Google just pulled its note-taking app Keep Google just pulled its note-taking app Keep from Apple Watch, extending a long and storied history of Google killing off products. Alphabet Inc.’s Google pulled its Keep note-taking app from Apple Watch with an update on June 30, 2025. The move leaves users without a Google-backed way to…
Proton lawsuit targets Apple Apple is facing fresh legal heat from privacy company Proton, which wants to break open the iPhone’s closed App Store. Swiss privacy technology company Proton has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Apple in California, claiming Apple maintains an unlawful monopoly over app distribution and payment processing. It cites harm…
Jun 24, 2025 Apple has announced its participation in China’s national subsidy program, offering significant discounts on select devices in Beijing and Shanghai. Consumers can learn more about this initiative through South China Morning Post. The tech giant is providing discounts of up to 2,000 yuan (US$278) on products like the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch,…
An EU flag with the App Store logo A new report claims that Apple is in last-minute negotiations with the European Union over App Store changes, in an attempt to avoid impending further fines. The further fines in question relate to how Apple was initially fined $570 for alleged non-compliance with the Digital Markets Act…
Project Indigo can help dramatically reduce smartphone-camera deficiences. Image credit: Adobe A new initiative from Adobe aims to improve smartphone cameras and computational photography in general to give a more natural, SLR-like look to iPhone photography. A new paper from Adobe Fellow Marc Levoy and Senior Scientist Florian Kainz discusses their latest project, which is…
Tim Cook and Donal Trump in 2019 — image credit: White House Despite scaremongering headlines, Trump did not escalate his “reciprocal” China tariff to 245% on Tuesday night. The figure is a reinstatement of previous tariffs that don’t apply to Apple or big tech at all. Coming on top of previous escalations and the Apple…
Pixalate According to Pixalate’s March 2025 rankings, ‘My Talking Angela’ (Apple App Store) and ‘ClevMoney’ (Google Play Store) ranked No. 1 among mobile apps; ‘Tubi’ (Roku TV), ‘NewsON’ (Samsung Smart TV), ‘DirecTV’ (Amazon Fire TV), ‘NBC Sports’ (Apple TV) were among the top-ranked CTV apps; spotify.com was No. 1 for websites London, April 10, 2025…
Pixalate According to Pixalate’s March 2025 rankings, ‘Candy Crush’ (Apple App Store) and ‘Kijiji’ (Google Play Store) ranked No. 1 among mobile apps; ‘Pluto TV’ (Amazon Fire TV), ‘Tubi TV’ (Roku), Fox Nation (Samsung Smart TV), ‘HGTV GO’ (Apple TV) were top-ranked CTV apps; foxnews.com ranked No. 1 for programmatic ad quality in Canada London,…
A US-based version of social network TikTok appears to be eminent. Apple has been told it is allowed to keep the TikTok app in the App Store, following a US government assurance that no action should be taken for another 75 days. US Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Apple and Google on…
The Apple Health app could offer AI-based coaching to users in a similar way to a real doctor, with food tracking also likely to be a big feature in a future app update. The Health app is used as a central store for a user’s health metrics. Compiling together data collected from hardware like…