Logitech announces it has acquired popular audio & microphone company Blue
Logitech announced this evening that it is acquiring popular microphone company Blue. Blue makes a handful of audio products that are popular among various segments of the market, including musicians, podcasters, and other content creators…
iOS 12 beta 5 further hints at dual-SIM support coming to future iPhone models
We’ve heard rumors about a possible dual-SIM iPhone model to be released this year, with the feature coming to the Plus model and including dual-SIM support for specific regions.
With iOS 12 developer beta 5, we’ve found evidence that dual-SIM support is indeed coming to iPhone, at least at the software level…
Apple voices opposition to Cupertino ‘head tax’ proposal, says it has spent $70M on ‘public benefits’
Apple is voicing its opposition to a proposal in Cupertino that would tax large corporations such as itself based on its employee count. In a letter sent to the Cupertino council, Apple touted its investments in the Cupertino economy, as well as its efforts to reduce traffic issues and more…
iOS 12 beta 5 confirms HomePod will add support for making phone calls
Currently, if you want to use HomePod to make a phone call you have to either dial or answer a call on your iPhone, then select your HomePod as the audio output device for the call, you can’t initiate or answer a call using HomePod.
Apple didn’t announce any new features for HomePod during its WWDC keynote this year, but the audio accessory is likely to gain some new features when iOS 12 is released to everyone in September.
As Apple preps group FaceTime in iOS 12, WhatsApp adds group voice & video calling for all
After originally being announced in May, group video and audio calling is now live in the latest versions of WhatsApp for iOS and Android. For iOS users, this feature comes ahead of iOS 12’s release this fall with support for Group FaceTime calls…
PSA: Latest iOS phishing scam tries to connect you to ‘AppleCare’ w/ a system dialog popup
Phishing attempts targeting Apple users are certainly nothing new, but a report today from ArsTechnica highlights the growing creativity that scammers are users. The report points to how a fake Apple website went as far as to pop-up a system dialog box prompting the user to call “AppleCare.”
iPhone & iPad: How to change default search engine in Safari
While you can’t change your default web browser on iOS, Apple does allow you to change the default search engine in Safari. The default on iOS is Google, but you are able to change it to either, Bing, Yahoo, or DuckDuckGo.
macOS Mojave beta 5 enables per-app eGPU acceleration on built-in Mac displays
Today’s 5th developer beta release of macOS Mojave has brought about some good news for Mac-owning eGPU enthusiasts. Users can now selectively enable eGPU acceleration on a per-app basis. more…
Google Maps for iOS predicts which restaurants you will like with new ‘match’ feature
Google today has updated its Google Maps application for iOS with a new feature to bring it in line with its Android counterpart. With today’s update, Google Maps now includes a “match” feature that will help suggest new restaurants it thinks you will enjoy…
MoviePass CEO says major new films will not be available to subscribers going forward
Just a few days ago, MoviePass experienced a major outage due to the fact it ran out of cash, and now it is seemingly planning to try and turn its monetization struggles around by preventing users from seeing major new film releases…