Apple’s Calendar app is quickly improving, and iOS 18.3 offers a new advantage

Apple’s Calendar app has been on the iPhone since the start, and rarely gets changed. But in the last few months, Calendar has been the subject of some compelling upgrades. And now, iOS 18.3 adds a feature that provides another reason to use the app.

Apple’s ‘strategy’ with the Calendar app has always been a bit perplexing to me.

The company knows that lots of iPhone users have been drawn away by alternative apps like Google Calendar, and even indie offerings like .

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Spotify claims record payout to music industry after refuting that Apple Music pays artists more

Five days ago, Spotify disputed a report that Apple Music pays artists more than double compared to Spotify’s average rates. In completely unrelated news, Spotify has published a blog post announcing record payouts to the music industry in 2024.

Maybe it’s a coincidence, and it took four weeks to crunch the numbers! Anyway, Spotify says it paid out $10 billion to the music industry last year, nearly matching global recorded music revenue from a decade ago:

In 2014,


9to5Mac Daily: January 28, 2025 – iOS 18.3 now available, more

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Tested: Moom is my new Mac window management app

I’m a self-confessed neat freak in both physical and virtual worlds, so I like to keep my Mac app windows organised. I previously did so using Stay, but when the developer seemingly abandoned it I switched to Moom.

The app lets me instantly restore all my app windows to my preferred sizes and positions, whether I’m using my MacBook Pro in standalone mode or hooked up to my external monitor …

I use my Mac in four main ways, each one requiring different apps in use, and

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Marvel Snap back in the App Store; Trump says Microsoft may buy TikTok

Digital collectible card game Marvel Snap is back in the App Store , after the game’s developer seemingly severed connections with TikTok parent ByteDance.

Trump has suggested that Microsoft is negotiating to buy TikTok, despite the company’s CEO having previously described the suggestion as “the strangest thing” …

While we colloquially refer to a TikTok ban, the actual prohibition is on US companies having dealings with the app’s owner, ByteDance. Marvel Snap was published by Nuverse, a subsidiary, and therefore also affected by the ban


MKBHD hands-on with Project Moohan, a prototype of Samsung’s Vision Pro competitor

Tech reviewer Marques Brownlee has shared a hands-on experience of Project Moohan, a prototype of Samsung’s Vision Pro competitor.

Samsung has previously allowed other tech writers to try it, including , but this is the first time the company has allowed video footage to be shared …

Our sister site got a 30-minute try-out last month, and Li was impressed, describing the OS as the equal of visionOS, but also incorporating AI features not yet available on Apple’s headset.

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AppleCare+ claim denied after MacBook Pro was destroyed in a car crash

Apple reportedly denied an AppleCare+ claim for accidental damage after a MacBook Pro was destroyed in a car crash.

A Redditor told the story of his MacBook Pro being catastrophically damaged, and Apple denying him a replacement …

The of the refusal (spotted by ) is somewhat strangely worded. He says Apple denied his claim because the machine was too badly damaged, which would not be a legitimate basis for exclusion.

Sad story: my beloved MacBook Pro has been involved in a car accident. I have the Apple Care + plan


AAPL climbed 3% on DeepSeek news, as other tech stocks fell

While shock at yesterday’s DeepSeek news saw the stock prices of many tech giants fall, AAPL climbed 3.25% across the course of the day.

Experts yesterday expressed amazement at the Chinese company’s AI model being on a par with US chatbots like ChatGPT , Gemini, and Llama despite being developed for a fraction of the cost and running on far lower-spec hardware …

DeepSeek is an AI chatbot developed in China, and which posted benchmarks indicating that its performance was comparable to the world’s

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Apple @ Work Podcast: Should Apple’s certifications be free?

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9to5Mac Overtime 038: Hands-on with iOS 18.3

Jeff and Fernando talk Even Realities G1 Smart Glasses, iOS 18.3 release, the TikTok situation, Samsung S25 hands-on, and iPhone 17 Air possibilities.

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