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Group sues Apple demanding Telegram app be banned like Parler

Monday, January 18, 2021 11:22 amMonday, January 18, 202143 Comments

A Washington nonprofit group, the Coalition for a Safer Web, sued Apple in federal court Sunday, demanding that it remove Telegram, a chat…

Google again removes alleged spying app ToTok from Play Store

Sunday, February 16, 2020 2:22 pmNo Comments

Google has once again removed the chat app ToTok, which is allegedly an espionage tool for the United Arab Emirates, from the Play Store …

Apple pulls Emirati messaging app ‘ToTok’ for spying on users by UAE government

Monday, December 23, 2019 10:37 am5 Comments

ToTok, is actually a spying tool, according to American officials familiar with a classified intelligence assessment…

Apple’s Siri will no longer default to Apple’s Phone or Messages apps

Wednesday, October 2, 2019 8:38 am5 Comments

Right now, when iPhone users ask Siri to call or message a friend, the system defaults to Apple’s Phone or iMessage apps…

Apple’s Messages for Android will never arrive and green bubbles will keep ruining Messages

Monday, August 19, 2019 10:44 amThursday, January 7, 202125 Comments

For the time being, those who settle for Google insecure, privacy-trampling, fragmented, toxic hellstew will remain in their green bubble ghetto sporadically soiling our pristine, blue, full-featured Messages…

Millennials’ credit activity bodes well for forthcoming Apple Card

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 3:52 pm5 Comments

Created by Apple and designed for iPhone, Apple Card brings together Apple’s hardware, software and services to transform the entire credit card experience…

Apple preps launch pad for Apple Card blast off

Monday, July 22, 2019 6:51 pm6 Comments

Apple Card completely rethinks everything about the credit card. It represents all the things for which Apple stands…

Apple Card FOMO is real

Sunday, July 21, 2019 8:44 pm11 Comments

The more I hear about Apple Card, the more I want one…

Apple Card: U.S. launch is imminent

Friday, July 19, 2019 4:50 pmSunday, July 21, 201910 Comments

The Apple Card, first announced in March and slated for release this summer, is gearing up for its launch…

Apple trademark filing hints at Apple Card launch in Canada

Friday, July 19, 2019 4:00 pmFriday, July 19, 20191 Comment

Apple Inc. has filed a Canadian application to trademark brand names for its consumer credit card, Apple Card…

Everything new with Apple’s Messages in iOS 13

Friday, June 28, 2019 5:33 pmFriday, June 28, 20194 Comments

Messages is one of the most used apps on iOS, making it no surprise that Apple invested quite a bit of time in making it all the more powerful…

Why I finally switched to Apple’s iMessage: Encrypted chat is a moral imperative

Friday, June 14, 2019 3:01 pmFriday, June 14, 20196 Comments

After years of refusing to turn on iMessage — even when I’m using an iPhone — I have flipped that little toggle button to on…

Vizio unveils all-new 4K HDR smart TVs, Apple’s HomeKit and AirPlay 2 coming later this year

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 5:45 pmTuesday, May 21, 20193 Comments

When Apple listed all the AirPlay 2-compatible TVs, there was good news for Vizio TV owners…

New Apple ads spotlight iPhone XR battery life and iMessage encryption

Saturday, May 11, 2019 11:53 amMonday, May 13, 20191 Comment

Apple has shared a pair of new iPhone ads this week, with one touting the iPhone XR’s battery life…

Three simple reasons why I won’t downgrade to an Android phone

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 1:58 pmWednesday, April 10, 20199 Comments

The iPhone is very well built, it’s extremely fast, and it still sets the tone for the industry…

How services could sour Apple

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 10:25 am19 Comments

I have had a range of conversations with colleagues in the tech industry…

Hands-on with Apple’s AirPlay 2 and HomeKit on a Vizio smart TV

Friday, April 5, 2019 5:15 pmFriday, April 5, 20197 Comments

Vizio yesterday launched a beta version of its updated Smartcast software…

Apple shares new iPhone tips videos covering Apple Pay Cash in iMessage, A12 Bionic, and more

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 6:23 pm1 Comment

Apple has debuted four new videos covering iPhone operation…

Roku has nearly finalized support for Apple’s AirPlay 2 in Roku media players and Roku-based smart TVs

Monday, March 11, 2019 4:25 pmMonday, March 11, 20191 Comment

AirPlay 2 integration is expected to arrive in the form of a Roku OS software update for Roku media players…

Apple asks U.S. federal court circuit to reconsider $439 million VirnetX patent infringement ruling

Friday, February 22, 2019 4:55 pmFriday, February 22, 20193 Comments

Apple is continuing its attempts to get out of paying VirnetX $439 million after being declared…

What Apple can do to take Apple Pay to the next level

Friday, February 22, 2019 4:28 pmFriday, February 22, 201914 Comments

Apple Pay is a system that offers real tangible advantages over the status quo

Roku in talks with Apple about supporting AirPlay 2, Apple Music

Monday, February 4, 2019 11:36 pm3 Comments

The two companies currently working out details surrounding the partnership…

Developer demos what will be possible with HomeKit-connected AirPlay 2 Smart TVs

Friday, January 25, 2019 4:02 pmFriday, January 25, 2019No Comments

Apple surprised announced its new HomeKit and AirPlay Smart TV initiative at CES…

Apple to again appeal VirnetX $440 million FaceTime lawsuit

Thursday, January 17, 2019 12:57 pmThursday, January 17, 2019No Comments

Apple has lost an appeal to have a patent judgment set aside relating to FaceTime technology…

Apple loses bid to undo $440 million judgment in VirnetX patent case

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 1:30 pmTuesday, January 15, 2019No Comments

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a judgment worth $440 million…

Apple’s deals with Samsung and other TV makers shows Apple TV can’t keep pace with its rivals

Monday, January 14, 2019 2:28 pm20 Comments

Samsung said that its 2019 smart TVs would come with the ability to buy and rent movies…

Apple cracks open the gate to their famous walled garden

Monday, January 14, 2019 8:27 amMonday, January 14, 201911 Comments

In a series of uncharacteristic partnerships with tech rivals…

Apple reportedly to support RCS, the iMessage-like successor to SMS

Tuesday, January 8, 2019 4:44 pmTuesday, January 8, 20196 Comments

Touted as an upgraded version of SMS, RCS is being spearheaded by the carriers…

Apple can transform enterprise communications — if they do this

Tuesday, January 8, 2019 1:32 pmTuesday, January 8, 20198 Comments

While enterprises are certainly (and appropriately) adopting Apple’s solutions across their internal infrastructure, they must still communicate with customers…

California considers a texting tax

Thursday, December 13, 2018 3:33 pmThursday, December 13, 201835 Comments

Cell phone owners in California could soon pay extra for the privilege of sending text messages…

Google killing Allo messaging service

Thursday, December 6, 2018 12:56 pmThursday, December 6, 20181 Comment

Allo, once the vanguard platform of Google’s plans for messaging, will officially shut down…

Inside Apple’s massive 1.3 million-square-foot data center in Mesa, Arizona

Thursday, August 16, 2018 4:00 pmThursday, August 16, 201810 Comments

The hallways are sparse, painted white. Some are seemingly endless stretches of gray, concrete floor…

How to share Animoji or Memoji to any social network

Thursday, July 5, 2018 4:00 pmThursday, July 5, 20182 Comments

You don’t have to keep Animoji confined to iMessage conversations…

Legal battle may be to blame for Apple breaking Steve Jobs’ FaceTime promise

Thursday, June 7, 2018 5:35 pmThursday, June 7, 201812 Comments

At WWDC, Apple revealed that it will finally make it possible to do FaceTime group calls for up to 32 people…

Microsoft wants to work with Apple to bring iMessage to Windows

Friday, May 11, 2018 9:15 amFriday, May 11, 201813 Comments

Microsoft first acknowledged at Build last year that its new mobile strategy is to make iOS and Android devices…

Why Apple should release Messages for Android

Monday, April 30, 2018 5:33 pm40 Comments

In light of last week’s news that Google is backing a next-gen version of text messaging with iMessage-like features…

Google’s ‘Chat’ is not end-to-end encrypted like Apple’s iMessage

Monday, April 23, 2018 2:04 pm21 Comments

Google has been quietly corralling every major cellphone carrier on the planet into adopting technology to replace SMS…

Apple releases second Public Beta of macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 to testers

Wednesday, April 18, 2018 5:01 pmWednesday, April 18, 20186 Comments

Apple today released the second beta of an upcoming macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 update…

Federal jury rules Apple must pay $502.6 million to VirnetX

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:35 pm17 Comments

VirnetX Holding Corp. won $502.6 million against Apple Inc. after a federal jury…

What to expect at Apple’s WWDC 2018

Thursday, March 15, 2018 2:30 pmThursday, March 15, 201811 Comments

Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) kicks off with its traditional keynote on June 4, 2018…

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 4th in San Jose

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 1:25 pm6 Comments

Apple today announced it will host its 29th annual Worldwide Developers Conference…

Amazon’s Alexa is randomly laughing and nobody knows why

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 5:11 pmWednesday, March 7, 201835 Comments

Some Alexa users may feel like they’ve been dropped into a science fiction story about an artificial intelligence gone awry…

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