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  1. Maura

    Could Wireless Charging Actually Harm Your iPhone Battery?

    According to a new report from ZDNet, via BGR, wirelessly charging your iPhone could be harming it. Currently, iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus models can all be wirelessly charged, the first iPhones to have the feature, but ZDNet Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is telling users that their phones’...
  2. Maura

    Apple Announces WWDC 2018 Dates

    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...
  3. Maura

    Apple’s AirPower Wireless Charging Mat Expected to Arrive This Month

    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...
  4. Maura

    Apple Music Gains 2 Million Subscribers in Just One Month

    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...
  5. Maura

    Apple Maps Adds New Bike Sharing Stations Feature in More Than 175 Cities

    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...
  6. Maura

    Apple Tops Brand Intimacy Survey for Second Year Running

    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...
  7. Maura

    Barclays: AirPods Still Selling Well, HomePod Sales Less So

    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...
  8. Maura

    Fortnite Battle Royale Coming to iOS

    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...
  9. Maura

    California Announces Right to Repair Bill

    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...
  10. Maura

    Apple Said to be Removing the iPhone X Notch in 2019

    BGR writes today that according to a new report in South Korea’s Electronic Times, Apple will be ditching the notorious iPhone X notch for good in 2019, with the new screen covering the entirety of the front of the phone. This would mean that Apple has found a way to house the camera and sensor...
  11. Maura

    Apple Set to Release Cheaper iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air and HomePod This Year

    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...
  12. Maura

    New Survey Asks iPhone Owners Why They Didn’t Upgrade to iPhone X

    MacRumors reports today on a new survey from Piper Jaffray’s Michael Olson, via Philip Elmer-DeWitt, who polled 1,500 iPhone owners to find out why they didn’t upgrade to the iPhone X. The biggest percentage, 44%, said that they hadn’t upgraded because “my iPhone works fine.” The second...
  13. Maura

    Apple’s Rumoured New Over-Ear Headphones Set to Take on High-End Noise Cancelling Rivals

    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...
  14. Maura

    KGI Says Apple to Launch a Cheaper MacBook Air This Spring/Summer

    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...
  15. Maura

    California Police are Using Decoys and Undercover Cops to Catch Apple and Google Bus Shooter

    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...
  16. Maura

    Snap to Launch Two New Pairs of Spectacles

    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...
  17. Maura

    iPhone X Outperforms Samsung Galaxy S9 in First Benchmark Tests

    While initial reports have said that the new Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ have a better display and camera than the iPhone X, MacRumors reports that according to early benchmark tests from AnandTech, the iPhone X’s A11 chip is still outperforming the Samsung S9’s new Exynos 9810 chip. In fact, in...
  18. Maura

    Apple Sold More Watches Than All its Smartwatch Rivals Combined Last Year

    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...
  19. Maura

    My Tamagotchi Forever Coming to iOS March 15

    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...
  20. Maura

    New Report Says That iPhone X Has Best Smartphone Camera

    Consumer Report is not always particularly fair to Apple products, but MacRumors reports that the organisation has today published new figures that ranks the iPhone X as the best smartphone camera available on the market today. Even better than that, Consumer Reports’ top 10 smartphone cameras...
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