CNN – The general truth about phones is that the battery life decreases as the design becomes thinner. The iPhone 12 family is no different – including 12 Mini, 12, 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max – and on intense days with FaceTimes, a lot of typing and gaming, the battery percentage can drop quickly. … Read more
All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team independently of our parent company. Some of our stories contain affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links we may earn an affiliate commission. Apple lovers who keep losing their keys have a new way to keep track of things with … Read more
CNN – The general truth about phones is that the battery life decreases as the design becomes thinner. The iPhone 12 family is no different – including the 12 Mini, 12, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max – and the battery percentage drops on intense days with FaceTimes, a lot of typing, and a little … Read more
Fakespot, an app that analyzes Amazon reviews to determine which are fake, is no longer available for iOS. Amazon successfully convinced Apple to remove it from the App Store after the company raised concerns that the application was providing misleading information and creating potential security vulnerabilities. The e-commerce giant has confirmed to Engadget that it … Read more
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices … Read more
After launching in the US five years ago, Apple’s search engine advertising service finally hit mainland China this week. The feature called Apple Search Ads enables developers to bid on an advertising space based on users’ keyword searches in the App Store, similar to Google search ads. JPMorgan previously estimated that the giant’s annual advertising … Read more
Apple is adapting Nathan Pyle’s webcomic Strange Planet and a number of best-selling graphic novels into an animated TV + series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Strange Planet was launched in 2019 and follows a group of blue aliens who describe their activities in unusual ways. For example, one strip says about a cat: “If … Read more
Apple releases major operating system updates for its devices on a now well-known annual schedule, and whether it’s new features or improved security, the best strategy is to get them installed as soon as possible. The reality, however, is that sometimes changes to certain third-party apps or devices can be devastating, sometimes organizational constraints keep … Read more
Apple could release an iPad Pro with wireless charging sometime next year. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the tech giant is currently working on a new iPad Pro and a new iPad mini. Apple is reportedly replacing the Pro tablet’s aluminum case with a glass back, similar to the latest iPhones, in part to enable … Read more
Given that the redesigned Apple TV 4K looks identical to the last model, we assumed it would be equally easy to fix. And according to iFixit’s teardown video, that’s exactly the case. Thanks to a little curiosity and standard screws, the construction site was able to break through the housing of the set-top box. In … Read more