Because iOS features can sometimes be a good thing. A group of 10 teenage hikers who spent last Friday night lost was located by a search and rescue team with the help of Apple’s Emergency SOS feature. Members of the group — who are all 16 to 18 years old — spent about three hours […]
Category: Wearables
When in doubt, roll your own. According to Nikkei Asia, Apple will begin mass producing its own microLED displays in order to lessen its reliance on Samsung, increase control over its supply chain, and lay the groundwork to realize its ultimate goal of bringing the technology to iPhones. Per sources close to the story, Apple […]
Apple launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in Australia
Apple has debuted its Tap to Pay feature on iPhone in Australia, allowing for secure contactless payments throughout the country. At launch, Westpac and Tyro Payments are the first payment platforms in Australia to provide Tap to Pay on iPhone to their customers. Other payment platforms and applications, such as ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions, Stripe, […]
If the rumored $3,000 price tag for Apple’s mixed reality headset sounds high, there may be a lower-end variant available come 2025. Per noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple’s second-generation AR/VR headset will be offered in high-end and low-end versions. Shipments of the second-generation model are expected to be around ten times those of the first-generation […]
Foxconn’s expansion outside of China continues. The company has begun making an investment of $500 million into new plants in India, according to a tweet by K.T. Rama Rao, the state IT minister for Telangana. It’s thought that the plant will most likely be used in the production of AirPods for Apple. In March, Foxconn […]