Apple’s new AirTags-detecting Android app can’t automatically reveal if you’ve been bugged

Update (14/12/2021): Apple has finally released an Android app calledTracker Detector, so you can find rouge AirTags around you, even if you don’t have an iPhone or an iPad. Apple’s Find My network to detect AirTags and compatible devices, but there’s no background scanning. That means you have to manually open the app and scan for AirTags around. Looking at the early user reviews on the Play Store, people are furious....

3 min · 456 words · Jacob Mcgee

Apple’s new FaceTime links finally let you video call your Android friends

At WWDC today, Apple announced that iOS 15 will allow you to send your friends and family a link for a FaceTime call — like, you know, almost every other video calling service. While Apple sold the feature by saying it will allow you to schedule future FaceTime calls, this also allows for another new bit of functionality: FaceTime is coming to Android. It’s about time. We’re not just guessing here....

2 min · 277 words · Brandon Hill

Apple’s new Grand Central store could be its biggest yet

Apple is to open a new store in New York’s Grand Central Terminal in the Autumn that is likely to be the biggest Apple Store in the world, at least because of its retail space. Currently, the Apple’s largest retail store is located in Covent Garden, London and occupies an area of 40,000 square foot, 16,000 of which is publicly accessible. The new store will be bigger than the Covent Garden store and is part of Apple’s “big splash” to celebrate ten years of Apple retail....

2 min · 284 words · Linda Davis

Apple’s new iOS 5 wireless updates are huge, but how will they work?

We’re jumping for joy over the news that Apple coulddeliver updates to iOS 5 over-the-airwirelessly to iPhones. After all, syncing a device using a cable? How old fashioned. The process of activating and updating the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch has always required that you physically plug the devices in to a computer. This system feels archaic and leads back to the early days of the iPod, when wireless technology wasn’t yet present on pretty much every portable device we use....

6 min · 1114 words · Jodi Mueller

Apple’s New iPod Nano available today starting at $129

Today,Phil Schiller, the senior vice president of worldwide product marketing at Apple, took the stage following Apple’s new CEO Tim Cook. “Good morning everyone — I’m really pleased to talk to you about the iPod. We love music, and we’re still making great iPods. I’d like to give you updates to two of the lines today,” said Schiller. Schiller announced Apple’s new iPod Nano, which looks pretty awesome. It is available today, starting at $129 for the 8GB, and $149 for the 16GB....

2 min · 304 words · Gabrielle Mercer
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