Apple’s newest foray into social media isn’t its own network — it’s an app that creates slickly designed videos. Clips, Apple’s (AAPL, Tech30) new standalone app announced Tuesday, creates videos to share to networks like Facebook (FB, Tech30) and Instagram.
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Apple's Clips tries for that Snapchat/Instagram mojo
Apple’s new Clips app hopes to take on Snapchat and Instagram (Photo: Apple) LOS ANGELES — Apple’s track record with successful hit apps is very spotty. For every iMovie and Garage Band that does catch on, there’s also Live Photos, Ping and Music …
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Apple’s App Store Gets a Makeover
Apple Inc.’s App Store has turned countless software developers into millionaires since its launch almost a decade ago. But working with the famously controlling company has often been frustrating. Apps were rejected with little explanation, and Apple has …
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Apple drives further into Facebook, Snap territory with video app
Clips, which will hit Apple’s App Store in April, lets customers take videos and add animated captions and titles, complete with colorful emoji symbols. The app also makes it possible to stitch together multiple video clips and add speech bubbles and filters.
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Apple offers its own take on Snapchat and Instagram Stories with the simple Clips video editing app
It won’t arrive in the App Store until next month, but Apple’s already offering up a preview of its new mobile video app. The company is positioning Clips as a halfway mark between iMovie and Memories (the slideshow feature in Camera) in terms of …
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9 paid iPhone apps on sale for a limited time
We got tons of great feedback following our list of the best paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free on Monday, and a handful of those apps are still free downloads today. Definitely go back and check them out if you missed yesterday’s post.
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Apple bets big on augmented reality: Firm planning to 'bring technology to the masses' with iPhone apps and affordable smart glasses
It’s no secret that Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is a big fan of augmented reality, as has touted its potential to change people’s lives just as the smartphone did. Now, sources have revealed to Bloomberg that the tech giant plans to bring the technology to …
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Photos clogging your phone? Compare the best apps
Google’s free app allows anyone to upload their photos and videos to the cloud. Even better, it comes with free unlimited storage for videos (up to 1080p) and photos (up to 16-megapixels). Seeing as no current iPhone has more than 12-megapixel camera …
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Apple unveils cheaper iPad, red iPhones
The new iPad mini is available now. In its lineup of phones, Apple said its smaller screen iPhone SE will be available beginning March 24 in 32GB and 128GB models, doubling the current capacity and replacing 16GB and 64GB models. Apple also unveiled a red …
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Apple wants to make iOS video creation and editing fun and simple with free Clips app
Compatible with iOS 10.3-running iPhone 5s or later, semi-recent iPads, and even the sixth-gen iPod touch, the free-to-download title is slated for an April App Store debut. Could this be more exciting than that “new” 9.7-inch iPad? Apple discreetly …
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Apple iPhone SE Upgrade Is Good News for Bargain Hunters
Apple just doubled the storage capacities of its “affordable” iPhone SE models, from 16G and 64GB to 32GB and 128GB. The move, which comes on the one-year anniversary of the original iPhone SE launch, is driving down prices on the older models. And that …
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Best Apple Watch bands of 2017
You change your clothes everyday, so why not switch up your Apple Watch and Apple Watch 2 band, too? Your Apple Watch is stylish on its own, but just like you have a new change of clothes each day, you owe it to yourself to have a repertoire of bands that …
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Apple store is down: new devices coming up?
The Apple store has gone down, due to previously announced “scheduled maintainence”. The online store is temporarily down and the company replaced it with the short cryptic message, signalling “something special” is coming soon. However, multiple …
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Apple Store goes down ahead of possible first new product launch of 2017
Is Apple about to quietly release its first brand new products of the year? Are tablets now such an afterthought that new iPads aren’t even important enough to warrant their own Apple press conference? Those questions and more should be answered shortly …
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Red iPhone 7 release date and price revealed as Apple teams up with AIDS charity for new colour option
Apple has launched a red version of its flagship iPhone 7 and 7 Plus smartphones, expanding the range of options available to customers. The red model will join Apple’s existing choice of colours, which includes silver, gold, rose gold, black and “jet black”.
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Apple unveils special-edition iPhone 7 in red
A surprise new iPhone is here — and it’s red. Apple (AAPL, Tech30) unveiled Tuesday a special red version of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, to commemorate the 10-year partnership between the tech giant and Red, an organization that helps fights AIDS. The …
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Apple Quietly Updates Its iPad Line, Introduces RED iPhone 7
Apple unveiled a freshly updated 9.7-inch iPad, an improvement over its iPad Air 2. It also announced new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus RED special edition phones. The new iPad drops the Air branding and improves the display over the previous iteration.
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