Category: Apple

Apple adds five new Arcade games as its free trial draws to a close

[ad_1] Inmost Publisher Chucklefish is best known for Stardew Valley and Wargroove, but Inmost, from studio Hidden Layer Games, looks like a very different game again. With bleak pixel art wrapped around a 2D puzzle adventure, you’ll control three different characters, trying to defeat enemies and use traps to your advantage. ShockRods For something completely […]

Apple TV+ signs Oscar-winner Alfonso Cuarón to a multi-year deal

[ad_1] There’s no word yet on any specific projects, but Cuarón has a pretty diverse filmography, including Roma, Gravity and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He does have one television project that was already in the works, the horror Ascension starring Casey Affleck. Cuarón also co-created NBC’s Believe, which ran for one season […]

Tim Cook defends Apple’s decision to remove Hong Kong protest app

[ad_1] According to Reuters, Cook said Apple based the decision on “credible information” from Hong Kong police and Apple users. Those sources said the app was used to “maliciously to target individual officers for violence and to victimize individuals and property where no police are present.” That kind of behavior would violate App Store guidelines […]

Amazon Music now streams tunes to your Apple TV

[ad_1] The timing is certainly convenient for Amazon, which now has a direct answer to Spotify’s app. However, it also underscores Apple’s (slightly) more liberal approach to competing music services as of late, including Siri integration with Spotify. Even if that’s not entirely voluntary, the end result is the same — you don’t have to […]

Apple removes Hong Kong protest app following Chinese pressure

[ad_1] The app, which shares information on the location of pro-democracy protests and police activity in Hong Kong, was slammed by China Daily — owned by the Communist Party of China — for enabling “rioters in Hong Kong to go on violent acts,” adding that Apple has to “think about the consequences of its unwise […]

G20 leaders will discuss raising taxes for big tech firms next week

[ad_1] The finance ministers are scheduled to meet in Washington, where they’ll review proposals by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) — the group tasked with overhauling tax rules that date back to the 1920s. The new rules may create a corporate income tax of a few percentage points, which could make […]

Apple may launch its AR headset with third-party help early next year

[ad_1] Kuo has said in the past that Apple plans to market the headset as an iPhone accessory. It will reportedly wirelessly offload computing, networking and location-related tasks to the iPhone. In this way, Apple hopes to keep the device thin and light. Without providing additional context, Kuo adds Apple will work third-party brands to […]

Bigger, slightly better, still great

[ad_1] The competition It’s a fact of the industry that tablets just aren’t as big a deal as they used to be, but there are handful of alternatives to consider. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S5e is probably the 2019 iPad’s closest competitor, and it packs a beautiful, 10-inch Super AMOLED screen, a mid-range Snapdragon 670 chipset, […]

Apple removes Taiwan flag emoji from iOS in Hong Kong

[ad_1] Apple’s region lock of ROC Taiwan flag 🇹🇼 extended beyond CN devices to HK and Macau’s in the iOS/iPadOS 13.1.1 rollout. Interestingly, the new lock only affects the keyboard, and has no problem displaying and is easy to bypass by switching region. https://t.co/RVRKNQyc1l pic.twitter.com/8eQXambiAQ — 王博源 Wang Boyuan (@thisboyuan) October 3, 2019 This isn’t […]

Apple’s first TV+ holiday special will star Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds

[ad_1] There’s no mention of when it might appear, although it wouldn’t arrive for holiday 2019 unless it’s effectively complete. Apple has been rapidly expanding the list of shows and movies on TV+, but there’s still a lot of ground left to cover genre-wise beyond dramas and kids’ programming. It needs additions like this to […]