Apple fixed an iOS 14 bug would reset your default app settings after rebooting an iPad or iPhone, so now you can set Chrome or Gmail as a default and they will stay that way.
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Launch Center Pro lets you build custom icons to customize your iOS 14 home screen
Launch Center Pro, an iOS utility that offered widgets and custom icons long before they were allowed on the iPhone’s home screen, is bringing its design tools to iOS 14. The app aims to capitalize on …
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Apple is giving the iPhone 12 an exciting, unexpected new upgrade
The iPhone 12 series will feature a new design, as well as several new hardware improvements, according to recent rumors. One of the notable iPhone 12 changes concerns the accessories that Apple …
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What’s in the iPhone 12? Wall Street analysts give us their predictions
Apple users are still awaiting the unveiling of the iPhone 12, after the tech giant introduced only new iPads, Apple Watches and a new services bundle at its virtual event last week.
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A Free iPhone 12? Beware This Fake ‘Apple Chatbot’ Invite
Want a free iPhone 12? If it looks too good to be true… getty. It feels like we are reaching peak iPhone 12, with the launch of Apple’s latest smartphone likely to be launched i …
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Apple Watch Series 6 review
Since its debut way back in 2015, each iteration of the Apple Watch has come with newer and, well, better features. The Series 3 was the first with cellular, Series 4 increased the display and Series …
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Can Apple Watch Series 6 and Fitbit Sense accurately and reliably give blood-oxygen readings?
Both the Apple Watch Series 6 and Fitbit Sense have new blood-oxygen apps, but The Washington Post’s Geoffrey Fowler says they’re mostly useless.
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App Store rejected 150,000 apps in 2020 & is seeing 100,000 submissions per week
Apple is promoting a series of new series of statistics revealing details of App Store operations, plus how the Apple Developer Program has grown.
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Epic, Spotify and other Apple critics form coalition to take on App Store rules
More than a dozen app makers and other companies have joined together to form the Coalition for App Fairness, a nonprofit group that’s taking aim at Apple and its App Store rules. Among the founding …
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The best iOS 14 tips and tricks
There are tons of new features in iOS 14, and they are working fairly well so far. We offer some tips and tricks for taking advantage of them.
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Apple update fixes iOS 14 issue with default mail and browser apps
One of the nice new features of iOS 14 was the ability to set your own default mail and browser apps. However, users who tried this out were finding that, after they restarted their device, the …
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Apple will no longer make you return your whole Apple Watch if the Solo Loop doesn’t fit
But Apple confirms to The Verge that it has changed that policy, and you’ll be able to swap your band without handing Apple the rest of the Watch, both online and in physical stores. Apple’s also …
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Could this be the thing that finally turns the tide against Apple’s App Store fees?
App makers like Spotify have blasted the Apple App Store fees and various practices of the store for a while now. Now, several of these app developers and longtime critics of Apple’s App …
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Apple’s smaller rivals unite to fight iPhone app store rules | Charlotte Observer
Spotify and the makers of Fortnite and Tinder are taking on Apple and Google as part of a newly formed coalition calling for “fair treatment” in the way the tech giants run their app stores.
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Spotify, Match Join a Challenge to Apple’s App Store Practices
Epic Games’ fight with Apple has inspired a growing group of developers that seek legal and regulatory limits on the tech giant’s control.
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iOS 14.0.1 now available with fix for default browser settings bug
Apple rolled out iOS 14.0.1 and iPadOS 14.0.1 for iPhone and iPad on Tuesday. The first public update for iOS 14 addresses several bugs that have been plaguing early adopters of the new software, …
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iOS and iPadOS 14.0.1 drops with fix for resetting default apps bug
OS and iPadOS 14 went out to the public on short notice just last week, and it did something previously unthinkable for the platform: it made it possible to change default email and browser apps.
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