When the next iPhone is announced, probably in September this year, there is one change that we can all expect. Apple will ditch the Lightning connector and shift to the…
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Apple Health needs to get smarter
There’s little doubt that the Apple Watch’s most common use is for health and well-being tracking. Whether you’re an athlete tracking performance, someone with cardiac issues or are at a…
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Microsoft Outlook for Mac is now free
Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Outlook for Mac is now 100% and that you no longer need a Microsoft 365 account to use it. Note that while the product has…
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Apple continues transition into fashion business with yellow iPhone and more Hermes accessories
Apple has released a new iPhone colour, yellow, for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus. That comes with a bunch of new Apple Watch bands and AirTag accessories as…
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Apple’s messy release schedule for the Mac
For some product lines, Apple follows a predictable release cycle that gives customers certainty and enables them to make considered purchasing decisions. But for other products, there seems to be…
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Microsoft adds half-baked iMessage support
Microsoft’s Phone Link software has given Android users the ability to send and receive text messages on a PC running Windows. But the folks in Redmond are trying to play…
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The death of the Newton was the birth of Apple as we know it
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, one of the first things he did was radically slash the number of different products Apple was making and selling. His famous…
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Health is Apple’s big frontier – and the Apple Watch is its trojan horse
It is becoming abundantly clear that Apple’s primary use-case for the Apple Watch is centred on health, fitness and well-being. If we look back at the first Apple Watch, it…
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Apple Home – the last piece of the puzzle is coming
Apple’s push into home automation started in 2014 with the announcement of HomeKit – a software framework that lets you configure, communicate with and control smart-home appliances with a Mac,…
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Apple will face Reality its own way
When Facebook renamed its parent company to Meta, it was a clear signal that the social networking giant was rolling the dice at building its next success in the metaverse….
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