Apple halts hardware subscription plan
Apple Inc. has halted work on a project to build an iPhone hardware subscription service, according to people familiar with the matter, retreating from an attempt to change the way consumers buy its flagship device.
The idea was to make owning an iPhone...
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With the launch of RCS support via iOS 18 for iPhone, I cannot find any information online on whether MTN SA supports RCS. Per the below article by MyBB back in 2022, a spokesperson for the company said that MTN doesn't officially support this protocol. Is this still the case...
Apple and Google suffer big EU antitrust defeats
It was a dark day for Apple Inc. and Google as they lost two of the biggest competition cases in European Union history.
Apple suffered a defeat over an EU-ordered €13 billion (R256.42 billion) Irish tax bill and Google faltered over its...
Apple Watch Series 10 and Apple AirPods 4 unveiled
Apple unveiled a new version of its smartwatch with a bigger screen and the ability to detect sleep apnea, part of an event Monday that also included the iPhone 16 smartphone.
The Series 10 version of the watch has 30% more screen area, even...
iPhone drops out of top 5 smartphones in China
Apple Inc. lost ground in China’s smartphone market in the June quarter after local companies like Huawei Technologies Co. surged ahead.
iPhone shipments there slid 3.1% during the period, compared with an 11% year-on-year rise among...
Big questions over Apple's AI software
Apple, a company known for its longstanding commitment to user privacy, has received flak since unveiling its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy at its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 10.
This relates to the centrepiece of Apple Intelligence...
EU rules stopping new iPhone features — Apple
Apple Inc. is withholding a raft of new technologies from hundreds of millions of consumers in the European Union, citing concerns posed by the bloc’s regulatory attempts to rein in Big Tech.
The company announced Friday that it would block the...
Nvidia's run as world's most valuable company ends after 2 days
Nvidia Corp.’s run as the world’s most valuable company didn’t last long.
Shares of the semiconductor giant have fallen 6.7% in the last two days, erasing over $220 billion (R3.95 trillion) in market capitalisation and dragging...
iOS 18 features revealed
Apple detailed a host of new features for the upcoming update to its smartphone operating system for iPhones — iOS 18 — at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024.
Among the biggest changes are support for the RCS messaging protocol and emergency satellite...
iPhone prices compared from 5 online stores
Online shoppers in South Africa will likely find the best iPhones deals on Takealot.
MyBroadband compared the availability and pricing of Apple's smartphones across five major online retailers — Amazon South Africa, Takealot, iStore, Incredible, and...
Apple announces M4 chip with ray-tracing and boosted AI performance
Apple launched its latest in-house chip — the M4 — at its "Let Loose" event on Tuesday, 7 May 2024.
While the chip is likely destined for the next generation of MacBooks and iPads, Apple has started with the latest iPad Pro.
Google paying hefty price to keep search engine default on Safari
Alphabet Inc. paid Apple Inc. $20 billion in 2022 (R327.48 billion at that year's average exchange rate) for Google to be the default search engine in the Safari browser, according to newly unsealed court documents in the Justice...
Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads, Telegram, and Signal from China App Store
Apple Inc. removed social media services including Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese app store, responding to orders from Beijing to close more loopholes in the country’s longstanding internet...
Apple launching AI-heavy M4 for new Macs
Apple Inc., aiming to boost sluggish computer sales, is preparing to overhaul its entire Mac line with a new family of in-house processors designed to highlight artificial intelligence.
The company, which released its first Macs with M3 chips five...
Goodbye Apple Car — Hello Apple robot?
Apple Inc. has teams investigating a push into personal robotics, a field with the potential to become one of the company’s ever-shifting “next big things,” according to people familiar with the situation.
Engineers at Apple have been exploring a mobile...
Possible new iPad Pro and iPad Air launch date revealed
Apple Inc.’s overseas suppliers have ramped up production of the company’s long-anticipated new iPads and a launch is planned for early May, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The release will centre on revamped versions of...