AOL has informed applicable users that it will be dropping support for accessing email from Apple’s iCloud service from its recently launched Alto webmail client. Alto is a web-based mail client that intelligently sorts and integrates email from services such as iCloud Gmail, Yahoo, and AOL. AOL has informed iCloud users who have logged into Alto that support for iCloud will be dropped on December 2nd: iCloud accounts will automatically be disabled in Alto on that date, but users can begin the process early by removing iCloud accounts from Alto manually....

After the unveiling of Apple Watch during the Sept. 9 iPhone launch event, Apple announced WatchKit for Apple Watch. This is a new development kit will allow developers to create interesting and exciting ways to use the Apple Watch hardware and software in their apps. WatchKit allows integration for Actionable notifications, WatchKit apps, and Glances. During the keynote, Apple demonstrated Facebook and Twitter functionality with Apple Watch along with other apps with the ability to unlock a hotel door, get transit directions, post to Pinterest, find your car, change the temperature with a Honeywell thermostat, and use Nike fitness features....

Following up on Tumblr’s own implementation of Live Photos for the web, Apple has released an official Live Photos JavaScript API. Developers will now be able to use the API to share Live Photos playback on iOS, macOS, and now the web. From Apple’s introduction: The new LivePhotosKit JS API is available on NPM with code samples shared in the new API reference. In the new documentation, Apple includes examples on how to get Live Photo assets up and running online....

The latest development in the almost decade-long battle between VirnetX and Apple could see the latter have to pay up to $1.1 billion in total damages. That’s the result of US District Judge Robert Schroeder today denying Apple’s request for a new trial along with other requests. Reported by Reuters, today’s decision by Judge Schroeder may mean the reality of Apple paying a total sum of over $1 billion to VirnetX over infringed VPN patents – something that we reported on as possible back in December....

On the heels of winning an Apple Design Award at WWDC21, the wonderful Pok Pok Playroom app for kids is getting its first update since launching in May. The all-new toy arriving today is House. Pok Pok launched with six lovely toys to encourage creative and imaginative play for kids. Here’s my conclusion after testing Pok Pok with my four-year-old ahead of the launch this spring: Today’s update with House brings another engaging, handcrafted space to play and get creative....

A new report from reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today says that at least one of the new iPhones introduced in 2020 will have a smaller front-facing camera cutout, making for an improved screen to body ratio and a smaller notch. This would imply that the notch cutout on at least one of the 2020 iPhones will be significantly smaller (via MyDrivers). It’s unclear based on Kuo’s report if this design trend could extend to all of the new iPhones in 2020....

In the latest release of its iOS Security document spotted by TechCrunch, Apple offers a number of details about the function and processes of the Touch ID fingerprint recognition system offered on its iPhone 5s. The document describes the Secure Enclave, “a coprocessor fabricated in the Apple A7 chip,” which manages safely matching active fingerprints read by Touch ID against registered fingerprints saved by the user. While much of how Touch ID behaves was revealed last fall when the iPhone 5s was introduced and through experience, the white page does list more specifics than have previously been made available…...

BGR has nabbed a bunch of photos of a purported white T-Mobile USA iPhone 4 test unit. The phone looks virtually identical to the current iPhone 4 and runs a version of iOS 4. You can tell that it’s a test unit by the several field-testing settings and applications on the device. The device is obviously a prototype unit, not a production model, and that is evidenced by the prototype markings on the back of the device....

Amid the WWDC announcements last week including previewing iOS 9, OS X 10.11 El Capitan, and watchOS 2, Apple has pre-announced a small update coming to GarageBand for Mac at the end of the month. German site Apfelpage noticed the webpage that promises “new features coming June 30” above a description of additional virtual session drummers. The GarageBand site lists five new drummer styles tuned to EDM, Trap Hip Hop, Retro ’80s, Dubstep, and Boom Bap Hip Hop with demos of each new drummer style featured....

Apple today officially launched its in-house mapping data in the United Kingdom and Ireland, after completing the rollout across the United States in 2019. The new map is rolling out now and should be available to all customers later this evening. The new maps offer more detailed cartography and building shapes, more accurate navigation and Google Street View-esque ‘Look Around’ views in select cities. With its revamped Apple Maps initiatives, Apple is using its own map data sourced from satellite imagery, as well as ground truth Apple Maps vehicles....

Another Apple-1 is set to hit the auction block later this month. The Apple-1 be available through Christie’s auction house from May 16th through May 23rd, and is expected to fetch as much as $630,000. The Apple-1 being put up for auction this month is fully functional and includes additional memorabilia and an array of different accessories. It is believed to be the tenth Apple-1 made, according to an online registry....

Apple today has officially announced the winner of its $10,000 iTunes gift card giveaway in a press release after reaching 50 billion app downloads yesterday. And the app that marked the 50 billionth download goes to: Say the Same Thing by Space Inch, LLC. Lucky winner Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio will be receiving a $10,000 App Store gift card for his download. Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue provided the following statement:...

After several rumors, Apple today finally announced the sixth generation Apple TV, the company’s set-top box. While keeping the same design, the product comes with the more powerful A12 chip, a new Remote, and more. The new Apple TV was announced Tuesday during Apple’s special event “Spring loaded.” Powered by the A12 Bionic chip, the new sixth-generation Apple TV is now ready to run all the games from the App Store and Apple Arcade....

With Apple Arcade launching later this month, a lot of general public attention has been drawn to the service, which will be available for $4.99 per month with a one-month free trial. However, there has been some confusion about what being exclusive to Apple Arcade actually means … Apple Arcade gives you unlimited access to 100+ games available in the service with no additional purchases or in-app ads. You can play online or offline, and games are available across iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac....

Apple is one of over 200 companies that have signed an amicus brief that calls on the Supreme Court to rule that existing job discrimination laws also cover LGBTQ workers. As detailed by Axios, the Supreme Court will take up that case during its next session. In the brief, the companies write that they “are committed to equal treatment and equal opportunity of employees regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity”:...

Apple announced at its special event last month a new feature called “Apple Card Family,” which, as the name suggests, lets users share the same Apple Card with other family members via iCloud Family Sharing. While this new feature is not yet available to users, Apple this week shared a new support article with more details about Apple Card Family. We already know that the Apple Card owner can invite up to five family members to share the card, and also that a spending limit can be set for each user....

Apple made Greg Christie, one of its original iPhone engineers, available before yet another round of patent fights with Samsung, allowing Christie to further expand on the stories of the iPhone’s secretive development under then-CEO Steve Jobs in a report by the Wall Street Journal. While some of what Christie said isn’t new information, there are some interesting anecdotes near the end of his interview. For example, in 2005—two years before the Apple went public with the iPhone—Christie’s team was responsible for planning how the device would look and work....

What got everyone so interested in this removal was not the fact of why or that the app from a renowned company, but the means of removal. People all over the internet have claimed that as the app was removed from the App Store, it was also removed from their iTunes library and from their iOS mobile devices. As you are probably thinking right now, that sounds a lot like the notorious application “kill-switch” Apple has been known to have at their disposal....

Apple iPhone Mobile Phone Comparison – All iPhones from the Phone X to the iPhone 13 iPhone History: 2017 The year 2017 marked the first time Apple introduced more than two handsets at the same event. The iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Pro made their debut at the media event on September 12 that had the tagline, “Let’s meet at our place.” Also making a debut was the Apple Watch Series 3 and Apple TV 4K....

Following the revelation that Apple’s top lawyer Bruce Sewell will testify before Congress this coming week over encryption, another attorney for the company has sat down with CNN to discuss the ongoing case. In the interview, current Apple representative and former United States solicitor general Ted Olson discussed how what the government is asking Apple to do is “limitless.” Olson explained that if the tool that the government wants is created, any judge anywhere could essentially order to listen to any customer’s conversation, track location, and much more....