Category: Apple
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Everything you need to know from Apple’s iPhone 7 event
Apple held its annual September press conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, unveiling the iPhone 7 at long last. CEO Tim Cook took the stage (after a charming bout of Carpool Karaoke) to introduce everything new with Apple — from new iPhones to new Apple Watches. 1. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus… Read full article
Apple reveal the first Siri-powered apps in iOS 10
Yesterday, Apple previewed some of the first apps that will integrate with Siri in the upcoming release of iOS 10. One of the biggest changes in Apple’s new mobile operating system is the ability to interact with your apps using your voice. Soon, you’ll be able to ask Siri to do things like search your photos,… Read full article
What the new Android 7.0 (Nougat) can do better than iOS
Nougat allows for Google’s new Daydream virtual reality platform. Though it isn’t available just yet, it should help standardise how VR works on future Android phones. Apple has expressed its interest in augmented reality in the past, but as it stands now, Android is the place to be if you’re into mobile VR. The… Read full article
What do we know about Apple’s iPhone 7?
Apple might be adding a new colour option. Some rumours say dark blue, but a “space black” option is far more likely. Like the iPhone 6, it will likely come in two different sizes: one with a 4.7-inch screen and one with a 5.5-inch screen. This is reportedly the smaller version. The two versions could have… Read full article
Apple Maps in iOS 10 will watch you… Even if you’re using Google Maps
As revealed in a pre-release beta of iOS 10 software, Apple Maps now watches what users are copying and pasting in their iPhone or iPad. For example, copy an address and Apple Maps’ upcoming app widget will offer driving directions. This function will work even if you copy a location inside the Google Maps app…. Read full article
Images imply the next MacBook Pro will bring a touchscreen keyboard
Leaked photos of what is likely Apple’s next-generation MacBook Pro all but confirm it will have a new OLED touchpad above its keyboard. The images from Cult of Mac also hint at four USB-C connectors. The images reportedly come from a manufacturer in China and show an incomplete chassis sporting several major changes from the current MacBook Pro. They… Read full article
Apple Macs are targeted with cyber threats from Ransomware
Apple customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend in the first campaign against Macintosh computers using a pernicious type of software known as ransomware, researchers with Palo Alto Networks have revealed. Ransomware, one of the fastest-growing types of cyber threats, encrypts data on infected machines, then typically asks users to pay ransoms in hard-to-trace… Read full article
16 Apple security advances to take note of in 2016
1) Legacy Technologies Access to legacy technologies that are run in many an enterprise, including Active Directory, VPNs and 802.1x, as lots of organisations have existing security requirements that include these technologies. 2) Application Firewall The built-in Application Firewall of OS X went beyond the old firewall’s port-blocking technology. If Gatekeeper forces every app launched to be… Read full article
The Apple iOS 9.3 Update
Although Apple still haven’t finished their iOS 9.2.1 update, they have revealed to MacRumours what the iOS 9.3 update will include. Supposedly one of the biggest updates Apple will roll out, the iOS 9.3 beta includes a new Night Shift feature as well as improvements on existing apps like Siri, Notes, and Apple News. Notes The new… Read full article
Here’s what we already know about the iPhone 7
It’s more than likely that it’s going to have a new look Apple always sticks by the same release strategy. One year the iPhone gets a big redesign and a new number (iPhone 4, 5, 6) and the next, it gets revamped and a new feature or two, and an S gets appended to its… Read full article
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