Apple today informed employees that its Apple retail stores in the United States will remain closed until early May, and Apple employees will continue to work from home until then. Apple closed all its stores outside of Greater China in March shortly after the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. Its original […]
Apple’s long-rumored, entry-level iPhone model, including the marketing name, product colors, and storage options, based on a tip from a highly trusted reader. Based on the new information, it’s possible Apple could be planning to open orders for the new iPhone as soon as tomorrow; the information definitely tells us that Apple is ready to […]
After bringing the long-awaited feature to iOS last fall, Spotify has updated its app today to take advantage of Siri support on Apple Watch in watchOS 6. After iOS 13 launched last fall, a Spotify update in October brought Siri integration to iPhone, iPad, CarPlay, AirPods, and HomePod via AirPlay. Spotify finally added Siri integration […]
Amazon, in partnership with Apple, has quietly turned on a new feature in Prime Video’s apps for Apple devices that lets users buy or rent TV shows and movies, using the in-app payment feature. Previously, the Prime Video app for Apple’s family of devices didn’t let you make purchases. The Prime Video app for iPhone, […]
Google has announced that it would spend $6.5 million toward fighting the spread of misinformation around the coronavirus pandemic. Funding will go toward fact-checkers, news organizations and nonprofits around the world. The money will also help certain news outlets expose and track coronavirus misinformation. “Helping the world make sense of this information requires a broad […]
Early this week, workers from Amazon, Whole Foods and Instacart walked off the job to protest what they say is a lack of protections against COVID-19. Now, Amazon is sharing its plans to increase employee temperature checks and provide surgical masks to workers across the US and Europe. Amazon says it’s already checking more than […]
Facebook has announced a new standalone desktop app for group video calls and chat. The app is available now for both Windows and macOS. Technically, there has been a Messenger app in the Windows store for quite a while but Facebook didn’t seem to update it as often. A macOS version was briefly in testing […]
Quibi, a mobile streaming service that is set to launch next week, and T-Mobile are partnering to give the telecom’s customers free access to Quibi content. T-Mobile and Quibi first announced their partnership in October, but the detail about multiple voice lines was left out. That clearly limits the number of people who will be […]
To help students keep up with their studies during the coronavirus pandemic, Google will donate 4,000 Chromebooks and 100,000 WiFi hotspots to households in California. The initiative, which was announced by California governor Gavin Newsom and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, will allow students to get access to free and unlimited Wi-Fi for a minimum of […]
Apple and Goldman Sachs are extending financial assistance to Apple Card holders affected by Covid-19. Specifically, the companies are allowing Apple Card holders to defer April payments without incurring additional interest charges. Apple in this customer support document said it understands that the Covid-19 situation poses unique financial challenges and that some customers may have […]
Zoom’s recent growth has put it in the spotlight over a series of privacy and security issues, and the company is now promising to address them over the coming 90 days. In a detailed blog post, Zoom CEO Eric S. Yuan explains how the company has been responding to a massive increase in users. Zoom […]
Nvidia has announced its new RTX 2080 Super and RTX 2070 Super mobile GPUs. These are the company’s top-of-the-line (and priciest) RTX cards for laptops, offering a performance bump over the company’s standard RTX 2070 and 2080 offerings. First up, as rumored, NVIDIA revealed portable versions of the RTX 2080 Super and RTX 2070 Super […]
Intel is launching today the Core 10th-gen Comet Lake H-series CPUs for high-performance productivity and gaming laptops. The big one is the introduction of a new 8-core processor into the Core i7 range. The Core i7-10875H essentially takes what Intel was offering previously with the Core i9-9880H, but brings it down from the expensive Core […]
Facebook is expanding its Community Help feature so users can request help and offer assistance to those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Facebook suggests using Community Help as a way of “volunteering to deliver groceries or donating to a local food pantry or fundraiser,” during the outbreak. When visiting Community Help, which can be accessed […]
Spotify and Warner Music Group have renewed their global licensing partnership, the two said on Wednesday, confirming that the giant music label’s songs will now be available on the Sweden-headquartered firm’s platform in India. In a joint statement, the two companies said, “Spotify and Warner Music Group are pleased to announce a renewed global licensing […]