesive whole. So I tried to break down the past 15 years of what Google's tried to make some sense out of it ...
Zoom officially launches Immersive View, which assembles up to 25 video conference participants in one scene, for all free and individual Pro Zoom accounts
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Internal documents show that Google is working on two Pixel phones powered by its own “Whitechapel” SoC, which is being developed in partnership with Samsung
and it's a very big change Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Pixel 6 Could Feature Google's First Mobile Processor Joanna Nelius / Gizmodo : Pixel 6 Will Reportedly Be the First Phone Wit...
Sensor Tower: if a 15% commission was in place in 2020, Apple would have missed out on an estimated $595M, or 2.7%, and Google $587M, or 5%, in app store fees
- Apple and Google have announced changes to app store fees that impact app makers making less than $1 million per year.
Apple announces AirPods Max, over-ear headphones with noise cancellation, available from December 15 for $549
Apple today introduced new wireless over-ear headphones called AirPods Max, with key features including high-fidelity audio, Adaptive EQ, Active Noise Cancellation, and spatial aud...
LG Wing review: interesting design, excellent build quality, and solid performance, but pricey and there are not many uses for its fold-out second display
Ubisoft rebrands its $15/month UPLAY+ game streaming service as Ubisoft+ and will expand the service's availability to Stadia and Luna by end of year
Ubisoft's subscription service goes multiplatform and bets big on game streaming — Ubisoft is overhauling its UPlay Plus subscription service …
Samsung announces its next Galaxy Unpacked event for August 5, to be held virtually, where the Galaxy Note 20 lineup and Galaxy Fold's successor are expected
Time for a new Galaxy Unpacked event — Samsung has announced that its next Galaxy Unpacked event will take place on Wednesday, August 5th, at 10AM ET.
Streaming TV services' inability to negotiate their way out of the bundle system that has dominated regular cable for years is resulting in higher prices
YouTube TV's price hike is part of a larger problem — YouTube TV announced yesterday that it'd be raising its prices by 30 percent to $65 per month.