Cybercriminals are exploiting a trick to turn off Apple iMessage's built-in phishing protection for a text and trick users into re-enabling disabled phishing links. [more]
A widespread Verizon outage is causing iPhones and Android devices to enter SOS mode, preventing them from making mobile calls unless they use WiFi calling. [more]
Apple's servers have stopped signing the 18.0 update for M4 iPad Pros for now. [more]
Here's how to prepare your device for the installation [more]
After discontinuing its app for the third-generation Apple TV, Netflix has just confirmed that it will soon end support for some old iPhones and iPads. [more]
'Ireland granted Apple unlawful aid which Ireland is required to recover,' the court wrote. [more]
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is in talks with OpenAI. [more]
Spotify says they are now seeing progress from Apple. [more]
Patreon announces price increases, and people are not happy, including Tim Sweeney. [more]
iOS 18 beta 5 has been released (there is no new 8.1 beta yet, a week after launch) and Apple has made a change many have wanted since beta 1. [more]
The analysis company CIRP , which we have quoted a number of times , has figures that point in the direction that Apple potentially has a dangerous trend underway with its most important product. [more]
Apple has updated the version numbers for the developer test versions of the new OSes and launched the public test versions (including macOS 15) so that you no longer need a developer account. [more]
Three years ago, Apple and Google, under the "Data Transfer Initiative" platform, agreed to make it easier to move data between their services. [more]
The EU's Margrethe Vestager confirms that they and Apple are in agreement. At least about this, and Vipps rejoices. [more]
Kode probably reveals what everyone is hoping for: all of this year's iPhone models get an A18 chip. [more]
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman points out that it takes a very long time for Apple to upgrade the design and the physical layout of its popular product series, and does not think it will get much better. [more]
Danish Margrethe Vestager, former leader of the Radikale Venstre party and Minister of the Economy and the Interior, has long been a well-known EU leader with responsibility for digital renewal and competitive conditions in the region. [more]
RCS between iPhone and Android is finally working, at least in certain regions. [more]
Apple dropped the bomb tonight, Friday Norwegian time: Apple Intelligence and many of the best functions will not come to the EU area this year due to the DMA legislation. [more]
USB C is all well and good, but… [more]
News about iOS 18's new features is constantly trickling in. [more]
According to The Information, Apple has scrapped the development of a sequel to Vision Pro which we tested in February and which will soon be launched in several regions. [more]
Microsoft Azure will be an important part of the iPhone this summer. [more]
Apple's "Project Greymatter" is the company's AI project to integrate AI into iOS 18. Now we know even more. [more]
Apple is looking for developers to create an Android version of the TV+ app and of the recently launched sports app. [more]
Apple was the first to hit the market with tandem OLED panels, but they won't be the last. [more]
OnePlus has just launched the Pad Go in Norway, its cheapest tablet to date, and I don't think they will be able to launch anything cheaper than this. Then the performance will be too poor. [more]
Apple has launched iOS 17.5 over two months after the last medium-sized update [more]
Apple has more or less come to an agreement with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT on the iPhone. That is revealed by Bloomberg. [more]
If you watched Apple's entire iPad event yesterday, you also saw the company's new advertisement for what is the company's thinnest product ever: the iPad Pro 13 measures just 5.1 mm. [more]
Siri is not the best service from Apple, to put it mildly, but this time it has gone too far. [more]
The EU believes that the iPad is dominant enough that the product must be included in the DMA legislation. [more]
Many Apple users woke up on Saturday night with an unusual message to change their password immediately: they had not requested a password change, but were forced to do so. [more]
An update to the YouTube app for Apple TV annoys. [more]
The rumors were finally true: Apple will show off new iPads on May 7. [more]
EU users get ready for multiple app stores [more]
In January, we reported that Apple had managed, for the first time in 13 years, to sell more mobile phones than Samsung globally. [more]
Craig Federighi, head of software development at Apple, has his name on a new patent that further develops "Universal Control." [more]
Andrew Aude worked as an iOS developer at Apple. [more]
It has been five days since Apple launched macOS Sonoma 14.4, which, in addition to bug fixes, also offers a new bug. [more]
Apple gives up microLED after seven years. [more]
Above Reuters, the EU reports that they are not necessarily finished with Apple: now they may have to scrutinize them under the DMA Act that just came into force, which is the reason why the company has to offer alternative app stores and larger browsers- freedom. [more]
What's interesting about the purchase of Canada’s Darwin AI is that the company was focused on machine vision intelligence, smart manufacturing, improved machine learning efficiency and edge-based intelligence. [more]
It's been a thing for a long time, and it's not just Apple that does it, but we discovered the same thing a number of times with Microsoft's Surface Laptop series. [more]
In addition to adding support for alternative app marketplaces and alternative payment methods in the European Union [more]
Now we know what the focus will be from Apple when they introduce the iPad Pro OLED in a few weeks. [more]
The war between Apple and Epic Games never seems to end, DMA legislation or not. [more]
Apple has told its European customers that new EU competition laws will make iPhones less safe. [more]
Apple is reversing its previous decision to remove web app functionality for EU users starting with iOS 17.4, which launches next week. [more]
A source with knowledge of Apple's plans reveals to the Apple blog MacRumors that the company has plans to implement a major brand change. [more]
All the way back in 2020, Apple removed Fortnite from its iOS App Store in response to efforts by Epic to circumvent the company’s store fees. 3 and a half years later, it seems the two companies have found common ground, with Apple finally unbanning Epic’s developer... [more]
A new report suggests that it was not the EU, but China, that helped "force" Apple to add support for RCS to the iPhone this year. [more]
The Financial Times reveals that the EU plans to give Apple a fine of 500 million euros, almost NOK 6 billion. [more]
We are still not completely sure, but quite sure, that the new iOS 17.4 features will not come to Norway. Why? Because Apple doesn't want to confirm or deny. [more]
Apple's "pinch to zoom" bug we described last September has probably been fixed. [more]
The industry and not least the market is eagerly awaiting what Apple will reveal of AI functions in iOS 18, which will be shown during WWDC 2024 in June. [more]
Apple has released three updates. [more]
Apple gives, Apple takes. [more]
The Apple Vision Pro sales start was Friday this week. [more]
Apple has presented its first quarter 2024 results. [more]
This is probably fine for the EU, but it is comical. [more]
It's been a long time since we heard about homeOS. [more]
Many of you probably remember Microsoft's Windows 10 fad in 2015. [more]
We have not known how Apple plans to manage apps that are installed outside the App Store, something the company will have to arrange before the major EU laws come into force in March. [more]
Mark Gurman more or less confirms the earlier figure: Apple sold 80,000 Vision Pros on launch day. [more]
Apple released the Vision Pro for sale today at 14:00 Norwegian time, 05:00 West Coast time. The first ones get theirs on 2 February, and now the product is not possible to obtain until halfway through March. [more]
The EU's major digital law, the "Digital Markets Act," is activated in March. That means changes for the iPhone. [more]
If you've been confused, like us, about what's going on with the buttons on the iPhone 16, you're hardly alone. [more]
Apple has increased the limit on how many devices can be tracked in the Where's app. [more]
China's authorities claim they have managed to crack Apple's AirDrop functionality that works across the company's products, including the iPhone and Mac. [more]
Dark clouds are brewing for Apple, not only in the EU area but also at home. The New York Times reports. [more]
iOS 17.3 has been released in beta version 2, but you should not install it on your iPhone yet. [more]
Apple has released iOS 17.2.1 for iPhone and iPadOS 17.2.1 for iPad, shortly after the 17.2 launch on December 11. [more]
US customers can purchase the Apple Vision Pro in February [more]
Since 2014, the way to connect straps to the Apple Watch has been the same. Nor has the design of the watches been changed to any great extent. [more]
Proton, a popular encrypted email service, has finally launched Windows and macOS programs in beta. [more]
Apple has released iOS 17.2 for iPhone, iPadOS 17.2 macOS Sonoma 14.2, tvOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2 and HomePod 17.2 Software. [more]
It is no longer as relevant with iMessage on the iPhone as Apple, probably in the first quarter of 2024, adds support for the RCS messaging standard which is widespread with the competitor. [more]
It has been a bad week for Apple, which is now losing a key person in the iPhone department. [more]
Shortly after a leaker revealed to a US senator in Oregon that "democratic authorities associated with the United States" are spying on Apple and Android notifications, Apple has updated its "Legal Process Guideline" document. [more]
Bloomberg reports right now in an exclusive disclosure that the EU is not going to design iMessage for the Apple iPhone as a "gatekeeper" service. [more]
Unconfirmed sources in Asia, including the production department, believe that Apple has given up on designing and therefore also mass-producing its own 5G modems primarily for the iPhone. [more]
iOS 17.2 which launches next month, after iOS 17.1.2 which is expected to fix at least two pesky bugs this week, fixes a bug but also removes something in the latest beta for iPhone. [more]
Those leaving Apple have been spotted joining Google more than other companies, according to the analysis of several LinkedIn profiles. [more]
Nothing's Carl Pei launched (broadly) iMessage for Phone 2 and bullied Tim Cook for not giving everyone the right to the messaging standard. Then everything went downhill for the founder and now also partner Sunbird. [more]
For several years there has been talk of Apple's desire for its own WiFi chips. [more]
There was nothing from stacked batteries in the iPhone 15 that was hoped for in July this year. [more]
According to Bloomberg, Google pays Apple 36 percent of all advertising revenue generated via Apple's Safari browser. [more]
Many thought that "side-loading" apps would become a thing starting with iOS 17.0. It didn't happen. [more]
Korean ETNews apparently has a bit of a scoop.b [more]
MacRumors has detected website visits from iPhones running iOS 17.1.1. [more]
Apple's fourth quarter of 2023 shows the weakness of dropping frequent product updates. [more]
Why have the URL field at the bottom of mobile browsers? [more]
For years there has been talk of Apple launching a "cheap laptop." [more]
We're almost done with our Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel Watch 2 review. [more]
The "Federal Trade Commission" has given Apple and the other majors permission to use 6GHz bandwidth for near-field communication. Microsoft, Google, Apple and Meta asked for permission to use the web in this way already in 2019. [more]
According to MacRumors, Apple is investigating an issue with flickering on Apple Watch watch faces, and that's not all. [more]
There are reports of severe cases of screen burn-in with the iPhone 15 Pro. [more]
Mark Gurman, Bloomberg's Apple expert and leaker, stated well before the iPhone 15 press conference in September that October was the month we would get new iPad models. [more]
Some of you may remember our test of the iPad mini 6. [more]
MacRumors understands that the new iOS update to fix the heat issues is coming soon. [more]