The holidays have come early for Apple TV owners. The hit game Minecraft is now available on Apple‘s set-top box. Minecraft: Apple TV Edition, which was first announced in October, lets players dig for resources and construct buildings out of textured cubes. You can also fight monsters, explore the never-ending world and craft various items. …
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Download now: Super Mario Run now available for iPhone, iPad
Now playing: Watch this: Super Mario Run’s finally on the iPhone: Here’s how to… 2:03 The wait is over. You can now play Mario on your iPhone or iPad. Super Mario Run is now available for download in the App Store. The game consists of six worlds with four courses in each. The first three courses of the game can …
Read More »Apple’s iOS Support app comes to the US
iPhone users: it just got a little easier to handle problems with your phone. Apple has launched a standalone app so people who use iPhones and other iOS devices can keep track of and maintain their gadgets. The app, which Apple previously launched in the Netherlands and Italy, is now available in the US. Apple will roll the app out …
Read More »Pairing Airpods with all of your devices takes literally 3 seconds
Apple‘s AirPods ($165 at eBay) are available just in time for the holidays. The wireless earbuds use Apple’s new W1 chip, first announced back in September, to pair and communicate with your Apple devices. That chip is the secret to a simple setup and pairing process — simpler than pairing any other Bluetooth device. Connecting your AirPods to many devices …
Read More »Apple rolls back watchOS for bricking devices
Now playing: Watch this: Apple pulls watchOS update after reports of bricked watches 1:28 Enlarge Image César Salza /CNET Apple has rolled back its latest software update for the Apple Watch following rumours that the update was bricking devices, rendering them unusable. The 3.1.1 version of watchOS was causing the issue in the Series 2 Apple Watches, according to a …
Read More »Apple AirPods available today for you to lose tomorrow
Now playing: Watch this: Apple AirPods arrive for holidays, but not BeatsX 1:48 Update, 12:52 p.m. ET: After their online release this morning, the AirPods are now on backorder. That means it’ll take four weeks for them to ship. After months of delay, Apple’s AirPods are available for you to order online for $159 (£159, AU$229), the company said Tuesday. …
Read More »Apple in 2017: Biggest year ever?
If you thought Apple’s last couple of years were big, just wait for 2017. The launch of the large-screen iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in late 2014 sent Apple’s fortunes soaring. Apple became the most profitable company in the world, and the following year, with the 6S and 6S Plus, was even bigger. But enthusiasm waned in 2016 — iPhone …
Read More »Will Apple blow you away in 2017? (The 3:59, Ep. 153)
Apple’s iPhone design hasn’t changed in two years. Will 2017 be different? Looking at what the new year could bring from the tech giant, we consider what the next iPhone and Apple Watch could look like. We also chat about new iris-scanning tech from Qualcomm that could help kill off passwords and about Google’s parent company reportedly axing plans to …
Read More »Apple could give us AirPods for the holidays, but maybe not the BeatsX headphones
Now playing: Watch this: Apple AirPods: CNET editors react 3:35 Apple’s fancy new headphones for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are the gifts that keeps on delaying. Neither the AirPods nor the BeatsX headphones have made it to market in time for the heaviest shopping window of the holiday season — yet. A new rumor suggests that the wireless …
Read More »Apple’s new TV app goes live with unified search
Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10.2: 6 reasons you should upgrade 2:22 Apple’s long-awaited TV app is now live. But there’s still no Netflix. The company’s new app for Apple TVs, iPhones and iPads, simply called “TV,” makes it easier to discover TV shows and movies across all of your different apps. It displays content from all of the supported …
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