Apple is well known for its proprietary connectors and embrace of less-common standards. It didn’t take the company long to move from FireWire to a proprietary 30-pin cable standard with its iPod products, and when the iPhone and iPad debuted ... ( read original story ...)
Apple iPhone X2: Big Change Could Make Your Accessories Useless
Apple has only once changed the charging cable of the iPhone. The iPhone 5 was the first to use Lightning as oppose to the 30-pin connector made famous by the iPod. It was believed Apple shrunk the cable to make room for more internal components. ( read original story ...)
Apple’s Airpods Are an Omen
Starting in 2004, Apple ran the “Silhouette” ad campaign for its iPod product line. The television, print, and outdoor ads featured black silhouetted forms dancing against bright, colorful backgrounds. Against the green and blue and purple and blacks ... ( read original story ...)
Paul Manafort’s iPod, ex-Apple employee’s $243K embezzlement, and other news from the Apple crime blotter
AppleInsider rounds up iPhone theft stories from Italy to the Philippines, the Apple Store habits of grifter Anna Delvey, and more from the world of Apple-related crime. A onetime administrative assistant for Apple has been convicted on embezzlement ... ( read original story ...)
These are the biggest new features coming to Apple Watch
Your Apple Watch is going to get a lot of new features this fall. Apple discussed them earlier this week during WWDC 2018 in San Jose. The new features will be available for folks who own a Series 1 Apple Watch or newer version, but not the original Apple ... ( read original story ...)
A love letter to my lost iPod Nano
So you can have your Spotify, your Deezer and your Apple Music. I will continue my struggle to replace my lost iPod (Apple don’t make the Nano anymore) and hold out on Spotify for as long as possible. I’m sure it’ll be totally worth it. ( read original story ...)
Apple AirPods to support live listen hearing aid feature
Soon, you'll be able to pop in your Apple AirPods to hear the person you're talking to a little better. First launched in 2014, Live Listen turns your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch into a "remote microphone that sends sound to your … hearing aid," Apple ... ( read original story ...)