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App Library acts as an app drawer on iOS 14.  Jason Cipriani/ZDNet Apple will officially release iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 on Sept. 16. The upcoming update will be available on any device that currently runs iOS 13 or iPadOS 13.  Also: Everything Apple announced at its Time Flies event Most ...

If you’re hoping Apple will announce new iPhone models in September, like it has every year, don’t hold your breath. With the pandemic and many other apocalyptic-level events happening in the last nine months, 2020 has not been normal. So, when Apple announced its next event, we weren’t surprised to ...

Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/ZDNet Apple on Tuesday released iOS 13.7 to iPhone owners. Included in the update, along with bug fixes and general improvements, is Apple’s standalone version COVID-19 Exposure Notifications feature.  The original version of this feature required a local health authority to create an app, which then allowed users ...

I live in South Florida. And while I have no desire to live anywhere else, tropical storms, hurricanes, and otherwise lousy weather are a seasonal fact of life here. Not even 20 years ago, most people would not have been able to make informed decisions about preparing for tropical storms. ...

Your mobile devices, including your iPhone or Android phone, contain a treasure trove of information about you. From personal details like where you bank to private messages and other confidential information like medication reminders or your location history, our phones know everything there is to know about us. In recent ...

Apple announced iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 during WWDC in late June, and now, a couple of weeks after the first beta was made available to developers, the iPhone maker is opening the public betas.  Installing the public beta on your iPhone or iPad will give you access to all ...

It’s a fact of life that modern systems ship with fewer and fewer ports. While this suits many people, it can be a bit of a pain for professionals who want to connect a multitude of accessories and peripherals to their system. Enter the Anker PowerExpand Elite 13-in-1 dock. This ...

Former Microsoft Windows chief Steven Sinofsky reckons the new Arm-based Apple silicon Mac will become the “ultimate developer PC”.  According to Sinofsky, Apple’s shift to Arm is the death knell for Intel and potentially Windows too, with the Arm-based Mac set to become the preferred platform for software developers. “In ...

Apple has revived the chime effect for macOS 11 Big Sur startups, bringing back the familiar sound effect while moving the desktop towards the look and feel of iOS.  Mac users are in for big design changes in macOS 11 Big Sur, which Apple unveiled this week at WWDC. But ...

WWDC, Apple’s annual developer conference, kicked off Monday, with the headlining news that the company is moving away from Intel processors and will soon use its own Apple Silicon processors in the Mac line. The Mac may have been the star of the show, but that doesn’t mean Apple didn’t ...