Author: Aneesa

New metrics from Counterpoint Research and CINNO Research show Apple on the road to recovery in China, with iPhone sales posting solid year-over-year gains in the important smartphone market. Apple’s new iPhone SE and iPhone 11, along with steep discounts, are to thank for the bump in sales, Counterpoint said in research seen by CNBC. Sell-through volume in China hit 7.4 … Continue reading Chinese iPhone sales leap 225% in Q2, Apple fastest-growing manufacturer Continue Reading →

  Apple’s online store is currently sold out of LG’s UltraFine 5K Display in multiple regions, leading some to speculate that the product might soon be discontinued. Online Apple Stores in Brazil, Canada, the U.S. and the UK list the 27-inch LG UltraFine 5K as “Currently Unavailable,” with no option to pick up the product … Continue reading LG UltraFine 5K Display listed as ‘unavailable’ through online Apple Store Continue Reading →

    Ahead of a grand opening later this week, Apple on Tuesday offered an early look at Apple Central World, the company’s second and largest retail outlet in Thailand. Located in Ratchaprasong, Bangkok, the outlet features a distinct all-glass design topped by a cantilevered “Tree Canopy” roof. Reminiscent of the circular, glass-supported pavilion situated … Continue reading Apple teases new Thailand store ahead of Friday opening Continue Reading →

  Here’s how to step back in time with a virtual Mac running OS 8, complete with apps of the day, and favorite features like WindowShade and 3D folder icons, in a self-contained application within macOS Catalina. Get it while you can. While we’re all looking forward to macOS Big Sur, developer Felix Rieseberg has instead looked back … Continue reading How to run Mac OS 8 in an app inside Catalina Continue Reading →

Browser quitters say they’ll return if web goliath lives up to privacy promises A handful of Chrome users have sued Google, accusing the browser maker of collecting personal information despite their decision not to sync data stored in Chrome with a Google Account. The lawsuit [PDF], filed on Monday in a US federal district court … Continue reading We’re suing Google for harvesting our personal info even though we opted out of Chrome sync – netizens Continue Reading →

Assuming this weekend’s return journey goes well, natch Ahead of a Dragon capsule bringing home a pair of astronauts from the International Space Station this weekend, NASA shared more details of followup crewed missions to and from the orbiting science lab using the SpaceX pod. In May, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley were the first American astronauts … Continue reading What goes up, Musk come down… and up and down and up and down: NASA details followup Dragon pod trips to orbiting station Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s trashing the place, clearly. Or is it? Poll GitHub has announced it will henceforth publish a public roadmap of current features. The Microsoft-owned code bazaar says it’s traditionally “shared forward-looking product announcements at major events or in the occasional blog post”, but that it feels the time has come for more regular and formal disclosures. Hence the … Continue reading GitHub starts publishing roadmap of future features Continue Reading →

Who can you trust these days? The voice applications people use with their Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant smart speaker devices have privacy policies, but most users don’t read them and neither device maker has shown much concern about policy problems or inconsistencies. Computer scientists from America’s Clemson University – Song Liao, Christin Wilson, Long … Continue reading Amazon and Google: Trust us, our smart-speaker apps are carefully policed. Boffins: Yes, well, about that… Continue Reading →

  A new pair of regulatory certifications for a potential MacBook or MacBook Air battery may hint that a hardware refresh is on the way. The certificates, filed with China’s 3C administrator and Denmark’s UL Demko, cover a 49.9 watt-hour battery with model number of A2389 and a capacity of 4,380 mAh. The model number … Continue reading Upcoming MacBook or MacBook Air battery regulatory documents surface Continue Reading →

Vodafone not happy either as telcos complain to defence sub-committee about Huawei removal woes Stripping Huawei from the UK’s telecommunications network presents a daunting challenge, executives from Vodafone and BT told the House of Commons Defence Sub-Committee yesterday afternoon. Scott Petty, chief technology officer of Vodafone, described the existing 5G NSA (non-standalone) deployments as “inextricably linked” … Continue reading ‘Because of the existing underlying supply of the 4G equipment, most of our 5G (NSA) so far is with Huawei’ Continue Reading →