If you’re wondering whether your car’s wireless phone charger will work with this year’s iPhones, an Apple support document has the answer. It lists 14 brands whose chargers will work with the iPhone 8. Although Apple doesn’t yet list the iPhone X, the same chargers should work, though there are a couple of provisos to note with both the iPhone 8 Plus and four of the car brands … Apple says that the wireless chargers in cars made by the following ten manufacturers support the Qi standard and will work with the iPhone 8:...

The M2 is a direct replacement for the original M1, not the more powerful chips Apple introduced afterwards (like the M1 Max and M1 Ultra). It uses a 5-nanometer design, with 20 billion transistors and 100GB/s of unified memory bandwidth. That’s a 50% upgrade in bandwidth compared to the original M1, which should improve everything from managing Chrome tabs to rendering 3D graphics. Apple is sticking to the same 8-core CPU design with the M2, with 4 high-performance cores and four “high-efficiency” cores....

As Apple’s next-generation iPhone festivities come closer to reality, Apple appears set to discontinue their Bumper case – the controversial $30 accessory which Apple provided free of charge to users complaining about their iPhone 4 antenna connection. Some have said that $30 is a bit expensive for a piece of rubber. As Apple transitions its iPhone line to the iPhone 5, some may not find Apple’s discontinuation of an iPhone 4 accessory surprising....

Apple may be planning to launch an updated version of the iPhone SE with a faster chip early next year, according to at least one rumor. Apple upgraded the storage options for the current iPhone SE earlier this year, but the processor and other specs remained the same. If the current rumor comes to fruition, the iPhone SE would see a speed boost by switching from the A9 chip used in the iPhone 6s from late 2015 to the A10 chip used in the iPhone 7 from late 2016....

With five days to go before WWDC, Apple now is the official registrant behind iCloud.com. It appears that there may just be some live iCloud demos in store (shocking, we know). Also, it explains why Apple had to go public about the iCloud.com – the domain registration would have went public beforehand anyhow iCloud to get EDU-only discount pricing? (9to5mac.com) Conveniently, Apple trademarks iCloud in Europe (9to5mac.com) Official: Steve Jobs to unveil iCloud, iOS 5, and Lion June 6 at WWDC (9to5mac....

Apple today updated its list of Apple Pay banks and card issuers to note the addition of over 25 additional banks and credit unions in the US that now support the service. Russia also picks up one new bank today with the addition of B&N Bank (Mastercard credit and debit cards, including cards issued by MDM Bank). And Switzerland adds support for boon. by Wirecard. During the company’s fiscal Q1 earnings call late last month, Apple said that Apple Pay users have tripled with transaction volume up 500% year-over-year....

Can you use Apple Pay at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs)? With the widespread availability of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), one would ask if Apple Pay can be used with them, but with the fast-changing technology, it is worth noting that it can, despite the fact that it is only an inbuilt application in Apple Electronics. Apple Pay is only accepted at cardless Automated Teller Machines (ATM’s), such as those operated by Wells Fargo, Citibank, Bank of America, and Chase....

Apple has posted new job positions in conjunction with Path Forward’s Spring 2018 San Francisco return to work program. Path Forward announced last month that Apple would be one of nine companies to offer paid return to work internships as a part of its latest program, here’s how it works: In the last few days, Apple has posted a total of eight positions ranging from various hardware engineering roles, iOS engineer, radiographer, and more....

Apple is under scrutiny yet again for the concessions it makes in China. A new report from the New York Times today focuses broadly on Apple’s relationship with the Chinese government, citing internal documents from the company and interviews with 17 current and former Apple employees. Some of the most notable details in the report cover Apple complying with local regulations in the country related to storing Chinese user data on local servers....

Last year Apple gifted its employees with a limited edition rainbow Apple Watch band to honor the San Francisco Pride parade. Now Apple has made its special ‘Pride Edition’ Woven Nylon band available for all customers to order. Apple has also listed the recently announced Nike Sport Band colors on Apple․com for order. The new Pride Edition Apple Watch band is available in both 38mm and 42mm options for the usual $49 price for Woven Nylon....

After updating iWork for iCloud and its Mac and iOS counterparts, Apple has pushed out a new Safari update as well. The new version is 7.0.3 and contains mostly bug and security fixes. Apple has been beta testing this update with developers for the past few weeks. The two biggest parts of this update are changes to push notifications and the way URLs are handled. For users who don’t want to be asked about push notifications from any site, there’s now a checkbox in the notification preferences that disables them entirely....

Six weeks after its major software updates, Apple is now releasing tvOS 15.3 and HomePod 15.3 to all users. With these versions, the company is enabling multi-user voice recognition in more countries to its smart speakers. Multi-user support was added to HomePod in 2019 with the release of iOS 13. With this feature enabled, Siri is able to learn and identify the voice of different people so they can make personal requests based on their own data....

Apple today is releasing the fifth public beta of iOS 13. This comes following the release of the sixth developer beta yesterday. Apple is also releasing iPadOS 13 public beta 5 and likely tvOS 13 public beta 5 today. iOS 13 developer beta 6 was released yesterday and includes several notable changes. There’s a new Dark Mode toggle in Control Center, as well as support for toggling Dark Mode via Siri....

Japanese Apple rumor blog Macotakara has a new report today indicating that the successor to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will come in an all new color. The site says Apple will add a red casing color, joining the existing Black, Jet Black, Silver, Gold and Rose Gold options. Macotakara has a decent track record when it comes to reporting details about unreleased Apple products. It was the first site to say that Apple would remove the headphone jack with the iPhone 7....

Apple has started marketing the Apple Watch as a guardian for your health with features like fall detection and a built-in ECG, but selling the Apple Watch to the people who need those benefits the most is a challenge. CNBC reports today that Apple has a plan to address that very challenge: using private Medicare plans cover the Apple Watch for at-risk seniors. According to the report, Apple is exploring ways to lower or cover the cost of the Apple Watch Series 3 to start:...

Apple today has officially rolled out live sports to users of the Apple TV app in Canada. This means that users can now easily track sporting events through various providers and services with the TV app on iOS and tvOS… First discovered by MacRumors, Apple updated its availability support page this evening to reflect the addition of live sports in Canada. With this comes a new “Sports” tab in the TV app that highlights upcoming and currently airing sporting events, such as the FIFA World Cup....

Apple originally debuted its new iMac Pro back at WWDC in June, saying it would be available in December. After the grueling 6 month wait, the iMac Pro is officially available from Apple and the first orders will be arriving December 27th. Prices start at $4,999 and max out at $13,199… At the time of unveiling at WWDC, Apple touted that the iMac Pro is the “most powerful Mac ever,” even beating out the current-gen Mac Pro....

After China, India is now the world’s second-largest smartphone market – having overtaken the US last year. But while India is a massive growth market, Apple has seen its own sales plummet. The company has reportedly drawn up a five-point plan to try to fix the problem … Pricing is obviously Apple’s biggest challenge in India. The average price paid for a smartphone in India is the equivalent of $150, the manager of one store told Bloomberg....

Key iPhone assembler Foxconn has echoed Apple’s chip shortage warning that production will be hit this quarter, saying that the lead time for some chips is now anything up to a year. Apple said during its last earnings call that although the impact on iPhone production would be limited, it did expect shortages of iPads and Macs … Background Factory shutdowns around the world during the pandemic have lead to a huge backlog in chip production, most notably in mundane but vital components like display drivers....

Reports claim thousands of developers both small and large have applied to join the scheme, but the vast majority have been rejected, generating this hail of criticism. The reports ignore Apple’s earlier promise that it would accept only a limited number of developers for its iPhone Developer Program at this point. “During the beta iPhone SDK program, a limited number of developers will be accepted into Apple’s new iPhone Developer Program and offered the ability to get code onto iPhones for testing,” the company said in a March 6 press release....