Google has confirmed that YouTube TV is now rolling out support for Multiview on the iPhone and iPad, but the feature won’t arrive on Android for a while.

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A new rumor on Weibo today claims that the new iPad Pro models will be available in both matte and glossy screen options. This would be similar to how the Apple Studio Display and Pro Display XDR are also available in glossy and Nano-texture display options.

The move comes as third-party screen protectors from the likes of Paperlike and others have become increasingly popular for iPad Pro users.

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A guy who describes himself as a huge Apple enthusiast and a “designer and tinkerer” has created a painstakingly accurate 3D printed Macintosh Plus.

In what has been described as “Steve Jobs-like attention to detail,” it even boots from (and ejects) a floppy disk, and the monitor remains switched off until the Mac emulator is running and displaying the smiling Mac icon …

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One Apple enthusiast has managed to create a Hackintosh closely modeled on the Macintosh Plus, thanks to a considerable amount of 3D printing.


Original Macintosh Plus [left], Kevin Noki's recreation [right]
Some Hackintosh projects attempt to give users the chance to try out earlier iterations of Apple's Mac operating system, without running on the original hardware. While users could seek out the older Macs in question, there's no guarantee that they will be fully functional, or at least in some form of usable state.

It's possible for enthusiasts to fix broken Apple hardware to have that experience, but sometimes efforts go down completely different routes. For example, one effort to modernize a vintage...

It was already clear that Apple’s Core Technology Fee would come in for close scrutiny by the EU, but an interview with the bloc’s antitrust chief has revealed that the company could also be headed for trouble with its security warnings about alternative app stores.

While Apple was not directly named, there was little doubt who Margrethe Vestager was referencing when she described such warnings as “unwise” …

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A new report claims that Apple and display manufacturers including Samsung, are working with a new system to markedly reduce the bezel around the iPhone screen.


iPhone 16 Pro may have larger screens
Apple has made no secret that it would like to get rid of bezels entirely, having made much progress reducing them, and also being constantly rumored to make them ever smaller with the next iPhone. Apple has also been asking suppliers to work on it.

According to Seoul-based current affairs publication, Sisa Journal-E, Apple...

Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Shanghai for the opening of Apple Jing'an, and has been praising China while meeting with suppliers.


Actor Zheng Kai (left) and Tim Cook having breakfast (Source; Tim Cook)
Apple Jing'an is the company's eighth store in Shanghai, and it is due to open on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Ahead of the opening, Tim Cook has been promoting Apple in China, and also talking about his company's long relationship with the country.

According to China Daily, Cook told the publication that "there's no supply chain in the world that's more critical to us than China."


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If you’ve been hankering for an Apple Watch Series 9 or an Apple Watch Ultra 2 at a cheaper price, you’re going to like this. Apple has posted the Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the refurbished section of its online store in the U.S. for the first time. While it’s unknown exactly when the […]

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An analyst note suggests licensing Gemini from Google while developing proprietary private local models could give Apple an advantage in the AI race.


Apple's AI push seems to have a two-pronged approach
It's no secret that Apple plans to make 2024 a big year for promoting AI technologies on its platforms. Recent reports have begun to give Apple's AI plans a shape, and they look similar to other strategies the company has employed in the past.

According to a JP Morgan note viewed by AppleInsider, Apple's potential partnership with an LLM provider while developing smaller local models may help it get ahead of other manufacturers. If the reports prove true, Apple will focus on its strengths, like on-device processing, instead...

A new lawsuit filed against gyroscope and accelerometer supplier for Apple, InvenSense, accuses the company of failing to tell investors about the concessions it made to secure a recent deal. InvenSense parts are used in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus; executives should have warned investors, the suit alleges, that Apple was given a "sweetheart deal" that would hurt profits. "Instead of revealing the true condition of the company and its prospects, defendants hid those facts from investors and chose to issue strong guidance and paint a picture of a bright future with a new mega-customer," the complai...

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A new port of AllCast, a popular Android app, has just been released for iOS. The title lets users stream personal photo, video, and music libraries to a variety of platforms, not just the Apple TV, the only format natively supported by Apple. Some compatible targets include Chrome, Chromecast, Fire TV, Roku, WDTV, Xbox One/Xbox 360, and various platforms compatible with DLNA....

Taiwan-based supplier Quanta Computer has entered into "volume" production of Apple's upcoming 12-inch MacBook Air, according to supply chain sources. The laptop is reportedly on track to ship in the first quarter of the year, despite other rumors pointing to the second quarter. The new sources say that Quanta has escalated recruitment efforts in order to speed up production....

Facebook will start to post into its users News Feed alerts about missing children in the future, in an effort to locate them. A partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children will involve the social network showing Amber Alerts to Facebook users located in specific search areas, both on mobile devices and desktops....

Apple appears to have ended its Single of the Week promotion on iTunes, visitors note. No tracks have been offered in the first two weeks of 2015, and a person on Apple's support forums claims to have been told by iTunes Support that the company has officially dropped the initiative. It's missing from iTunes Stores across the globe....

It's a fact that Spanish is the world's fourth most spoken language, with over 350 million native speakers across 21 countries. It's also a fact that people who are bilingual tend to do better in both academic pursuits as well as their career. If you've ever been curious about learning another language, Learn Spanish by Brainscape offers a solution for those who are trying to learn Spanish on the go....

Flickr has updated statistics for 2014 in its "Most Popular Camera" and "Most Popular Mobile Camera" categories, with the combined models of iPhone taking second place in the general "camera" category -- beating out DSLR maker Nikon and popular point-and-shoot maker Sony for second place. While Canon remains the most popular overall camera, the built-in cameras on smartphones from Apple and Samsung have -- despite inherent limitations -- steadily risen in popularity....

New information has been revealed on the specifications Apple has in mind for its planned licensing of the female Lightning port for third-party accessories. Manufacturers have reportedly been briefed on details and objectives, which include spreading Lightning to as many different accessories as possible in place of micro-USB. Possibilities include not just things like docks and headphones, but battery cases, gamepads, and Bluetooth speakers....

Word games are fairly numerous at this point. You've got your Boggle-style games, your Scrabble-style games, your crosswords and word searches. There are a lot of duplicates out there -- so when we find a fresh, new game, we tend to get pretty excited. One such app is Word of the Rings, by James Porter, a game that quite literally puts an interesting twist on the genre....

Marsh Supermarkets and inMarket have announced a new iBeacon platform, the first to emphasize the Apple Watch. The plan is to use iBeacons at Marsh's 75 locations to push ads, shopping lists, and other content to both Watches and iPhones. Initially, the platform will support the official Marsh app and inMarket's List Ease, but other apps should follow as long as they support inMarket's Proximity SDK. All apps will have to update with Watch support, but the platform itself is Watch-ready....

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People wanting to control HomeKit-enabled devices remotely through Apple's Siri must have an Apple TV at home to serve as a hub, according to Verge sources, including two launch partners and a person said to be "close to HomeKit's development." Siri controls will always work while an iPhone or iPad is on the same network as a HomeKit device, but until now it wasn't fully clear how remote operation might work. The Apple TV must also be a third-generation model running at least v7.0 firmware or newer. Notably, remote operation without Siri -- using the vendor app for a HomeKit product directly -...

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You could just look out of your window, of course, but Weather Wall aims to set your wallpaper to an image that's right for the weather where you are. But if you ever had views like these from your office window, you would not stay sitting at your desk. These wallpaper shots are simply beautiful....