What Apple product colors would you like to see offered in future? [Poll]

After mostly very muted iPhone Pro colors in the past, Apple struck out in a bold new direction with Cosmic Orange for the current model. That decision was credited with helping the company hit record iPhone sales last year.

We’re expecting to see the upcoming low-cost MacBook offered in several bright colors , and there’s also talk of a deep red option for the iPhone 18 Pro, so this seems a good time to talk about colors …

In the past, Apple seemed to have taken the view


Sonos plans to fix its biggest iOS hurdle with a new Live Activities feature

Sonos has a plan to bring a highly requested audio control feature to iOS, but don’t expect the company to rush it before it’s ready.

Chris Welch at has the scoop in a piece covering the new Sonos approach to improving its app.

Sonos Inc. plans to simplify its iPhone and Android app in the coming months with an update that focuses on improved navigation and easier-to-use controls. But after a botched app release in 2024 nearly upended the entire company, Sonos’


Reddit and Discord are both in trouble over controversial age verification service

Both Reddit and Discord have got themselves into trouble over the use of a controversial third-party age verification service.

Reddit has been fined £14.5 ($19.5M) million for the unlawful use of children’s personal information, while Discord has experienced a user backlash …

The UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) requires online platforms to verify the age of its users and ensure that children are not exposed to harmful content.

reports that an investigation by the UK’s privacy


Tim Cook ‘slept with one eye open’ after classified CIA briefing on Taiwan

Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly told officials that he slept “with one eye open” after he attended a classified CIA briefing on Taiwan, home to the company’s chipmaker TSMC .

US intelligence agencies have been worried for years that China may plan to invade the island, and the briefing warned that this could happen as early as next year …

China claims ownership over Taiwan, and has conducted military exercises that included practicing a full-scale blockade of the island, leading to fears that it was planning an invasion.

We


Apple shares more details, photos, and video of US Mac mini plant

Apple yesterday announced plans to start manufacturing the in the US and has now shared more details of the initiative, alongside photos and video footage.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company is also accelerating production of AI servers made in the Houston plant where the Mac mini models will be assembled …

The initial reveal was made by the company’s COO in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

Sabih Khan, Apple’s chief operating officer, shared the development as part of a video interview with The Wall Street Journal.

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Apple @ Work Podcast: The rise of the autonomous AI SOC

, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organizations trust Mosyle to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost. today and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with Apple .

In this episode of Apple @ Work, Monzy Merza from joins the show to talk about how AI


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Apple announces plans to manufacture some new Macs in the United States this year

Apple has announced that it plans to start manufacturing one of its Mac computers, the , in the United States starting this year.

Sabih Khan, Apple’s chief operating officer, shared the development as part of a video interview with The Wall Street Journal.

“We’re very excited to tell you that later this year we will be beginning Mac mini manufacturing right here in this space,” Khan tells the Journal during a tour of a Foxconn facility in Houston, Texas.

When asked how many Mac mini computers

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AI coding tools may be the end of freemium utility apps

With the recent launch of tools like OpenAI’s Codex, Anthropic’s Claude Agent, and the upcoming support for these tools right in Xcode, the market for single-purpose apps might not be long for this world. Here’s why.

Despite my best on-and-off efforts over the last two decades, every single time I decided to learn to code, it was a non-starter.

I understand the concepts well enough, but I’ve never managed to turn the actual act of


Apple’s new ‘Sales Coach’ app is now live on the App Store, replacing ‘SEED’

Following last week’s report that Apple was preparing to replace its “SEED” app with “Sales Coach,” the new app is now available. Here are the details.

As spotted by , rather than discontinuing SEED and launching a new app called , Apple simply updated the SEED app earlier today, turning it into Sales Coach.

The reads:

Apple Sales Coach delivers sales and technical resources to Apple sales partners around the world.

Apple Sales Coach has the resources you need to be ready for a variety of customer


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