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The iPhone’s battery has slowly and steadily improved over the years. Sure, some people say they’d like a bigger battery on future iPhones, and while some of us agree with that, it doesn’t mean the iPhone’s battery is bad.  Fortunately, even with a…

Not even a year after Nintendo released the Nintendo Switch OLED, new rumors appear that the company is already working on a new Nintendo Switch model, and some of us believe it might be the Nintendo Switch Pro.  The report comes right after Nintendo revealed…

If you’ve been experiencing problems charring your iPad mini since updating to iPadOS 15.5, it looks like you’re not alone. Enough iPad mini 6 owners have run into this problem that Apple has sent out a memo to service providers with guidance on ways to…

In recognition of his legendary work that lives on, Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs received the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a civilian in the United States this week, as U.S. President Joe Biden posthumously awarded him the Presidential…

As part of a massive expansion of Apple Arcade last year, Apple and Gameloft brought the venerable classic, The Oregon Trail to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Now, it’s expanding on this with an Apple Watch companion app that will encourage fans of the game to…

Preorders for Apple’s new M2 MacBook Air opened this morning on schedule, and not surprisingly, the affordable new MacBook has proven to be so popular that shipping dates for most configurations have already slipped into August. Preorders went online at 5…

Apple offered up a nice throwback for iPhone fans this week when it snuck the iconic clownfish wallpaper into the third developer beta of iOS 16. Sadly, this new wallpaper hasn’t appeared for every beta tester yet, but if you’re running the iOS 16 beta,…

Stranger Things, one of the most popular series right now, just finished season four and left the fans with a lot of surprises and questions. One of these surprises was what seemed to be an Apple Watch in the last episode of season four. Fans were quick to…

You’re back! It’s so nice to see you again for this week’s round of Best Apple Deals. The market is certainly taking a turn this time around, with many Mac models ditching their discounts – the same can be said for iPads. But there are still a few on…

Using Apple might be a good way to “turn the device you have into the one you want,” as Apple puts it. However, Apple’s making it really difficult to get some real value for your devices. Recently, Apple reduced the estimated trade-in value for all their…

With iOS 16 and watchOS 9, Apple is adding even more motivational awards to encourage you to stay fit. The third betas of both operating systems released this week now feature a new series of dedicated badges to reward you for completing certain milestones in…

It seems the world’s dumbest criminals aren’t only coming from the United States. A recent report highlights how an as-yet-unknown stalker in Japan had the audacity to try and track a police car with an AirTag. While the popularity of Apple’s AirTags has…

Apple recently released beta number three for iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and even watchOS. All three versions of the developer betas have been seeded, which means that if you already have the beta profile installed, you can already try the new features! But what new…

Brace yourself; summer is coming. And you need to be ready to look and feel good while you’re out and about on these hot summer days. Getting fit can be a hard task, especially if you aren’t used to it. Fortunately, we have technology on our side. There…

No, it’s not a joke. Verizon is sending 4G LTE phones to users with older 3G devices. Now, before you get too excited about getting your brand new phone, keep in mind that these are literal flip phones, not smartphones.  Verizon is sending out Orbic Journey…

During the iOS 15 beta cycle last summer, Apple began offering beta versions of its AirPods firmware to developers for the first time. That’s being repeated this year, and while we don’t recommend taking the risk of installing these early releases on your…

It’s easy to forget just how far we iPhone fans have come: It hasn’t even been 20 years since the first iPhone was launched in 2007, but despite how similar the design has remained, a whole lot has changed, too. While the iPhone was revolutionary with its…

If you’re looking for a quick way to learn more about your iPhone’s signal, TikTok has your back.  There are countless tips and tricks on TikTok. Granted, not all of them are good, and others you should completely avoid, but there are other nice tricks…

With targeted spyware and cybersecurity threats on the rise, Apple is pulling out all the stops to ensure that the most at-risk iPhone users will have as much protection as possible in iOS 16. Although iOS has always been designed with a high level of…

A new code in the UK has left many people wondering if they can use Apple Pay while they’re buying food (or paying for anything) while in their cars.  Fortunately, for UK drivers, they won’t get fined just for using Apple Pay, but they’ll still need to…

As a company, Apple typically doesn’t spend much time on nostalgia; it prefers to look to the future, not the past. However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for the occasional whimsical nod to yesteryear, and it seems that someone on Apple’s design…

If you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber, you’re in for a delicious treat. Amazon announced its Prime users would get a one-year membership to Grubhub+ in the US. In case you aren’t familiar with the platform, Grubhub+ works just like UberEats. This means…

It appears that rumors of the imminent arrival of Apple’s latest MacBook Air were indeed accurate. The M2-powered and wholly redesigned MacBook Air will be up for pre-order this Friday, and you’ll be able to get your hands on it in stores on Friday, July…

Out of nowhere, Apple released a new firmware update for the Siri Remote. Unfortunately, there isn’t much information about this update, so we aren’t completely sure why Apple released it. However, we can speculate that this firmware update fixed some…