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KGI analyst predicts more affordable MacBook Air this year

KGI analyst predicts more affordable MacBook Air this year

Christopher Lee · Mar 5, 2018

Ming-Chi Kuo, a KGI Securities analyst, has published new research urging investors to focus on three products this year: AirPods, a possible 6.1-inch LCD iPhone, and a lower-priced MacBook Air. The first and second devices on his list have been discussed widely over the last few months, but the possibility of a cheaper MacBook Air […]

Apple succumbs to Chinese government pressure over iCloud data

Apple succumbs to Chinese government pressure over iCloud data

Christopher Lee · Mar 1, 2018

Yesterday, Apple officially transferred Chinese users’ iCloud data from servers in the USA to data centres that belong to, and are run by, Chinese state-run firm GCBD. This means every single Chinese citizen’s iCloud data will in future be hosted on government-owned servers, together with the iCloud encryption keys that are used to unlock that […]

Apple to provide world class healthcare to its employees

Apple to provide world class healthcare to its employees

Christopher Lee · Feb 28, 2018

In a move that will undoubtedly be welcomed by the employees benefitting from it, Apple has decided to launch a number of health clinics that will be known as ‘AC Wellness’ for its workers and their families. The company has launched a website (acwellness.com) which provides additional information about its plans in this regard, as […]

Apple now stores private data on Google Cloud

Apple now stores private data on Google Cloud

Christopher Lee · Feb 27, 2018

According to an update that appeared in Apple’s January iOS Security Guide, the company has shifted to Google Cloud Platform as the preferred storage location for its iCloud services. Those who regularly follow the latest Apple news will be aware that the firm has for a long time utilised Microsoft Azure as well as Amazon’s […]

Apple and the case of the mysterious emergency calls

Apple and the case of the mysterious emergency calls

Christopher Lee · Feb 23, 2018

In Sacramento County and Elk Grove, California, emergency dispatchers are experiencing a flood of fake 911 calls – and the source is nothing other than Elk Grove’s Apple distribution site. Jamie Hudson, a police dispatcher, said: “We’ve been seeing these calls for the last four months from Apple.” According to dispatchers, the whole thing started […]

Another source predicts iPhone SE 2 launch this year

Another source predicts iPhone SE 2 launch this year

Christopher Lee · Feb 21, 2018

Chinese news website QQ.com has just released a new supply chain report that confirms earlier rumours of a new iPhone SE 2 to be released later in 2018. According to the report, the SE will not replicate the iPhone X’s looks, but will instead be aimed at the lower end of the market. It will […]

Apple releases macOS update to fix Telegu issue

Apple releases macOS update to fix Telegu issue

Christopher Lee · Feb 20, 2018

The last few weeks have not been kind to Apple, with various issues and bugs slowly eating away at its reputation. As could be expected, the company is doing its best to recover from these setbacks. On Monday it announced a new version of macOS High Sierra 10.13.3. This comes around a month after Apple […]

Spontaneously combusting Apple Mac Book and lacklustre iPhone sales

Spontaneously combusting Apple Mac Book and lacklustre iPhone sales

Christopher Lee · Feb 19, 2018

In more bad publicity for Apple, a Mac Book has reportedly burst into flames at a home in Astley Bridge this weekend. The incident took place at about 8.30 in the evening. Nobody was injured in the process, and no additional damage was caused at the Ullswater Street property. Interestingly enough, the device was not […]

Using your Mac as a networked Time Machine drive on High Sierra

Using your Mac as a networked Time Machine drive on High Sierra

Christopher Lee · Feb 16, 2018

How many times have you forgot to plug the external hard drive into your Mac, only for your scheduled Time Machine backup to fail as a result? Creating a backup is one of those annoying tasks that’s easy to keep putting off, especially if you need to attach an external hard drive to your Mac every […]

New iOS bug can render your iPhone virtually useless

New iOS bug can render your iPhone virtually useless

Christopher Lee · Feb 16, 2018

Apple ended 2017 with a plethora of software problems, and 2018 is fast shaping up the same way. A new bug in iOS 11 has been found that allows someone to send a unique character that will not only cause an iPhone to crash, but also prevents access to Messages, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Gmail and […]

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