WHATSAPP is looking to add more options to one of its newest messaging features, suggesting that it’s not all that happy with how things are working at the moment.
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Apple releases new video detailing App Tracking Transparency
App Tracking Transparency is here with iOS 14.5 and Apple has detailed the feature in a new privacy ad spot. The feature, which some companies have rallied against, was delayed to give developers and …
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Apple releases iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 with face mask unlock, App Tracking Transparency
Apple has released iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, with some of the biggest new features including App Tracking Transparency and easier iPhone mask unlocking.
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Your iPhone apps are tracking you. iOS 14.5 lets you turn that off. Here’s how
It takes under a minute to change a setting that will boost your privacy and keep ads from following you across the internet. Here’s how to do it.
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Microsoft’s new Windows 10 app store will allow unpackaged apps, but why?
Windows is a desktop OS, so desktop apps should be in the Windows app store, right? Last week, I wrote about some upcoming changes to the Store app on Windows 10 that Microsoft is yet to announce, …
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Best Apple Watch deals: Save $30 on a Series 6
An Apple Watch can help you get fit and lead a healthier lifestyle. And with iOS 14.5 released Monday, an Apple Watch can now unlock your iPhone while you’re wearing a mask. For anyone who’s still …
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Thinking about Microsoft’s potential new app store on Windows 10
I wrote about some upcoming changes to the Store app on Windows 10 that Microsoft is yet to announce, that will allow app developers to bring more kinds of Win32 apps to the Store in an effort to …
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iMessage in 2021: what could it learn from WhatsApp and other messaging apps
While we wait for the sizeable iOS 14.5 update, details about the even bigger iOS 15 update expected toward the end of the year have leaked in a Bloomberg report, which suggested that Apple is working …
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More trouble at the Portland Apple Store in the Apple Crime Blotter
Matt Gaetz’s iPhone seized, iPad stolen from the Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, and the producer of the “Steve Jobs” movie is accused of throwing an Apple monitor.
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Working with Evernote for iOS 7
Each note has to be edited individually, which is a slow and tedious process. When I get serious about research, I have to use Evernote on my Mac because the iOS app doesn’t have any research …
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Apple moving forward on app privacy, despite pushback
An update to the software powering some billion iPhones around the world kicks in Monday with an enhanced privacy feature critics fear will roil the internet advertising world.
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Apple Just Killed The iPad Pro As We Know It
With the launch of the new iPad Pro, Apple brought its desktop processor to the tablet. The iPad Pro is never going to be the same again.
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Online Apple Store down ahead of AirTag, purple iPhone 12 preorders
Apple late Thursday took its online storefront down as it prepares for an expected onslaught of preorders for new hardware, including purple iPhone 12 models and the much-anticipated AirTag.
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This Week in Apps: An Apple event, more Clubhouse clones and an app store antitrust hearing
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a …
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How Apple’s new iMacs color-matched today’s home fashion trends
Commentary: Apple is declaring a brave new post-minimalism world by bringing to our homes colors that spark joy.
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Best new iPhone games in Apple Arcade plus top App Store ‘freemium’ picks
From NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition to Monument Valley+, these are the best new iPhone games in Apple Arcade, plus some new titles available in the App Store.
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Apple antitrust hearing: Tile likens Find My network to a ‘hostage’ program, App Store scam apps, more
The latest antitrust hearing looking into concerns about Apple and Google’s market power is underway. Along with the companies getting a grilling from the Congressional subcommittee on antitrust, …
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