Apple said to be investigating growing iTunes credit card fraud in Singapore
A pair of reports today explain that Apple customers across in Singapore are noticing a high number of fraudulent credit card charges being made via iTunes. According to the ChannelNews Asia, Apple has said it is investigating the complaints, but specifics remain unclear…
What’s the best podcast app for iPhone?
When it comes to listening to podcasts on iOS, there are so many great options. The Apple Podcast app comes built into every iOS device with syncing. It’s certainly a great app, but is it the best? On iOS, users have countless third-party options as well. My goal for this article is to break down some of the major podcast apps, and then determine which is best. more…
China looks to increase advanced manufacturing by supplying OLED displays to Apple
Apple currently relies exclusively on Samsung for its supply of OLED displays for the iPhone X. According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, however, China is pushing to become a supplier of OLED displays to Apple as part of its efforts to increase advanced manufacturing…
Popular music notification service, Record Bird, is shutting down
I woke up today with an email that one of my favorite apps is going away. Record Bird was a tool that would let you know when your favorite artists had new music coming out. It’s being shut down tomorrow.
Apple specialists to hold live HomePod question and answer session next week
Niantic outlines new three strike policy to combat Pokémon GO cheaters
In response to privacy concerns, Venmo says default public transactions are a social feature
Earlier this week, we highlighted data from a security researcher who analyzed over 200 million Venmo transactions and was able to “learn an alarming mount” about users simply through those transactions.
The issue stems from the fact that anyone can track a Venmo user’s purchase history thanks to the app’s default public setting. Now, in a statement, Venmo is defending itself…
India regulator threatens to ban iPhones from carrier networks over resistance to anti-spam app
Last weekend, a report suggested that Apple had sold fewer than 1 million iPhones in India so far this year. Now, it appears that iPhone sales numbers are just one of the company’s worries in the country…
This week’s top stories: MacBook Pro throttling, new emoji coming to iOS, 5K wallpaper gallery, more
In this week’s top stories: Apple’s brand new MacBook Pro has a thermal throttling problem, new emoji coming to iOS later this year, Bluetooth 5.0 explained, and much more. Read on for all of this week’s biggest news…
Making The Grade: Juice Mobile Power solves classroom charging woes
Making The Grade is a weekly series from Bradley Chambers covering Apple in education. Bradley has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009. Through his experience deploying and managing 100s of Macs and 100s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple’s products work at scale, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for students.
Being in school IT, I get a lot of sales calls. It especially heats up in the spring when schools are making all the buying decisions for the following year. Most of them are sent straight to my voicemail, so it’s hard to wade through the junk from the great. A few weeks ago, I got an email from the folks at Bretford wanting to talk to me about Juice Mobile Power. I was immediately intrigued when I saw the first paragraph on the website: more…