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Apple unexpectedly wrote to California state senator Susan Talamantes Eggman this week to support SB 244, a “right to repair” bill in Sacramento’s State Capitol. Apple has softened its position on right to repair legislation, including last year’s Self Service Repair program. Many saw the offering as a preemptive measure …

Tuesday’s Tencent-owned WeChat app announced Apple’s online store. WeChat’s mini-programs, which include e-commerce, financial services, and transportation, have brought the Cupertino company’s store to the app. This store sells iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and Macs. As Reuters notes, Apple already has a store on Alibaba’s Tmall retail platform, Tencent’s rival. …

After days of criticism, Apple removed several predatory lending apps from the App Store in India. Apple removed Pocket Kash, White Kash, Golden Kash, and OK Rupee this week. In recent weeks, the apps reached the top 20 of the App Store’s finance list by offering Indian consumers fast-track lending. …

Apple has introduced new functionality to the always-on display feature offered for the iPhone 14 Pro models with the third beta of iOS 16.2 that was made available to developers this morning. When the always-on display option is selected, there are now two toggles for turning off the wallpaper and …

With a further push towards advertising, the firm might begin running adverts during soccer matches and other programming. According to a Bloomberg story, Apple is creating an advertising network as part of its agreement to start streaming Major League Soccer (MLS) matches the next year. According to sources with knowledge …

Apple is seriously preparing for something. Even though there is no official information regarding the devices that will launch on September 12, everyone is certain that there will be at least two, possibly three new iPhones and a brand new iPad Pro 2018. While there are obviously many who eagerly …

Even though Huawei has recently become a serious player in the smartphone supermarket, the two giants that are in a constant war are still Apple and Samsung. Up until now, many Android-running smartphone manufacturers tried to copy Apple’s smartphones the best they could. This year, it seems that the wheel …

What happens when your best friend, Siri, turns into your worst enemy? Disaster. If reports are to be believed, Apple’s voice assistant is suffering from a bug that makes it a blabbermouth. Your secrets are no longer safe because the bug is keeping Siri from verifying identities before reading out …

Google has further tightened its iron grip over the search engine market. Now instead of looking to Bing when it needs extra help Siri will ask Google. Siri’s switch to Google applies to web searches from Siri, Search inside iOS (formerly called Spotlight) and Spotlight on the Mac. The move …

The winds of change are blowing in the smart phone world.   Apple is no longer the world’s second most successful smart phone manufacturer. Huawei have sold more phones than Apple in June and July of 2017. This leaves the Chinese tech giant second only to Samsung in terms of sales. …