The European Union’s recent regulatory ruling that opens the iPhone to greater competition, the legal issues that have hit the Apple Watch over its blood-oxygen measurement tech and the release…
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Apple unveils the winners of the 2023 App Store Awards – AI is nowhere to be seen
Apple has unveiled the winners of the 2023 App Store Awards. The 14 apps and games that were included in this year’s winners include developers from across the world were…
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Blue vs Green – the battle for text message supremacy
In the green corner we have Android and the rest of the world. In the blue corner there’s Apple. The battle over text and rich messaging interoperability is in full…
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The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro face multiple issues (maybe)
The launch of Apple’s new flagship smartphone, the iPhone 15 Pro, is not going as well as the Cupertino tech giant might have hoped. Overheating, NFC chip failures, USB-C charging…
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My favourite new iOS 17 feature – so far
Sometimes, it the small, subtle changes that Apple makes to its software that make a huge difference to the user experience. A feature I really didn’t pay much attention to…
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iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 are available – security is boosted
Apple has flicked the switch and released iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 to everyone. After many weeks of developer and public beta releases, those with a slightly less adventurous streak…
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Apple releases updates to iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and watchOS 9
Apple has released iOS 16.6.1, iPadOS 16.6.1, and watchOS 9.6.2. These are updates that fix some minor bugs. The severity of one of the faults is quite significant. The ImageIO bug described below has been…
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The Apple Watch needs to lose its iPhone dependency
When the first iPhone was released, you needed a Mac to set it up and manage the device. But over time, Apple cut the umbilicus, enabling iPhone owners to get…
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What is Apple’s new Journal app?
As part of iOS 17, Apple has added a new preinstalled app. Journal will use on-device machine learning to create a catalog of activities and events that you can then…
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Apple Notes is on the cusp of ‘sherlocking’ many note-taking apps
When Apple Notes arrived as one of the original 15 apps on the first iPhone, it was a very basic app. Note-taking on the Mac was dominated by Evernote and…
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