By news@appleinsider.com (AppleInsider Staff) Apple on Tuesday announced the year’s most downloaded apps and games, lists topped by important productivity apps like Zoom and popular multiplayer hits including Among Us.Revealed in a press release that named Apple’s “Best of 2020” App Store awards, the year’s most downloaded …
By news@appleinsider.com (AppleInsider Staff) Apple on Tuesday announced its annual list of App Store winners, highlighting 15 apps that reflected user trends in a year shaped by a global pandemic and political unrest.Unlike 2019, which saw Apple host a …
By news@appleinsider.com (Mikey Campbell) A newly discovered — and already patched — iOS vulnerability allowed hackers to access and gain control over nearby iPhones using a proprietary Apple wireless mesh networking protocol called AWDL.Discovered by security researcher …
By news@appleinsider.com (Mikey Campbell) Consumer advocacy group Euroconsumer on Wednesday lodged lawsuits in Belgium and Spain over an iOS update that throttled iPhone CPU performance in the name of system stability, with two identical suits planned for Italy and Portugal.Together, Euroconsumer’s four complaints seek …
By news@appleinsider.com (AppleInsider Staff) Apple’s MagSafe Duo Charger went up for sale through the online Apple Store on Tuesday, with the release coming more than a month after the accessory was unveiled at a special event in October.The dual-device charger is …
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Tuesday announced that it would be shifting away from Silicon Valley and relocating its headquarters from San Jose, California, to Houston, Texas.Credit: HPEIn its fourth quarter earnings report, HPE said that Houston is the company’s largest U.S. employment hub and would be an “market to recruit and retain future diverse talent.” The company is also constructing a new campus there….
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) Cloud service company Salesforce on Tuesday announced that it will acquire popular workplace messaging app Slack in a deal valued at $27.7 billion.Credit: SlackThe acquisition, announced on Tuesday, prices Slack beyond its current $25 billion market capitalization. Under the terms of the …
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) As the year is coming to a close, Apple has taken time to announce its yearly picks for its favorite media — today, it highlights the best books, audiobooks, and podcasts of 2020.”…