Apple has expanded a lawsuit against an iOS virtualization company, claiming that its actions facilitate jailbreaking and violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) prohibition on circumvention of copyright-protection systems.
As a blanket statement, Powerbeats and AirPods targeted vastly different markets. With the launch of AirPods Pro, however, those markets began to converge.
Powerbeats Pro had superior sound, better sound isolation, better fit, and were designed with the gym-user in mind. AirPods were small, lightweight, and portable. Then came AirPods Pro. The new buds added noise-cancellation, sweat and water resistance, and customized fit all in a small wireless charging case.
Last year, controversy stirred as Apple acknowledged that it had, in fact, purposefully inhibited iPhone performance when the battery neared the end of its useful life. The good news: It wasn’t just in your head! The less-good news: Apple will continue the practice with the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X.
Controlling the lights and other gadgets in your home from your iPhone is convenient and fun, too. There are plenty of HomeKit and Alexa accessories that make home automation a snap.
I’ll go over some of the best options I’ve found that will get you started with as little trouble as possible.
New app notarization policies meant for macOS Catalina was announced in June at the Worldwide Developers Conference, with an intention to ensure the security of end users. To ensure the rollout of macOS Catalina was smooth, the full enforcement of the requirements was delayed, but an announcement by Apple reveals that time will end in early 2020.
In a post to the Apple Developer site, Apple confirms "all submitted software must meet the original notarization prerequisites" starting from February 3, 2020.
iFixit, a group that sells electronics repair tools and rates devices for repairability, published a detailed teardown of Apple's new Mac Pro. Despite a couple of minor complaints, the folks at iFixit gave the device high marks. In an unusual tune for Apple products, they called the Mac Pro "beautiful, amazingly well put together, and a masterclass in repairability."
For a couple of years now, Apple has been exploring subscriptions as a way of bolster revenue in the face of slowing iPhone growth. This year saw a turning point in that strategy, with Apple TV+, Apple News+ and Apple Arcade joining the company's suite of subscription services that already included Apple Music, AppleCare, and iCloud.
The devices in Time magazine's list of "the decade's most important and influential gadgets" include ones from all the major technology firms such as Apple, Google, and Microsoft. However, only Apple is listed more than once.
Time does not number its list, and it says the set isn't a ranked top ten, but instead is a collection of devices that all do one thing.
As has become a custom, Apple has simultaneously released software updates for nearly its entire suite of consumer products today—including iOS 13.3, iPadOS 13.3, macOS Catalina 10.15.2, watchOS 6.1.1, tvOS 13.3—and an update for HomePods. All updates should be available to all users by the end of the day.
The annual CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, will descend on Las Vegas once again next month. Yet for decades, Apple's skipped the show. On Jan. 7, however, one of its executives will be making an appearance to talk privacy.
Jane Horvath, Apple's senior director of privacy, will be speaking on a "Chief Privacy Officer Roundtable" on Jan. 7, according to the CES agenda, which Bloomberg earlier reported on.
