Apple is getting ready to show its newest device during an event on Wednesday, February 19th. Tim Cook revealed the date in a post on X, saying “Get ready to meet the newest member of the family,” alongside a GIF of the Apple logo.
Apple and Netflix have seemingly managed to find some common ground and strike a partnership for integration in the Apple TV app. Some users in the US are starting to be prompted to connect their Netflix account to the Apple TV app on their Apple TV 4K devices.
After doing so, Netflix originals are then able to be added to their Watchlist inside the TV app, and appear in Continue Watching. However, the integration does not seem to be complete just yet, so it’s probably still in the process of rolling out.
Apple Maps has quietly expanded its support for cycling in the United Kingdom and Ireland this week. Users are discovering they can now route cycling journeys across the length and the breadth of the country.
The potential solutions listed include updating your Apple Watch to the latest watchOS version, restarting the Apple Watch, un-pairing and re-pairing the Apple Watch to an iPhone, checking whether Silent Mode or Do Not Disturb is turned on, cleaning the Apple Watch's microphone and speaker, and drying the Apple Watch with a microfiber cloth to ensure there is no water in the microphone and speaker areas.
As our lives get consumed by relentless hustle, digital overload, and mounting global uncertainty, it’s easier than ever to lose ourselves in work, often at the cost of our own well-being. Recognizing this challenge, the father-son duo of Jason and Nile Kelly from London’s Ochee Design have developed Ocheeflow, a desktop application designed to promote regular breaks and enhance self-care during the workday.
The streaming industry is still young, meaning companies are still determining the best way to turn streaming subscriptions into successful businesses. The obvious formula of providing great content so that streamers get more subscribers and make more money isn’t as direct as it seems. One need only look at Apple TV+'s critically acclaimed $20 billion library that only earned 0.3 percent of US TV screen viewing time in June 2024, per Nielsen, to understand the complexities of making money off of quality content.
In Case of Death Case is less about securing your digital livelihood than protecting your digital reputation: The case will brick your iPad moments after your heart stops, so your embarrassing secrets will go with you to the grave.
I hope there are clues -- or maybe straight-out declarations -- from Apple next week on the future of iPHone SE. Is it going to continue to be updated once every few years, or will Apple expand its annual iPhone line with a new lower-cost model every year?
I don't think Apple knows exactly how much of hardware to provide in upcoming revisions of Apple Intelligence, and not updating iPhone SE every year doesn't seem like a good thing to do if Apple is banging on Apple Intelligence.
Well, we shall soon see.
(Could next week's announcement be anything that doesn't include an iPhone SE?)
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