Swift Student Challenge 2025 is now open Apple's Swift Student Challenge is officially open, with participants vying for the top prize — an all-inclusive three-day trip to Apple Park. Just as it did in 2024, Apple will select 350 winners in total and, recognize 50 of them as Distinguished Winners for their "outstanding submissions." Distinguished…
Kendrick Lamar is set to headline the Super Bowl LIX halftime show for Apple Music, so Apple has packed its services with special features related to Kendrick and the Super Bowl. Last September, Apple announced that Kendrick Lamar would be heading up the 2025 Super Bowl Half-Time show. In preparation, Apple Music has a week's…
On this episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, your host covers the latest news for the week including the release of iOS 18.3, AirTag 2 rumors, and a Matter update for the Govee ice maker. Last week, Apple released iOS 18.3 to the masses. While this was expected to include support for robots vacuum cleaners,…
Grab a 24-inch iMac from $599.99 today - Image credit: Apple Apple's 24-inch iMac is on sale today, with limited-time discounts driving prices down to as low as $599.99. New iMac discounts for FebruaryThe lowest price across closeout models can be found at Amazon-owned Woot, where the closeout M1 spec with 8GB of RAM and…
Apple's iPhone 15 led global sales in 2024, with Pro models close behind, as premium device demand drove a revenue rebound. According to Counterpoint Research, global smartphone revenue grew 5% year-over-year, with the average selling price (ASP) reaching an all-time high of $356. Despite economic challenges in previous years, improved consumer sentiment and demand for…
SuperDuper! app icon amidst hard drives and a Mac keyboard Mac utility app SuperDuper! will no longer always fail to make a bootable backup because of a bug in macOS Sequoia — but Apple's fix doesn't remove all problems. The newly-released macOS Sequoia 15.3 has corrected a problem that saw the SuperDuper! backup utility fail…
To celebrate 2025, I compiled Apple's top ten major areas of innovation over the past 25 years. Let's look at the decisions that led to this blockbuster success of the iPod and implications for new products today. The first segment discussed Apple's 2000 release of Mac OS X Public Beta, its most important innovation in…
Certain iPhone components including circuit boards and accessories such as chargers will no longer face import taxes in India as the country positions itself to weather changes in global trade. In 2024, the Indian government reduced its import taxes on chargers, printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and smartphones themselves, from 20% to 15%. That 5%…
Amazon drops AirPods 4 to lowest price on record - Image credit: Apple Amazon's latest Apple deals provide bargain hunters with the lowest price on record for AirPods 4, along with 2025's best price on the Apple Watch SE 2. AirPods 4 plunge to $99Kicking off the sale is a stellar price drop on AirPods…