Tag Archives: Apple

When the iPhone launched with its App Store all those years ago, the software industry shifted from a buy-once business model towards ‘free to play', offering up apps for free, with monetisation coming through microtransactions and advertising. Nowadays, the popularity of free apps on mobile vastly outweighs paid-for apps. With …

All the way back in 2020, Apple removed Fortnite from its iOS App Store in response to efforts by Epic to circumvent the company’s store fees. 3 and a half years later and the ever-popular battle royale game is finally returning to the iPhone “later this year.” Apple recently updated …

Over the past few years, we have seen a rise in the number of game streaming services, including but not limited to Microsoft’s xCloud and Nvidia’s GeForce Now. Unfortunately, Apple has for years stood in the way of these services coming to its iOS platform – until now. Making the …

Back in June of last year, Hideo Kojima announced that the award-winning open world ‘strand-type’ game Death Stranding would be coming to Apple’s Mac platform. This was later followed up by the reveal that the game would also be coming to the latest iPhone models. Initially intended to release late …

The Apple Vision Pro headset was announced earlier this year and was initially planned for an early 2024 launch. However, Apple is apparently delaying the release a little bit as it continues to figure out its distribution plans.  Bloomberg's Apple reporter, Mark Gurman, has published his latest newsletter, in which …

CD Projekt Red has made some surprising Witcher-related announcements recently. Not only is The Witcher 3 soon getting support for a full mod editor, enabling creators to make their own quests and original content in the game, but the studio is also going back and updating The Witcher 1 & …

Due to new regulations in the EU, Apple will soon be allowing app side-loading on iOS devices. This means iPhone users will be able to freely install apps on their devices without going through the App Store directly. Now, we have a good idea of when this change will come …

Last night during Apple's annual Mac-focused announcement event, the company officially unveiled its latest Apple Silicon processor. The M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max processors are heading to Macs imminently, with faster CPU cores and beefier iGPUs with ray-tracing and mesh shading support. While these chips will be faster than …

Apple's subscription prices have held firm over the last year but prices are now going up. Soon, Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, Apple News Plus and the Apple One subscription bundle will all see substantial price increases.  Starting with Apple TV Plus, the service is going from £6.99 per month …

We're a month on from the launch of the latest iPhone but Apple isn't done for the year just yet. As usual, the September iPhone event is being followed up by an extra hardware event in October. This time around, Apple is teasing “scary fast” Macs.  The October Mac event …

It would appear that Apple's new iPhone 15 Pro is selling extremely well. While in previous generations, we've seen reports of supply chain cuts, the opposite is taking place with the iPhone 15, with Apple reportedly ordering millions of additional OLED displays from Samsung.  According to South Korean news outlet, …

While Valve might be ditching macOS support for its new releases like Counter-Strike 2, plenty of other developers are actually increasing their support for the system. CD Projekt Red is amongst that group, as the company is going back to The Witcher 1 and The Witcher 2 to support newer …

As expected, Apple's Bionic A17 Pro SoC is overall faster than the A16. In multi-core CPU performance, early Geekbench results suggest just a small bump, but in single-core loads, we see a 10% increase. As for the GPU, we see bigger gains in this department, with Geekbench Metal entries for the A17 Pro GPU scoring almost 20% higher than the A16...

As all the leaks predicted, Apple today announced this year's iPhone and the big change is indeed the addition of USB-C. Due to new EU rules, a universal charging standard must be used by all smartphone makers, prompting Apple to finally drop its proprietary Lightning port in favour of USB-C. …

Apple has been trying to break up with Qualcomm for years. The two companies entered a massive legal battle after Apple tried to switch to Intel for its future supply of modems for iPhones. Apple eventually acquired Intel's modem business and has been hard at work developing its own in-house …

If you were looking for a cheaper MacBook, then you might be in for a treat. A recent report claims Apple is developing a “low-cost” MacBook planned to release next year, competing with Google's Chromebooks and other entry-level laptops. The M1 MacBook Air from 2020 is Apple's current cheapest MacBook …

Due to EU regulations forcing smartphone makers to stick to a universal charging standard, Apple is set to unveil the first USB-C iPhone this year, finally doing away with the Lightning port. The iPhone may not be the only Apple device moving to USB-C though.  For years, the iPad Pro …

Earlier this week, we heard that Apple was planning to have 85 million iPhone 15 units made this year, showing confidence in this year's launch. However, Apple will also be asking for more money, particularly for its Pro models, which are set to get a significant price increase.  As reported …

Apple shares spiked recently thanks to fresh leaks around the iPhone 15. In the months leading up to launch, Apple has reportedly set a target to make around 85 million iPhone 15 units this year.  According to Bloomberg, Apple has asked its manufacturer to make between 83 million and 85 …

If the price tag alone wasn't enough to put you off of the Apple Vision Pro headset, the process of buying one might do the trick. According to reports this week, Apple is planning to have customers book in-store appointments to buy the headset.  Mark Gurman, formerly of 9to5Mac and …

After years of working on its own VR/AR hardware, Apple officially announced the Vision Pro headset at WWDC earlier this year. Apple initially projected a sales target of 1 million headsets in 2024, but the company has now reportedly dialled that back.  The Apple Vision Pro is a $3,499 headset …

In recent years, Apple has been focusing more on gaming, particularly on the Mac platform. Its latest chips have powerful, efficient iGPUs, paving the way for games like Death Stranding and No Man's Sky on Mac. Now, Apple is testing new ways to make bringing games to Mac easier for …

Just as expected, last night at WWDC, Apple finally put its AR/VR ambitions on show with the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro headset. We've been hearing about Apple building its own virtual reality headset for years, but the final product isn't as exciting as we'd hoped for.  The Apple …

Apple’s annual WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) has concluded, and alongside the official announcement of iOS17, new Macbooks and the company’s long-awaited AR/VR headset, Hideo Kojima made an appearance to reveal that Kojima Productions’ games are coming to MacOS. During the MacOS section of Apple's latest WWDC event, the video game …

Following years of rumours, Apple looks set to finally officially announce their AR/VR headset during the smartphone manufacturer’s upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference. Though said to be focused primarily on productivity, a number of game studios have teased that their titles might be announced for the headset at the upcoming event. …

Over the last couple of years, Apple has been working with select game developers to bring games over to the Mac, optimised for the new M-series SoCs powered by Apple's new GPU technology. Previously, we've seen games like Resident Evil Village and No Man's Sky revealed running on M-series Macs …

Apple's upcoming high-end MacBook and iPad models may feature the M3 Pro processor, which is set to offer significant improvements over its predecessor. The new chip is expected to have more CPU and GPU cores and more onboard memory.  According to Bloomberg, the M3 Pro may come with a 12-core …

It has been a while since Apple last gave a substantial update to Apple Arcade's library. That is finally changing this week, with 20 new games heading to the service, including fan favourites like Limbo and Temple Run to completely new titles, including a sequel to What the Golf? and …

We've known through leaks that Apple has been working on its own VR/AR headset for quite some time now. Analysts have believed that we'll see Apple's first mixed-reality headset in 2023, but it is now being reported that Apple has some concerns about the current state of the VR market.  …

Over the last few years, Apple has been slowly adjusting the iPhone line-up to allow for more high-end options, with some upgrades being locked to ‘Pro' grade devices. Now, Apple is apparently considering adding a new ‘Ultra' model to its roster.  According to a recent Bloomberg report, Apple is planning …