Vision Pro users know that immersive video is one of the platform’s strengths, but content has been relatively scarce. Apple is reportedly working on a big project to change that: upgrading a popular sports stadium with the tech necessary for live streaming games in immersive video on Vision Pro.
Apple’s Vision Pro provides a variety of unique experiences you can’t get on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. But one of the most impressive is immersive video, and it’s especially eye-opening with sports
We are now fast approaching the big 2024 Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday proper just beyond that, but the major Black Friday Week sales are and elsewhere and the Apple gear deals are in full force. The are still sitting down at the and we have now spotted the starter with a sweet across the board alongside ongoing deals on the M4 starting from . Those deals carry over to a massive $190 price drop on Apple’s , a new all-time low on the 202
The holiday season is upon us, and Apple would have you believe that its products make the perfect gifts for your loved ones. A reveals, however, which Apple products tend to get gifted and which ones miss out on a holiday boost.
CIRP polled owners of Apple products over the course of a year to ask if they received their devices as gifts or not.
By doing so, they were able to track which Apple products benefit from a big gifting boost during the holidays, and which do not.
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AI was supposed to lead to a supercycle of smartphone growth, not just among iPhone users but also Android. But it turns out, that’s simply not a thing yet—at least based on . Sales are trending up, but not at all for the reasons you might expect.
This week the IDC (International Data Corporation) for global smartphone shipments in 2024.
Overall, total smartphone shipments are expected to grow 6.2% following a couple years of declines.
TikTok has announced that it is responding to new legislation in the UK and EU by introducing a ban on the use of beauty filters by those aged under 18. The ban will be implemented worldwide …
Studies have shown that social media users they are comparing their own real-life appearance with heavily-edited photos, and that using beauty filters themselves can leave them feeling that their true appearance is unattractive.
Dr Jasmine Fardouly, a body image expert from the University of New South Wales, says a study she conducted last
The Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) last month announced a review of the customer service offered by ISPs (internet service providers), stating that this was often so poor it made it hard for consumers to switch providers.
But ISPs have responded through a lobbying group, claiming that they offer “effective and user-friendly” customer service and therefore new regulations are not needed …
The FCC last month it was considering the need to regulate ISPs to make it easier for consumers to switch to a new provider.
Dealing with customer
The Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) has expressed concern over lack of manufacturer commitment to software updates for smart devices , citing the risk that security flaws won’t be fixed, or that products will cease to function altogether.
This echoes concerns we’ve been raising for the past couple of years about us never really owning the smart products we buy …
We first raised this concern in 2022.
Just as companies can add features through firmware updates, they can also take them away. This is especially true
A tweet claiming that Microsoft Office uses the content of customer documents to train its AI systems raised a lot of eyebrows, but the tech giant says that it’s a simple misunderstanding.
A Linux account with hundreds of thousands of followers tweeted the claim …
NixCraft :
Heads up: Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on by default, and you have
Apple is noted for taking its time when it comes to entering new product categories, but a 2008 patent shows that the company had been working on Vision Pro for at least 15 years before it finally launched.
Both the patent drawing and the description of the device are remarkably consistent with the product that finally launched in 2024 …
contributor Dan Moren was reminded of a 2008 piece covering the patent.
At the beginning of my career writing about Apple (almost two decades ago,
Apple is again supporting on December 1st, and will be donating $5 for every qualifying purchase between November 29 and December 8.
This will be the 18th year in which Apple has supported , which seeks to fight HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria …
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was established in 2002, and has been credited with saving 65 million lives since then.
The Global Fund is a worldwide partnership to defeat HIV, tuberculosis (TB)