December 2024

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What do you get the iPhone user who has everything? CarPlay solutions and accessories are a great place to start! These are the best CarPlay related gifts for the holiday season. more…

I’ve written countless times about GM’s shortsighted move to ditch CarPlay on all its EVs going forward. Meanwhile, other automakers like Ford have doubled down on supporting CarPlay and giving users as many options as possible. In a new interview this week, Hyundai executive Olabisi Boyle said the automaker is still “maintaining Android Auto and

Macworld The M4 Mac mini might have earned plaudits for its pleasingly petite redesign, but one owner has decided to reverse that decision and set the machine up in a large clear case in the style of a Power Mac G4 Cube. Posted on Reddit (with disappointingly little accompanying explanation) by a friend of the

Apple has recently started emailing its users about terms and conditions changes now in effect for Apple Pay and Wallet. Curiously though, the changes actually went into effect nearly three months ago in September. Here’s what you should know. more…

Next year’s iPhone 17 Air will get a lot of attention for its ultra-thin form factor. But there’s another strong contender for what could ultimately become the device’s best feature: the 17 Air’s unique display. more…

2024 is almost over, and Apple Books is ready to celebrate the year in publishing. Last year’s new ‘Year in Review’ feature is back again for Books users, launching today. You’ll also find editorial lists in the Books app for best books and audiobooks of 2024, author debuts, and more. more…

Simply Piano has long been a hit app in my household. My daughter never really showed interest in learning to play our keyboard until she came across Simply Piano on her iPad. I think it’s the first annual subscription I ever bought for her based on how much she was getting from it. Now Simply

As reported by CNBC, Apple’s senior director of machine learning and artificial intelligence, Benoit Dupin, made a surprise appearance at Amazon’s AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas today. Dupin used the opportunity to explain that Apple uses custom artificial intelligence chips from Amazon Web Services for many of its cloud services. Apple is also evaluating

Apple has released visionOS 2.2 beta 4 for developers. The new software version brings us closer to the expected RC and wide launch soon. Here’s what to expect from the latest beta. more…