Apple users seem unanimously convinced that closing background apps is a good habit, but it’s more likely a waste of time. For too long, I’ve watched friends and family orchestrate a frenzy of up-swipes from their iPhone’s multitasking screen to cleanse themselves of countless open background apps.
Buying all the 194 paid apps available for Apple’s Vision Pro will only set you back $1,100.08, according to app intelligence firm Appfigures.
What do you want from the next iPhone? Now is your chance to let Apple know by telling us instead. There have been many rumors about what’s next for the iPhone 16, which we expect to arrive later this year. The phone is currently in manufacturing, getting its ends polished off for approval by the big bosses managing…
Courtesy of Gergely Kalman
Apple has been relatively absent from last year’s AI hype cycle, and Microsoft even briefly surpassed it as the
Apple is granting more access to its manicured walled garden to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Union (EU).
iPhone apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X/Twitter are skirting Apple’s privacy rules to collect user data through notifications, according to tests by security researchers at Mysk Inc., an app development company. Users sometimes close apps to stop them from collecting data in the background, but this…
Photo by Joe McNally/Getty Images
Apple recently announced a Stolen Device Protection feature for iOS 17.3. With the new OS finally released Monday, the safety feature is now available to be activated on your devices. Here’s how to turn it on.
Smartphones can take on the roles of many other gadgets—cameras, calculators, e-readers, dictaphones, and all the rest—and they can also do double duty as webcams. In fact, this functionality is now built into both Android and iOS, so it’s easier than ever to use a phone as a webcam when it’s connected to your…
