Apple recently acquired the startup Laserlike, according to a new report from The Information. The company was founded by former Google engineers and makes it easier for users to follow news in various topics. An Apple spokesperson confirmed the acquisition to The Information. The deal makes sense as Apple is reportedly launching its news subscription service at a March 25th event coming later this month. Laserlike is also known for its artificial intelligence or AI efforts, which could be useful to Apple as the company has recently renewed its focus in AI by hiring Google’s John Giannandrea....

Apple supplier Broadcom is reportedly looking to sell one of its wireless chip units, and Apple itself could be a potential buyer. The Wall Street Journal reports today that Broadcom is working with Credit Suisse to find a buyer for the radio-frequency, or RF segment of its wireless chip business. The report says that the RF unit brought in $2.2 billion in revenue during fiscal 2019, which means it “could be worth $10 billion....

Apple debuted iAd Workbench in June, allowing developers to more easily purchase and control advertising for their own software through Apple’s iAd platform. Today, the iAd Workbench has been expanded into several additional countries, and is now available in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, and Italy. App developers in those countries can now login to the Workbench tool and take fine control over how their apps are advertised through iAds....

Apple’s memo to repair staff notes that it has identified “an issue” with the main logic board specifically in Retina, 13-inch, 2018 MacBook Air models with certain serial numbers. Apple will be emailing customers with machines with the serial numbers they’ve identified as being affected, otherwise customers can take their machine to Apple Stores or authorized repair staff to have their devices checked out. Apple’s documents list symptoms as issues with “power,” but do not elaborate on what problems users are experiencing exactly....

Apple iPhone XS Max is currently the fastest, the best, flagship smartphone from Apple without any doubt. In fact, Apple supports its iPhones with frequent updates for four to five years which means it will be updated for a couple of years thereby boosting its functionality, optimizing its speed & performance and strengthening its security against unwanted actors is something you will get. Anyways, even after so many features and high-end specifications, it can still dive into issues or bugs or errors and could require a factory reset or a network reset depending upon the type of issue to fix it....

It’s live now, go get it quickly via the Software Update feature from the Apple menu. Apple explains that the 2.36MB download “provides additional protection by checking for the MacDefender malware and its known variants”. If Apple finds the pesky MacDefender malware on your system, the computer “will quit this malware, delete any persistent files, and correct any modifications made to configuration or login files”. More information from Apple’s support document:...

Just days after launching a repair program for the iPhone 6 Plus “Touch Disease” flaw, Apple today launched yet another repair program, this time for iPhone 6s users. The program is focused on users that are affected by a battery flaw that causes their iPhone 6s to unexpectedly shut down. Apple claims that the issue plagues “a very small number of iPhone 6s devices” that were manufactured between September and October of 2015....

Apple is looking to double the amount of personnel on its in-house marketing and advertising team, according to a report from AdAge. Currently, according to the report, the team includes 300 employees, but Apple is said to be looking to increase that number to between 500 and 600 people. Apple, in recent years, has reportedly been resilient to growing the team because of a philosophy created by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs:...

But it seems Apple intends to adjust the final price based on your location. As a couple of users point out on Twitter, citing developer preview of iOS 9, Apple Music will be available in India at a price point of Rs 120 ($2) for an individual account (instead of costing north of Rs 600). For the family membership, the company is asking for Rs 180 ($3). If the company does stick with this pricing, it is putting Music app in a far better position in India....

Apple is holding a special “One more thing” event today, streamed directly from Apple Park. During this event, we expect the full details on Apple’s transition to Apple Silicon in the Mac lineup, the macOS Big Sur release date, and more. Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable Mac computers macOS 11 Big Sur with new design, widgets, and more launching on November 12 Apple announces 13-inch MacBook Pro with faster performance and longer battery thanks to M1 chip Apple announces new Mac mini featuring Apple M1 chip, cheaper $699 price Apple unveils all-new MacBook Air powered by Apple Silicon M1 chip What to expect during Apple’s November event The focus of today’s event will be on Apple Silicon and how the Mac lineup will transition away from Intel processors....

Apple is looking very comfortably on-track for its goal of 40 retail stores in China by October as it has announced that two more stores will open this month. That will bring the total in China to 32, four of them opening this month alone … First up, on January 16, will be Apple’s second store in Nanjing, this one in the IST mall at 100 Zhongshan Road in the Xuanwu District....

If you follow Apple news even casually, you’ve probably seen your fair share of dongles and adapters over the years. The latest recruit to the dongle gang is Belkin’s Ethernet + Power Adapter with Lightning Connector, an Apple-certified brick of a dongle that retails for $100. The massive adapter lets you use an iPhone or iPad with a wired network connection while simultaneously charging. As an MFi (Made for iPhone/iPad) certified adapter, the dongle is guaranteed to work reliably with iPhones and iPads....

Cnet notes a new section just hit the Mac App Store called Apps Enhanced for Lion. Apple was a good sport too and allowed one third party app in the top two rows of apps. Update: Macrumors notes that Apple has begun selling Final Cut Pro 7 (which is likely not enhanced for Lion) the old fashioned way. Final Cut Pro 7 was pulled ahead of the release of Final Cut Pro X in June but there has been some backlash among the higher end users because of missing features....

Apple doesn’t want to annoy Hollywood majors and record labels who provide iTunes with valuable content. No wonder the company is happily bowing to content owners’ every whim, actively seeking ways of preventing us from capturing stills and recording video in certain situations. That’s right, future iPhones could refuse to capture cams of the latest blockbuster flick and might keep you from snapping images of your favorite band’s live performance. Come on, you’re aware this files as copyright infringement after all…...

We may get to see the two-hour video of Steve Jobs giving pre-trial evidence in the iPod antitrust case, if the judge approves a motion jointly filed by AP, Bloomberg and CNN to make it public. CNET reported: The video currently has the same status of live testimony given in the case, meaning that it can be reported on but the video cannot be broadcast … “Given the substantial public interest in the rare posthumous appearance of Steve Jobs in this trial, there simply is no interest that justifies restricting the public’s access to his video deposition,” attorney Thomas Burke, who is representing all three media organizations, wrote in the filing Monday...

Apple announced on Monday some changes coming to App Store taxes and prices in Kenya, Nigeria, Peru, and Sweden. While Apple will increase the price of apps and transactions in most of the mentioned countries, one of them will soon have prices decreased. The price change was confirmed by Apple in an email sent today to developers who are part of the Apple Developer Program. According to the company, prices will be adjusted due to local taxes or fluctuation in the exchange rate of international currencies....

Apple says that it has taken steps to prevent further spread of the Mac malware known as Silver Sparrow. The malware was notable for the fact that it runs natively on the M1 chip. Apple says that it has revoked the security certificates of the developer accounts used to sign the packages, which will prevent it being installed on any further Macs… As we reported over the weekend, this piece of malware has proven to be perplexing to security researchers for a handful of reasons....

Samsung officially unveiled its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone last night at a theatrical, Broadway-style presentation in New York, and analysts are quick to jump in today with opinions on what it means for Apple. AAPL is having a decent morning hitting a high of 442.50 and opinions from analysts seem to be split down the middle regarding whether the S4 has what it takes to cut into Apple’s market share....

. China’s Twitter, Sina Weibo, is filling up with pictures of Tim Cook visiting the Beijing Apple Store this morning. It is not clear if this is his first trip to China as CEO, but Cook has been to China many times in the past as COO and was last seen negotiating China Mobile’s contract in mid-June at the behest of former CEO Steve Jobs who, according to his biography, never visited the country....

We first detailed Apple Joint Venture service a year ago and it appears that Apple is getting ready to launch the service. BGR is reporting that Apple is readying the Joint Venture small businesses services: It will be interesting to see how this affects small to mid-sized Apple IT shops who often serve the market Apple will be targeting with ‘Joint Venture’. Some of the verbiage from the original trademark, below:...