Apple launches HomePod mini smart speaker with computational audio
Apple's new HomePod mini cuts both size and price but goes big on tech including computational audio, a new intercom mode and surround sound....
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Apple Updates September 2020 – the tech stuff
Apple Updates September 2020 – Apple Watch Series 6 and new SE, iPad Air Gen 4, iPad Gen 8, Fitness+ service and Apple One service bundle.
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Apple Powerbeats2 faulty – lawsuit settled for US$9.75m
If you bought Apple Powerbeats2 between 2014 and 7 August 2020 there is a high likelihood that they are faulty. A US lawsuit has just determined Apple should p...
Apple conflicted over right to repair
Apple has long been a staunch opponent of the right to repair legislation sweeping the US. It prefers to extol the virtues of its recycling program, which, of ...
Smartphones that retain value – most don’t
US-based BankMyCell, a premiere phone trade-in and recycler has released its report on over 300 models of smartphones that retain value and those that do not.
...
EU – USB-C (1) versus Apple Lightning (0)
The European Union has voted overwhelmingly to enforce USB-C
as the standard smartphone connector.
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How to stop Big Tech using you – breaking up or breaking free
What do you think of when you hear “Big Tech”? Do you worry
or rejoice?
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Apple farewells chief designer Jony Ive
Sir Jonathan Paul Ive, KBE, HonFREng, RDI (Royal Designer
for Industry) is, after 27 years, the outgoing Chief Design Officer for Apple.
Jony Ive to his friend...
Apple creates a bigger digital divide between iOS and Android
Apple’s recent announcements of Apple News+, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple Card all compete with multiple, existing, well-run, well-accepted ‘open-source’...
Right to Repair movement gains momentum in the US – why not here?
New Right to Repair laws are
surfacing across the US. The movement now has the momentum to make 14 states act
with several more to come.
(more…)...
DuckDuckGo gone to Apple Maps for iOS mobile and macOS desktop to help privacy
DuckDuckGo, an internet search engine known for privacy and unfiltered search results, has gone to Apple Maps for its iOS mobile and macOS desktop map and addr...
Voice control will be critical for all new tech products
Voice control will be critical
for all new tech products including those in general computing category. Consumers
will increasingly demand the feature whether ...
Apple launches HomePod mini smart speaker with computational audio
Apple's new HomePod mini cuts both size and price but goes big on tech including computational audio, a new intercom mode and surround sound....
Apple Updates September 2020 – the tech stuff
Apple Updates September 2020 – Apple Watch Series 6 and new SE, iPad Air Gen 4, iPad Gen 8, Fitness+ service and Apple One service bundle.
(more…)...
Apple Powerbeats2 faulty – lawsuit settled for US$9.75m
If you bought Apple Powerbeats2 between 2014 and 7 August 2020 there is a high likelihood that they are faulty. A US lawsuit has just determined Apple should p...
Apple conflicted over right to repair
Apple has long been a staunch opponent of the right to repair legislation sweeping the US. It prefers to extol the virtues of its recycling program, which, of ...
Smartphones that retain value – most don’t
US-based BankMyCell, a premiere phone trade-in and recycler has released its report on over 300 models of smartphones that retain value and those that do not.
...
EU – USB-C (1) versus Apple Lightning (0)
The European Union has voted overwhelmingly to enforce USB-C
as the standard smartphone connector.
(more…)...
How to stop Big Tech using you – breaking up or breaking free
What do you think of when you hear “Big Tech”? Do you worry
or rejoice?
(more…)...
Apple farewells chief designer Jony Ive
Sir Jonathan Paul Ive, KBE, HonFREng, RDI (Royal Designer
for Industry) is, after 27 years, the outgoing Chief Design Officer for Apple.
Jony Ive to his friend...
Apple creates a bigger digital divide between iOS and Android
Apple’s recent announcements of Apple News+, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple Card all compete with multiple, existing, well-run, well-accepted ‘open-source’...
Right to Repair movement gains momentum in the US – why not here?
New Right to Repair laws are
surfacing across the US. The movement now has the momentum to make 14 states act
with several more to come.
(more…)...
DuckDuckGo gone to Apple Maps for iOS mobile and macOS desktop to help privacy
DuckDuckGo, an internet search engine known for privacy and unfiltered search results, has gone to Apple Maps for its iOS mobile and macOS desktop map and addr...
Voice control will be critical for all new tech products
Voice control will be critical
for all new tech products including those in general computing category. Consumers
will increasingly demand the feature whether ...