The Most Exciting Apple Watch in 2022 May Be the Rumored New SE

Commentary: The Apple Watch SE nails the basics for a much cheaper price than the Series 7. I’m excited to see what’s in store for the next version. With a blood oxygen monitor, the ability to record an ECG from your wrist and plenty of exercise logging options, the Apple Watch Series 7 is already […]

Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs to Posthumously Receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom

Other recipients will include Olympians Simone Biles and Megan Rapinoe, former US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and actor Denzel Washington. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House said Friday, recognizing his accomplishments as the head of Apple and Pixar, as well as his leading role at the […]

Apple Now Allows Apps in South Korea to Use Third-Party Payment Systems

Developers won’t be able to use App Store features including Ask to Buy and Family Sharing if they forgo the tech giant’s payment system. Apple said on Thursday that apps exclusively released in the South Korean App Store can use third-party payment systems to take in-app payment. The move comes after South Korea last year […]

The Next ‘iPhone Moment’ Will Eventually Arrive. Hurry Up Already

Back before the iPhone launched on June 29, 2007, Tony Fadell was used to a regular working rhythm at Apple. People would send out emails at the beginning and end of the day, with “action items” based on conversations and other things that had recently happened. Sometimes, emails arrived between meetings too, but it wasn’t […]

The iPhone’s Most Important Part Isn’t Apple’s Hardware. It’s Everything Else

The first iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007. Fifteen years later, the iPhone is absolutely essential to Apple’s strategy for software, accessories and services. Tomorrow marks 15 years since the first iPhone went on sale. When Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone he wryly hyped it as three revolutionary products: An iPod, a […]

iPhone’s Future Could Depend on These Breakthrough Technologies

Apple’s smartphone is turning 15. Experts say technologies like lidar and AI will define its future. Lucy Edwards, a blind UK-based journalist and broadcaster, found it difficult to maintain a social distance in public during the height of the pandemic. That’s why she tried the iPhone’s People Detection feature, which uses the iPhone 12 Pro […]

Apple’s First Mixed-Reality Headset May Sport New M2 Processor

New headset featuring both virtual and augmented reality environments is part of a “deluge” of new products reportedly coming in the next year. Apple’s first mixed-reality headset could come with the company’s flagship M2 processor, just one of the “deluge” of new products the company is expected to unveil in the next year, Bloomberg’s Mark […]

Solana Saga Is a Fancy Android Phone for Crypto Traders

The CEO of Solana cryptocurrency is tired of seeing people pulling out their laptops to mint NFTs in the middle of dates. This is his solution. In a first from a major cryptocurrency company, Solana Labs on Thursday announced it was developing its own brand of smartphone. The Solana Saga is a top-spec, 6.67-inch Android […]