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MacRumors reports that Mazda has announced at the New York International Auto Show that it is finally bringing Apple CarPlay to one of its vehicles. The first Mazda vehicle to have CarPlay support is the new 2018 Mazda6, and it is set to get the feature this summer. All 2018 Mazda6 models with...

9to5 Mac reports today that Apple Music customers have noticed that a new “Music Videos” section has started appearing in their Music app. Music video updates in the Music app were previously announced as one of the new features to be included in iOS 11.3, but this has not appeared in any of the...

MacRumors reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook has today told Recode’s Kara Swisher that “I wouldn’t be in this situation” when he was asked what he would do if he were Mark Zuckerberg at the moment. During the interview, which took place at the Lane Tech College Prep High School where Apple held...

Following its education event in Chicago yesterday, during which it launched a new iPad, Apple has today announced a collaboration with Chicago Public Schools and Northwestern University to provide free professional education to teachers in Chicago, for the purpose of enabling the teachers to...

According to a new note to investors from KGI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo, via 9to5 Mac, Apple is set to release a redesigned Apple Watch Series 4 this fall. Kuo says that the new model, which will launch in the third quarter of 2018, will have a 15% larger display, as well as improved health...

At today’s Field Trip education event in Chicago today Apple announced a brand new, lower-priced 9.7-inch iPad with Apple Pencil support, and then swiftly also released an update for iWorks apps Pages, Numbers and Keynote for iPad and Mac, complete with Apple Pencil support. AppleInsider...

Just as expected, Apple has today announced an update of its popular 9.7-inch iPad, with the addition of support for Apple Pencil and improved performance, all for a lower starting price of $329. Apple made the announcement at its Field Trip educational event in Chicago today, where it revealed...

BGR writes today that the original TV content that Apple has been working on developing over the past couple of years will not launch until March 2019. The original report in The New York Times says that Apple’s approach to its original programming is to keep “its bright, optimistic brand...

According to a new report on MacRumors today, a newly discovered vulnerability in iOS 11 was reported by Infosec over the weekend. The security flaw is said to affect the QR code scanner that is a new software feature introduced in iOS 11 for iPhone and iPad. The vulnerability that has just...

AppleInsider reports that according to a new note to investors from KGI Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is set to announce a new 9.7-inch iPad at its educationally themed “Field Trip” event that is due to be held in Chicago, Illinois, tomorrow. And Kuo says that thanks to the new iPad’s...

Apple has this week announced a Spring collection of Apple Watch bands with some bright new colours and designs, including striped Woven Nylon bands, new Nike bands that colour-match with the latest Nike running shoes, and a new edge paint colour for the Apple Watch Hermès bands. All the bands...

AppleInsider reports today that according to the ongoing DeepHeart study from the University of California, San Francisco, and digital health startup Cardiogram, the Apple Watch heart sensor is able to achieve 97% accuracy when it comes to detecting abnormal heart rhythms. The study uses the...

According to a report on Reuters today, most Android phones will not have 3D-sensing features on a par with Apple’s Face ID tech until 2019. The news comes via three major parts producers, Viavi Solutions, Finisar Corp and Ams AG. This means that Samsung and other Android Apple rivals continue...

According to new figures from Sensor Tower, via 9to5 Mac, Epic Games’ battle royale smash hit console and PC game Fortnite, which was released on iOS last week, has made more than $1.5 million in in-app purchases to date. Sensor Tower says that according to its own intelligence data, $1 million...

GameSpot reports that the ridiculously popular desktop and console battle royale game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (or PUBG, for short), has finally arrived in App Stores around the world. This follows on from the release of two mobile versions of the game in China in February by Tencent Games...

According to an exclusive report on Bloomberg Technology today, Apple has begun designing and producing its own device displays at a secret manufacturing plant near its California headquarters. Bloomberg’s source said that Apple initially intends to make a small test batch of displays...

Paladin Studios’ My Tamagotchi Forever has arrived in the App Store today, 20 years after the original hand-held game became a massive worldwide craze for a brief moment in time. Developed by Bandai Namco and Paladin Studios, gameplay is very similar to the original, whereby all you have to do...

The head of Security at Android, David Kleidermacher, has proclaimed in his introduction to the 2017 Year in Review of Android Security that Google’s Android platform is now just as secure as iOS, and possibly even more secure. 9to5 Mac writes that Kleidermacher stated to CNET that “Android...

MacRumors writes that Apple has today announced the dates for its 29th annual Worldwide Developers Conference, which starts on Monday, June 4, and ends on Friday, June 8. The conference will take place at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. Registration for those developers...

According to a new report from Digitimes, via AppleInsider, Apple’s long-awaited new wireless charging mat, AirPower, is due to launch sometime this month. First announced by Apple back in September 2017, the AirPower mat should be available to purchase before the end of March. It’s also...

AppleInsider reports on an announcement from Apple’s SVP of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue, during an onstage interview at South by Southwest in Texas, when he said that Apple Music has now exceeded 38 million subscribers. According to Cue, Apple Music’s subscriber base is growing so...

AppleInsider reports today that Apple Maps has just been updated with the locations of bike-sharing services in more than 175 cities in 36 countries, with the idea of helping tourists and anyone else who wants to hire a bike. To access the feature, all you have to do is type “bike sharing” in...

9to5 Mac reports today that according to MBLM’s annual Brand Intimacy survey, which polled 6,000 people from the US, Mexico, and United Arab Emirates, Apple is still the number 1 brand that they feel they have an emotional bond with. Apple also came out on top in last year’s Brand Intimacy...

MacRumors reports today that according to a new report from Barclays analysts Blayne Curtis and co., AirPod sales continue to grow, and Apple will be increasing production to keep up with demand. Barclays expects AirPods shipments to reach 30 million units in 2018, which is not that far off KGI...

The Fortnite Team at Epic Games has announced that possibly one of the most popular video games in the world right now, Fortnite Battle Royale, is coming to iOS. The free-to-play console and desktop game is an online streaming phenomenon. Recently it was revealed to be the number one most...

MacRumors reports that California has announced that it will be teaming up with several other states to introduce a new Right to Repair bill, which will mean that smartphone manufacturers will have to offer repair information, replacement parts, and diagnostic tools to owners of smartphones as...

If you’re thinking about buying a particular Apple device anytime soon then you might want to wait a couple of months, as according to a new report from Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, via Mac Otakara and MacRumors, Apple is planning to release cheaper versions of four of its most popular products...

Bloomberg has some new information today on the new over-ear headphones that Apple is said to be working on. According to Bloomberg’s sources, Apple was prompted to develop the over-ear headphones after the huge success of its AirPods in-ear headphones. The source says that the headphones will...

MacRumors reports today on a new research report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who says that Apple will be launching a “more affordable MacBook Air” in Q2 this year, which means anytime between April and June, and possible at Apple’s WWDC in June. With the launch of this cheaper...

For the past couple of months you might have spotted reports online about mysterious pellet-gun attacks on the shuttle buses that are used to ferry Apple and Google employees and other workers to their campuses in San Francisco, California. According to a report from AppleInsider, since the...

Engadget reports today that despite the fact that Snap’s Spectacles-with-camera gadget did not sell as well as the company had hoped, causing it to lose a rumoured $40 million due to over-estimating demand, the company is ready to give Spectacles another try. According to the original report...

According to newly released figures from IDC, via MacRumors, Apple Watch is still the most popular smartwatch in the world, by a very big margin. IDC says that Apple Watch shipments exceeded 8 million units worldwide in the last quarter, also earning it the accolade of best-selling wearable...

Tamagotchi digital pets that were a huge craze 20 years ago are about to make a big comeback on iOS with the forthcoming “My Tamagotchi Forever” free-to-play game, which will be released on March 15, according to AppleInsider. The game already had a soft launch in several countries at the end...

9to5 Mac reports that according to a new survey of 1,000 young adult Americans (in the 18-35 demographic) by Dealspotr, more than 10% of those polled had used Apple Pay to buy items in a retail store, and 15% of them had used Apple Pay to buying goods online. This beats the likes of Google Pay...

Any Apple Watch Series 3 owners inspired by the Winter Olympics to take to the slopes and start snowboarding or skiing will be happy to hear today’s news from Apple that, starting from today, you can now use Apple Watch Series 3 to track your activities. You’ll have to update the applicable apps...

Over the past few years we’ve seen how Apple has increasingly ventured into the health arena, with products such as the Apple Watch and iPhone frequently credited for saving the lives of users with heart problems, for example. Now it looks like Apple is set to take it further by launching a...

MacRumors reports today on new data from NPD Group that shows that first-day pre-orders for Apple’s HomePod were bigger than first-day pre-orders for many of HomePod’s biggest rivals such as the Sonos One and the Google Home Max in the US. The only smart speaker that HomePod did not beat in...

AppleInsider reports today that well-sourced KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said in a note to investors that due to the huge success of AirPods, Apple is planning to launch its own brand of over-the-ear headphones sometime this year. While Kuo did not give a specific date for the...

According to a new report on Japanese Apple website Mac Otakara, via MacRumors, Apple’s new AirPower wireless charging mat could be onsale as soon as March. The news comes from “reliable sources,” apparently, and backs up previous similar claims from The Apple Post earlier this month...

A fascinating story today from CBS Sacramento, via AppleInsider, which reports that Apple’s repair and refurbishing centre in Elk Grove, California, is responsible for making approximately 1,600 false-alarm 911 emergency calls since last October. Jamie Hudson, an emergency dispatcher at the Elk...