News & Reviews:   Apple

Apple's emphasis on security is one of the selling points for their products. However, sad things can still happen as it is reported that dozens of iPhone users have had their devices hacked by receiving just a text on iMessage recently. According to the source, these users are mostly journalists from a reputable media company Al Jazeera.

If you haven't been following Apple news, the Apple Car project has been in and out since 2017. Not much is known about the technology, except that today we learn the vehicle is actually ahead of schedule, at least according to a Taiwan news source. According to the anonymous Taiwanese executives and manufacturers, it's scheduled to be released in Q3 of 2021.

Based on a statement by gizmodo, it seems that there could be a possibility that Microsoft might unveil their own ARM processors sometimes in the near future. While there is no news on the exact release date of the chips, our source did mention that it will most likely be used for the Azure cloud servers, as well as their Surface laptops.

Yesterday, we wrote about how Facebook is attacking Apple for changing their ad-tracking feature. The first one was about claiming the upcoming iOS's App Tracking Transparency is about profit, not privacy which hurts SMEs businesses (we very much doubt so), now they are doing it again with a different angle saying it can make the Internet worse. 

With the year coming to a close, we start to look back on all the things that have happened this year. Pandemic aside, there were plenty of things that many would consider dumbfounding or just sad, and that applies to tech as well.

In that vein, we decided to look back at some of the saddest and worst tech news for 2020. Maybe you'll find it just as dumb as we did, but without further ado let's take a look!

If you're an Apple fan, you might have come across a piece of news about Facebook attacking Apple about ad-tracking. In fact, they bought a full-page newspaper ads column to address the issue about their policy and boy, we got ourselves some drama here. Apple also just responded but in case you missed it, here's what happened. 

The policy changes to the Apple App Store has been an inconvenience for a few companies. Back in August, Apple announced that Google Stadia wasn't allowed on the App Store due to a certain policy. But it looks like Google has finally got a workaround that will bring the platform to iOS.

The devices around keep getting more sophisticated, so it's not surprising that someday we'd see smartwatches have unexpected features. Apple has been looking to innovate on smartwatches too, but one of the company's latest idea is wilder than you'd expect.

If you already have or are planning to get one of the new Apple Mac computers with M1 chipset, you could be concerned with its software compatibility. But it looks like you won't have to worry about Microsoft Office anymore, as Microsoft has announced that new version of Microsoft Office 365 for Macs.

Apart from the new iOS 14.3 software update, Apple also released iOS 12.5 for older iPhone models that don't support iOS 14. Why are they still doing that for out of date devices? Well, turns out that the iOS 12.5 includes COVID-19 exposure notification support.