From Ben Pluimer: My friend’s family has a cockatiel named Lucky. Whenever Lucky gets upset, he sings an Apple ringtone. It usually happens when they tie their shoes to get ready to leave the house. It’s adorable, and also pitch perfect. [Ben Pluimer]
Apple has admitted it does intentionally slow down older model iPhones, but says it’s to make them work more reliably rather than to push people into upgrading. The admission comes despite recent benchmarking that suggested the idea older iPhones suddenly get slower when a new model is released is a myth. Benchmarking company Futuremark said […]
Apple has fixed an unfortunate autocorrect bug that affected upper case ‘I’s, though it hasn’t explained what caused the problem. Users who updated to iOS 11.1 found that Apple’s favourite letter was instead being replaced with a capital A followed by a question mark either in parentheses or a square. Updating to the latest software […]
https://youtu.be/R59TevgzN3k Even though I’ve been a Samsung Galaxy user for as long as I can remember and the company has been one step ahead to Apple when it comes to features, I still think iPhone are great smartphones. In their latest commercial, Samsung open mocks Apple for always being late to the party and pictures […]
The Apple MFI certified Jackery Jewel lightning cable is the world’s first 2-in-1 lightning power cable that features a portable battery inside. Just the perfect thing to give a few extra hours of power to your favorite Apple gadgets. And at $9.99 (at time of writing,) it’s actually cheaper than most regular lightning cables! –Jackery […]
Reports that iPhones have a special secret folder full of bra shots are at best a misunderstanding. The brief controversy is down to apparent confusion over Apple’s photo tagging and recognition. Twitter user @ellieewbu kicked off the media storm with a tweet: ATTENTION ALL GIRLS ALL GIRLS!!! Go to your photos and type in the […]
Apple is working on self-tightening bands for the Apple Watch. Despite getting a patent, it hasn’t actually decided how it will work. While putting on a watch isn’t exactly life’s most cumbersome task, an automatically tightening band would allow more precise fitting than using a buckle and holes. (That said, Apple did recently sell a […]
Independent benchmarking has dispelled the theory that Apple deliberately slows down existing iPhones when a new model is released. While it’s normally preceded by phrases like “I’m sure I’m imagining it, but…”, it’s certainly not uncommon to see people mentioning their handset feels like it’s running slower when a new release is imminent. Indeed, Google […]
A court says the FBI won’t have to reveal how it broke into an encrypted iPhone belonging to the San Bernadino shooter. The US district court rejected a freedom of information request to find out who got paid – and how much – to access the phone. The phone belonged to Syed Farook, the man […]
Yep, that pretty much sums up all Apple keynotes I’ve seen since as long as I can remember. 500 years from now, this will be a religious ritualistic ceremony, and no one involved will have any idea what they are talking about besides the relevance to the holy and glorious Jobs. *Audience claps. [Via Reddit]