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San Francisco: An unopened first-generation 2007 iPhone in a sealed box has been sold for $35,000 (nearly Rs 28 lakh) in an auction in the US. On January 9, 2007, then Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone — a touchscreen mobile phone with an iPod, camera and Web-browsing capabilities, among other features — at […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple’s much anticipated M2-powered 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros are likely to be launched in the first half of 2023. According to prominent analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the upcoming MacBook Pro with new processors will enter mass production in the fourth quarter of this year. “New 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with […]

San Francisco: Apple employees have hit back at the tech giant’s return-to-office orders and launched a petition saying the firm risked stifling diversity and staff wellbeing by restricting their ability to work remotely, media reports say. The petition is in response to an all-employee memo from the CEO Tim Cook, who last week said workers […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is reportedly planning to show search ads in its Maps app on the iPhone starting next year. In his newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that he believes the engineering work is already underway, reports MacRumors. “I believe the engineering work is already underway to launch search ads in the Apple Maps […]

New Delhi: Apple’s music recognition platform Shazam has officially surpassed 70 billion song recognitions, as it turned 20. For more than 225 million global monthly users, to ‘Shazam’ is to discover something new, Apple said in a statement. Shazam was acquired by Apple for reportedly $400 million in 2018. According to the company, Drake is the […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple’s 2022 MacBook Pros may pack new M2 Pro and M2 Max chipsets made with TSMC’s latest 3nm manufacturing process, media reports say. According to the Commercial Times, TSMC, the world’s largest semiconductor contract manufacturer, has been steadily building out its 3nm production processes and Apple could be the first customer […]

San Francisco: Apple Podcasts is introducing two new charts — Top Subscriber Shows and Top Subscriber Channels –Ato showcase popular paid shows. The new charts are available in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia on iPhone, iPad, and Mac for listeners on iOS 15.6, iPadOS 15.6, and macOS 12.5 or later. “Listeners can find Top […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple has laid off about 100 contract-based recruiters in the past week in an effort to slow hiring and spending, media reports say. The recruiters, who are responsible for hiring new employees at the company, were told that the layoffs reflect changes to Apple’s business needs, citing Bloomberg, CNBC reported. As per […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is likely to launch a new entry-level iPad with a larger screen along with an iPad Pro refresh, upgrading the chip from M1 to the M2. A leaker claimed that the 10th-generation iPad and the iPad Pro will see some changes during the period, reports AppleInsider. In a Naver post […]

New Delhi: Online video collaboration platform Zoom has fixed the most dangerous bug on Apple macOS that could allow hackers to take control of users’ operating system when they open the meeting app. The company said in a security update that the Zoom client for meetings for macOS, starting with version 5.7.3 and before 5.11.5, “contains […]

London: A man has been jailed for nine weeks for allegedly stalking after planting a covert Apple AirTag tracker on his ex-girlfriend’s car, media reports say. According to DailyMail, Christopher Paul Trotman, 41, harassed his ex with constant phone calls and questions, before ordering an AirTag on Amazon and gluing it to her rear bumper to […]

San Francisco: Apple and Meta (formerly Facebook), at the loggerheads over privacy changes in iOS and App Store, once planned to “build businesses together” where Apple was in discussions with Mark Zuckerberg-run social network about how it could make more money from its ad revenue. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Apple […]

San Francisco: A day after Pavel Durov said an update had been in Apple’s app review for two weeks, the Telegram CEO and founder has now released the feature. According to Durov, the new update comes packed with emoji-related features. However, one is missing because the tech giant requested its removal specifically. “After extensive media coverage […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple seems confident despite analysts’ predictions and is reportedly asking its suppliers to build at least 90 million next-generation iPhones. In fact, Apple anticipates to assemble 220 million iPhones in total for 2022, citing Bloomberg, AppleInsider reported. Apple has weathered the pandemic-era slumps well. Mac shipments, for instance, grew in the first […]

San Francisco: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov blamed Apple for its obscure App Store review process that is delaying the encrypted messaging platform from releasing an update to its app that will “revolutionise how people express themselves in messaging”. In his Telegram channel, Durov said the upcoming update had been stuck in Apple’s “review” for two weeks. […]

San Francisco: Google has launched a new campaign to put pressure on Apple to adopt RCS (rich communication services) and improve texting between Android and iOS users. RCS is a next generation SMS protocol that upgrades text messaging across Android and iMessages. “It’s time for Apple to fix texting. It’s not about the color of […]

San Francisco: As Apple is prepping up to launch its next-generation iPhones, a new report said that the supply chain of the tech giant’s upcoming iPhone 14 series will remain unaffected by current geopolitical tensions. On Twitter, prominent analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said his survey showed “no impact on the supply chain of the iPhone 14 models”. […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is unlikely to redesign the standard “Apple Watch Series 8”, with more significant updates planned for the rumoured “Pro” model. A Twitter leaker named ShrimpApplePro has apparently obtained final production information for the “Apple Watch Series 8”, AppleInsider reported. While the leaker was not clear, it seems they have access to […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is planning to delay the launch of iPadOS 16 until October, indicating that the iPad software will not launch alongside iOS 16 in September as it typically does. Apple has been developing a new multitasking feature for the iPad called Stage Manager, with the option designed to offer a more Mac-like […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is facing an antitrust lawsuit over its App Store fees that is filed by a group of French iOS app developers. The plaintiffs are accusing Apple of anti-competitive practices in allowing only one App Store for iOS devices, which gives it a monopoly in iOS app distribution and the ability […]