US users of TikTok will see a new version of the app starting September 5, 2025. Social media giant TikTok will launch a new version of its popular app to Apple’s and Google’s app stores on September 5, as part of an agreement to sell its US business looms. Users of TikTok in the US…
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…
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…
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…
Apple won’t be forced into enabling sideloading in Brazil, per a new court ruling. A Federal Civil Court judge ruled that Apple will not be required to enable sideloading in Brazil, meaning that the iPhone maker can continue to distribute apps exclusively via the App Store. The decision comes a week after Apple was previously…
Apple appears to be expanding its pool of partner companies supplying data for Apple Maps, as it has now released an app especially for firms to contribute updated information. Just as it did with the Apple Vision Pro Demo Fit app — releasing it in the App Store but practically hiding it, Apple now has…