While Apple already allows iOS users to purchase and send apps to other iOS users as gifts, according to the company’s official App Store Review Guidelines (which were updated earlier this week), Apple will now allow developers to implement an option for users to gift in-app content as well. The company’s updated terms allowing the gifting […]
A German court on Thursday banned sales of iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models in the country after it found that those devices infringed on a Qualcomm patent. The Munich court found that those iPhones, equipped with Intel modems, allegedly infringed on a Qualcomm patent related to a very specific cellular feature (more on that […]
Apple is constantly working to make iOS better and every generation of the mobile operating system typically introduces new features or changes that make our lives a bit easier. But that isn’t always the case. In every version of iOS, there’s typically a few features that were poorly implemented or just inconvenient to most users […]
Without providing specifics or even a tentative release timeline, Amazon this week confirmed earlier rumors that fully-fledged Apple Music support will inevitably be arriving on third-party Alexa-powered ‘non-Amazon’ smart devices. Although details are presently scant, and the e-commerce giant apparently declined multiple media requests for comment on the news, it was nonetheless revealed in the […]
While 2018 was a busy year for Apple, there are probably just as many high-profile product launches on the docket for next year. That includes a number of devices that were rumored for a launch in 2018, but ended up being pushed back. From a modular Mac Pro and feature-packed software to an AirPods refresh […]
Thieves are becoming trickier and more convincing every day in their attempt to steal your personal information – which could lead to credit card fraud, identity theft (or worse). And now it appears that a number of Apple users are being targeted specifically in a new email phishing scam, first brought to light by Bleeping Computer. […]
Apple’s new Zero Sign-On feature is now live for Charter Spectrum subscribers on Apple TV — but the cable provider’s app is still nowhere to be seen. Zero Sign-On is one of the major features of the tvOS 12 operating system for Apple TV. The Cupertino tech giant first announced the feature back in June […]
Apple this week released a mysterious and very impromptu software update exclusively for iPhones: iOS version 12.1.2, which notably provides a fix for eSIM activation issues previously reported on the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and XS Max — as well as a patch for cellular connectivity issues that were reportedly effecting those handsets in Turkey […]
Apple’s team of talented designers and engineers are constantly drawing-up ideas and seeking intellectual property protection on bold new concepts and technologies (both far-out and presently “in-the-making.“) But the tech-giant’s latest patent, via My Smart Price and Patently Apple, is arguably one of its boldest to date. Published this week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office […]
Some Apple users are accusing the company of violating its own App Store guidelines after a series of promotional push notifications. Over the past few weeks, Apple has used several of its first-party applications to send out a slew of push notifications. Perhaps more importantly, those notifications were used to promote or advertise the company’s […]