Apple Watch This neat stand turns your Apple Watch into a classic Apple iPodThe Verge - Andrew LiptakAccessories company Elago recently its latest product, a neat stand that makes your Apple Watch look like a classic iPod (via 9to5Mac). The W6 stand works with all of Apple’s Watches (Series 1-4), and
Play buttonMacBook Air The 2018 MacBook Air is $799 at Micro Center, its cheapest price yetThe Verge - Cameron FaulknerUpdated at 1:45PM ET, July 19th: Updated to reflect that the MacBook Air deal below is only valid for in-store pickups at Micro Center. You can reserve a unit online, though you’ll need to drive in to
Gaming The excellent Flappy Bird battle royale game is now available for everyoneThe Verge - Chaim GartenbergFlappy Bird is a gaming legend and one of the most explosively popular mobile games ever made. But what if it were more like Fortnite? That’s the idea behind Flappy Royale, a new game from developers Therox
Play buttoniOS Thatgamecompany’s Sky is out now for iOSThe Verge - Sam ByfordSky: Children of the Light, the new title from Journey and Flower developer Thatgamecompany, is now available worldwide for iOS devices. The game was initially revealed onstage in 2017 as an Apple TV showcase,
Play buttonSnoopy Here’s a first look at Apple’s Peanuts show featuring astronaut SnoopyThe Verge - Dami LeeAppearing right on time during the week of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, here’s the first trailer for Snoopy in Space, an educational Peanuts show made exclusively for the upcoming
Apple How Apple factory workers steal pieces of new iPhones -- and sometimes get awayThe Verge - Cameron FaulknerLeaks are common in the tech industry, but for the past six years, Apple has been doing everything in its power to prevent them from getting out into the world. Following a big leak that spoiled the announcement
Play buttonMacBook Air Apple MacBook Air (2019) review: the new normalThe Verge - Dieter BohnThere’s not a lot that’s changed with 2019’s iteration of the MacBook Air — it’s a minor tweak on the major changes Apple introduced last year. It still has a beautiful Retina display — only now it’s Tone
MacBook Pro Apple’s new entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro is an obvious upgradeThe Verge - Dan SeifertThere’s a new entry-level MacBook Pro in town. An “entry-level pro” machine is a bit of an oxymoron, so the best way to look at this computer is to think of it as an upgrade to the mainstream MacBook —
Emoji Why does Apple hate falafel?The Verge - Jon PorterTo celebrate World Emoji Day (which, yes, is apparently a thing now), Apple and Google have released a preview of the new emoji which will be arriving on their mobile operating systems later this year.
Apple Arcade Apple will reportedly fund Apple-exclusive podcastsThe Verge - Ashley CarmanApple, with a revived focus on services and original content, is reportedly looking to invest in podcasts. Bloomberg reports today that the tech company is reaching out to media companies to discuss making
Apple Apple is silently updating Macs again to remove insecure software from Zoom’s partnersThe Verge - Dieter BohnApple informed us that it has sent out a silent security update to Macs to remove software that was automatically installed by RingCentral and Zhumu. These video conferencing apps both used technology
Apple Zoom’s video conferencing security flaw also applies to RingCentral and ZhumuThe Verge - Dieter BohnAs Buzzfeed reports, security researcher Karan Lyons published evidence of yet more video conferencing apps that could be maliciously opened with their cameras turned on due to a security flaw. The apps
Apple Page through computer history with this complete scan of NeXT’s Fall 1989 catalogThe Verge - Andrew LiptakAn amateur computer historian has unearthed a cool piece of technology paraphernalia: NeXT’s Fall 1989 catalog. Kevin Savetz recently scanned the entire 138-page book, and posted the files to Archive.org.
Apple Check out this incredible archive of Apple’s promotional photos and adsThe Verge - Andrew LiptakGraphic designer and marketer Sam Henri Gold has assembled an incredible archive of Apple’s promotional materials that stretches back to the 1970s, which he’s uploaded into a Google Drive folder for people
Play buttoniPhone This video reimagines the iPhone as a retro MacintoshThe Verge - Ashley CarmanImagine if Apple, instead of inventing something completely new for its original iPhone design, had maintained the look of its iconic Macintosh or the iMac G3. The phone would be more eye-catching than
Apple Apple restores banned parental control app OurPact to the App StoreThe Verge - Chaim GartenbergApple has reversed course on its ban of parental control app OurPact, allowing the ousted software to return to the App Store in its original form and without any limitations or restrictions. The move
Apple Apple TV Plus’ See reportedly costs almost $15 million per episodeThe Verge - Chaim GartenbergThe already-crowded streaming market is on the verge of getting some new competitors, with Apple TV Plus, Disney+, HBO Max, and more gearing up to face off against more established players like Netflix
Apple Watch Apple Watch vulnerability forces Apple to disable Walkie-TalkieThe Verge - Sam ByfordThe Apple Watch Walkie-Talkie app has been disabled after Apple found a vulnerability that could let people listen in on other iPhones, the company tells TechCrunch. Apple isn’t aware of the vulnerability
Web Servers Apple is silently removing Zoom’s web server software from MacsThe Verge - Dieter BohnAfter all of the drama over Zoom’s use of a hidden web server on Macs, Apple itself has decided to step in, TechCrunch reports. It is issuing a silent update — meaning your Mac will get it without any
Wear OS Google shuts down Nest app for Apple Watch and Wear OSThe Verge - Chris WelchPeople take control of their smart thermostat from their wrist so infrequently that Google has decided to completely scrap its Nest app for both Apple Watch and the company’s own Wear OS platform. The
MacBook Air Apple has made shopping for MacBooks simple againThe Verge - Vlad SavovYesterday, Apple did one of those sleepy summer spec refreshes on its MacBooks that usually passes without much fanfare or celebration. No designs have changed, the problematic butterfly keyboard is still
HomePod Apple will finally release the HomePod in Japan this summerThe Verge - Sam ByfordThe HomePod doesn’t appear to have been a sales smash hit anywhere, but it doesn’t help that you can only actually buy it in a handful of countries. Apple is still rolling it out, though, and just announced
Apple Apple cuts prices of Mac SSD upgrades across lineupThe Verge - Jon PorterAlongside the changes made to its MacBook lineup today, Apple has cut the prices of SSD upgrades across much of its Mac lineup. 9to5Mac reports that in the case of the 512GB MacBook Pro, the 4TB storage
MacBook Air Apple’s new laptop lineup is simpler, but choosing which one to buy isn’t any easierThe Verge - Cameron FaulknerApple simplified its laptop lineup today by discontinuing a few models. The 12-inch MacBook and the pre-2018 MacBook Air are no longer sold through the Apple Store. Now, it’s just the MacBook Air and Pro.
MacBook Pro Apple adds True Tone display to the MacBook Air and Touch Bar to the entry-level MacBook ProThe Verge - Chaim GartenbergApple updated its high-end MacBook Pro models at the end of May, and now it’s time for the entry-level MacBook Pro (which was previously known as the MacBook Escape) and the MacBook Air to get some refreshes.
Apple Store Apple discontinues 12-inch MacBookThe Verge - Jacob KastrenakesApple has stopped selling the 12-inch MacBook just four years after introducing the laptop as the slimmest in its lineup. The previous generation MacBook Air — the one without a Retina display — is no
Play buttonApple Watch What happened to the original iPhone’s plastic screen?The Verge - Thomas RickerThe iPhone Steve Jobs revealed in January 2007 featured a 3.5-inch plastic display. Not many people remember that, because the phone sold that June was covered in glass. The switch from plastic to glass
App Store Apple’s Texas Hold’em game returns to the iPhone to celebrate 10 years of the App StoreThe Verge - Chaim GartenbergApple’s Texas Hold’em game was released over 11 years ago for the iPhone as the first game ever sold on the App Store. Today, seemingly out of nowhere, Apple has updated the game with a refreshed version
Touch ID macOS Catalina and iOS 13 might use Face ID and Touch ID to sign onto iCloudThe Verge - Andrew LiptakApple appears to be testing out a new way for users to log onto iCloud.com with its next operating systems, according to 9to5Mac. The site reports that users who have installed the beta for iOS 13, iPadOS
