Former Apple design chief Jony Ive has introduced previously unreleased video of Steve Jobs predicting the future when speaking at the International Design Conference in 1983, the year before the Macintosh was unveiled.
The 55-minute talk shows Steve predicting that sales of personal computers will one day exceed those of cars, something Ive says sounded “absurd” at the time …
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Earlier this year, Apple TV+ offered a collection of movies from other studios for a limited time. It turns out, that experiment was a success, as a new report indicates Apple is pursuing significantly more Hollywood deals for licensed movies to bolster the TV+ catalog.
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iOS 18 includes several new accessibility features for iPhone with the headlining one being the ability to control the smartphone with just your eyes. Whether you have an accessibility need or just want to tinker with the new feature, here’s how to turn on iPhone Eye Tracking in iOS 18.
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Amazon Prime Day might have come and gone now, but there are some fantastic deals still live and we just spotted the best price ever on the new Apple Pencil Pro. Amazon has dropped the sticker down to $110 on Apple’s new M4 iPad Pro and M2 iPad Air stylus for the absolute lowest list we have seen since release. Beyond that, the Prime Day deal on AirPods Pro 2 remains while the Apple’s gorgeous Studio Display is $299 off and we have some particularly notable deals on Twelve South gear as well – AirFly Duo/Pro in-flight AirPods adapters from $36 as well as its amazing 15W HiRise 3 Deluxe MagSafe stand. Head below for a closer look at everything.
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Apple and its various suppliers are busy prepping the iPhone 16 for its fall debut. But despite recent reporting that Apple was planning for a big increase in its 2024 iPhone shipments, today Ming-Chi Kuo has cast doubt on those claims.
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Benjamin and Chance give their thoughts on their favorite iOS 18 features, the ongoing debate about the redesigned Photos app, and more changes, as the OS hits public beta. There’s also been some focus on the data used to train Apple Intelligence, and Apple even released a ‘new’ HomePod this week.
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Apple has announced its plans to release new Immersive Video content to Apple Vision Pro this year. The rollout will begin this week, with a new series called “Boundless” premiering for Apple Vision Pro users at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET this evening.
Apple says that “Boundless” will let viewers “experience once-in-a-lifetime trips from wherever they are” thanks to the Immersive Video experience on Vision Pro.
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Meta this week announced new features for two of its most popular platforms: WhatsApp and Instagram. While WhatsApp is getting a new option that lets users pin their favorite chats, Instagram is adding multi-track audio to Reels.
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When Apple Vision Pro was first unveiled to the world, Apple repeatedly emphasized it was a ‘spatial computer,’ not a VR headset. Demos showed it doing computer-y things, and the press release claimed “Vision Pro enables users to be even more productive.”
Since getting into users’ hands, it’s become clear that Vision Pro isn’t necessarily the best platform for getting things done. But visionOS 2 aims to change that, with two key features that might just make the Vision Pro into an actually useful computer.
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Now that the iOS and iPadOS 18 software are in public beta, more people have taken the plunge and installed it on their devices. iOS and iPadOS 18 brought a ton of new changes. They introduced new visual changes like customizing the home screen with different app themes, as well as functional changes like the new control center. But there was one app that got an abundance of new features; the Notes app. Here are the best new features that are coming to the Notes app.
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