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AppleInsider reports today that Apple Maps has just been updated with the locations of bike-sharing services in more than 175 cities in 36 countries, with the idea of helping tourists and anyone else who wants to hire a bike. To access the feature, all you have to do is type “bike sharing” in...

9to5 Mac reports today that according to MBLM’s annual Brand Intimacy survey, which polled 6,000 people from the US, Mexico, and United Arab Emirates, Apple is still the number 1 brand that they feel they have an emotional bond with. Apple also came out on top in last year’s Brand Intimacy...

MacRumors reports today that according to a new report from Barclays analysts Blayne Curtis and co., AirPod sales continue to grow, and Apple will be increasing production to keep up with demand. Barclays expects AirPods shipments to reach 30 million units in 2018, which is not that far off KGI...

The Fortnite Team at Epic Games has announced that possibly one of the most popular video games in the world right now, Fortnite Battle Royale, is coming to iOS. The free-to-play console and desktop game is an online streaming phenomenon. Recently it was revealed to be the number one most...

MacRumors reports that California has announced that it will be teaming up with several other states to introduce a new Right to Repair bill, which will mean that smartphone manufacturers will have to offer repair information, replacement parts, and diagnostic tools to owners of smartphones as...

According to a new investor memo from Rosenblatt Securities analyst Jun Zhang via AppleInsider, the rumoured forthcoming iPad Pro models with Face ID is about to enter mass production, prior to a June quarter release. Zhang says that he expects Apple to ship from 6 to 8 million units of the new...

If you’re thinking about buying a particular Apple device anytime soon then you might want to wait a couple of months, as according to a new report from Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, via Mac Otakara and MacRumors, Apple is planning to release cheaper versions of four of its most popular products...

Bloomberg has some new information today on the new over-ear headphones that Apple is said to be working on. According to Bloomberg’s sources, Apple was prompted to develop the over-ear headphones after the huge success of its AirPods in-ear headphones. The source says that the headphones will...

MacRumors reports today on a new research report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who says that Apple will be launching a “more affordable MacBook Air” in Q2 this year, which means anytime between April and June, and possible at Apple’s WWDC in June. With the launch of this cheaper...

For the past couple of months you might have spotted reports online about mysterious pellet-gun attacks on the shuttle buses that are used to ferry Apple and Google employees and other workers to their campuses in San Francisco, California. According to a report from AppleInsider, since the...

Engadget reports today that despite the fact that Snap’s Spectacles-with-camera gadget did not sell as well as the company had hoped, causing it to lose a rumoured $40 million due to over-estimating demand, the company is ready to give Spectacles another try. According to the original report...

According to newly released figures from IDC, via MacRumors, Apple Watch is still the most popular smartwatch in the world, by a very big margin. IDC says that Apple Watch shipments exceeded 8 million units worldwide in the last quarter, also earning it the accolade of best-selling wearable...

Tamagotchi digital pets that were a huge craze 20 years ago are about to make a big comeback on iOS with the forthcoming “My Tamagotchi Forever” free-to-play game, which will be released on March 15, according to AppleInsider. The game already had a soft launch in several countries at the end...

9to5 Mac reports that according to a new survey of 1,000 young adult Americans (in the 18-35 demographic) by Dealspotr, more than 10% of those polled had used Apple Pay to buy items in a retail store, and 15% of them had used Apple Pay to buying goods online. This beats the likes of Google Pay...

Any Apple Watch Series 3 owners inspired by the Winter Olympics to take to the slopes and start snowboarding or skiing will be happy to hear today’s news from Apple that, starting from today, you can now use Apple Watch Series 3 to track your activities. You’ll have to update the applicable apps...

Over the past few years we’ve seen how Apple has increasingly ventured into the health arena, with products such as the Apple Watch and iPhone frequently credited for saving the lives of users with heart problems, for example. Now it looks like Apple is set to take it further by launching a...

MacRumors reports today on new data from NPD Group that shows that first-day pre-orders for Apple’s HomePod were bigger than first-day pre-orders for many of HomePod’s biggest rivals such as the Sonos One and the Google Home Max in the US. The only smart speaker that HomePod did not beat in...

AppleInsider reports today that well-sourced KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said in a note to investors that due to the huge success of AirPods, Apple is planning to launch its own brand of over-the-ear headphones sometime this year. While Kuo did not give a specific date for the...

According to a new report on Japanese Apple website Mac Otakara, via MacRumors, Apple’s new AirPower wireless charging mat could be onsale as soon as March. The news comes from “reliable sources,” apparently, and backs up previous similar claims from The Apple Post earlier this month...

A fascinating story today from CBS Sacramento, via AppleInsider, which reports that Apple’s repair and refurbishing centre in Elk Grove, California, is responsible for making approximately 1,600 false-alarm 911 emergency calls since last October. Jamie Hudson, an emergency dispatcher at the Elk...

According to the newly released annual Apple Pay report from Gene Munster’s Loup Ventures, Apple Pay is growing year on year, an “impressive” performance, according to Munster. Loup Ventures estimates that there were 127 million global Apple Pay users by the end of 2017, a big increase from the...

According to an exclusive report from Bloomberg today, Apple is currently working on upgraded AirPods with new hardware features. Bloomberg’s source says that Apple wants to create a regular upgrade cycle for AirPods, just as it does with its other products such as iPhone and iPad...

AppleInsider reports today that a woman from New York City, Opokua Kwapong, is crediting FaceTime with saving her life after her sister, Adumea Sapong, noticed during a call from the UK that her sister was showing stroke symptoms. When Sapong called her older sister via FaceTime and woke her...

Touch Arcade reports today that the long-awaited sequel to popular endless runner snowboarding game Alto’s Adventure has finally arrived in the App Store, 1 day ahead of its scheduled release date on February 22. Alto’s Odyssey, developed by Snowman, looks just as gorgeous as its illustrious...

9to5 Mac reports today that papers that were filed this week with the Eurasian commission database have revealed that there are two new iPad models on the way very soon. In the filings, which were discovered by Consomac, two new iPad models identified as A1954 and A1893 were listed as tablets...

MacRumors reports that Fast Company has proclaimed Apple the most innovative company in the world in its annual ranking of 50 innovative companies. Fast Company says that it has awarded Apple its top honour because of the way in which the company is “delivering the future today.” Among Apple’s...

Shape.com reports today on how a woman used her Apple Watch SOS feature to call for help for her and her 9-month-old baby son after her car was hit by a drunk driver. Twenty-four-year-old Kacie Anderson from Hannover, PA, wrote a letter to Apple telling them how the device saved the life of her...

Business Insider has been talking to industrial design experts about the issue that Apple is currently having with HomePods leaving white rings on certain treated wood surfaces. While the problem is not specific to Apple’s product, with reports appearing last week that the Sonos One speaker...

MacRumors reports that Google Maps has just been updated with three new quick-access tabs that have already been available on Android for more than a year, namely Explore, Driving, and Transit tabs. Situated at the bottom of the screen, the new tabs will provide more details when you swipe up...

AppleInsider reports that according to research from TechInsights, Apple’s HomePod costs around $216 to build. With HomePod costing $349, this translates to margins of around 38%, which is lower than Apple’s margins for iPhone and iPad, and also lower than HomePod’s rivals such as Amazon’s Echo...

MacRumors reports that many users have been posting pictures of white ring markings that have been left by their HomePods on wood surfaces. Following many complaints on social media and in various reviews, Apple has now been prompted to issue a statement on the matter. The problem first came to...

AppleInsider reports today that according to a new chart published by Statista, Apple sold more watches in Q4 2017 than the entire Swiss watch industry. Statista used Apple Watch shipment estimates recently published by research firm Canalys as the basis for its chart, whereby it compared them...

Last week it was reported that Apple was to delay some of its planned new iOS features in favour of working on ironing out some of the technical issues and bugs with iOS, an approach that was dubbed the “Snow Leopard” method after Apple did exactly the same thing with Mac OSX several years ago...

It seems like Apple’s determination to focus primarily on HomePod’s sound over anything else has really paid off, as according to AppleInsider, one particular audio expert is hailing the newly released speaker as acoustical “witchcraft” and “100 percent an Audiophile-grade Speaker.” In one...

Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition has arrived in the App Store today. All 10 episodes are available immediately, and the first one is free to download, with the remaining 9 episodes available to purchase either individually or as a bundle. Designed specifically for...

It’s an exciting day today for anyone who pre-ordered Apple’s new HomePod smart speaker, with customers in Australia being the first to open theirs. After Australia came the United Kingdom, and then finally North America, with stores in all three of the HomePod launch countries opening at 8 a.m...

Apple’s HomePod isn’t officially available until tomorrow, but already the shipping dates in the US online Apple Store have slipped to next week, and HomePod in-store pick-ups are no longer available, writes MacRumors. The situation is the same in the UK and Australia. However, don’t worry if...

MacRumors reports that with the official launch of the 2018 Winter Olympics on Friday in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Apple and NBC have partnered-up to launch a special portal that will cover the news from the Games. You’ll find the Winter Olympics coverage in a special section of the “For You”...

9to5 Mac reports today that according to a new study from UC San Francisco, in partnership with digital health startup Cardiogram, heart-rate data provided by wearables such as Apple Watch can detect diabetes at an early stage. The study, which involved over 14,000 Apple Watch and Android...

MacRumors reports today on new estimated figures from research firm Canalys that show that Apple Watch shipments exceeded a record-breaking figure of 18 million units shipped in 2017, which represents a rise of more than 50% from the 12 million units shipped in 2016. According to Canalys, 48%...