Tag Archives: Apple

After months of rumours and leaks surrounding Apple's self-driving car plans, one has finally been spotted on public roads. A couple of weeks back, Apple secured permission to test its autonomous car technology in California and now, people have spotted it in action. As reported by Bloomberg today, Apple is …

There have been tons of reports surrounding Apple's current augmented reality plans recently. Now it turns out that Apple is bringing in some help from NASA for its augmented reality glasses, hiring up those who also helped Microsoft with the Hololens. According to sources, Apple has has hired Jeff Norris, …

There have been quite a few leaks regarding the next iPhone recently. Last week we saw a leaked design document and this week, images of what appears to be an iPhone 8 ‘dummy model' have appeared online. If accurate, then this could be our first early look at what Apple …

Earlier this year, Apple began sharing its plans for the future of its desktop systems. The next big Mac Pro refresh is coming in 2018 but in the meantime, Apple is said to be planning a ‘pro-grade' iMac all-in-one for release this year. Now reports this week claim to give …

The idea of building your own smartphone has been around for a long time but with projects like Phonebloks and Project Ara now dead, we are still far from making the concept a reality. However, one engineer decided to take things into his own hands and flew to China in …

We all knew that Apple had the hots for cars. First they went after McLaren, then they put 1,000 people working on Project Titan, aka the ‘Apple Car' (but the project had been rumoured to have been shelved due to internal issues at Apple), and now it seems that the …

Toshiba has found itself in a tough spot financially recently, with the company recently admitting that its future is very much in doubt following its most recent financial report. As a result of this, it seems very likely that Toshiba may sell off its semiconductor business and it looks like …

It seems that Apple's upcoming 5.8-inch OLED iPhone may end up missing its September release date as Apple is reportedly having issues with integrating the Touch ID sensor within the display. This is being described as Apple's “biggest bottleneck” in the build up to mass production of the next iPhone. …

Back in January, Qualcomm was blindsided by not one but two massive lawsuits involving Apple. One from the US Federal Trade Commission and another from Apple itself. Qualcomm already responded to the FTC's lawsuit last week and now this week, the chip maker is hitting back at Apple's case, claiming …

Earlier this month we learned that Apple would be abandoning its use of IMG's graphics technology for iOS devices in two years time. At the time, Imagination Technologies (IMG) had some doubts about Apple's ability to produce its own mobile GPU but it looks like Apple is looking to prove …

Back in February last year, Apple finally acknowledged ‘Error 53', a Touch ID glitch that would brick iPhones and make them unusable. At the time, Apple did offer a workaround for customers but it seems that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) wasn't impressed with the whole situation and …

At this point, the next iPhone having an OLED display is all but confirmed. We've seen countless leaks over the last 12 months but the latest this week indicates that Samsung will once again be doing business with Apple, by becoming the sole supplier of curved OLED panels for the …

Yesterday, Apple did something very uncharacteristic for the company- it admitted it screwed up and openly talked about upcoming design changes. This was all in regards to the Mac Pro, which received a major redesign back in 2013. While it was a powerful machine with a bold redesign, it didn't …

Recently, Qualcomm has been finding itself in quite a bit of trouble with regulators in various countries. The chip maker was recently fined a huge sum of money over anti-competitive practices in South Korea and now, the FTC is also on the case in the US, with Apple being one …

Back in late 2013, Apple completely changed up its approach to the Mac Pro. Gone was the bulky silver tower design of old and in its place, we received a tiny, cylindrical computer instead. Since then, there have been no new updates to the Mac Pro but it seems that …

A recent report on Nikkei Asian Review has exposed a Samsung deal with Apple to provide the iPhone-maker with OLED panels from here to kingdom come – 70 million of them. Samsung, say experts, has capacity to squeeze out up to 95 million OLED panels for Apple, in case demand …

Back when iOS 7 was first introduced, Apple brought 64-bit support to its mobile operating system and since then, all iPhones and iPads have come with 64-bit capable SoCs. While Apple has continued to support both 32-bit and 64-bit apps in later versions of iOS, that will be changing this …

Over the years, while Apple has been designing its own processors for its iOS devices, the company has heavily relied on third-party graphics technology. Right now, Apple is partnered up with Imagination technologies for all of its iOS GPU needs, which means Imagination gets a cut from every iPhone and …

Following on from earlier reports surrounding Apple's plans for augmented reality, new sources have come to light to reveal more about the company's own augmented reality glasses. Apparently, Apple has been working on its one Augmented Reality smart glasses for more than a year already, with plans to possibly unveil …

This week, a Turkish ‘hacking' group began kicking up a fuss on social media, claiming they had access to over 300 million iCloud accounts and would begin factory resetting 200 million iOS devices starting on the 7th of April. The hope was that this would scare Apple into paying up …

Following on from previous rumours and leaks, today Apple refreshed its iPad lineup, while also making some changes to its current batch of iPhones. We knew something was coming as the Apple Store went down briefly earlier this morning, giving Apple time to update the store with new products. First …

It looks like Apple may be ready to get serious about augmented reality later this year as reports are indicating that the company is preparing a few AR-related features for its next iPhone. According to sources, Apple currently has several hundred engineers dedicated to augmented reality features, some of which …

It seems that Apple is planning a heavy push for Augmented Reality in the coming years as reports this week claim that the company currently has over a thousand engineers working on developing augmented reality technology behind the scenes. We already knew that Apple CEO, Tim Cook, was excited about …

It looks like we can expect a new batch of iPads this Spring as this week sources have come forward with details of Apple's plans for an iPad refresh following an event in March. Apparently, we are set to see a new iPad Mini, iPad Air and two new iPad …

We have another iPhone 8 rumour floating around,this time suggesting that the one button and Touch ID sensor will be done away with and replaced by an edge-to-edge display with virtual buttons instead, with 3D Touch in place to replicate the feel of a button press. Touch ID would also …

Tim Cook has been gushing about augmented reality for quite some time now and it seems that he doesn't plan on stopping any time soon. He has previously claimed it will become bigger than VR and has even confirmed that Apple is experimenting with it behind the scenes. Now this …

Late last month, LG’s UltraFine 5K monitors finally began shipping out to Apple customers but unfortunately, buyers of the $1300 monitor quickly discovered that the monitor didn't work as well as it should, particularly when in the same room as a wireless router. LG has since said that it is going …

We are used to the iPhone being an expensive purchase, even when generational upgrades are incremental and less impressive. The jump from the iPhone 6 to the iPhone 7 for instance hasn't set new performance records. However, this year's iPhone will be coming on the smartphone's ten year anniversary and …

It looks like someone isn't too happy with Apple right now as a new lawsuit thrown at the company alleges that it purposefully broke the FaceTime app on iOS 6 in an effort to save money and force users of the older iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S to upgrade to …

Last year, the FBI and Apple were embroiled in a legal battle over encryption after Apple refused to unlock an iPhone 5C at the center of an investigation. After it became clear that Apple wasn't going to budge, the FBI hired a firm known as Cellebrite to develop a tool …