Christopher Lee

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Analysts say Apple TV+ doesn’t stand a chance against competitors

Analysts say Apple TV+ doesn’t stand a chance against competitors

Christopher Lee · Sep 13, 2019

A few days ago, Apple confirmed that Apple TV+, its new streaming service, will launch on 1st November. It will be available in a long list of countries, and the monthly subscription fee of $4.99 seems rather attractive. Yet people who should know claim that Apple TV+ doesn’t have much of a chance of unseating […]

Study finds Apple News gives preference to major news outlets

Study finds Apple News gives preference to major news outlets

Christopher Lee · Sep 12, 2019

A new study has found that as far as the news sources that Apple chooses to promote on Apple News go, diversity is definitely not the name of the game. According to the Columbia Journalism Review, Apple News (with almost 85 million users) nearly always gives preference to national outlets and major publishers. In fact, […]

Apple announces iPhone 11 plus Apple Arcade and much more

Apple announces iPhone 11 plus Apple Arcade and much more

Christopher Lee · Sep 11, 2019

Below, we summarise a few of the highlights of Apple’s long-awaited media event that took place yesterday. iPhone 11 The new iPhone is available in six colours: white, black yellow, green, purple and Product Red. It boasts a 6.1-inch Liquid Retina and True Tone screen. It also features an “amazing dual-camera system with an all-new […]

Study proves Apple favours its own apps in App Store

Study proves Apple favours its own apps in App Store

Christopher Lee · Sep 10, 2019

To get your app to the top of the App Store’s search results is something that any app developer would give an arm and a leg for. The store generated sales of over $50bn in 2018, and Apple says about two-thirds of all downloads start with a search. The fact that Apple has become one […]

Apple launching iPhone 11 and other devices tomorrow

Apple launching iPhone 11 and other devices tomorrow

Christopher Lee · Sep 9, 2019

According to an unnamed individual who is familiar with the situation, Apple’s retail staff are preparing for the iPhone 11 to go on sale next Friday, 20th September 2019. This sounds quite plausible if one looks at the schedule that Apple has followed in the past. The firm would typically announce a new device on […]

Apple now offers web interface for Apple Music

Apple now offers web interface for Apple Music

Christopher Lee · Sep 6, 2019

Apple Music received a major upgrade yesterday with a revamped web interface that allows subscribers to listen to live music directly from their web browsers without any need for installing a separate app or iTunes. At the moment, it’s still in beta phase and subscribers can access it at beta.music.apple.com. Except for the fact that […]

Could a plan to release iPhone SE 2 turn around Apple’s sales?

Could a plan to release iPhone SE 2 turn around Apple’s sales?

Christopher Lee · Sep 5, 2019

According to information leaked by Nikkei Asian Review, Apple plans to release an updated iPhone SE sometime next year. This will be hot on the heels of the iPhone 11, which is expected to be announced within the next few days. The decision to release the iPhone SE so soon after the iPhone 11 might […]

Apple cancels show on the eve of TV Plus launch

Apple cancels show on the eve of TV Plus launch

Christopher Lee · Sep 4, 2019

Apple has cancelled one of the original shows that would have aired on Apple TV Plus on the eve of the launch. Bastards was planned as an eight-episode series about two Vietnam veterans who go on a shooting rampage after the woman they both love dies in an accident, but creative differences between showrunners Warren […]

Apple will reportedly soon announce sleep tracking for Apple Watch

Apple will reportedly soon announce sleep tracking for Apple Watch

Christopher Lee · Sep 3, 2019

Rumours have been doing the rounds lately that Apple Watch is about to get sleep tracking. These rumours gained significant traction after Apple bought Beddit, the company that makes the Beddit Sleep Monitor. This week, sources inside Apple reportedly admitted that the firm plans to introduce an Apple Watch sleep tracking feature that will not […]

iPhones have been hacked by malicious sites for two years

iPhones have been hacked by malicious sites for two years

Christopher Lee · Sep 2, 2019

Researchers from Google have discovered a number of malicious websites that have been used for at least two years to infiltrate iPhones. On Thursday night, the analysts, who work at Project Zero (Google’s cyber security division), detailed their findings in a deep-dive technical blog. Security research specialist Ian Beer wrote: “There was no target discrimination; […]

Apple will resume Siri grading programme in the autumn

Apple will resume Siri grading programme in the autumn

Christopher Lee · Aug 30, 2019

This week, Apple announced that it will recommence its Siri grading programme during the autumn, but not before making a number of privacy-related upgrades. In the first place, the company will only collect audio samples from owners who have agreed to take part in the grading programme in future, and they will be able to […]

Some airlines start issuing blanket bans on MacBook Pros

Some airlines start issuing blanket bans on MacBook Pros

Christopher Lee · Aug 29, 2019

About two months ago, the 2015 MacBook Pro featuring Retina Display, which was sold from September 2015 to February 2017, was recalled by Apple. The reason given was that the battery might “pose a fire safety risk.” The FAA subsequently cautioned airlines not to accept laptops with faulty batteries on board any plane. Bloomberg has […]

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