Employees from different Apple locations across the country said stores filled with customers over the weekend – with the shoppers expressing concerns that prices will climb dramatically after the levies are imposed. Most iPhones, Apple’s best-selling and most important product, are manufactured in China, which is in line for tariffs of 54 per cent.
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The frenzy has translated to more purchases. Apple’s US retail stores saw higher sales over this past weekend than in prior years in at least some major markets, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. An Apple spokesperson declined to comment.
Apple has updated its iWork apps to version 14.4, with Numbers getting the biggest boost. The spreadsheet app adds over 30 new advanced functions (including LET, LAMBDA, FILTER, SORT, and UNIQUE), allows you to see results from a single formula across multiple cells using spilling arrays, and improves compatibility when importing or exporting Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
The new Apple Immersive Video Utility app allows you to import, organize, package, and review Apple Immersive Video files on a Mac. Then, you can connect one or more Vision Pro devices and review the immersive videos. For larger groups, Apple says there is a synchronized playback option for multi-device viewing sessions.
Magnetic cases not only restore MagSafe-like charging (if only at 7.5W) but enable the use of accessories such as stands, wallets, and grips that have their own magnets. I especially like Ohsnap’s Snap Grip Wallet, a metal wallet that holds 8 cards, incorporates a pop-out grip for holding the phone with the index and middle fingers, and features all-over magnetism for slapping the phone onto a metal surface without removing the wallet.
Dig deeper into YouTube and you’ll find plenty of useful tricks and tools, but you can get even more from the platform by adding some well-chosen third-party apps—apps that extend YouTube’s functions and features in smart and helpful ways.
One such app is Play, which is available for just about every Apple device out there: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro (okay, the Apple Watch misses out). It helps you organize your YouTube viewing and queue, but can also improve search and recommendations.
The BBC has filed a formal complaint with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), claiming that tech giants Apple and Google are eroding its brand visibility by downplaying its role as the source of news content distributed through their platforms.
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In its complaint, the BBC argues that the aggregated news experience minimises the presence of original sources, weakening the visibility of the BBC's brand and the public's understanding of where the information originates.
I am always amused to read documentations where a boolean value can be either true, false, and some other value such as null.
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