Zac Hall is 9to5Mac Editor-at-Large with a focus on technology news, product reviews, and analysis. Zac previously served as 9to5Mac Editor-in-Chief, hosted over 400 weekly episodes of the 9to5Mac Happy Hour podcast, and has been a member of the 9to5Mac family since 2013. Zac has over a decade of experience in technology journalism, including as a tech columnist for the Clarion-Ledger newspaper, part of the USA Today network.
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Netflix recently shipped the “Game Controller” app for iPhone and iPad ahead of its big push into video game streaming. Today the company has more to say about how and when its new iOS app can be used.
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8/14: Saturn has submitted an update to the App Store that could address the most obvious privacy concerns. As you’ll read below, however, we’ll need to compare the words on their blog with how the app actually works.
What if I told you there was a new app that let anyone easily look up names and social media accounts for local teenagers? Creepy much? That’s exactly what a new app called Saturn does. It’s also currently one of the top 15 iPhone apps on the App Store.
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Prior to leaving Apple in January, Peter Stern was widely considered the eventual successor to Apple Services boss Eddy Cue. Fast-forward to today and Stern has popped back up as the new head of software and services integration at Ford.
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Something I thought we’d see at the WWDC 2023 keynote is more attention given to the Dynamic Island. Apple introduced the new design element with the iPhone 14 Pro in September, and iOS 17 will be the first major update since then.
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Let’s face it. We probably know just about everything there is to know about the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro line.
Apple will announce the iPhone event on August 29 or September 5. The phones will be officially unveiled on September 12. Pre-orders will go live on September 15. New phones will start reaching customers on September 22.
But it’s fun to speculate about what could happen, and this year there’s more than enough to speculate over.
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The California Institute of Technology, a private research university, has reached a “potential settlement” in the 2016 lawsuit against Apple and Broadcom, Reuters reports.
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The New York Times is putting a spotlight on an ongoing challenge Apple faces with the App Store, and what parents are doing about it.
The piece highlights a website called the App Danger Project. The website uses a machine algorithm to provide two resources for parents.
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What’s the fastest way to lose Bob Iger’s attention? Try asking him if Apple is buying Disney.
The Disney CEO will sooner tell you the roadmap for Apple Vision Pro than he is to entertain this never-ending story that analysts keep trying to sell.
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Apple has released new public beta versions of iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma. The updates come one day after new developer beta versions were released. That’s a much quicker turnaround than the gap between public beta 1 and 2.
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Apple is still awaiting the fate of whether or not the Supreme Court will take up its appeal in the Epic Games trial. However, Apple has walked away with a small victory today.
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Meta still has a ton of basic features to build for Threads. This week the team is checking off a few from list.
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Apple is expected to unveil the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 next month. A new rumor adds that an all-new Apple Watch band design could also launch with the new watches.
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Apple Business Essentials launched in 2022 as a subscription service for companies using iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. CDW, an IT solutions firm that serves business across various industries, is now offering Apple Business Essentials to its customers.
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In addition to iOS 17 developer beta 5, Apple has issued a new round of AirPods developer beta firmware.
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Apple TV+ is home to a growing catalog of basketball dramas and documentaries. In the future, Apple could potentially add live NBA games to the mix, according to Bloomberg.
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Fire up those software updates, folks, iOS 17 beta 5 is now available. The fifth developer beta versions of iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS Sonoma are also out today.
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Netflix used to mail out movies on DVDs. Now it makes a phone app for playing video games on your TV.
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WhatsApp is becoming more like your standard video calling service thanks to a new feature rolling out now.
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Apple Pay’s global expansion continues today with a stop in South America. Starting today, people in Chile can start adding debit and credit cards to Apple Pay on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.
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Apple Music subscribers are discovering a new station today called, er, Discovery Station. Apple has also updated the animated artwork for [Your name’s] Station in Apple Music to match.
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Is now a good time to buy a new phone or should you wait for the next iPhone to upgrade? That’s a question that consumers face all year round. The answer, of course, is that it depends. The best time to buy a new iPhone is based on your budget, needs, and early adopter preference. Our forecasting can help you make an informed decision.
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Zoom may be the driving force behind remote work and virtual meetings, but the company is telling employees to leave home and return to the office. Meanwhile, users are taking issue with Zoom’s approach to building generative AI features.
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Major League Baseball and Apple are in their second year of streaming select games exclusively on Apple TV+. As MLB heads toward the end of the 2023 regular season, Apple has published the schedule for games it will carry in September.
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Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro is expected to be the first and only smartphone powered by a 3 nanometer processor for a while. A new report by The Information explains how a previously undisclosed sweetheart deal between Apple and TSMC is helping bring the state-of-the-art A17 chip to market.
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