Will Apple’s AR Headset Lead to the Metaverse?
Will Apple’s new augmented reality (AR) headset be a doorway to the metaverse? Don’t count on it, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said in his Power On newsletter Sunday (Jan. 9), predicting that the company’s AR headset will be meant for shorter sessions and not…
Mesa teen sent violent, pornographic content to high school students via Apple’s AirDrop feature, police say
Mesa teen sent pornographic content to students via Apple’s AirDrop feature, police say According to investigators, the students received the graphic content from 18-year-old Quade Valentino Spencer on Dec. 8. FOX 10’s Justin Lum reports.…
Demand for Apple’s iPhone Is Weakening? Not So Fast
Demand for the iPhone is fading as we move into the gift-giving holiday season. That’s the word from Bloomberg, anyway. Citing “people familiar with the matter,” the news source suggested on Thursday that “demand for the [new]…
Windows 11 laptop trackpads take big step toward competing with Apple’s Force Touch
Windows 11 laptops could get a big boost when it comes to trackpads, thanks to technology that Boréas and Cirque just unveiled. The two companies announced GlideSense with Boréas Piezo Haptic Trackpad technology earlier this week. The trackpad module…
Qualcomm Takes On Apple’s M1 With The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
Qualcomm is expanding on its line of PC chips. The chipmaker announced not one, but two new platforms destined for Windows-based PCs. These include the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 computer platform, and the slightly lower-powered Snapdragon 7c+ Gen…
MacOS Monterey: Is your computer compatible with Apple’s new OS? Here’s how to find out
Apple’s 2020 13-inch MacBook Air will work with MacOS Monterey. Stephen Shankland/CNET MacOS Monterey, Apple’s latest Mac operating system, arrived on Monday, Oct. 25. The software, also known as MacOS 12, is included on the new laptops…
Qualcomm working on laptop chips to challenge Apple’s M-series silicon
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon speaking at the company’s investor event in 2021. Qualcomm Qualcomm is poised to take on the laptop processor business in force with its next-generation chips. At least, that’s the vision outlined Tuesday by…
iPhone 14 rumors: We’re collecting all the gossip about Apple’s 2022 flagship phone
An alleged early iPhone 14 render from Jon Prosser, designed by Ian Zelbo. Jon Prosser Are you in the market for a new iPhone? If so, chances are you’re deciding between Apple’s iPhone 13, iPhone 12 or iPhone 11 — and maybe the iPhone…
Why Apple’s fight over ports is a losing battle
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Officials within the European Union are hoping to mandate charging standards, and Apple, predictably, isn’t happy about it. Under a floated European Commission proposal, USB-C would become the only standard for wired…
How Apple’s Touch Bar can still have a purpose
I know what you’re thinking. For the past five years, we’ve questioned, lambasted, and otherwise reviled the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar. And now that it’s gone we already want it back. But the problem with the Touch Bar wasn’t actually the Touch Bar itself,…