Do you ever find yourself struggling to read text on your smartphone? Maybe you’ve forgotten your glasses, or you’re in a situation where fishing them out of your bag is impractical. While increasing the text size is an option, it can make the screen look cluttered and require excessive scrolling. But there’s a better way!…
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 10, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple stock closed down 4% on Thursday, its worst day since Aug. 5, following several reports of lackluster iPhone sales…
The Samsung Galaxy S24 smartphone. (Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Not many people regularly carry three smartphones on them like I do, but besides covering mobile devices as an industry analyst, I’ve been a device reviewer for a long time — plus I just love to try out new…
Runestone on Vision Pro, framed by Shareshot. Tailscale One of my persistent quests over the years has been making it easy to access all my devices no matter where I am. I’ve played with everything from SSH and SFTP to remote screen sharing and VPNs. 2024 was the year I added a new tool to…
Apps aimed at children have been available since the inception of the App Store. However, not all apps created for minors are safe to use. This is the main finding of a new survey conducted by two child safety organizations. The report presents the results of a 24-hour research study in which 800 apps were…
Apple’s age rating system in the App Store is not doing enough to protect children, a report claims, after a day’s worth of research found a high proportion of apps deemed acceptable to children actually posed a risk. Apple has various systems and mechanisms in place to make the use of an iPhone, iPad,…
The start of a new year is always the perfect time to change some of our worst habits and make something better out of them. Popular water tracker app and 2022 App Store Award winner Waterllama wants to do exactly that by helping you stay as hydrated as possible in 2025. With the latest update,…
Image: NurPhoto (Getty Images) 1. Apple Inc. (AAPL): Apple (AAPL) continues to be a leader in technology with strong growth in its services segment, including payment processing and streaming media. 2. Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN): Amazon (AMZN) dominates e-commerce and cloud computing, with its AI business driving significant growth. 3. Microsoft Corp. (MSFT): Microsoft (MSFT) is…
There are nearly two million apps on App Store. Now, Apple has revealed the most downloaded ones in the UK this year – and it seems iPhone users are shunning TikTok in favour of bargain shopping apps. Among the year’s success stories are fast fashion apps from China including Temu and Shein, along with the trendy ‘preloved marketplace’…
Apple is rolling out iOS version 18.2 which features ChatGPT-powered Siri among other updates but also has a set of changes to its Photos app experience that are designed to address some user complaints. Not all iPhone users were happy about the new iOS 18 update which Apple says was its “biggest-ever update to Photos.”…