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Air Force
MacBook Air (2020) Review: The best Mac for most everyone... is back!
The MacBook Air, Apple's most popular Mac, is fully, finally back.
And the winner is...!
Which Mac laptop should you buy?
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The old grid is gone. The old grid is dead. But I’d argue there’s a new, almost as simple grid that’s taken its place and can help you whittle down to your ideal MacBook pretty quick.
NOT THOSE BUGS
How Apple can save WWDC 2020 from COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
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if COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, prevents Apple from holding WWDC 2020 as usual, what could the company possibly do instead?
Will 5G blow up iPhone 12 pricing?
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Rumor has it, Apple will be releasing not three new iPhones like last year, not even four new iPhones, but a whopping 5 new iPhones in 2020. Sure, it’s nothing compared to the 879 new phones Samsung will likely release this year, but for Apple, it’s a lot. Like… a lot a lot. So, why?
Literal slow news day
iPhone BatteryGate is being settled but... why did it even start?
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Apple has tentatively agreed to settle the iPhone BatteryGate class-action lawsuit in the U.S. to the tune of $500 million dollars. This follows a €25 million fine last month. So, how did this all go so wrong for Apple… and why?
Wishlist
How Apple can fix the HomePod for 2020
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In the time it took Apple to bring the HomePod to market, the market had changed. Alexa. Google Home. So, what can Apple do now? How can the HomePod be fixed?
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Moving the Mac to ARM
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I've already written all about how Steve Jobs’ famous keynote announcing the previous PowerPC to Intel transition could be replayed almost note by note for an Intel to ARM transition. So, now I want to touch on what happens next: The transition itself.
Great artists
What the iPhone 12 should steal from the Galaxy S20
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The Galaxy S20 is here and with the iPhone 12 on its way this fall, here are a few things I'd like to see from Samsung's latest implemented on Apple's next greatest.
Keys all the things
iPhone is getting 'CarKeys' but what about 'HouseKeys'?
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CarKeys sounds great. Terrific even. But it also still sounds so limited compared to the Apple Watch future I’ve been dreaming about for over half a decade: The everything key.
Give it to us now
watchOS 7 wishlist — What's next for Apple Watch
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While the current watchOS 6 bits are, of course, the best ones yet, there's still a lot more I'd like to see with watchOS 7.
In-Creased Analysis
The iPhone Flip and iPad Fold
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How Apple could make an iPhone Flip and iPad Fold right now, today. And why Apple won't.
Coding is half the battle
Swift Playground for Mac helps make coding accessible to everyone
This week, for its second act, Apple is releasing Swift Playgrounds for the Mac.
RIP
How Apple Killed BlackBerry
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BlackBerry, the real Canadian atoms and bits BlackBerry, died years ago. This week, the Chinese bits and American atoms that briefly reanimated it finally gave up the ghost as well. So, what happened?
Beating Beats
Apple over-ear 'AirPods Studio' rumor analysis
In 2016 we got the truly wireless EarPods-like AirPods. In 2017… make that 2018… we got the room-filling HomePod. In 2019, second-generation AirPods and, right at the end of the year, the in-ear AirPods Pro. Now, rumor has it, we may just be getting truly wireless over-the-ear headphones from Apple. StudioPods, so to speak. So, what… and why? Apple introduced AirPods at the...
Spring fling
Apple March 2020 Event Preview: iPhone 9, iPad Pro, AirTags
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If Apple does a March 2020 Event and there are no significant delays, if Apple holds either in one big event or a series of smaller releases, just what may Apple have in store for us this spring?
How Apple could fix iPad multitasking in iPadOS 14 (iOS 14)
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Since this week marked the 10 year anniversary of the iPad, it brought up a lot of praise and a lot of criticism from a lot of people, and the multi-window multitasking interactions were chief among them. So, what can be done about them?
It's trip-py!
The new Apple Maps — Now everywhere in the U.S.
Apple started the new Maps at home, in the United States, and today the company is announcing that they’ve finished re-mapping America.
Cha-ching
Apple Q1 2020: iPhone powers the ecosystem
The iPhone 11 is going to be so boring. So iterative. A real yawner. A letdown. You don’t need it. Totally. Completely. Must skip. Facepalm emoji dash thumbnail... OK Doomers.
Zero Entry
On Data Privacy Day learn how to lock down your iPhone
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If you're more concerned about someone stealing your data than you losing your data, then these are the iOS security tips you need to know!
Vector
Celebrate Data Privacy Day by locking your iPhone down!
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'Privacy now is like security in the days of Windows XP. No one cared about it until everyone cared about it.'