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There was a bunch of Apple TV+ related announcements today. Firstly, Apple shared the first trailer for its highly-anticipated upcoming drama series Sugar, in which Colin Farrell stars as a Hollywood private investigator. The show premieres in April …

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Following the release of iOS 17.4, Apple on Tuesday made new analytics data available to developers through App Store Connect. The company says the new data will help developers gain even more insight into the performance of their apps available on the App Store, which will also help them improve their business model.

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Apple’s stock price has been taking a beating in the last few weeks, hitting a low for the year today, closing at $170.12.

Investors are pessimistic on the company’s outlook for a variety of reasons. Following a year of negative revenue growth in 2023, Apple executives forecast only meek growth guidance at its February earnings call. In the key Chinese market, there were more indications today that a recent streak of hot iPhone sales has come to an end. And investors are reeling from the EU’s $2bn fine for ‘illegal’ App Store policies, which threatens future Services revenue growth.

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With iOS 17.4 in the EU, iPhone users can install apps from outside of the App Store for the first time. While Apple says that apps from its App Store meet all of its standards for quality, privacy and security, legally the company is not allowed to curate the availability of apps in third-party app marketplaces.

Apple warns that apps from outside the App Store may include hate speech, extreme violence, encourage consumption of illegal drugs, pornography and more. The iOS Parental Controls system allows parents to choose whether family members can install apps from alternative app market places — here’s how …

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iOS 17.4 in the European Union brings Apple’s first operating system release that complies with the regulatory framework of the Digital Markets Act. This includes support for alternative app stores — or as Apple calls them, ‘alternative app marketplaces’ — which allows iPhone users to download apps from outside the walls of the Apple App Store for the first time.

The availability of functionality is geo-restricted to the EU only, and Apple has detailed for the first time how it detects this. But perhaps more surprisingly, it also turns out that existing app marketplaces you have downloaded to your device will stop working if you leave the EU for too long.

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Spotify teased up a version of its iPhone app earlier this year that would let users subscribe to ad-free plans directly in the app. Despite dramatic changes forced by the Digital Markets Act and a gigantic $2 billion fine by the EU, Spotify has reportedly changed its tune for now.

MacPaw today debuted its brand new iPhone and iPad app called CleanMyPhone. Powered by AI, the app is an advanced solution for decluttering iOS and iPadOS devices.

With a primary focus on Declutter, Organize, and Network features, the app aims to provide a way to carefully remove digital clutter and free up space for new memories on iPhone and iPad.

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Today’s release of iOS 17.4 comes with big changes for the iPhone and App Store in the European Union, including alternative app marketplaces. In a new developer update, Apple has the details on three changes it is making to alternative app distribution in response to feedback it’s received over the last several weeks.

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Alongside many other changes and new features, iOS 17.4 also includes a big change for personal finance apps. Starting today, budgeting apps can now access Apple Card, Apple Cash, and Apple Card Savings accounts information and import that data.

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In 2020, switching from Intel to Apple silicon brought incredible performance-per-watt improvements to the Mac. It also enabled iPhone and iPad apps to natively run on macOS for the first time. A year later, Microsoft and Amazon teamed up to bring some Android apps to Windows with a similar approach.

The difference? Apple was rewarding developers and users with the culmination of its own technology to expand the app catalog on the Mac. Microsoft, on the other hand, well, no one is exactly sure what they were trying to achieve.

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iOS 17.4 is here for all users and comes with lots of changes including new emoji, a CarPlay update, EU App Store changes, quantum security for iMessage, and more. However, there are also important security fixes with the release. Here are all the details.

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Colorware is out with a fun new product today – Apple Number 2 Pencil. The makeover transforms Apple’s high-end stylus to look just like a classic pencil. Read on for the details and how much it will cost you.

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Apple has confirmed it will release the final version of iOS 17.4, officially bringing the software update out of beta. iOS 17.4 is packed with changes including new emoji characters, podcast transcriptions, virtual Apple Cash card numbers, and much more. The update also addresses Digital Markets Act regulatory requirements in the EU with support for competing app marketplaces and other changes where required.

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Apple first launched its service program to fix faulty iPhone 12 and 12 Pro devices at no cost in 2021. Now after almost three years, the recall is coming to a close. Follow along below for all the details, including checking if your device is eligible.

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Studies have found our smartphones are usually dirtier than a toilet seat, carrying tens of thousands of bacteria, so creating a habit of regularly cleaning your iPhone is a healthy move. But what’s safe or best to use? Let’s look at how to clean iPhone with step-by-step do’s and don’ts.

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The first discount in months is now taking $200 off Apple’s latest M2 Max Mac Studio as part of today’s best deals. It comes joined by a new all-time low on Apple Watch Ultra 2 – if you act fast before it sells out – as well as the first chance to save on Satechi’s new dark grey SM1 Slim mechanical keyboard at $85. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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Update: Services were restored after an outage of 1-2 hours for most people. The most likely explanation appears to be a mistake within Meta, similar to that in 2021.

Did you just get randomly signed out of Facebook? It’s not just you. The platform is facing an outage that has logged out users. The outage will cause your password to be rejected, but your password isn’t wrong.

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Yesterday’s introduction of the M3 MacBook Air meant the discontinuation of the M1 MacBook Air – and with it, the very last of the models to retain the iconic wedge shape …

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Apple’s latest software release for iPhone is almost ready. How much longer until it’s available for everyone? Here’s the answer to “when will iOS 17.4 come out?”

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There’s good news and bad for Apple in two different market intelligence reports. One points to Apple’s market share rising and continuing to utterly dominate the Japanese smartphone market, while the other describes a dramatic slump in iPhone sales in China.

When it comes to Japan, it’s long been the case that there’s Apple, and then, a long way behind, there’s everyone else …

We noted yesterday that Spotify welcomed Apple being fined $2B for antitrust offences relating to streaming music services.

The tone of the company’s response, however, strongly suggests that it believes the iPhone maker will repeat what some have described as Apple’s “malicious compliance” in another antitrust case …

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The first claimed M3 MacBook Air benchmarks have appeared on Geekbench. Unsurprisingly, given both machines have the same M3 chip, performance is near-identical to the base model 14-inch M3 MacBook Pro.

The benchmarks are for a machine labelled Mac15,13, which is consistent with a 15-inch MacBook Air …