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Apple's 12-inch MacBook was released back in March 2015. Now, seven years later, Apple is planning to add the original 12-inch MacBook to its list of obsolete products and pull all hardware support.

Apple's latest iOS and iPadOS usage data reveals the latest iOS 16 update now runs on over 90% of all iPhones released in the last four years. For iPadOS 16, the usage share has reached 76%.

WWDC 2023 is set to start next week. Apple has dropped a new teaser for the event along with an official Apple Music playlist. Featuring songs from popular artists, the playlist contains 25 songs.

Apple is rumored to be testing new high-end Mac desktops with M2 Max and M2 Ultra chips ahead of WWDC 2023. It suggests that new upscale Macs are coming. Here are the details about the new Macs.

The new but unconfirmed report claims that Apple's mixed reality headset, which should officially be announced on June 5 at WWDC will have twin 1.41-inch OLED displays with very high brightness.

The PC market in the United States has bottomed out, according to Canalys. The analyst company said that it expects to see some sort of recovery take place in the fourth quarter of this year.

A prototype collector unveiled Apple prototypes of AirPods' charging cases in five colors that were to be released around the launch of the iPhone 7. However, they were canceled for unknown reasons.

Apple first revealed the Newton PDA 31 years ago today, but the portable device and its successors suffered from over promises from the company that the actual device could keep up with.

iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will feature larger display sizes. Mark Gurman corroborated other reports about Apple's plan to increase the size. The new display sizes would be the largest.

Apple is shutting down its decade-old photo sync service called My Photo Stream. It automatically uploads up to 1,000 photos to iCloud storage and syncs them across other devices owned by the user.

USPTO has published a new Apple patent that describes how a pencil or stylus can be tracked. It can be done using the acoustic signals generated by an acoustic resonator fitted inside the pencil.

Global smartwatch shipments declined by 1.5% YoY. Apple saw a 20% decline in shipments, dropping below 10 million units for the first time in three years. Also, Samsung lost its second-place spot.

The list of finalists for the Apple Design Awards 2023 is out now. Apple said it will announce the winners of its latest design awards in each category during the World Wide Developer Conference.

Apple and Broadcom have expanded on their agreements by signing a new multibillion-dollar deal that will provide Apple with 5G components and wireless chips produced in the United States.

iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. And it's an entertainment superstore that stays open 24/7.

The new report showed that an Apple supplier is preparing for the production of new MacBooks. Apple may unveil a 15-inch MacBook Air featuring the M2 at WWDC in June. Here are the all details.

Apple's 2022 App Store Transparency Report has shown that the Chinese Communist Party submitted the bulk of app takedown demands during 2022. Most of the targeted apps were commercial games.

Apple is set to unveil its mixed reality headset at WWDC 2023. It is rumored manufacturing cost exceeds $1,500. Also, the price will be much more than its competitors like Meta Quest Pro.

Apple has told its employees to stop using generative AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot because it's worried about confidential data leaking out to other companies that could abuse it.

A new report has more information on the troubled development of Apple's upcoming mixed reality headset, which was reportedly called a "science project" by company hardware exec Johny Srouji.

In addition to new iOS, iPadOS, and macOS updates, Apple today released a new version of watchOS. Version 9.5 brings a fresh Pride Celebration watch face to compatible Apple Watch models.

Apple is rolling out a new feature update for iOS and iPadOS. Version 16.5 is now available with new wallpaper, improvements for Apple News, bugfixes, and other changes across the operating systems.

macOS Ventura 13.4 is now available for download. It is a relatively minor update with a new sports feature for Apple News, plus a sleeve of important bugfixes for other parts of the operating system.

More Android users are abandoning the ship and switching to an iPhone, according to a new report. Since last year, around 15% of buyers who bought an iPhone reported their last phone was an Android.

A former Apple software engineer has been charged by the US Department of Justice for allegedly stealing valuable autonomous vehicle technology and this is not the first time for Apple.

Apple has published a report that claims it prevented over $2 billion in fraudulent App Store transactions and rejected nearly 1.7 million submissions for not meeting the App Store standards.

Apple has brought new concert information to Apple Maps and Apple Music. Maps has a new feature called Music Guides that curates venues and concerts. Apple Music adds Set Lists that provide tour info.

Apple has shown off some of the new accessibility tools that are coming to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac later in the year. They will primarily help those who can't speak or have no or poor vision.

Apple partner Foxconn plans to set up manufacturing plants in South India with a $500M investment. This demonstrates Apple and Foxconn expand its manufacturing infrastructure beyond China.

Apple's M3 Pro is expected to feature a 12-core processor and an 18-core GPU, leveraging the TSMC 3nm node process for improved efficiency. It will also offer up to 36 GB of memory.

This latest version of the Razer Kishi iPhone game controller will turn it into a high end portable gaming device, and it's available on Amazon for its lowest price to date right now.

A new study by Analysis Group shows that small developers on the App Store managed to increase their revenues by 71 per cent between 2020 and 2022. This was a larger increase than big developers saw.

Shazam's latest app update for iPhone brings support for the recently released Apple Music Classical app. It is now easier for users to listen to the identified songs in the classical music app.

Apple might bring Final Cut Pro to its mixed-reality headset at some time in the future, according to Mark Gurman. The video editing app along with Logic Pro was recently released for iPadOS.

After years of anticipation, iPad users are finally getting the much-requested Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro apps. The software is coming to the App Store on May 23, 2023, and will cost $4.99/mo.

Tablet shipments worldwide have fallen to their lowest level since the start of the pandemic. This was exacerbated by the inflation the world is seeing and people spending on necessaries.

The upcoming iOS 17 update is reported to bring a new Live Activities feature for Apple Maps. The report claims a new UI with turn-by-turn navigation will appear directly on the iPhone's lock screen.

Apple's original iMac, powered by a G3 processor, was announced on May 6, 1998. Priced at $1,299, It was an all-in-one computer that amazed the users with its iconic translucent Bondi Blue casing.

The Liquid Retina 10.9-inch Wi-Fi 6-only Apple iPad Air has 64GB of storage, the Apple M1 chip, and 12MP cameras in the front and back, and it's available right now for its lowest Amazon price.

Apple has grabbed the highest revenue share in the smartphone market for Q1 2023. Counterpoint suggests Apple has managed to outperform due to the stickiness of its ecosystem among various factors.