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No Apple AR glasses, no AirTag trackers, no HomePod mini, no over-the-ear AirPod-branded headphones. A lot of the most exciting announcements teased for Apple's September 2020 event never saw the light of day. Instead, Apple unveiled two new Apple Watches, two new iPads, a new fitness subscription, and more. Here's everything you need to know about Apple's latest and greatest. Continue Reading →

Apple says it is okay to use disinfectant wipes on your iPhone. If you have a screen protector on your phone, make sure that the alcohol content in your disinfectant wipes won’t mess it up. Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer talks with Kerry Drew and Bianca Peters on Fox 5's Good Day New York about Apple's commitment to healthcare, One Drop (a digital solution for diabetes patients) and new robots that can draw blood with greater accuracy and less pain the human technicians. Original Airdate: February 18, 2020 Continue Reading →

If you purchase a phone, and if you pay for cloud storage and backup (crash protection), should you be entitled to fully encrypt your files and keep them private? Continue Reading →

The fun continues at CES® 2020! This morning, we hosted more than a thousand of the coolest people in Las Vegas at our Innovation Series Summit, where our friends from Facebook, Samsung, The CW, Google, and Westwood One spoke about working together, as well as their visions for the future. There were more exciting announcements Continue Reading →

Amazon, Google, Apple, and the Zigbee Alliance announced a new partnership called Project Connected Home over IP. It will create a new smart home standard so their products can work together. Sadly, we won’t see a draft specification until late next year. But the good news is that the partnership is announced and there will be a spec and open source materials, too. Continue Reading →

Apple finally added a "Buy Now" button to its Mac Pro page, and no one was more excited to go Mac Pro shopping than me. I have been waiting for this computer for quite some time. It will be a replacement for the four-year old Mac that is the center of my home studio. Continue Reading →

Apple soothsayer Ming-Chi Kuo has a track record of accurate predictions. His recent investor note focuses on what the 2020 and 2021 lines of iPhones might look like, and one prediction stands out: Kuo believes that there will be at least one completely wireless iPhone in the 2021 line-up. No Lightning port, no USB-C port, no place to plug in cables of any kind. Continue Reading →

Happy Black Friday! Today, computers (and lots of other electronics) are going to be on sale. If you've been waiting to purchase a new laptop, today may be the day, but be careful. When it comes to laptops, you get what you pay for -- even on Black Friday. Continue Reading →

Apple TV+ is live. You can start watching from the Apple TV app on your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, online at tv.apple.com and on a whole bunch of non-Apple devices. Remarkably, Apple is the low-cost provided in the space. It's free if you purchased an Apple device recently, it's free for 7-days if you just want to check it out, and when you do start paying, it will only cost $4.99/month for up to six users. Apple is even offering a "deal." If you act now, you get 12 months for the price of 10. Too good to be true? I'll let you be the judge. Begun, the streaming wars have. Continue Reading →