Expect more 'Ultra' products from Apple, if not by name
…Apple is shifting to making more high-end hardware, Gurman claims. He describes them as "Ultra" tier products, and admits that Apple may not use the term everywhere in the…
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Improved Writing Tools, generated wallpapers, & easier Shortcut creation rumored for iOS 27
The slow trickle of iOS 27 leaks continues with seemingly obvious upgrades that are being painted as part of a desperate move to catch up with competitors. Instead, they appear to be…
Google is making no progress on switching iPhone users to Android
…platform, while keeping one preserves future hardware and Services revenue. Each Android convert can also become part of Apple's repeat-buyer pool in later upgrade cycles. CIRP's survey measures the…
New in iOS 26.5: Improved Apple Intelligence availability, more
…Apple was similarly forced to open up the iPhone's NFC hardware, effectively helping Apple Wallet rivals. The iPhone maker later made the same capabilities available to developers in the United…
Apple sweetens its trade-in deals, yet you can still do so much better
…First it launched the leasing program Apple Upgrade so that up-front device costs are lower , and now it's stepped up its trade-in game . Not everything has seen an increase…
TP-Link Deco BE14000 review: more capable whole-home tri-band mesh Wi-Fi 7
…While the first upgrade was a night and day improvement, the second was more incremental, if welcome. I had a lot of success using TP-Link's $250 BE5000 dual-band mesh…
Still simple, still powerful, BBEdit is a Mac app legend
…While BBEdit was a one-time purchase, Bare Bones Software has always issued paid upgrades at intervals. The Mac App Store did not allow for paid upgrades once a user had bought…
Apple earnings crush Wall Street consensus again, Q2 record smashed
…During Q1, Apple enjoyed some post-holiday product launches, including the M4 iPad Air, the iPhone 17e, the M5 upgrade to the MacBook Air, and the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook…
Reboot: Downgrades, gaming, and opera house doodles
…The Pro Display XDR was a giant screen with many benefits that tempted buyers with massive budgets to pay for the upgrade. The display market has changed in that six years, and…
Ollama is supercharged by MLX's unified memory use on Apple Silicon
…This increases the speed on most Apple Silicon hardware, but it is especially useful on the M5 generation of chips. Ollama is also able to leverage the Neural Accelerators inside each GPU…