AppleInsider puts HomePod’s sound quality to the test against four smart speaker competitors, Sonos’ One, Amazon’s second-gen Echo, Google Home and Google’s Home Max, in this comprehensive comparison. Find out which comes out on top.
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Thanks to behind-the-scenes updates, visitors and residents of Tucson, Ariz. can now use Apple Maps to figure out public transit directions across the city.
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Apple’s share of the global laptop market climbed from 8.3 to 9.6 percent during 2017, allowing the company to rise from fifth to fourth place.
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The follow-up to “Alto’s Adventure,” snowboarding endless-runner “Alto’s Odyssey” now has a release date, with the new title expected on Feb. 22.
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Apple, in its “infinite wisdom,” compacted the Control Center in iOS 11, and gave AirPlay even less of a starring role on it. With HomePod now available and able to have audio streamed via AirPlay AppleInsider shows you where the AirPlay button is, and two slightly different ways to turn it on.
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Verizon will soon begin briefly locking all smartphones bought for its network as way of combatting theft and fraud, the wireless carrier announced on Monday.
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Qualcomm and Broadcom will reportedly meet on Wednesday in order to discuss the latter’s $121 billion takeover offer, despite Qualcomm’s repeated rejections in the past.
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As we near Valentine’s Day, shoppers can pick up last minute gifts with prices starting at just $299. Apple’s current 13″ MacBook Air is $100 off with no tax outside NY and NJ, while a premium 27″ iMac 5K with Radeon 575 graphics is $130 off. Current iPads are also up to $150 off with $20 off AppleCare as well.
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The audiophile community now has their hands on the HomePod, and one Reddit user has thoroughly examined the device from an acoustical standpoint, calling it ‘witchcraft” plus “100 percent an Audiophile grade Speaker.”
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The next major iteration of Android, due later this year, will reportedly support devices with “notches” like the one on Apple’s iPhone X — as well as other unusual display designs.
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