We finally have the winner of our iPhone 16 Pro international giveaway! Congratulations to Oliver T., and a huge thank you to everyone who participated.
Need an Apple Watch Screen Protector? InvisibleShield Supports New Apple Products
ZAGG brand InvisibleShield has announced screen protectors for the Apple Watch Series 6, Apple Watch SE, and iPad Air 4th-gen.
AT&T Considers Phone Plans Subsidized by Advertising
In an interview on Tuesday, AT&T CEO John Stankey says the company could offer phone plans subsidized by ads as soon as next year.
Peacock Now Has Over 15 Million Sign-ups
Streaming service Peacock has hit over 15 million sign-ups Comcast CEO Brian Roberts told a virtual Goldman Sachs conference.
Epic v Apple: “Epic Started a Fire and Poured Gasoline on it”
In response to Epic Games motion to force Fortnite back on the App Store, Apple says “Epic started a fire, and poured gasoline on it.”
The Lives Saved by Apple Watch
Periodically stories emerge about how an Apple Watch alert has given its user a health warning that has ultimately save their life. We’ve shared some of them here at The Mac Observer. During its fall 2020 ‘Time Flies’ keynote, Apple broadcast a video detailing even more of those stories.
Apple and Singapore Team-up on National Health Initiative, LumiHealth
Apple and the government of Singapore launched LumiHealth, a personalized program to encourage healthy activity based on the Apple Watch.
Spotify Doesn’t Like the Apple One Bundle, Calling it Unfair
Spotify doesn’t like the Apple One bundle, saying that Apple is abusing its dominant market position.
Once again, Apple is using its dominant position and unfair practices to disadvantage competitors and deprive consumers by favoring its own services. We call on competition authorities to act urgently to restrict Apple’s anti-competitive behavior, which if left unchecked, will cause irreparable harm to the developer community and threaten our collective freedoms to listen, learn, create, and connect.
Bundles save people money, therefore bundles are good for customers. As for competitors? At least Apple pays artists more. As for the dominant position claim, as of 2019 Apple Music has more paid subscribers in the U.S., but Spotify has more paid users in the world. As Neil Cybart said, this is just guerilla warfare of companies piling on against Apple because they’re not making as much money. As I say, cutthroat capitalism.
Six Months of Fitness+ Free if You Buy an Apple Watch at Best Buy
Customers who buy an Apple Watch 3 or later from Best Buy will get Apple Fitness free for six months, and there is a CVS tie-up too.
The Apple Watch Series 3 Competes With Fitbit Sense
One thing from the Apple Event on Tuesday left Andrew scratching his head: Why is the Apple Watch Series 3 back?
Time Flies Event Aftermath – TMO Daily Observations 2020-09-15
Andrew Orr and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont to discuss the Time Flies event announcements of new hardware and services.
Fitness+ - Apple Rides Right into Peloton
Apple has taken direct aim at Peloton unveiling its new Fitness+ service that is based around the Apple Watch.
Apple Launches the Affordable Apple Watch SE
Apple on Tuesday launched an affordable Apple Watch SE model, with Series 5 internals and a body 30% bigger than the Series 3.
iOS 14 Released With New Features and Privacy Protection
Today, Apple announced the release of iOS 14. The newest operating system for the iPhone and iPad brings new features and privacy protection.
Apple Watch, Apple One, New iPads - Rewatch the Whole Time Flies Event
There was a lot to take in at Apple’s Time Flies event on Tuesday. If you missed any of it, the full video is available to watch back on the company’s official YouTube channel.
Apple One - Competitively Priced Services Bundle Unveiled
Apple officially confirmed its services bundle at the Time Flies event – called Apple One there are multiple tiers available.
Apple Introduces iPad Air 4 and iPad 8th Gen
At the Apple event on Tuesday we got some new iPads. The iPad 8th-gen comes with the A12 chip, and the iPad Air that looks like an iPad Pro.
Apple Announces watchOS 7: Family Setup, Apple Fitness+, New Faces, Sleep Tracking
Apple announced watchOS 7 during Tuesday’s Time Flies event, along with Apple Watch Series 6. watchOS 7 includes Family Setup, a ton of new Faces, more Memoji support, a service called Finess+, and more. Updated with more details.
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Apple Watch 6 Announced with Pulse Oximeter [UPDATE]
During Apple’s September 15 event, Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 6 with a pulse oximeter, SPO2.
TMO's Live Coverage and Commentary of the Apple "Time Flies" Event
Apple’s “Time Flies” event starts shortly, and TMO‘s staff will be providing coverage and commentary on our Live Blog throughout. Come join us!
The Mandalorian Season 2 Official Trailer
The official trailer for season 2 of The Mandalorian dropped on Tuesday. Disney+ subscribers will be able to follow as The Mandalorian and the Child continue their journey from Friday, October 30.
Apple Ends Barclays Rewards Card to Focus on Apple Card
Apple has canceled the Barclays Rewards card so that it can focus on Apple Card and make that the premier way for people to purchase Apple products.
YouTube Shorts to Begin Beta Testing
YouTube unveiled plans to begin rolling out a new product called ‘Shorts’ in a blog post on Tuesday. It is user-generated videos that last up to 15 seconds. Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before…
We’re excited to announce that we are building YouTube Shorts, a new short-form video experience right on YouTube for creators and artists who want to shoot short, catchy videos using nothing but their mobile phones. Over the next few days in India, we’re launching an early beta of Shorts with a handful of new creation tools to test this out. This is an early version of the product, but we’re releasing it now to bring you — our global community of users, creators and artists — on our journey with us as we build and improve Shorts. We’ll continue to add more features and expand to more countries in the coming months as we learn from you and listen to your feedback. Here are more details on what to expect.
UK Lawmakers Demand Answers From Apple on Sustainability and Repairability
Apple has faced criticism from British lawmakers for its apparent failure to engage with an inquiry into product repairability.
Pixelmator Photo 1.4 Brings ML Super Resolution to iPad
The Pixelmator Photo 1.4 update brings ML Super Resolution to the iPad. This is the feature introduced on macOS that lets you upscale images using machine learning. “Today’s update also adds a very awesome comparison slider, letting you quickly compare your edited image with the original in a split-screen view. And it works all around the app, so when using the Repair tool, you can turn on and move the comparison slider to see just the changes made with that tool. When the Color Adjustments tool selected, you’ll see just the color changes, and so on. Super useful.” Finally, the company has raised the app’s price to US$7.99, up from US$4.99.