Folding iPhone: Should Apple make a Flip or a Fold? [Poll]

We’ve been hearing reports of a folding iPhone for a great many years now, and the most recent of these suggest that it may finally arrive in late 2026 .

There are two approaches Apple could take with this product, and so far we haven’t seen a consensus view as to which would be better …

The first approach is the a top-down fold, where the opened device has a similar sized screen to an existing iPhone, and it folds down to a very pocketable device with

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Data brokers may be banned from selling your personal data without good reason

Data brokers may be banned from selling your personal data without legitimate justification, under a new proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Back in the summer it was revealed that one of these brokers was hacked, resulting in the compromise of personal data for every person in the US, UK, and Canada .

The proposed change would limit the sharing of sensitive data like your name and social security number by subjecting data brokers to the same rules as credit checking agencies …

A law called the Fair Credit Reporting Act


Developers told $1B class action lawsuit against Apple can proceed, as second objection rejected

British developers have been told that their billion dollar class action lawsuit against Apple can proceed, after the iPhone maker failed in its second bid to have the case dismissed.

Developers behind the antitrust case are seeking repayment of up to £785M ($995M) in commission on apps, in the latest move against Apple’s monopoly on the sale of iPhone apps …

The core argument here is that, until recently, the only way a developer could sell an iPhone app was through the official


Apple @ Work Podcast: Fleet launches iOS device management

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In this episode of Apple @ Work, I talk with Mike McNeil from about its recent upgrade to


Your Apple Music Replay yearly recap for 2024 is now available

The Apple Music year-in-review montage for 2024 is now available. View yours now at for .

While Apple Music Replay continuously tracks the music you are listening to all year round with monthly playlists, at the end of the year it also debuts a yearly recap.

The Replay ’24 carousel includes features showing how many minutes of music you listened to on the service this year, across how many artists, and what genres.

It will also show you if you are a super-fan


Apple to begin selling Vision Pro in Taiwan later this month

Apple has been slowly bringing its Vision Pro headset to more countries, with a recent expansion to South Korea and the United Arab Emirates . Now the company has just confirmed that Apple Vision Pro will soon be available in Taiwan in time for the holidays.

In a on Apple Taiwan’s website, the company announced the launch of the Apple Vision Pro in the country on December 17 – two weeks from now. Pre-orders will begin on Thursday, December 5, exclusively on Apple’s website. Apple’

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Apple delays HomeKit support for robot vacuum cleaners to 2025

When Apple announced iOS 18 in June at WWDC, the company unveiled some new features for HomeKit and the Home app – including support for . However, this feature wasn’t included in the first releases of iOS 18, and Apple has now quietly confirmed that HomeKit support for has been postponed until 2025.

Previously, the Home app webpage on Apple’s website said that support for in HomeKit would arrive with a future iOS 18 update later this year. However, as noted by ,

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Brazilian company still believes it owns the ‘iPhone’ trademark as it awaits trial

As we’ve reported here in the past, Apple is facing an intriguing legal dispute in Brazil when it comes to the “iPhone” trademark as a local company called Gradiente claims to have patented the name long before Apple. As the case still awaits a final judgment, Gradiente still believes that it created the first iPhone.

In an interview with the Brazilian newspaper (via ), Gradiente CEO Eugênio Staub told how he feels about the dispute between his company and Apple. Staub complained about even Brazilian people accusing

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WhatsApp will soon drop support for some older iPhone models

WhatsApp, the popular instant messaging app from Meta, has been working on a lot of new features recently. However, at the same time, the platform has been gearing up to release an update that will drop support for some older iPhone models.

As noted by , the latest beta version of WhatsApp for iPhone introduces a message alert for some older iPhone models. More specifically, an update to be released in May 2025 will drop support for operating system versions prior to iOS 15.1. Currently


visionOS 2.2 brings three upgrades that truly make Vision Pro a next-gen computer

The Vision Pro is getting close to a year of life, and Apple’s next software update has some big changes in store that could alter usage patterns. Mac Virtual Display, one of the best Vision Pro features , is getting three upgrades in visionOS 2.2 that provide a huge boost to spatial computing.

Ever since launch, Mac Virtual Display has been among the Vision Pro’s best features. But it hasn’t truly taken advantage of the Vision Pro’s unique strengths until visionOS 2.2

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