A new market intelligence report indicates that global Mac shipments fell by 17.5% year-on-year in the previous quarter. That’s against a backdrop of roughly flat sales across all laptops and desktops.
Technically Q3 saw the global PC market achieve a fourth consecutive quarter of growth, as total shipments were up year-on-year, though just barely …
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The legal status of the free music streaming app Musi has long been unclear – but the matter may now be settled, thanks to a lawsuit the developer has filed against Apple.
Musi sourced its music from YouTube using a method it claims was perfectly legal, while parent company Google disagreed. When the two sides were unable to reach agreement, Apple pulled Musi from its App Store – a move the developer says lacked good cause …
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Meta’s Threads app may be seeking to further push into the territory occupied by the app formerly known as Twitter, taking on one of Elon Musk’s favorite features.
The feature is known as Loop, and one developer who spotted the reference said that it might be similar to the Communities feature on X, or subreddits …
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A new survey of teens in the U.S. reveals that iPhone ownership remains extremely high. And while the number of teens upgrading to the iPhone 16 currently remains steady, Apple Intelligence looks set to push an acceleration of new purchases in the months ahead.
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An upcoming premium Ring doorbell subscription will offer 24/7 recording, and AI-powered search, from $19.99 per month.
The Amazon-owned company is also renaming two of its existing subscription tiers, while Ring Protect Pro subscribers will have to choose between upgrading or downgrading …
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The M4 iPad Pro debuted earlier this year with impressive feature upgrades—and higher prices than ever before. According to a new report, demand for the Pro models has dropped significantly, and those premium prices may be to blame.
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I’m a big fan of the Wallet app as a single place to store all my tickets and passes for everything from travel to theater, but not every company directly supports the app.
Passbook is one of a number of apps which allow you to take any existing ticket and import it into the Wallet app, to keep everything together …
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Apple’s iPhone 16 lineup launched just a few weeks ago. Now is about the time we typically hear supply chain reports that indicate how sales seem to be going. In contrast to a questionable report last week, today Ming-Chi Kuo has reported some good news for iPhone 16 sales numbers.
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We are now well into the second half of with all of the best deals ready and waiting in our master deal hub. Alongside ongoing and particularly impressive price drops on the latest AirPods Pro 2 back at the best price of the year with $80 in savings, our day 2 price drops are highlighted by the lowest price we have ever tracked on the new black titanium Apple Watch Ultra 2, including the configurations with the updated Black Trail Loop, Dark Green Alpine Loop, and the . The Prime Day prices carry over to the all-time low prices we spotted on the latest M3 MacBook Air as well as the transparent Beats Studio Buds+ from $65, and $150 deals on the most affordable 256GB and 512GB M4 iPad Pro configs. But there’s a whole lot more than that up for grabs down below as well.
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Jeff and Fernando visit Coffee Check in Brooklyn, NY, to discuss the new iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro, Camera Control, AirPods 4, Apple Watch Ultra 2 (black), and all the latest Apple news.
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