This weekend was quite the roller-coaster ride for TikTok. While some headlines report that TikTok is back and imply that the matter is resolved, that’s not entirely the case.
The app was removed from Apple’s App Store, as well as the app stores run by Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. None of those companies have restored it …
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Social media apps X and Bluesky are both rolling out dedicated video feeds, in apparent attempts to take advantage of the continued uncertainty around TikTok.
With X, there’s a new play button icon launching a continuous video feed looking very similar to TikTok, while Bluesky offers custom feeds for video which you can choose to pin …
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Simply put, Tailscale provides secure VPN access to people who hate VPN tools. I’ve said previously that their team looked at everything that was wrong, complex to configure, and challenging to use and said, “What if we just made all of that better?”. Today, the company is announcing a new integration with Jamf Pro for deploying Tailscale across macOS, iPadOS, and iOS devices while leveraging Jamf’s device compliance capabilities to dynamically inform user access and enforce Zero Trust principles.
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Bloomberg has suggested that a 2025 iPad Air will launch early this year, which would be sooner than expected. We suggested then that it will probably get an M3 chip rather than an M4, and that now appears to be corroborated by a leaker.
While today’s report says nothing on dates, a redacted document makes reference to an “iPad Air 13 (M3)” and an “iPad Air 11 (M3)” …
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The fun Apple-related history reveals we saw last week continue. A confidential internal presentation spotted within newly-published archives shows that at least nine people within Nokia realized the huge threat posed by the iPhone the day after it launched.
Sadly, senior execs failed to listen, and in just seven years Nokia went from owning the smartphone business to exiting it …
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Apple TV+ just debuted the long-awaited new season of Severance, but another beloved show is in the works for a big return too. Ted Lasso season 4 hasn’t officially been announced yet, but according to one star, that will change very soon.
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As is usual, Apple is celebrating Martin Luther King Jr Day on its homepage, with quotes from the civil rights champion.
This year’s lead quote is: “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically” …
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Apple Music hasn’t technically received any AI upgrades yet, but there’s one recent Apple Intelligence feature that has nonetheless proven a surprisingly great addition to the Music app since iOS 18.2 launched. Here are the details.
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Today is your last chance at the 4-day Best Buy sale and the best price ever on the USB-C AirPods Max, but we also have some fresh new deals to scope out today. Firstly, we spotted the 46mm Jet Black Apple Watch Series 10 at $113 off in open-box condition with a full Apple warranty alongside Apple’s 16-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro with 48GB of RAM at up to $270 off and AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation at $165 for today only. Those offers also happen to sit alongside a giant price drop on the official Apple Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) Pro Cable at 50% off and a host of today’s accessory deals too. Everything awaits down below.
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Canon just launched a brand new iPhone and iPad app called Live Switcher Mobile, and it aims to make multi-cam livestreaming easier than ever.
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