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Streaming your Apple Watch’s display to your iPhone is convenient and helpful. You can check your watch from another room, show off a feature to a friend more easily, and access anything with the ease […]
This is a pretty good summary of the key announcements, including: Satellite messaging with Globalstar for emergencies, but only in USA and Canada. Seeing it involves new satellites going up, I’m not sure if/when others […]
Turbo Boost is an Intel feature designed to pack more processing power into a computer chip for use when you need it. For most tasks, your Mac’s CPU maxes out at its base processing speed, […]
In May, Kim Durkee saw warnings from her Apple Watch two nights in a row warning her that her heart was experiencing atrial fibrillation. At first, she thought the wearable was giving misreadings but then […]
Apple announced that a new security feature known as Lockdown Mode will roll out with iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura to protect high-risk individuals like human rights defenders, journalists, and dissidents against targeted […]
Yes I know that many (including one of these features) are playing catch up to what Android has had for while (like a weather app on a tablet, but still no calculator app). But from […]
Apple requires that competing mobile browsers distributed through the iOS App Store use its own WebKit rendering engine, which is the basis of its Safari browser. The result is that Chrome, Edge, and Firefox on […]
Before the iPhone 13 launch last fall (Northern Hemisphere), a flurry of reports had suggested the 2021 iPhone lineup would feature “LEO,” or satellite connectivity. Satellite connectivity would enable the iPhone to send short messages […]
Apple Silicon Macs have gotten mostly glowing reviews on Ars and elsewhere for their speed, power efficiency, and the technical achievement they represent—the chips are scaled-up phone processors that can perform as well as or […]
Apple’s response to the issues raised was: “Thanks for reaching out! We’ll be happy to help. It’s normal for your apps and features to need to adjust up to 48 hours after an update”. That […]