Yau Ming stockings/Shutterstock It wasn’t long ago that the death of the DVD era was an accepted consequence of streaming. According to a CNBC report, between 2008 and 2019, DVD sales fell by more than 86%. However, a change may be happening. According to a recent article…
Smart buttons have become incredibly common in the Apple Home ecosystem, but finding one that checks every box is still surprisingly difficult sometimes. The new Airversa QliQ immediately caught my attention because it addresses two of my biggest complaints about most smart switches: it uses a Thread connection instead of Bluetooth, and it ditches disposable…
Apple’s contract-style subscription payments for annual subscriptions have arrived in the App Store. Here are the details of how they work and what to look out for. Apple lets developers offer a new subscription Annual subscriptions are generally cheaper than monthly plans, but until recently they required an upfront payment before users know if an…
A German company run by a single developer has been acquired by Apple, providing it with color grading and management software that could end up in Final Cut Pro or Pixelmator Pro. The fact remains that Apple’s biggest acquisition ever was Beats for $3 billion and the acquisition of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre. While…
A few days ago, netizens noticed an anomaly after using download links found on the official website of JDownloader, a popular software that helps computer users manage their downloads. On Reddit, one Internet user, for example, said that after finishing downloading the file distributed by the official JDownloader website, he received an alert from…
miss.cabul/Shutterstock Artificial intelligence has been a multi-layered problem for Apple in recent years. We expect to hear big news at WWDC this year about how AI will be integrated into the company’s gadgets, but there are still other issues to be ironed out in its broader approach…
Various photographs/Getty Images Google is in negotiations with SpaceX to get the company’s help in its own efforts to install orbital data centers in space, reports The Wall Street Journal. If the two sides reach an agreement, it would see two competitors working together. Project Suncatcher, the…
If you’ve recently switched to a Kindle after being used to reading on a phone or tablet, the experience may be a little jarring at first. Upon startup, you’ll immediately notice how it feels slower than your mobile device, often taking a while to respond to each contact. Although…
In a real-life apples-to-oranges comparison, Apple convinced the European Intellectual Property Office to partially refuse to grant a trademark, all because it was too close to Apple’s logo. Apple’s lawsuits cover many important and boring areas, such as patent infringement. However, Apple’s litigation activities can sometimes take quite unusual directions. The latest concerns Apple’s opposition…
There is no doubt that Apple needs to diversify its processor supply chain, but Samsung and Intel are weak alternatives next to TSMC. Apple can try anyway. Rumors came and went that Apple would buy Intel for its American foundries, but something about that idea stuck. More recent rumors suggested that Apple could begin relying…