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Iconfactory releases Notchmeister app, allows for MacBook Pro Menu Bar decoration

As nifty as Apple’s 2021 MacBook Pro notebooks may be, the notch at the top of the new 14-inch and 16-inch notebooks has created its own measure of controversy. Developer Iconfactory delivered a virtual holiday gift for Apple users on Friday with the release of Notchmeister, an app for notched MacBook Pros that, in the words […]

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Apple expanding in-house wireless chip creation team

Per Apple’s activity on the job listing boards, Apple is creating a new office that will focus on wireless chip production, thus bringing more of its chip development in-house. Apple is hiring a few dozen engineers for an office in Southern California to develop components that may eventually replace parts that are currently sourced from […]

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Apple delays return to offices indefinitely

Just when you thought it was safe to return to the office, the Omicron COVID-19 variant makes life interesting again. Apple has played its return to the office until “a date yet to be determined.” Where the initial plan was to begin hybrid working on February 1, 2022, the new variant has prompted the change/ […]

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Apple closes some retail locations following reports of increased COVID-19 infections

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic early last year, Apple has closed a number of its retail stores around the world. June 2021 marked the first time that all Apple Stores around the world were open simultaneously for the first time in 75 weeks, but now the company has once again decided to close […]

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Apple releases Swift Playgrounds 4, offers full support for creating iOS and iPadOS apps directly from an iPad

Apple on Wednesday released Swift Playgrounds 4, the newest version of its free Swift Playgrounds app used for teaching code in the education market. The newest version of the app allows iPhone and iPad apps to be created directly on an ‌iPad‌ without the need for a Mac.  The new version includes the following new features and changes: – […]