Category: Apple
Apple launches Apple Pay Express Transit
Forget having to wait a few seconds for your card to be read on London's public transport as someone tuts loudly behind you. From today, Apple Express Transit mode will allow you to use Apple Pay on the Underground, buses and other TfL services instantaneously. Thanks to Express Mode, there’s no longer any need for Face…
Apple bans vaping apps over health concerns
Apple is banning vaping apps from its app store amid concern about the effect of vaping on the health of young people. The iPhone maker made the decision based on research in the US attributing a number of lung injuries and fatalities to e-cigarettes and vaping products. It has removed 181 vaping apps from the…
Apple reports $64 billion record fourth-quarter revenue
Apple has reported record revenue for its fourth quarter despite a further fall in iPhone sales, Releasing its latest financial results, the tech giant said revenue for the last three months was $64 billion dollars (£49.6 billion). That was despite revenue from iPhone sales – still the company’s biggest selling product – falling by more…
Apple resumes human reviews of Siri audio with iPhone update
Apple is resuming the use of humans to review Siri audio commands and dictation with the latest iPhone software update. In August, the company suspended the practice and apologised for the way it used people, rather than just machines, to review the audio. While common in the tech industry, the practice undermined Apple’s attempts to…
Apple unveils new noise-cancelling AirPods Pro
Apple has announced a new version of its AirPod earphones, the AirPods Pro, which will include noise-cancelling technology for the first time. The £249 AirPods Pro will be the Apple-made earphones to include noise-cancelling, which uses built-in microphones to filter out background noise when being used. The technology giant confirmed the earphones would be available…
China claims Apple police monitoring app ‘helps Hong Kong thugs’
Apple has come under pressure from China after the ruling Communist Party’s main newspaper criticised the tech giant for a smartphone app that allows Hong Kong activists to report police movements. HKmap.live, designed by an outside supplier and available on Apple Inc’s online store, “facilitates illegal behaviour”, the People’s Daily said in a commentary. “Is…
Apple says goodbye to iTunes in latest Mac update
Apple fans have bid farewell to iTunes, the once-revolutionary program that made online music sales mainstream and effectively blunted the impact of piracy. But not many consumers still use iTunes — on iPhones, the functions have long been split into separate apps for music, video and books. Mac computers follow suit on Monday with a…
iPhone designer Jonathan Ive pictured at National Portrait Gallery
Jonathan Ive by Andreas Gursky, 2019 (Andreas Gursky) A new portrait of iPhone designer Sir Jonathan Ive (pictured above) has been unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery. The photograph depicts the British man who created the look of the iPhone, iPod and Mac and has been commissioned for the gallery’s…
Apple News+ launches in the UK
Apple’s digital news and magazine subscription service, Apple News+, has launched in the UK. The new service, announced earlier this year, gives users access to more than 150 publications for a single monthly fee. Apple confirmed that the service will include access to publications such as The Times and The Sunday Times, Cosmopolitan UK, Elle…
Google strikes back with game subscription service
Google is offering a new subscription service for apps and games on Android devices days after Apple launched a similar service. Google Play Pass will cost $5 a month, and give subscribers access to 350 games and apps. It will cost $2 a month for the first year in an introductory offer. Android devices with…