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AppleInsider reports today on the first in-depth HomePod reviews to appear prior to the smart speaker’s arrival in stores on Friday. The New York Times’s Brian X. Cheng found HomePod lacking in terms of various task tests that he set for it in comparison with Google Home and Amazon Echo, and...

MacRumors reports today that according to new figures from research company IDC, iPad is still the most popular tablet in the world by a massive margin, with the iPad outselling Samsung and Amazon combined in 2017. Last year Apple sold 43.8 million iPads, as shown by its recently released...

According to The Wall Street Journal, via 9to5Mac, “people in the record business” are saying that Apple Music is gaining subscribers faster than Spotify in the US, so much so, in fact, that by the summer, Apple Music should have overtaken Spotify in the US. According to the WSJ, Apple Music is...

MacRumors reports that one week prior to the launch of the HomePod smart speaker in the US, United Kingdom, and Australia on Friday, February 9, the first pre-order shipping notifications have begun, with customers in the UK seeing their cards charged for their HomePod purchases this morning...

According to Apple’s Q1 results, which were announced last night, the Apple Watch has just had its best ever quarter, with the Series 3 selling twice as many units as the previous year’s Series 2 models. This led to Apple Watch seeing a 50% growth in units and revenue for the fourth quarter in a...

Last night Apple announced its Q1 2018 results, posting revenue of $88.3 billion and profits of $20.1 billion, writes 9to5 Mac. This was even more than the record revenue of between $84 billion and $87 billion that Apple had forecast. The last quarter figures included iPhone 8 sales, whereas...

9to5 Mac reports that Apple has today revealed exactly what audio sources you can play on HomePod. Here’s the official list from the HomePod tech specs page: Apple Music iTunes Music Purchases iCloud Music Library with an Apple Music or iTunes Match subscription Beats 1 Live Radio Podcasts...

Nintendo has today announced a new mobile game, Mario Kart Tour, which will be released by March 2019, writes MacRumors. Nintendo hasn’t revealed much else about the new game, which would be joining the likes of Super Mario Run, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and Fire Emblem Heroes as part of the...

According to a report on 9to5 Mac, Apple’s HomePod smart speaker, which is available now to pre-order, will receive software updates via the Home app, which will notify users when a new software update for the speaker is available. HomePod uses an adapted version of iOS, so the update interface...

Apple’s HomePod is now available to pre-order in the US, UK, and Australia, writes 9to5 Mac. The first orders are due to arrive on February 9. The HomePod costs $349 and comes in white or space gray versions. Meanwhile, Apple has just issued an official “Environmental Report” for HomePod, which...

According to an exclusive scoop from Bloomberg today, Apple is set to comprehensively revamp iBooks, and has even roped in a former Amazon and Barnes & Noble executive to help with the redesign. The new version of the app, which will be named “Books” rather than “iBooks,” will be released in...

9to5 Mac writes that according to the first hands-on HomePod review from Refinery29, Apple’s smart speaker, which will be available to pre-order from tomorrow, not only looks great, it also sounds better than Google Home Max, Amazon Echo, and Sonos One. The Refinery29 article also touched on...

MacRumors reports that iHelpBR editor Filipe Esposito has found references to a “modern iPad” in strings in the iOS 11.3 beta that was just released by Apple. Apparently, prior to the launch of the iPhone X, Apple engineers used to refer to it as the “modern iPhone,” so it’s likely that this...

AppleInsider reports today that Messages in iCloud, a feature that was first announced in June 2017 at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), has now re-appeared in the newly released iOS 11.3 beta, “for testing and evaluation purposes.” The feature first appeared in the first few iOS...

Apple finally announced today that its highly anticipated, Siri-powered smart speaker will be released on February 9 in the US, UK, and Australia, with pre-orders starting this Friday, January 26. It will also be available in France and Germany in the spring. Apple says that the 7-inchs-tall...

It’s certainly been a long time coming, but according to Mashable, it looks like Apple’s HomePod smart speaker will be available to the public within the next few days, based on the fact that it has just been approved for sale by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Meanwhile, 9to5 Mac...

Classic Rock, via MacRumors, has fantastic news for Def Leppard fans who were waiting for the group’s full catalogue to finally appear on Apple Music, as that moment has finally arrived, after a years-long royalty payments dispute between the band and Universal Music, which owns the rights to...

9to5 Mac reports today that Apple has just been proclaimed the most admired company in the world by Fortune for the 11th year in a row. In contrast, Samsung dropped off the list last year after its exploding batteries issue, and hasn’t returned this year. The remaining companies joining Apple in...

AppleInsider reports today that Apple CEO Tim Cook has given a new interview today in which he says that iPhone users with worn-out batteries will soon have the option to disable the built-in throttling function that has been the cause of much controversy, and a battery replacement scheme, over...

MacRumors reports that Apple has today announced that it will be contributing $350 billion to the U.S. economy over the next 5 years, and $55 billion in 2018 alone. The company is also set to increase its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to $5 billion, up from $1 billion. As part of this program...

The Apple HomePod smart speaker is finally on its way, according to a new report in the Taipei Times, via AppleInsider, which says today that HomePod manufacturer Inventec has just shipped the first million units . Foxconn is also said to be manufacturing HomePod units, but there is no...

TechCrunch reports today that according to Reddit users, via MacRumors, YouTube is finally rolling out its recently introduced dark mode to its iOS apps. The dark mode first appeared last spring on the desktop version of YouTube as part of its overall redesign and speedier framework. According...

Last night’s post season Vikings vs. Saints game was such a thriller that it seems it actually set off people’s Apple Watch heart rate alerts, according to BGR. The upgraded heart rate warning alert was one of the very useful, and, in some cases, life-saving, features introduced in watchOS 4...

Niantic has announced today that it is to hold a monthly Pokémon Go Community Day event that will be dedicated to Pokémon Go Trainers. According to Niantic, this will give Trainers around the world the chance to meet and make friends with other members of the Pokémon Go community at their local...

AppleInsider reports that secure messaging app Confide has designed a way to stop messages that appear in its iOS app being saved as screenshots. Confide is apparently a popular app with journalists and politicians due to its privacy features, including end-to-end encryption and deleting...

In an exclusive report from Variety, Jimmy Iovine has totally refuted rumours that we reported on last week that said he would be leaving Apple in August. Iovine was making the comments at the Grammy Museum on Monday night where he was attending a screening and Q&A for the Grammy-nominated HBO...

If you’ve been waiting to buy a 10.5-inch iPad Pro, then now might be a good time to visit the online Apple Refurbished store, as that particular model has just been added to the store in the US and Canada, according to MacRumors. You can choose from approximately 20 different configurations...

According to a new report from Korean website The Investor, via MacRumors, Apple is set to invest heavily in LG Innotek as a supplier of 3D sensing modules for this year’s iPhone and iPad models. The source for the story says that Apple’s upfront investment in LG could be as much as...

CNBC reports that Whirlpool has today announced at the CES tech show in Las Vegas that you will soon be able to control your Whirlpool appliance remotely with your Apple Watch, making it the first appliance manufacturer to enable such an interaction. Whirlpool stated today that more than 20 of...

9to5 Mac reports today that analysts at GBH Insights are saying that Apple’s HomePod smart speaker is finally due to launch within the next 4 to 6 weeks. However, GBH says that Apple faces an “uphill climb” in the crowded smart speaker field, for two reasons in particular. Firstly, GBH...

According to a new report from Billboard, former Interscope CEO Jimmy Iovine, who arrived at Apple in 2014, after he and Dr. Dre sold Beats to the company, will be leaving his position at Apple Music in August. Billboard’s sources say that Iovine’s leaving date is linked to his Apple shares...

Bloomberg reports that it has learned from an anonymous source that Amazon is planning to bid for UK Premier League soccer streaming rights, which will be auctioned off this February. By investing in such a hugely popular league in the UK, and all around the world, and with a growing audience in...

Variety reports that Apple has added another TV show to its portfolio of content, namely a new original drama series, “Are You Sleeping,” starring multi-award-winning Octavia Spencer. The series was created and written by Nichelle Tramble Spellman, and will be produced by Reese Witherspoon’s...

After the announcement that Intel and ARM processors are vulnerable to the “Meltdown” and “Spectre” hacks, Apple has now confirmed that all iOS and Mac processors are susceptible to the flaws, but it has already issued some “mitigations” for the flaws in the most recent iOS and macOS releases...

9to5 Mac writes that it has heard from several Apple Watch Series 3 users that their watches are randomly rebooting when visiting, or working in, the intensive care units (ICUs) of hospitals. According to the 9to5 Mac reader who reported about the issue, his wife got an Apple Watch Series 3 for...

Last week we reported on the troubles that Apple’s new Chicago store was having with snow collecting on its MacBook-Air-shaped roof and then falling down to the street below due to the sloping nature of the structure. Apple actually had to close the riverside entrance to the store in order to...

According to a report from Chicago blog Spudart, via 9to5 Mac, Apple’s magnificent flagship Chicago store with the roof that looks like a MacBook Air has a slight problem: the roof in question doesn’t deal with snow and ice very well, which is a big problem in a snowy city such as Chicago. To...

AppleInsider reports today that Apple has responded to the controversy about its slowing down of older iPhones in order to head off performance problems by apologising and also offering out-of-warranty battery replacements for just $29. The company will also issue a software update in the new...

According to new data from mobile analytics firm Flurry, via MacRumors, Apple’s iPhone and iPad were once again the most popular mobile devices given as presents during this year’s holiday season. Flurry analysed all tablet and smartphone activations worldwide in the week before Christmas and...

After having read several stories in recent months about ways in which the Apple Watch has alerted users to potentially fatal heart conditions, it’s no surprise at all to read a new report from Bloomberg stating that Apple is currently working on an electrocardiogram (EKG) heart monitor for...