How Siri finds local destinations in your language
'Accurately recognizing named entities, like small local businesses, has remained a performance bottleneck.' — Siri Speech Recognition Team
All Articles by Rene Ritchie
Power up
Busting iPhone battery life myths
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Buh-bye Facebook. Buh-bye Snapchat. Buh-by Pokémon Go…
Trouble shooting
How to fix MacBook Pro battery life problems
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The current MacBook Pro is rated for 10 hours of battery life, so if you're not getting that much, here's what you can do to troubleshoot it.
Mastering Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go: How to get maximum Stardust fast
How do you get the most Stardust to power up and trade your Pokémon? Like this!
Mastering Stocks
Stocks App: The ultimate guide
Apple's built-in Stocks app lets you keep track of everything in your portfolio right on your iPhone. You can even ask Siri to check the numbers for you!
Buyers Guide
Should you get the 13-inch MacBook Pro with or without Touch Bar and Touch ID?
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Apple offers the 13-inch MacBook Pro with and without the Touch Bar and Touch ID. They have a lot of similar specs, so which one should you get?
CR: Apple Pay Cash is the best peer-to-peer mobile payment service
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If you're still on the fence about P2P, I don't know if CR will change your mind, but I'd recommend trying it out for yourself and seeing how you like it.
Earth from Wind and Fire
Apple spearheading the power of sun and wind in the Eastern U.S.
Apple, Akamai, Etsy, and Swiss Re will be building new wind and solar farms in Illinois and Virginia.
Matt Wilkinson: Beats 1, Osheaga, and making the music makers
When Beats 1 came to my hometown for the Osheaga, and host Matt Wilkinson came with it, I jumped at the chance to chat with him about how he got started, what Beats 1 is doing for new and local artists, why they're at the festival, and more.
Buyers Guide
13-inch vs. 15-inch MacBook Pro: Which is best for you?
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The MacBook Pro comes in two different sizes, which is really only the beginning of their differences. How do you choose which one to purchase?
Ultimate Guide
How to use iMessage for iPhone and iPad
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How do you use iMessage to send text, pictures, videos, sound, location, and more — right from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac?
Buyers Guide
MacBook Pro (2018): What's changed and what matters most
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Do you really need the latest, greatest 2018 Coffee Lake MacBook Pro or can you keep on keeping on — and save a few bucks — on the 2017 Kaby Lake or 2016 Skylake models?
This is Tim
Tim Cook to employees: Thanks a trillion, but...
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Tim Cook has sent a memo to Apple's 120,000 employees acknowledging the company smashing the trillion dollar market cap, but reminding them that's not Apple's focus.
Mastering the Lock screen
How to customize your Lock screen
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How do you change your Lock screen wallpaper, and how do you turn off access to Siri, Control Center, Apple Pay? Settings makes it easy!
Apple ending the App Store affiliate program is bad for the community
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"With the launch of the new App Store on both iOS and macOS and their increased methods of app discovery, we will be removing apps from the affiliate program." — Apple
Take my eyeballs
How and why to use True Tone on the MacBook Pro (2018)
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How do you turn True Tone on and off on your Mad? And should you turn it on or off? Here's the deal!
Mastering Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go: Raikou returns Aug. 1... as field research!
Raikou, the Legendary Lightning Beast of Gen 2, is back from August 1 to August 31, 2018, in Field Research.
Three things you need to understand about Apple's Q3 2018
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Apple just finished its Q3 2018 financial results call and, while much of it is pro forma, there's always at least a few interesting things that slip in. This quarter was no exception.
Hoenn Time!
Pokémon Go Gen 3: Eight flavors of Spinda now in game code
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Spinda is the Gen 3 Pokémon with billions of patterns. And now 8 of those patterns have been added to the game code. one pf the variations are in field research.
Mastering Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go: How to find and catch 'Summer Style' Pikachu
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In honor of Pokémon Go's second anniversary, Pikachu is getting its 'Summer Style' on — but just until July 31!