Building out its line of accessories for Apple products, Incase rolled out new protective cases Thursday for Apple AirTag tracking devices and AirPods 3 earbuds. Now you can take your gear safely on the go with the new Incase Key Clip with Woolenex for AirTag, Woolenex Case for AirPods and Reform Sport Case for AirPods. […]

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If you need an Apple Watch band that’s tough enough for anything you might throw at it, BluShark’s Cordura bands are a terrific choice. They’re immensely durable, and surprisingly comfortable thanks to a soft leather backing. Made from the same fabric used to make tactical backpacks and other gear, Cordura bands are available in a […]

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Apple's iWork suite of productivity apps—Pages, Keynote and Numbers—has received a few new features and smaller improvements across the iPhone, iPad and Mac.

The just-released Pages 12.0, Numbers 12.0 and Keynote 12.0 offer a variety of new features, including much finer control over font sizes in the iPad and iPhone versions. And there are additional new features available in all versions of the iWork suite, including the one for Mac. Apple updates iWork 12.0 apps for iPad with […]

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While Spotify’s Car Thing device isn’t exactly pointless, it certainly has a narrow use case as we detailed in our recent review. Now, Spotify Car Thing is picking up its first major update with the ability to answer phone calls, control other apps, and more.

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Learn how to lock your Facebook profile to make your profile photos and posts private.

Apple’s newest retail location, Apple Myeongdong, opens on Saturday in South Korea’s capital, Seoul. Ahead of the opening of its biggest store in the country, Apple showed off a preview with photos and descriptions of the store’s Today at Apple programs celebrating Korean culture, including a new K-pop session. Remarkably, the new, two-level Apple Store […]

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Apple is out with a new press release and report today in which it again touts the success of third-party apps on the App Store. The study, which was conducted by the Analysis Group and funded by Apple, concludes that “third-party apps experience broad regional and global success on the App Store.”

Interestingly, however, Apple is taking the strategy of downplaying the success of its own, first-party apps…

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Same-unit Face ID repairs for the iPhone X are now official. With this change, Apple will now repair Face ID on any iPhone model without replacing the entire device.

During the “Peek Performance” event, Apple announced Friday Night Baseball would be coming to Apple TV+. With MLB games starting this Friday, the company finally unveiled its production details and broadcast team. In addition, new exclusive programs such as Countdown to First Pitch and MLB Daily Recap are also coming to the streaming service.

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The first iPad with an OLED display could be in customers’ hands in 2024, according to new report. There’ve been enough previous leaks pointing to Apple switching at least some of its tablets from standard LCDs to OLEDs that it’s become a question of when, not if. OLED iPad might launch in 2024 With Organic […]

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