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Apple is once again celebrating Black History Month this year with a whole range of initiatives to spotlight Black businesses and innovation, while also raising awareness of Black history and issues around Black health and wellness. While much of this revolves…

If you’ve ever had your iPhone or iPad replaced under an AppleCare plan, you could soon be eligible to receive a payout in a recently settled class action lawsuit. In 2019, a class-action suit was certified against Apple, alleging that the company had used…

Although Apple operates its Beats division at something of an arm’s length, almost all the headphones and earphones it’s launched under that brand in the past year have included mostly the same iPhone integrations that the AirPods are famous for. That…

One of the cooler new features that came along in iOS 15 is something that most of us haven’t had the opportunity to experience yet, since it requires compatible third-party hardware on the other end. We’re talking about Apple’s new Digital Keys which…

Although Epic Games may not have prevailed in its lawsuit against Apple, it does appear to have resulted in regulatory scrutiny over Apple’s restrictions on allowing third-party payment methods. Last summer, an investigation by the Japan Fair Trade…

Believe it or not, most devices need some rest every once in a while, whether it’s your iPhone, iPad, or your laptop. Of course, your devices don’t need to rest the same way we do – they get along just fine after you restart them. In fact, even if it…

There’s always something new to learn when it comes to personal health – whether it’s a new workout or a new term you’ve never even heard of. Today, we’ll focus on the latter. We can’t tell you which workouts to do — we’ll leave that to Apple…

It would appear that Apple is having another crisis of colour with its latest iPhone models, with some users encountering shades of pink on their screens. It’s not the first time iPhone users have run into these kinds of colouration problems. Two years ago,…

The world of NFTs is a complex one, especially when you’re just starting out. You need to know many things even before you start buying or selling. If you want to buy NFTs, things are pretty straightforward. Once you have the right platform and…

It appears that Apple has quickly reversed course on a change last week that would have begun requiring educational customers in the U.S. to verify their student or teacher status. Apple has offered educational discounts on products like Macs and iPads for…

Just last Friday, Apple seeded the watchOS 8.4 release candidate (RC), which is basically a sneak peek of what the full public software update will look like – and it seems that Apple will mainly focus on fixing a bug that prevented the Apple Watch Series 7…

Apple’s upgraded both the iPad Air and the iPad mini to be more powerful with a new design that’s minimal and elegant. Both devices have basically everything we could ever ask for and more – and it doesn’t matter which one you get; you’ll love what…

There are countless ways for scammers to get a hold of your information – and just when you think you know everything, they come up with new ways to attack you. There are already many ways for scammers to target you that you probably already know about, like…

When Apple decided to remove the charger and EarPods from its iPhone packaging worldwide in late 2020, it found itself held back in France due to an unusual law that required cellular phones to include wired headphones for health reasons. It was a rare…

So far, Apple seems to be content to stay in the software and video production side of the fitness business, but that doesn’t mean that it may not contemplate an expansion if the right opportunity comes along. This is precisely the idea that’s being…

As expected, Epic Games has kicked off what could be the first of many appeals in its ongoing war against Apple and the App Store, claiming that the lower court erred in almost all of its findings that led it to conclude that Apple was not a monopoly. In its…

Although Epic Games has failed to convince the U.S. courts so far that Apple’s control of the App Store is breaking any laws, those laws themselves could soon change as a result of a new bill that has just moved out of committee onto the floor of the U.S.…

It’s hard to argue that streaming music services have become the way that most folks enjoy listening to music these days, and a new market research report shows just how widespread that’s become — and exactly how the big players have carved things up.…

Hearing stories of Apple products saving people’s lives has become a regular occurrence over the past few years, but usually these involve the Apple Watch. Recently, however, a woman credited an unlikely Apple accessory with saving her life: AirPods. While…

Apple TV+ is continuing to accumulate even more award nominations this year, once again shattering records for the amount of recognition received by a fledgling streaming service. Apple made history again last week when it received a dozen Screen Actors Guild…

Apple generally works pretty hard to present the image of a friendly and accessible place to buy products from, and in many ways its retail and online stores have always operated at least somewhat on the honour system. For example, Apple introduced…

If you’ve been having problems with Apple’s latest AirPods 3, you may be in luck, as the company has just released one of its typically quiet firmware updates that appears to be specifically for that model. AirPods firmware updates normally fly under the…

If you’re using Netflix, we’ve got some bad news for you. The popular streaming service is raising its pricing in the U.S. and Canada one more time. Now depending on the plan you have, you might have to pay up to $2 more than before – and even if you…

The iPhone 13 Pro Max has just been crowned the fastest 5G smartphone across all U.S. and Canadian carriers, according to research conducted by Ookla, maker of the popular Speedtest app for mobile devices. In its Q4 2021 Market Report, Ookla ranked the…