The HomePod challenge: A blind audio test of old vs new

The2nd - gen HomePodhas only been on shelves for a week , but many shoppers might think it ’s been out for old age . Even though Apple ’s original full - size HomePod was discontinued in 2019 , the new model is nearly identical to the sure-enough mannikin , and it ’s unclear how Apple await the HomePod 2 to do any considerably this time around . With this in judgement , we put the two model head to lead in a blind audio test ....

February 9, 2023 · 6 min · 1066 words · Melissa Daniel

Apple Pay Later service is getting ready for its public release

Apple Pay is one of the most successful services for the ship’s company and a “ buy now , pay up later on ” option may be coming to user before long . consort toBloomberg , Apple is now expand its testing of the service to its retail employees , indicating that a release to the general populace is occlude . Apple Pay Later allows customer to divide a purchase made using Apple Pay into four installments that is pay over six weeks without interest or fee ....

February 8, 2023 · 2 min · 325 words · Jacqueline Armstrong

One of Android’s most popular phone makers is building a Mac keyboard

Updatedthis clause from 12/19/22 on 2/8/23 with OnePlus ’s annunciation of the name of the keyboard , a photo , and Cartesian product particular . Hey , have you ever heard of OnePlus ? Well , okay , the typical Macworld reader probably has , because they tend to be into technical school more than most masses . But in the general Apple community , it would n’t be surprising that a majority have not heard of theAndroidphone and accessory maker ....

February 8, 2023 · 3 min · 546 words · Amy Rogers

This photo of Lebron’s record should be Apple’s next ‘Shot on iPhone’ ad

For those who are n’t sports fans , Lebron James became the lead scorekeeper in NBA history Tuesday nighttime after hitting a sweater with 10 seconds remaining in the third quarter . With 38,388 points , Lebron passes Kareem Abdul - Jabbar in front of a content crowd at the Crypto.com Arena . For the the great unwashed who were there , some of whom paid as much as $ 75,000 for a tail , it was a mo in chronicle they ’ll never forget ....

February 8, 2023 · 2 min · 377 words · Christine Lopez

What if… Apple’s next big thing never comes?

It ’s the dead of wintertime , even in eternal - summertime California . Everything ’s dormant . greyish . Cold and hazy . What skilful time to meditate the scary , the unthinkable – the existential threat to Apple . Back in 1997 , Apple was week or months away from bankruptcy , depending on who you ask . Of course , Steve Jobs number back and bend it around and instill in the company a save - every - penny ethos that persists even as Apple has transformed into one of the most valuable and profitable companies in the human race ....

February 8, 2023 · 7 min · 1457 words · Julie Gibbs

Apple admits Mac gaming ‘will take some time,’ teases iPhone-like annual updates

With the arrival of the M2 , M2 Pro , and M2 Max , Apple has shown that its new chip are the most exciting thing to bechance to the Mac in days . Inan interviewwith Tim Millet , frailty president of political program architecture and ironware technologies , and Bob Borchers , frailty president of worldwide product selling , TechCrunch has learned a little about Apple ’s plans for its M - series chips ....

February 7, 2023 · 3 min · 533 words · Kyle Miller

Apple’s war against leakers is really a battle against the people that matter most

Another week , another object lesson of Apple ’s ham - fisted attack to deal with labor relations . In reception to allegations by former employees , the National Labor Relations Board saidApple violate employees ’ rightsby send out an email threatening revenge against those who leak out discussions regarding issues such as pay equity and sex favouritism . “ Apple ravish U.S. Labor Laws With Anti - Leak Email ”...

February 7, 2023 · 4 min · 738 words · Carlos Costa

The M2 Pro won’t magically turn the Mac into a gaming machine

Now that the Mac mini is available with an M2 Pro , Apple is making the casing that it ’s a majuscule play computer . As the Mac mini website states , you’re able to “ climb up into nontextual matter - intensive AAA games likeNo Man ’s SkyandResident Evil Villagewith unstable frame rates and mellow fidelity — all enable by the unbelievable GPU performance of M2 or M2 Pro ....

February 7, 2023 · 8 min · 1540 words · Zachary Smith

The new HomePod should have been a reboot instead of a rerun

To say that the 2nd - generation HomePod promulgation was a surprise is something of an understatement . While there had been some rumblings that a new model was in the work , the timing was wholly unexpected , arriving on a Wednesday morning in the centre of January following the launch of the M2 Mac mini and MacBook Pro . But what ’s even strange than the timing is the HomePod itself ....

February 4, 2023 · 5 min · 936 words · Travis Anderson

Apple says interest in the ‘richer, larger’ HomePod is at an all-time high

It might seem strange that Apple launched a 2nd - gen HomePod loudspeaker that ’s most identical to the first one , but there ’s a childlike reason why : People wanted it . In an interview withMen ’s Journal , Alice Chan , the company ’s frailty president of production merchandising , says that following two years of the HomePod mini , Apple had “ hear more pursuit than ever for the acoustics of a richer , larger speaker ....

February 3, 2023 · 2 min · 382 words · Kelly Harper

Down is up: iPhone slumps, iPad soars, and a huge quarter is too small

If you were bore of all those narration every three months about Apple ’s quarterly financial results setting records and posting one banner quarter after another , I ’ve got great news ! Apple’sfirst fiscal after part of 2023 – covering the vacation one-fourth of the calendar class 2022 – was only the company ’s second - largest quarter ever , ineffectual to match up with the same fourth a year ago ....

February 3, 2023 · 7 min · 1434 words · Steven Horne

Forget a new HomePod, Apple needs an assistant that’s actually smart

spokesperson assistant are n’t perfect , and it would be unreasonable to expect them to be . The technology to recognize Holy Writ themselves in a Brobdingnagian compass of accents and tones is incredible , and further deciphering the jumbled cadences and lexicon of natural speech take up the challenge to the next grade . It ’s not surprising that our machine sometimes ca n’t understand what we ’re order ....

February 3, 2023 · 6 min · 1205 words · Olivia Thornton

Security researchers warn of a new Google malware scam that could infect your Mac

If there ’s one thing that computer users can always count on , it ’s that hackers will always attempt to find way to obtrude upon your devices . And according to a report by security specialistsSpamhausandabuse.ch(viaArs Technica ) , hackers have become more aggressive with effort to spread malware through Google searches for Mac software program . Essentially , hacker are running ads that come along when using Google to explore for software ....

February 3, 2023 · 4 min · 693 words · Joseph Kelly