Finishing the process it began earlier this month, Apple is no longer including a USB power adapter with higher-end Apple Watches, including the Apple Watch with the “handcrafted” leather watchband designed by Hermes. At a Sept. 15 event where it unveiled the Apple Watch Series 6, the company said it would no longer include power adapters …
Read More »
Wearables are primed to hit almost 400 million shipments in 2020, IDC said Friday. According to the analyst firm, the top-selling wearable category globally is now hearables like wireless headphones and earphones. The rise in wearables shipments comes despite most of the world stuck at home amid the spread of COVID-19 — around 60 million more wearables are forecast to …
Read More »
More than a dozen app makers and other companies have joined together to form the Coalition for App Fairness, a nonprofit group that’s taking aim at Apple and its App Store rules. Among the founding members are Spotify, Epic Games and Match Group, all of which have been vocal critics of the fees Apple charges developers. “As enforcers, regulators, and …
Read More »
Apple has issued an iOS update that fixes a major bug users found in the previous update. Last week, iPhone users began complaining that their settings had been reset to Apple’s default email and default web browser options. Tapping on links would suddenly default back to Safari rather than Chrome, for example. “Fixes an issue that could cause default browser and …
Read More »
The Lumi, a new type of portable keyboard and all-in-one music-learning system, goes on sale Oct. 1 for the first time after four years of development and Kickstarter funding. A $299 (£299, or about AU$540) light-up mini keyboard pairs with an app and music library to help you follow along with songs, lessons and musical exercises. The Lumi comes from London-based …
Read More »
Apple Arcade burst onto the mobile gaming scene in 2019 and made such an impression on me — a committed Android user — that I snagged a third-gen iPad Air on sale and subscribed. Since the service’s release, it has amassed a catalog of over 130 new and exclusive games, and with the release of iOS 14, you can see …
Read More »
Fortnite developer Epic Games is warning players that they could ax the popular battle royale game when they update to Apple’s iOS 14. “Fortnite iOS players updating to iOS 14 may lose access to Fortnite,” reads a tweet Wednesday from the Fortnite Status account. “If the message ‘Temporarily Remove Apps to Install the Software Update?’ is accepted, it may result in …
Read More »
8.0 Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 $229 at Walmart $249 at eBay Get Price Alerts You’re receiving price alerts for Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 Like Premium design with a physical rotating bezel Advanced sleep tracking Running tools that go beyond the basics Measures blood oxygen levels and VO2 max Don’t Like Missing blood pressure feature Battery life on the smaller watch …
Read More »
Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest mobile show, takes place every year in Barcelona, Spain — every year except this year, that is. The 2020 show, which was scheduled for late February, was one of the first major tech events to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. But while MWC 2020 didn’t take place at all, the expectation now …
Read More »
I gave Beats’ Solo Pro on-ear noise-canceling headphones high marks but thought they were a little too pricey at $300 and was disappointed that they didn’t come with a cable for wired listening for that price. Well, now they’re down to $200 in certain colors (red, blue and sky blue), which is about the lowest price we’ve seen for them. …
Read More »
