Apple bought the exclusive rights to an Ed Sheeran documentary earlier this year. The documentary, Songwriter, has now been released. With an active Apple Music subscription, you can find the 1 hour, 24 minute film in the TV & Movies section in the Music app’s Browse tab, or in iTunes on the desktop.

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Apple retired its One to One customer training program several years ago, and replaced it with its free workshops and Today at Apple program. Now, the company is offering free one-on-one sessions over the phone for training on its Photos app.

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Apple’s AirPort line may be discontinued, but AirPort Express got one heck of an update today. Firmware update 7.8 for the latest AirPort Express hardware (no longer sold) adds support for AirPlay 2 and Apple’s Home app on iOS 12. The teaser for support has been present since iOS 11.4 beta, but support hasn’t been live before today’s version 7.8 firmware update.

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Apple has today released the second supplemental update for 2018 MacBook Pros running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.’

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Instagram has today announced that it is “increasing access” for user accounts to be verified with a new process. The platform will also start supporting third-party apps for two-factor authentication, and more.

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As part of a refocused effort to improve the world of user experience (UX) design, Adobe today has revealed several significant changes to their XD Creative Cloud desktop application. The new features open the door for rapid growth of the software with help from third parties.

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Bose has today announced its latest smart speakers, or more specifically, one smart speaker and two smart soundbars. With Alexa voice control built-in, support coming for Google Assistant, and AirPlay 2 arriving next year, Bose is looking to better compete with Amazon, Google, Apple, and more.

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Apple was today granted a design patent for the exterior of the Steve Jobs Theater …

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Piggybacking off the success of its wildly popular T3 and T5 series of portable SSDs, Samsung today officially announced a new portable X-series NVMe SSD featuring Thunderbolt 3 connectivity. The Samsung Portable SSD X5, the company’s first portable NVMe external SSD with Thunderbolt 3, promises eyebrow-raising read speeds of up to 2,800 MB/s, 5.2 times faster than SSDs based on SATA III. more…